Month: August 2020

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - BREAKDOWN: People Aren’t Buying the ‘Great American Recovery’ Narrative

Despite the stock market returning to all-time highs, many can’t shake the feeling that all is not well in the economy. 

This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Nexo.io.

Today on The Breakdown’s Weekly Recap:

  • People aren’t buying “the Great American Recovery”
  • Let’s stop considering the economy as one thing
  • Dave Portnoy doesn’t care about your principles
  • DeFi is the Wild West and saved only by the fact that no normie understands what the hell is going on
  • Bitcoin is being compared to the dollar not stocks and that’s serious progress


This week on The Breakdown:

Monday | What’s Actually Happening With Inflation Right Now

Tuesday | How Excess Capital and Low Interest Rates Reshaped Silicon Valley, Feat. Chris McCann

Wednesday | S&P5 vs. S&P 500: The Real Story of the Stock Market Recovery

Thursday | The Most Pro-Bitcoin Politicians in the US

Friday | Winter Is Coming: Examining the Economy’s Eight-Body Problem

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The NewsWorthy - Special Edition: Pandemic’s Impact on Kids

Today's "Special Edition Saturday" is all about the pandemic’s short-term and long-term impacts on children.

We discuss the data that shows how COVID-19 physically impacts kids as well as other potential consequences, including mental health.

Our guest, Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez, also offers advice for what caregivers and communities can specifically do to keep kids as safe and happy as possible…

Then, be sure to tune-in again each weekday (M-F) for our regular episodes to get quick, unbiased news roundups in 10 minutes! 

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Consider This from NPR - Voters React To A Virtual Convention Unlike Any Before

For the first time in modern history, a major political party convention was not about the optics, the crowds, or arena-sized production value. The Democratic National Convention, held virtually, was less about the medium and more about the message. NPR spoke to three Democratic voters to hear what they thought.

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - WBEZ’s Chicago And Illinois News Roundup: Aug. 21, 2020

Police ban protests outside Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s Logan Square home over safety concerns. Chicago Public Schools puts out its final remote learning plan. Plus, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris formally accept the Democratic Party’s nomination for president and VP. Reset breaks down the biggest stories of the week in our Friday News Roundup.

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The Gist - Our National Intelligence Is Broken

For the next week, Mike passes the mic to a few guest hosts. Today, Annie Duke, former professional poker player and author of Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts takes the helm.

On the Gist, Annie recaps the unifying messages from Sen. Sanders and V.P. Biden from the virtual 2020 Democratic National Convention.

In the interview, Annie talks with Jay van Bavel, an associate professor of psychology and neuroscience at NYU, about how extreme partisanship occurs when traditional beliefs are not updated in rational ways, especially when it comes to wearing a mask during the global pandemic. Prof. van Bavel explains how a partisan mind interprets information in a way that affirms their identity, and how that might lead them to stray from the path of facts.

In the Spiel, the consequences of partisanship.

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CrowdScience - What’s the yeast doing inside my bread?

If you’re one of the millions of people who used lockdown to try something new like baking sourdough bread, you may well be wondering what’s happening chemically inside your loaf, especially if the end result keeps changing. Well, you’re not alone. Listeners Soheil and Sean are both keen bakers but want to know more about the thing that makes bread rise: yeast. What is yeast? Where does it come from and can you catch it? And how hard is it to ‘make’ yourself? Soon after lockdown took effect, commercial supplies of the stuff disappeared from supermarket shelves across the globe.

The shortage also affected brewers the world over. A big fan of yeast in most of its forms, Marnie Chesterton took on the challenge of creating her own. She talks to the brewers who hunt rare strains to create the perfect beer, and hears from the biologist who says these amazing microbes, used for thousands of years, could be used to make food production more sustainable. And she discovers how this simple ingredient could be instrumental in the fight against climate change. Presented by Marnie Chesterton and Produced by Marijke Peters for the BBC World Service.

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Motley Fool Money - Retail Records, Home Improvement Highs, and Pro Sports

Walmart reports big earnings and big growth in e-commerce. Target surges on record same-store sales growth. Home Depot and Lowe’s hit all-time highs. Uber and Lyft attempt to navigate regulatory concerns. Foot Locker gets a boost from its latest quarter and reinstates its dividend. Apple becomes the first U.S. company to hit a $2 trillion-dollar valuation. Citigroup makes a $900 million mistake. And Burger King gets creative with custom facemasks. Motley Fool analysts Ron Gross and Jason Moser discuss those stories and share two stocks on their radar: Ross Stores and Autodesk. Plus, Washington Post sports columnist Barry Svrluga talks about the future of the college and pro sports.

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