Month: March 2021

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Pod Save America - “Democracy or the Filibuster.” (with Alyssa Mastromonaco!)

Jason Concepcion joins to talk about the Atlanta shooting and anti-Asian racism. Then Jon and Alyssa discuss Joe Biden coming out as filibuster reform-curious, Republicans playing politics with children at the border, and dig into the mailbag to answer some questions.


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Consider This from NPR - Georgia Shooting: The Latest In A Year Of Trauma And Terror For Asian Americans

Reports of hate incidents against Asian American and Pacific Islanders have skyrocketed in the past year, coinciding with former President Trump's racist rhetoric.

The pattern is clear: Asian American and Pacific Islander communities are being terrorized by harassment and violence. State representative Bee Nguyen tells NPR the shootings in Atlanta this week have rattled the Asian-American community in Georgia.

New York Congresswoman Grace Meng outlines a bill she's introduced to help address the issue.

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Science In Action - International science at sea

In the UK thousands of scientists have signed open letters to the UK government protesting cuts to international funding announced this week. Abruptly and severely, the cuts may end hundreds of international collaborations between UK scientists and colleagues around the world working on health, climate change, disaster resilience, sustainability and many development topics.

Professor Jenni Barclay is a volcanologist at the University of East Anglia, and is one of the organisers of the protest. At the University of Cape Town, Dr Chris Trisos is the director of the Climate Risk Lab at the African Climate and Development Initiative, one of the authors of the IPCC 6th assessment, and has just learned his funding will be terminated, as the UK’s Royal Society must trim its output in this area by two thirds. Professor Otteline Leyser is CEO of UKRI – the UK’s main research funding agency, and will have to work out what will happen to over 900 projects currently under way.

Antarctica Iceberg A74 break away Earlier this week German Research Vessel Polarstern released images from its remarkable circumnavigation of Antarctica’s latest iceberg, known as A74. This is the largest chunk of ice to break away from this sector of Antarctica since 1971, approaching the same size of Greater London. Dr Autun Purser describes a hair-raising voyage between the narrow gap left between the berg and the shelf, including the first images of life that have spent at least 50 years in total darkness, hundreds of miles from the open sea.

Image: Polarstern between Brunt and iceberg A74, Antarctica Credit: RalphTimmermann

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - BREAKDOWN: Why a Norwegian Billionaire Is Betting on Bitcoin’s Positive Environmental Potential

Aker’s new Seetee division is out to prove bitcoin can be a force for positive environmental change. 

This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io and Casper, and this week’s special product launch, NEM.

Today on the Brief

  • Followup on the FOMC meeting
  • $3.1M for an anonymous team
  • Could we finally see a bitcoin ETF? 


Our main discussion: Aker ASA’s new Seetee bitcoin division. NLW explores:

  • Why a Norwegian billionaire is buying into bitcoin
  • Why the move is part of a larger institutional shift 
  • Why Seetee founder Kjell Rokke believes bitcoin can spur positive environmental change

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The Commentary Magazine Podcast - What the Killings Say About Us

On today’s COMMENTARY podcast: The mass murder of Asian-American women in an attack in Georgia, the apparently sexual motive behind those killings, and the sources of racial tension in America. Also, the Biden administration’s endorsement of a “three-foot rule” in schools and the conflict between educators and their union representatives.

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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - Listener Mail: Murders in Canada, MKULTRA and the Unabomber, Organized Crime and Boxing

A caller reports possible cover-ups of murders in Canada. A listener asks about the rumoured relationship between MKULTRA and the Unabomber. A fellow Conspiracy Realist sets the guys on a journey into the world of Irish organized crime and boxing. All this and more in this week's listener mail.

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