Month: March 2021

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - BREAKDOWN: What the $1.9T Stimulus Means for Bitcoin

The U.S. has now spent more on COVID-19 than on World War II. Here’s what it might mean for bitcoin. 

This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io and Casper.

COVID-19 sent the money printer into overdrive. With the newly signed $1.9 trillion stimulus bill, the total spent on pandemic relief in the U.S. exceeds $6 trillion, more than WWII’s inflation-adjusted $4.1 trillion. 

In this episode, NLW explores what the possible implications of this spending are for bitcoin, including:

  • Whether we’re likely to see if some of the $400 billion allocated for direct checks to citizens find its way into bitcoin
  • Whether the $1.9 trillion is just the start of a larger set of Biden Administration initiatives that will redefine our relationship with the balance sheet


NLW also does a quick regulatory roundup looking at:

  • The CFTC investigating Binance 
  • U.S. Rep. Warren Davidson reintroducing the “Token Taxonomy Act”
  • The introduction of the “Eliminate Barriers to Innovation Act”

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Motley Fool Money - Roblox’s Debut and the Future of Gene Editing

Ulta Beauty’s CEO steps down. Docusign and JD.com decline on earnings. Bumble bounces higher. Poshmark misses the mark. Roblox has a big debut. And Dick’s Sporting Goods and Funko deliver on earnings. Motley Fool analysts Emily Flippen and Jason Moser discuss those stories, take stock of the sports betting market, and share two stocks on their radar: DexCom and Coupang. Plus, bestselling author Walter Isaacson talks about his new book, The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race.

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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - What is the Golden Dawn?

In the late 19th century, several friends and Freemasons embarked on a strange endeavor -- creating their own secret society for the purpose of studying magic. While the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn may sound bizarre and obscure today, its existence had a profound impact on later, similar groups and systems. But what exactly was it? Perhaps more importantly -- did any of this magic work?

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The Commentary Magazine Podcast - Biden Wants To Tell You What To Do and When

Today's podcast analyzes Joe Biden's speech to the nation regarding the pandemic and asks whether he's remaining funereal about the present and immediate future in order to be able to claim victory after victory because of underpromising or out of a desire to keep people under control until we can be sure the virus is fading away. And what's this about New York Democrats in the House wanting Andrew Cuomo to resign? Give a listen.

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CBS News Roundup - World News Roundup: 3/12

President Biden offers up a roadmap out of the pandemic. There will be an impeachment investigation of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. Congress moves a step closer to passing the first major gun control legislation in 20 years. Correspondent Steve Kathan has the CBS World News Roundup for Friday, March 12, 2021:


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The Intelligence from The Economist - Casting the net wider: remaking the welfare state

As the Biden administration fires a $1.9trn pandemic-relief bazooka, we consider how governments might rethink welfare: providing more-flexible benefits, investing in human capital and acting as an insurer against the gravest risks. The simple pleasure of human touch, so constrained of late, is not an emotional luxury—it’s a physical need. And why it’s so hard to coin a word.

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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - TBD | Does Google Actually Want to Hire Black Engineers?

Back in 2014, Google released in-depth diversity data for its workforce for the first time. 1.1 percent of its tech team identified as Black. Six years later, after millions of dollars spent and a much-hyped partnership program with historically Black colleges and universities across the country, that number is up to 2.4 percent. 


How did such a promising effort yield such incremental change?


Guest: Nitasha Tiku, tech culture reporter at the Washington Post


Host

Lizzie O’Leary

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Everything Everywhere Daily - How Australia Won Its First Winter Olympics Gold Medal

Australia is what I would call a sporting country. Cricket, rugby, and Australian Football are all incredibly popular sports. Australia has also really punched above its weight in the Summer Olympics, earning an oversized number of medals given its population. Their performance at the Winter Olympics, however, has not been so great. Learn more about the extremely unlikely way that Australia won its first Winter Olympics Gold Medal on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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Odessa - Part 2: Friday Night Lights

In 1988, a high school football team in Odessa, Texas, was so good that it became the inspiration for a book, movie and, eventually, the television series “Friday Night Lights.” And in the decades since, as West Texas has weathered the unsettling undulations of the oil industry, football has remained steady. 

So after the pandemic hit, the town did what it could to make sure the season wasn’t disrupted. And at Odessa High School, where the football team struggles to compete against local rivals, the members of their award winning marching band were relieved they could keep playing. 

In Part 2 of Odessa, we follow what happened when the season opened — and how the school weighed the decision to start against the possible risks to students’ physical and mental health.