Month: February 2021

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Everything Everywhere Daily - Valentine’s Day

Every February 14, people around the world celebrate Valentine’s Day. It is a day for everything heart-shaped, flowers, flowers, candy, and romance. Why is this day the day dedicated to romance? What’s with the hearts? And who or what is a valentine? Is this all a giant conspiracy of greeting card manufacturers? Learn more about Saint Valentine’s Day on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - OPINIONATED: Preston Byrne on GameStop, Online Mobs and Marmots

Attorney Preston Byrne joins Ben Schiller to consider the continuing fallout from the WallStreetBets controversy.

This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io.

Preston Byrne is a partner in Anderson Kill's Technology, Media and Distributed Systems Group, and a CoinDesk columnist. 

He joins CoinDesk Features Editor Ben Schiller to discuss his recent op-ed about GameStop, Robinhood and the rise of online mobs. 

See the article here:

‘The Squeezening’: How the GameStop Backlash Will Curtail Freedom

Schiller spoke to Byrne about:

  • The rise of online mobs from GameStop to Capitol Hill and how the internet is impacting real life in an increasingly tangible way
  • What policymakers can do to prevent mobs doing damage to decent companies
  • Why it’s likely the WallStreetBets Reddit contained some pump-and-dumpers
  • How the regulatory reaction to the WallStreetBets could impact cryptocurrencies 
  • How the backlash from “elites” impacted by GameStop could harm free speech
  • Why Preston Byrne supports marmots (which are like squirrels or groundhogs) 


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Byzantium And The Crusades - The Second Age of the Crusaders Episode 1 “The Death of Saladin”

In this episode, we move onto what can be called the Second Age of the Crusaders, that is the period after the Third Crusade, when the Crusader states were weakened but still controlled the coast of Palestine. After Richard the Lionheart's departure from the Holy Land in 1192, it wasn't long before his great rival, Saladin, also died, an event that would reshape medieval Islam and the entire Middle East.

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: Corporate Crypto Makes Government Bans Less Likely

A recap of a swath of news about corporate players coming into the crypto space, and why it could change the landscape of regulation.

This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io.

On this edition of the weekly recap, NLW breaks down the entrance of corporates into the crypto space this week, including:

  • Tesla
  • BNY Mellon
  • Mastercard
  • Twitter
  • Amazon


He also argues that more corporate actors investing in bitcoin and crypto makes it significantly less likely the U.S. government would look towards severe regulation.


This week on The Breakdown:

Monday | Elon Musk Buys Bitcoin: Everything You Need to Know About Tesla’s $1.5B Purchase

Tuesday | Will Apple Be the Next Fortune 500 to Buy Bitcoin?

Wednesday | How Nigeria and India Are Dealing With Crypto Bans

Thursday | Gradually, Then Suddenly: Mastercard, BNY Mellon, Amazon, Twitter Poised to Join the Bitcoin Party

Friday | Why Jay-Z’s Bitcoin Trust Matters


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Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - Impeachment’s Message and Meaning

Dahlia Lithwick is joined by renowned communications researcher and campaign adviser Anat Shenker-Osorio to talk about the messaging of impeachment outside the lens of the law. Then, Bob Bauer, former White House counsel under President Barack Obama and senior adviser to the 2020 Biden campaign, joins Dahlia to discuss the significance of this impeachment as a legal matter, and the next steps needed when the trial ends (in acquittal). 

In our Slate Plus segment, Mark Joseph Stern on the guessing-game that is the law of Covid and death-penalty protocols in late-night SCOTUS orders.

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The NewsWorthy - Special Edition: Dating & Love in 2021

In honor of Valentine’s Day this weekend, we are talking about how dating has changed during the pandemic, what role politics is playing in the dating world, why the amount of ghosting has gone down, and some fun dating and love advice.

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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More or Less: Behind the Stats - How much Covid in the World?

If we brought all the virus particles of the Sars-CoV-2 virus from every human currently infected, how much would there be? This was a question posed by one of our listeners. We lined up two experts to try to work this out. YouTube maths nerd Matt Parker and Kit Yates, senior lecturer in mathematical biology at the University of Bath, UK give us their best estimates. One believes the particles would fit into a small can of coke, the other a spoonful.

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The Gist - The Directionless are Misleading

On the Gist, Mike lives for the arguments Trump’s lawyers are making because, well, they’re really bad.

In the Interview, “She loves America. For her, she was there showing support for the American political process.” SUNY Geneseo political science professor and author Karleen West talks to Mike about her mother’s participation in the January 6th insurrection. West has spent years studying insurrections in Latin America, but on January 6th, her personal and professional collided. Mike and West talk about how West’s mother is a strong woman, but doesn’t consider herself a feminist, the radicalization of her mother, and how her mother is still proud of her...despite not really knowing what her career is. 

In the spiel, assailing democrats, and two words: Swiss cheese.

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