Month: February 2021

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Big Technology Podcast - Will Amazon Be Kinder After Jeff Bezos? A Conversation With Recode’s Jason Del Rey

Jeff Bezos is headed for the door at Amazon, and because 2021 is the craziest news year on record, we mostly haven’t stopped to consider this seismic story and what it means for the business world. 


Joining us to discuss what Amazon looks like after Bezos is Jason Del Rey, a senior correspondent at Recode and author of a forthcoming book on Amazon’s battle with Walmart.


Here's Jason's story on what to expect from incoming CEO Andy Jassy:


https://www.vox.com/recode/22264330/amazon-ceo-andy-jassy-jeff-bezos-aws

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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - Mystery, Mayhem and Nukes: The Story of the Marshall Islands

The Republic of the Marshall Islands is a relatively tiny, remote place -- it's about halfway between Hawaii and Australia, with nothing but ocean on the horizon. And, for decades, this nation has been home to a terrifying secret. As the world entered the atomic age, the United States realized it needed a place to test its new weaponry, and to store the waste these nuclear experiments left behind. Tune in to learn more about US nuclear experiments in the Marshall Islands, and how the consequences of this conspiracy remain in the modern day.

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The Commentary Magazine Podcast - Unfrozen Caveman Impeachment

How bad were Trump's lawyers? Does it matter? How good were the House managers? Does it matter? Does anything matter? How about opening schools—and why are John's kids' schools open while yours are closed? And what does Philip Larkin have to tell us about the world under COVID? Give a listen.

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CBS News Roundup - World News Roundup: 02/10

Day two of Donald Trump's impeachment trial. Cases of a COVID variant double every ten days. Minnesota health clinic shooting. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.

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The Intelligence from The Economist - Like hell out of a bat: SARS-CoV-2’s origin

The World Health Organisation unveiled preliminary findings, suggesting the coronavirus probably jumped to humans via an intermediary animal and all but ruling out a laboratory leak. We examine the many remaining questions. Nefarious regimes find it ever easier to reach across borders, subjecting dissidents to repression and surveillance abroad. And why it’s so hard to buy a car in Algeria. 

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The Best One Yet - “r/Reddit$6Billion” — DoorDash’s robot salad. Hawk/Dove stimulus. Reddit valuation doubling.

Fresh after a 5-second Super Bowl ad, Reddit doubles its valuation to $6B. DoorDash just acquired a sushi and salad-making robot because it hates humans. And we’re about to get another stimulus, but it all comes down to 1 conversation between the Hawks and the Doves. $DASH  Got a SnackFact? Tweet it @RobinhoodSnacks @JackKramer @NickOfNewYork Send us your Black History Month SnackFact here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Hu00HOlQ-qb6S7Jx4CgnGOfzrA67_j_SLFqxvFKinEQ/edit Want a shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form: https://forms.gle/KhUAo31xmkSdeynD9 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - The Most Powerful Man in Washington?

As soon as the Democrats won a slim 50-50 majority in the senate, the jokes about President Joe Manchin started flying. The Senate's self described “conservative Democrat” from West Virginia is in a key position to influence legislation during the Biden administration. How will he wield that power? 

Guests: Jim Newell, senior politics reporter for Slate

Ken Ward Jr., co-founder of Mountain State Spotlight and distinguished reporting fellow for Pro-Publica

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More or Less: Behind the Stats - Brexit exports, cladding and are 1 in 5 disabled?

Are exports to the EU from the UK down 68% since Brexit? This apocalyptic statistic is being widely reported, but does it really tell us what?s happening at Dover and Folkstone?

Ministers are tweeting reassuring numbers about flammable cladding on high rise buildings. We?re not so sure.

Is it really true that one in five people are disabled?

Plus, if you assembled all the coronavirus particles in the world into a pile - how big would it be?

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Short Wave - When Defending The Land Puts Your Own Life At Risk

Global Witness documented that 212 environmental and land activists were murdered in 2019. Over half of those documented murders took place in Colombia and the Philippines, countries where intensive mining and agribusiness has transformed the environment. NPR Short Wave reporter Emily Kwong speaks with three activists about the intersection between natural resource extraction and violence, and what keeps them going in their work.

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