A listener noticed an odd detail on an old map. Curious City investigated whether it was the site of an ancient burial mound.
More or Less: Behind the Stats - Melting Antarctic ice
One More or Less listener has heard that if all the ice in Antarctica melted, global sea levels would rise by 70 metres. But it would take 361 billion tonnes of ice to raise the world's sea levels by just 1 millimetre.
So how much ice is in Antarctica? And in the coming years, what impact might temperature changes have on whether it remains frozen?
(Gentoo penguins on top of an iceberg at King George Island, Antarctica January 2020. Credit: Alessandro Dahan/ Getty Images)
Everything Everywhere Daily - Boxing’s Alphabet Soup
Boxing used to be one of the most popular sports in the world. A world championship bout would draw millions of people to their radios or televisions and could pack the largest stadiums.
Since then, it has waned in popularity in no small part due to the confusing array of titles and organizations which now exist. The WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, IBO, WBF, and IBA and many other organizations all with their own set of initials, all hand out titles.
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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe - The Skeptics Guide #787 – Aug 8 2020
Live from NECSS 2020; What's the Word: Perseverance; Your Number's Up: Absolute Zero; News Items: Climate Sensitivity, Massive Research Fraud, Sexual Parasitism and Immune Function; Science or Fiction
Byzantium And The Crusades - The Kingdom of Jerusalem Episode 2 “Byzantium And Bohemond”
This podcast series tells the story of the Crusades from the Byzantine angle. In this episode, we hear how one of the greatest leaders of the First Crusade, Bohemond, the ruler of the Principality of Antioch, turns against Byzantium and launches a war against the Byzantine Emperor, Alexios. However, things do not turn out as he hoped.
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.
CoinDesk Podcast Network - BREAKDOWN: The Mounting Evidence of a New Bitcoin Bull Market
From positive price indicators to a new all time high in smallholder addresses, this is the evidence a new bull run might be starting.
This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Nexo.io.
This week’s Breakdown Weekly Recap is all about that vibe you’ve been feeling - that inescapable notion a new crypto bull market is afoot.
NLW looks at the evidence:
- Rising gold price
- Recirculation of crypto money out of zombie protocols
- New growth in small holder addresses
- Demand from emerging market p2p markets
It’s just possible this new bull market isn’t just starting to be seen in narratives, but is also showing up in numbers.
This week on The Breakdown:
Monday | Rage Against the Economic Machine: The Best of the Breakdown July 2020
Tuesday | Can Social Media Be Redeemed? Feat. Bobby Goodlatte
Wednesday |Hedgeye CEO Keith McCullough on Stagflation, Bitcoin and the Devalued Dollar
Thursday | The History, Present and Future of Central Banks, Feat. George Selgin
Friday | 11 Numbers That Tell the Story of the Economy Right Now
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The NewsWorthy - Special Edition: Is TikTok Really a Threat?
Today's "Special Edition Saturday" is all about the popular, and now controversial, video app: TikTok.
As the president plans a ban on the Chinese-owned app because of national security concerns, we're asking two different mobile security experts if TikTok is truly a threat.
Then, be sure to tune-in again each weekday (M-F) for our regular episodes to get quick, unbiased news roundups in 10 minutes!
View show transcripts here.
Cato Daily Podcast - Federal Task Forces Reduce Police Accountability
When is your local cop not a local cop? When he's deputized as a federal agent. That can pose problems for state and local police accountability. Simone Weichselbaum of The Marshall Project and Patrick Jaicomo of the Institute for Justice comment.
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Cato Daily Podcast - Federal Task Forces Reduce Police Accountability
When is your local cop not a local cop? When he's deputized as a federal agent. That can pose problems for state and local police accountability. Simone Weichselbaum of The Marshall Project and Patrick Jaicomo of the Institute for Justice comment.
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This Machine Kills - 1. Tech Lives Matter
Welcome to This Machine Kills! Hello friends and enemies.
It's episode one and what a better way to kick things off than by diving into the policing-industrial complex. We get into the intimate crossovers between the tech sector and police departments. And the bizarre similarities between the pathetic goons who spend their days defending Blue Lives and Tech Lives. It's a big party full of the worst people on the planet!
Hosted by Jathan Sadowski (twitter.com/jathansadowski) and Edward Ongweso Jr. (twitter.com/bigblackjacobin), production by Jereme Brown (twitter.com/braunestahl)