Month: February 2021

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The NewsWorthy - Special Edition: Restart Your New Year’s Resolution

As we wrap up the second month of 2021, we started to think about New Year’s resolutions many of us made at the start of the year. Statistics show most people aren’t following through a few months later.

So, we wanted to take a break from the everyday news to talk about how to reach our goals, even if that means restarting right now.

Well-known podcaster, entrepreneur and author John Lee Dumas joins us to share his roadmap to reaching goals and finding more freedom.

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More or Less: Behind the Stats - Why are US Covid cases falling?

Cases of Covid 19 began to soar in the US in the autumn. By early January there were around 300,000 new cases a day. But since then the numbers have fallen steeply. What caused this dramatic drop? From herd immunity to the weather, Tim Harford explores some of the theories with Derek Thompson of The Atlantic magazine and Professor Jennifer Dowd, deputy director of the Lever Hume Centre for Demographic Science at the University of Oxford.

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - WBEZ’s Weekly News Roundup

Reset breaks down the biggest news stories of the week in our Friday News Roundup with host Sasha Ann Simons and this week’s guests, AD Quig of Crain’s Chicago Business, and David Greising of The Better Government Association. For more Reset interviews, subscribe to this podcast and please leave us a rating. That helps other listeners find us. For more about the program, go to the WBEZ website or follow us on Twitter at @WBEZreset.
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Consider This from NPR - America’s Next Generation Of Legal Marijuana: New State Laws Focus On Racial Equity

It's been almost a decade since Washington and Colorado became the first states in America to legalize recreational marijuana. Now a new generation of states are wrestling with how to do it with a focus on racial equity that was missing from early legalization efforts.

WBEZ reporter Mariah Woelfel reports from Chicago on why legalization plans in Illinois are still leaving Black businesses behind.

VPM reporters Ben Paviour and Whittney Evans explain how lawmakers in Virginia are designing new marijuana legislation with equity in mind.

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Motley Fool Money - Market Volatility, Airbnb, and Dan Ariely

The stock market falls as interest rates rise. Airbnb reports a big loss but shares rise on stronger than expected revenue. Home Depot, Lowe’s, and Square slip on growth concerns. Etsy rises on earnings. Papa John’s and Domino’s don’t. Beyond Meat makes two big deals. And Door Dash declines in its debut quarter as a public company. Motley Fool analysts Andy Cross and Ron Gross discuss those stories, weigh in on Amazon and Chewy, and share two stocks on their radar: Curiositystream and ResMed. Plus, Duke Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Economics Dan Ariely talks risk, luck, and how to navigate market declines.

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CrowdScience - Why do men rule the world?

Listener Paula from Kenya is a computer scientist, she can’t help but notice the inequality in her workplace.

With only 1 in 10 countries having female heads of state, there is no doubt that men are in charge.

Paula wants to know if there is any scientific underpinning to this inequality? Perhaps it can be explained by our brains and bodies? Or does evolution weigh in?

Or maybe it is all down to society and the way we raise our boys and girls. The toys and ideals we give our children must surely have an impact.

And most importantly, if we want a world run by men and women equally, how can we get there? We hear how Iceland became the most gender equal country in the world.

Presented by Marnie Chesterton. Produced by Caroline Steel for the BBC World Service

[Image: Men in board room. Credit: Getty Images]

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Cato Daily Podcast - Is the Supreme Court Beginning to Curtail Qualified Immunity?

The Supreme Court created and has long supported a tortured reading of federal law that helps public officials escape accountability for violating your rights. That may be changing in a small way. Still, Clark Neily and Jay Schweikert argue that qualified immunity will continue to protect malicious public officials until lawmakers step in to fix it.

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - BREAKDOWN: Why Cathie Wood Thinks Bitcoin Could Replace Bonds

The ARK Investment founder discussed bitcoin’s opportunity to act as a replacement store of value at the Bloomberg Crypto Summit.

This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io.

Today on the Brief:

  • SEC investigating Elon’s DOGE tweets?
  • US income growth has second biggest monthly gain ever
  • Robinhood growth suggests crypto mainstreaming


Main discussion: Cathie Wood thinks Bitcoin could replace bonds. In this episode, NLW lays out:

  • How Cathie Wood made a name by being early in Tesla, Bitcoin and innovation
  • How ARK’s funds have grown 
  • Why bonds aren’t performing anymore and why bitcoin could fill the gap in investor’s portfolios


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The Commentary Magazine Podcast - The Biden Game on Iran and Stimulus

The podcasters end the week arguing over the meaning of the Biden administration's decision to strike Iranian targets even as they attempt to reenter Obama's Iran nuclear deal. And wonder as well at the bribery and fecklessness in the $1.9 trillion relief/stimulus bill and what it portends. Give a listen.

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