By Sandra Simonds
Strict Scrutiny - Call For Filings!
Send us your favorite, crazy election law filings from this cycle. And we'll do a dramatic reading!
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CoinDesk Podcast Network - BREAKDOWN: Niall Ferguson on Why Bitcoin and China Are Winning the Monetary Revolution
The well-known economic historian connects the dots between bitcoin and CBDCs in the COVID-19 money era.
This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Nexo.io and this week's special product launch, Allnodes.
On today’s Long Reads Sunday, NLW reads Niall Ferguson’s latest Op-Ed for Bloomberg: “Bitcoin Is Winning the COVID-19 Monetary Revolution”
In it, Ferguson argues that bitcoin’s sovereignty and “built-in scarcity in a virtual world characterized by boundless abundance” are driving its adoption.
He also argues that rather than adopt a China-style central bank digital currency, incoming President Joe Biden should look to integrate bitcoin into the U.S. economic system.
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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Dr. Mia Taormina Answers Your COVID-19 Questions
Dr. Mia Taormina, infectious disease specialist at the DuPage Medical Group, explains the latest coronavirus science and the precautions to take to navigate the pandemic. Look for our latest interview with her in your podcast feed every Sunday.
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This Machine Kills - 25. Socialize the Eschaton (patreon teaser)
Conservative commentators used the phrase “immanentize the eschaton” as a criticism of socialism and communism. For these stooges, who thought they stood at the end of history, any alternative to neoliberal capitalism and American hegemony was tantamount to ushering in the apocalypse. Well we’re here to tell you not to fear the end of their grand utopian project. If the rest of us experience this reality as a lived dystopia, then why not try to hasten its demise? We dig deeper into our discussion on the radical potential of real utopias, providing more examples along the way.
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More or Less: Behind the Stats - Vaccines: how safe and who gets it?
The UK has become the first country in the world to approve the use of a vaccine for Covid 19. But some people are worried that the decision was taken too quickly - can we really know it?s safe yet? Tim Harford tackles these safety concerns. Plus, what is the best way to distribute the vaccine? How do you maximise the benefit of the first round of vaccines? Stuart McDonald, a fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries in the UK works out what groups would benefit most.
Everything Everywhere Daily - The Voynich Manuscript
In 1912, a Polish rare book dealer purchased an extremely old codex that contained an unknown system of writing.
Since then, the best and brightest minds in cryptography, linguistics, and artificial intelligence have not been able to decipher what is written in the book.
That hasn’t stopped people from trying and periodically making claims that they have cracked the code.
Learn more about the Voynich Manuscript on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Audio Poem of the Day - Act III, Sc. 2
by Jorie Graham
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe - The Skeptics Guide #804 – Dec 5 2020
COVID-19 Update; News Items: The Home of Jesus, Ancient Seeds, Treatment for Progeria, Protein Folding Solved, ISS Longevity; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Principia Follow Up; Name That Logical Fallacy: Slippery Slope; Science or Fiction
Byzantium And The Crusades - The Decline of the Crusaders Episode 10 “The Crusaders Divided”
In this episode, we hear how the Crusader states in the 1180s were unable to find unity or strong leadership to face the growing threat of Saladin. Instead, the death of the leper King Baldwin IV of Jerusalem resulted in a fractious and divided political environment. Matters were only made worse by the renegade behaviour of Reynald of Châtillon, whose outrageous attacks on Muslim convoys passing between Egypt and Syria provided the perfect excuse for Saladin to call for a decisive war against the Crusaders.
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