Month: March 2021

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - BREAKDOWN: The Case for $1M Bitcoin

A reading of Bitcoin author Nik Bhatia’s latest essay.

This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io and Casper.

On this week’s “Long Reads Sunday,” NLW reads Layered Money author Nik Bhatia’s recent essay for CoinDesk, “Why $1 Million Bitcoin Is Coming.”

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Launching in mid-March, Casper is the future-proof blockchain protocol that finally address the blockchain trilemma. Learn more at Casper.Network.

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Everything Everywhere Daily - What’s the Deal With Daylight Savings?

Every year, around this time, people who live in northern latitude countries turn their clocks ahead one hour. Then, months later, we do the exact same thing in reverse, setting all of our clocks back. Why do we do this? Is there a good reason for it? Should we continue to do it? Learn more about the history and future of Daylight Savings Time on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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Lex Fridman Podcast - #167 – Saagar Enjeti: Politics, History, and Power

Saagar Enjeti is a DC-based political correspondent and podcaster. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(10:19) – Hitler
(14:39) – Evil
(15:58) – Donald Trump
(26:29) – Teddy Roosevelt
(31:51) – Nazi Germany
(36:47) – The balance of power in US government
(40:43) – Bureaucracy
(49:17) – Money
(51:32) – UFOs
(55:36) – Jeffrey Epstein
(1:08:57) – Left and Right
(1:19:40) – How to fix politics
(1:45:07) – Political predictions
(1:58:21) – Journalism
(2:09:16) – Joe Rogan
(2:16:43) – Lyndon Johnson
(2:18:02) – World War I
(2:22:53) – Dan Carlin
(2:29:47) – How Stalin came to power
(2:35:15) – Putin
(2:41:25) – Lenin and Stalin
(2:44:55) – Book recommendations
(2:52:23) – Antarctica and Mars
(2:59:37) – Born to Run
(3:02:05) – Texas

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This Machine Kills - 51. Clover the Big Red Flag (patreon teaser)

Cold open: CNBC turns on Chamath and Clover: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRWnxUsyVDg We pick back up on the story of Clover Health—which is sure to be a business school case study of investors beware—and talk through Hindenburg Research’s damning report that raises a number of very serious concerns about Clover Health’s business practices, undisclosed Department of Justice investigation, alleged conflicts of interests, and the CEO of Clover’s past experience busting out hospitals in New Jersey. The allegations against Clover are not just an exception, but rather a perfect encapsulation of the corporate chicanery that spreads, like a weed strangling the economy, when a thousand SPACs bloom. TMK shirts are now available here: https://www.bonfire.com/mech-luddite/ Subscribe to hear more analysis and commentary in our premium episodes every week! http://patreon.com/thismachinekills Hosted by Jathan Sadowski (twitter.com/jathansadowski) and Edward Ongweso Jr. (twitter.com/bigblackjacobin). Production / Music by Jereme Brown (twitter.com/braunestahl)
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Big Technology Podcast - Bonus: Senator Amy Klobuchar On How Congress Will Take On Big Tech

Senator Amy Klobuchar will be leading the charge in Congress as the legislature interrogates the power of big tech, and potentially takes action to restrain it. She's the new Chairwoman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights, so it's in her hands now.


Klobuchar and I spoke this past week ahead of the first hearing she held to kick the off process. And rather than simply writing the conversation up, which I did on the Big Technology newsletter this week, I wanted to make it available for you to listen to, in full.

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Byzantium And The Crusades - The Second Age of the Crusaders Episode 5 “The Crusaders in Constantinople”

How did the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade rule their new city of Constantinople and their lands in Greece? And how did the break-away Byzantine states oppose them? Find out in this episode.

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: Is This the Beginning of the Next Institutional Bitcoin Wave?

Morgan Stanley, New York Life, JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs are just some of the traditional finance institutions in the crypto news this week.

This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io and Casper.

On The Breakdown’s “Weekly Recap,” NLW looks at news of institutional involvement in the bitcoin and digital asset space including:

  • New York Life investing in and joining the board of directors of NYDIG
  • JPMorgan introducing a “cryptocurrency exposure basket” debt product
  • Goldman Sachs’ COO saying demand is rising 

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Nexo.io lets you borrow against your crypto at 5.9% APR, earn up to 12% on your idle assets, and exchange instantly between 75+ market pairs with the tap of a button. Get started at nexo.io.

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Launching in mid-March, Casper is the future-proof blockchain protocol that finally address the blockchain trilemma. Learn more at Casper.Network.

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