Month: August 2020

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Everything Everywhere Daily - Eponymous Laws

Everyone is probably familiar with Murphy’s Law which says that “Anything which can go wrong will go wrong.” However, there are many such laws, known as eponymous laws, which are sayings, adages, or truisms, which have been attributed to people over the years. These are not hard and fast mathematical or physical laws, but rather are general truths which can help you see and understand the world better...and they are usually named after someone.

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Byzantium And The Crusades - The Kingdom of Jerusalem Episode 5 “The Return of Byzantium”

This podcast series tells how the Crusades were inextricably linked with the Byzantine Empire. In this episode, we hear how Byzantium, in the 1130s and 1140s, tried to re-establish its control over Antioch, the second city of the Empire, lost to the Turks in 1084, and captured by the First Crusade in 1098. Antioch was now a Crusader state - the Principality of Antioch - and the Crusaders would not yield to Byzantine demands to return it to the Empire as had been originally promised by the First Crusaders. Another step would be taken on the path towards war between Byzantium and the Crusaders.

Please take a look at my website nickholmesauthor.com where you can download a free copy of The Byzantine World War, my book that describes the origins of the First Crusade.

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - BREAKDOWN: The End of an Era? Why Bitcoin and MMT Won the Week

Fed Chair Jerome Powell tried to make it seem like the end of an era, but didn’t inspire confidence in the central bank’s ability to lead in the era that comes next.

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

On The Breakdown’s Weekly Recap, NLW looks at the shifting sands of the global economy. He says Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s speech at Jackson Hole this week was an argument that an era that began in the 1970s is now closing. 

At the same time, he argues Powell did very little to provide a vision for what comes next. Instead, it is the alternative economic philosophies – Modern Monetary Theory on the one side, Bitcoin on the other – that are attracting people for a different vision of the future.

This week on The Breakdown:

Monday | How Much Should We Fear Post-Crisis Debt or Inflation? Feat. Adam Tooze 

Tuesday | An Unintended Consequence of Low Interest Rates? The Big Get Bigger 

Wednesday | The Battle to Get Dictator’s Seized Millions to 62,000 Venezuelan Health Heroes 

Thursday | Everything You Need to Know About Jerome Powell’s Jackson Hole Speech 

Friday | The Anxiety Index: 4 Fear Factors Shaping the Economy 


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Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - Dozens of Baby Bush v Gores

Dahlia Lithwick is joined by Kristen Clarke, president of the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and Professor Samuel Bagenstos of the University of Michigan School of Law, to discuss the status of voting rights litigation as we count down to November’s election. Then Dahlia is joined by Slate’s own Mark Joseph Stern to talk about the alarming developments in Kenosha, Wisconsin. 

In this week’s Slate Plus segment, Mark sticks around to explain the Supreme Court’s shadow docket, and why it matters. 

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Podcast production by Sara Burningham.

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Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - Dozens of Baby Bush v Gores

Dahlia Lithwick is joined by Kristen Clarke, president of the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and Professor Samuel Bagenstos of the University of Michigan School of Law, to discuss the status of voting rights litigation as we count down to November’s election. Then Dahlia is joined by Slate’s own Mark Joseph Stern to talk about the alarming developments in Kenosha, Wisconsin. 

In this week’s Slate Plus segment, Mark sticks around to explain the Supreme Court’s shadow docket, and why it matters. 

Sign up for Slate Plus now to listen and support our show.

Podcast production by Sara Burningham.

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The NewsWorthy - Special Edition: ‘Black & Blue’ – Police Sgt. & Social Advocate

After another week of protests stemming from a white police officer shooting a black man, today’s "Special Edition Saturday" shares the perspective of someone who knows what it’s like to be both a police sergeant who patrols the streets and a mother who worries for her four black sons.

Retired Sgt. Cheryl Dorsey is an acclaimed author of the autobiography, Black and Blue, and a 20-year veteran of the LAPD.

Today, she shares her experience from within the third largest local law enforcement agency in the country, and she gives her thoughts on  recent calls to defund police.

We know there’s a lot of debate about some of these issues, and this is only one person’s experience and opinion. We hope her perspective, as both a police expert and social justice advocate, will add to that ongoing conversation.

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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PHPUgly - 203:Laracon 2020 Review

This week on the podcast, Eric, John, and Thomas discuss what they liked and what they didn't from Laracon 2020. They also discuss this years Hacktoberfest, XDebug 3, and much more.