Month: March 2021

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - BREAKDOWN: When Currencies Fail – ‘Bitcoin’ Google Searches in Turkey Rise 400% as Lira Crashes

The Turkish lira plummets as much as 17% after the surprising firing of Turkey’s central bank governor.

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Today on the Brief:

  • Nigeria central bank reversing stance on crypto ban? 
  • “The least responsible fiscal policy of the last 40 years”
  • Scaramucci’s firm files fifth bitcoin ETF application


Our main discussion: the crash of the Turkish lira. In this episode, NLW looks at the last few years of Turkish monetary policy, inflation and currency crisis, focusing on:

  • The seesaw shifts between inflation and crisis on the one hand and interest rate hikes on the other
  • The sour legacy of intervention in the central bank by President Erdogan 
  • Why the Turkish lira had actually increased 3.07% against the dollar in 2021 before this 


Finally, he examines why some think the only tool left in the Turkish central bank’s tool kit to fight inflation is currency controls, and why this is driving people to explore bitcoin as an escape valve.

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The Commentary Magazine Podcast - Social Anxiety Is Controlling America

Should we feel sorry for the poor Biden people who find themselves on the knife’s edge when it comes to border security? And should we feel sorry for ourselves that our path out of COVID is being blocked by those with social anxiety? And should we care about cancel culture canceling liberals when liberals don’t care about conservatives getting canceled? Give a listen. Source

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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - Strange News: Cheer Mom Makes Deep Fakes, North Korea Ghosts the US, Texas Rangers Promise to Stop Hypnotizing People

A Cheer Mom creates deep fake photos in a revenge scheme targeting her daughter's rivals. The government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) ghosts the US, refusing the new President's attempts to contact them. Over in the US, the Texas Rangers promise to stop hypnotizing people -- in other news, Texas law enforcement has been hypnotizing people for about 40 years. All this and more in this week's Strange News.

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CBS News Roundup - World News Roundup: 03/22

Miami Beach declares a state of emergency to control spring break crowds. US trial finds Astra Zeneca vaccine 79% effective. The US warns migrants they will be sent back. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.

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The Intelligence from The Economist - Not-purchasing power: boycotts in Myanmar

As demonstrations against February’s coup continue, many are trying a subtler form of resistance: starving army-owned businesses of revenue. We ask whether the ploy will work. Snippets of Neanderthal DNA survive in most humans—and they are a mixed blessing as regards the risks of covid-19. And, not for the first time, Britain’s census questions reveal the preoccupations of a nation.

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Everything Everywhere Daily - La Liga

Soccer, aka football, is the most popular sport in the world. Of all the professional leagues in the world, there is one that has achieved a level of success and competition above all others. Spain’s Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, otherwise known as La Liga. Learn more about La Liga, and the history of football in Spain, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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Start the Week - Newton: science and worldly riches

Edward St Aubyn is the award-winning author of the Patrick Melrose series. His new novel, Double Blind, also revolves around transformation and the headlong pursuit of knowledge. He tells Tom Sutcliffe that his characters range across the sciences – from genetics to ecology to psychoanalysis. And their investigations into inheritance, freedom and consciousness intertwine with their feelings of love, fear and greed.

Isaac Newton is often revered as the scientific genius of the 18th century: an unworldly scholar who abandoned his intellectual life to rescue the country’s finances. But the academic Patricia Fara paints a more complicated picture in Life After Gravity. Here Newton is seen in the last 30 years of his life as he heads both the Royal Mint and the Royal Society – a scientist who revelled in the dirty worlds of money and politics.

Chris van Tulleken is an infectious diseases doctor who has also forged a career presenting health and science programmes on radio and television. With his twin brother Xand he has put competing health theories to the test, and shared his own personal experience of Covid 19. In his new series for Radio 4, The Jump, he investigates the latest scientific evidence looking at how animal viruses spread to humans, and how far human behaviours are causing pandemics.

Producer: Katy Hickman

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Start the Week - Newton: science and worldly riches

Edward St Aubyn is the award-winning author of the Patrick Melrose series. His new novel, Double Blind, also revolves around transformation and the headlong pursuit of knowledge. He tells Tom Sutcliffe that his characters range across the sciences – from genetics to ecology to psychoanalysis. And their investigations into inheritance, freedom and consciousness intertwine with their feelings of love, fear and greed.

Isaac Newton is often revered as the scientific genius of the 18th century: an unworldly scholar who abandoned his intellectual life to rescue the country’s finances. But the academic Patricia Fara paints a more complicated picture in Life After Gravity. Here Newton is seen in the last 30 years of his life as he heads both the Royal Mint and the Royal Society – a scientist who revelled in the dirty worlds of money and politics.

Chris van Tulleken is an infectious diseases doctor who has also forged a career presenting health and science programmes on radio and television. With his twin brother Xand he has put competing health theories to the test, and shared his own personal experience of Covid 19. In his new series for Radio 4, The Jump, he investigates the latest scientific evidence looking at how animal viruses spread to humans, and how far human behaviours are causing pandemics.

Producer: Katy Hickman

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The NewsWorthy - AstraZeneca Study Results, Olympics Ban Foreign Fans & Happiest Country – Monday, March 22nd, 2021

The news to know for Monday, March 22nd, 2021!

What to know about:

  • another COVID-19 vaccine that could be the next one authorized in the U.S.
  • a popular spring break location now declaring a state of emergency
  • whether former President Trump may start his own social network
  • a big shake-up for this summer's Olympic Games 
  • which country was just named the 'happiest' in the world...

Those stories and more in just ~10 minutes!

Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com or see sources below to read more about any of the stories mentioned today.

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Sources:

AstraZeneca’s US Trial Data: AP, CNBC

Miami Beach State of Emergency: CBS News, Miami Herald, USA Today, WSJ

Nationwide Protests Supporting Asian Americans: CNN, WSJ, NYT, NBC News, NPR, White House

Pentagon Chief’s Surprise Trip to Afghanistan: Politico, WaPo, CNBC, NPR

Australia’s Floods & Evacuations: AP, Reuters, Axios, BBC

Iceland Volcano Erupts: CBS News, AP, WaPo, NY Times

Tokyo Olympics Ban Overseas Fans: NPR, Al Jazeera, Olympics

Covid Protocols Knock VCU Out: USA Today, WSJ, ESPN

Illinois Eliminated: ESPN

NCAA Women’s Weight Room Controversy: NY Times, NPR

Trump May Launch His Own Social Network: FOX News, USA Today, The Hill

Happiest Country in the World: NBC News, BBC,  WHR

Money Monday - Americans Buying “Real” Clothes Again: WaPo