Month: December 2020

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Why The Economic Recovery May Be Headed In The Wrong Direction

Weekly jobless claims in the U.S. jumped to 853,000 last week — the highest since September. Nearly every state saw an increase in claims, with Illinois leading the pack.

Reset takes a closer look at what these numbers mean for the state of economic recovery in the U.S.

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Consider This from NPR - John Kerry: Restoring American Credibility On Climate Change ‘Not So Simple’

In his first round of interviews since President-elect Joe Biden announced John Kerry would be his special envoy for climate, the former Secretary of State tells NPR why restoring American credibility on climate issues will be a key challenge for the Biden administration. Kerry spoke to NPR's Steve Inskeep.

NPR's Nathan Rott reports on another climate ambition for the incoming administration: conserving 30% of America's land and water by 2030.

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Science In Action - The unchecked spread of Covid-19 in Manaus

Pictures of coffins and mass graves seen by satellites showed that Manaus has been badly affected by Covid- 19. Now analysis of blood samples shows the extent to which the virus took hold in the Amazon city earlier this year. Investigators Ester Sabino and Lewis Buss from Brazil’s University of Sao Paulo discuss how and why the virus spread.

Humanity has been modifying the environment for millennia, but have we now reached a point where it’s all too much? An analysis by Emily Elhacham from Tel Aviv University shows the amount of stuff produced by humanity, from plastics to buildings now has a greater mass than all natural biomass on the planet.

And China has been to the moon. Space watcher Andrew Jones tells us how the robotic mission mimics the manned missions of the 1960s and 70s.

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - BREAKDOWN: SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce on a Bitcoin ETF, Custody Rules and What’s Next for the SEC

The SEC commissioner explains why the SEC’s approach has been “too slow and too ambiguous” and why she’s optimistic for 2021. 

This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Nexo.io and this week’s special product launch LVL.co.

Hester Peirce is a commissioner at the Securities Exchange Commission, sworn in for her second term in August. 

Sometimes referred to as “Crypto Mom,” Peirce has been a fierce advocate for the industry in a regulatory context that hasn’t always been on her side. 

In this conversation, she and NLW discuss:

  • Why the SEC’s approach on crypto has been too slow and too ambiguous
  • Why it matters that FinHub is becoming a standalone office
  • The prospect for a regulatory “safe harbor” for crypto
  • What the SEC thinks of the OCC’s crypto custody guidance
  • The prospect for a bitcoin exchange-traded fund

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Everything Everywhere Daily - The Man Who Didn’t Want To Be Pope

On February 10, 2013, in what began as a rather innocuous assembly, Pope Benedict the XVI stunned the world by announcing that he would be retiring. Not only were people stunned, but to paraphrase King George in the Musical Hamilton, most people weren’t even aware that was something a pope could do. Yet, it is something popes can do, and the precedent was set over 700 years earlier. Learn more about Pope Celestine V, the man who really didn’t want to become pope.

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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - Listener Mail: Weather Modification, the Denver Airport and a Bizarre Leap through Time

A meteorologist writes in to break down the (very real) science of cloud seeding, as well as chiming in on Ben's dream of lightning achieving sentience. A listener provides updates on the bizarre art of the Denver airport. In a moment straight out of the Twilight Zone, a man finds himself slipping through time. All this and more in this week's listener mail segment.

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The NewsWorthy - Hunter Biden Investigation, Gov’t Sues Facebook & Happy Hanukkah – Thursday, December 10th, 2020

The news to know for Thursday, December 10th, 2020!

We're talking about:

  • new developments from the FDA about the first COVID-19 vaccine: what's expected and why the UK has a new warning about the shot
  • an investigation into Hunter Biden
  • Facebook facing a government lawsuit
  • what scientists found about manmade materials on Earth
  • a SpaceX rocket's fiery landing 
  • the most popular Google searches in 2020
  • the first night of Hanukkah tonight

All that and more in around 10 minutes...

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Sources:

FDA Meeting on Pfizer Vaccine: USA Today, Bloomberg, WSJ, FDA

UK Vaccine Allergy Warning: BBC, CBS News, Reuters

U.S. Daily COVID Deaths Record: NPR, Johns Hopkins

Hunter Biden Tax Probe: AP, WSJ, Reuters, Politico, Biden Transition

States Sue Facebook: AP, CNBC, NY Times, WaPo, Facebook

Human-Made Materials Outweigh Living Things: BBC, CNN, USA Today, Full Study

SpaceX Rocket Explodes: AP, ABC News, NBC News, Elon Musk

Boeing 737 Max Back in Service: AP, The Verge, NPR

Google Lifts Political Ad Ban: WSJ, Engadget, Axios, Google

Most Popular Searches of 2020: Engadget, CBS News, Google

First Night of Hanukkah: ET, TimeandDate, Chabad.Org

Thing to Know Thursday: What is an IPO: Business Insider, Investopedia

Airbnb Starts Trading: WSJ, TechCrunch

DoorDash IPO Soars: NY Times, Reuters