Month: March 2021

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The Best One Yet - 👑 “Where’s the Dothraki roller coaster?” — HBO’s Game of Missing Thrones. JetBlue’s platform problem. 1 whale crushed stocks.

If your stocks fell on Friday, there my be 1 person to blame (but seriously). HBO Max snagged the Game of Thrones creator for a multi-year-multi-million-dollar deal. And JetBlue’s tired of just airplane, so it’s launching its own Expedia. $JBLU $DIS $T $VIAC $DISCA Got a SnackFact? Tweet it @RobinhoodSnacks @JackKramer @NickOfNewYork Want a shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form: https://forms.gle/KhUAo31xmkSdeynD9 Got a SnackFact for the pod? We got a form for that too: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe64VKtvMNDPGSncHDRF07W34cPMDO3N8Y4DpmNP_kweC58tw/viewform 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 - Can a Highway Be Racist?

Houston residents and elected officials are trying to stop the largest urban highway project of their lifetimes -- one that would clear out more than 1,000 homes in primarily Black and Latin neighborhoods and, they say, introduce additional flooding and health risks. Now, residents have a powerful new ally in Washington: the Biden administration. The fate of I-45 may tell us something about what 21st-century infrastructure will look like. 

Guests: Tomaro Bell, Houston resident and community leader, and Oni Blair, executive director of LINK Houston. 

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Land of the Giants - Should We Break Up Google?

Google is now facing antitrust scrutiny at a level it's never experienced before, from both sides of the political aisle. Which means we’re in an unprecedented moment that could define the company, our economy, and our daily lives for years to come. In our season finale, we explore the arguments for and against breaking up or regulating Google. And we explain why it’s virtually impossible to go online now without dropping a coin into Google’s pocket.

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The NewsWorthy - Vaccines Slow Spread, Suez Ship Freed & ‘Satan Shoes’ Backlash- Tuesday, March 30th, 2021

The news to know for Tuesday, March 30th, 2021!

We have updates about:

  • the real-world study that shows a couple of COVID-19 vaccines can help prevent infections, even those without symptoms
  • what happened on the first day of one of the most anticipated murder trials in decades
  • Visa embracing cryptocurrency
  • new backlash over so-called Satan Shoes
  • how one sporting goods store is going to great lengths to bring customers back in person

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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Chauvin Trial Testimony: AP, NBC News, NY Times, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Watch Trial Live

Ghislaine Maxwell New Charges: NY Times, WaPo, BBC

CDC Real-World Shots Study: Reuters, CNN, FOX News, CDC

Vaccine Eligibility Update: AP, CNN, WSJ

Suez Canal Reopens: NPR, BBC, AP, NBC News

Visa to Accept Cryptocurrency: Visa, CNET, Reuters, Forbes

Lil Nas X ‘Satan Shoes’ Backlash: NBC News, FOX Business, CNN, NYT, Complex, Lil Nas X

Dick’s Experiential Store: Motley Fool, PYMNTS, Dick’s House of Sport

‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ Announcements: ABC News, Variety, Insider, Disney

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Short Wave - What We Can Learn From Microscopic Life In Antarctica

Our colleagues at the TED Radio Hour introduce us to wildlife filmmaker Ariel Waldman. She says the coldest continent is brimming with invisible life that can only be seen through microscopes, including tardigrades (one of Maddie's favorite critters).

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NBN Book of the Day - W. Quinn and J. D. Turner, “Boom and Bust: A Global History of Financial Bubbles” (Cambridge UP, 2020)

Are we in the midst of a financial bubble? Do the current valuations of the electronic vehicle stocks or their SPACs make you raise an eyebrow? The trouble with bubbles is that they are hard to spot from within, and much easier to define and analyze after the fact.  In their new book, Boom and Bust: A Global History of Financial Bubbles (Cambridge University Press, 2020), William Quinn and John D. Turner analyze past instances of extreme speculation to come up with a typology of the phenomenon. Using what they call the Bubble Triangle of Marketability, Easy Money, and overt Speculation, they have created a tool for financial economists, and the rest of us, to judge what makes a bubble and what makes it pop. Given the unusual nature of the capital markets at the present time, you will want to be familiar with their analysis as you view your own investments.

Daniel Peris is Senior Vice President at Federated Hermes in Pittsburgh. He can be reached at DanielxPeris@gmail.com or via Twitter @HistoryInvestor. His History and Investing blog and Keep Calm & Carry On Investing podcast are at https://strategicdividendinvestor.com

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What A Day - The State Of Voter Suppression

Florida is following Georgia’s lead by moving forward on a bill that makes it harder to vote. It’s part of a broader and coordinated effort to roll back voting rights in states across the country, backed by groups like The Heritage Foundation. We explain that, and listen to leaked audio that reveals how Republican donors are trying to message against federal voting rights legislation.

Yesterday brought back-to-back federal warnings about the pandemic. Biden called on states to reimpose mask mandates, and the director of the CDC warned of “impending doom” if Americans don’t take precautions. 

And in headlines: The final day of Amazon’s unionization vote, the first day of the Derek Chauvin trial, and a new poll shows Americans are the least religious they’ve been in decades. 

Show Links: 

“Inside the Koch-Backed Effort to Block the Largest Election-Reform Bill in Half a Century”

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/inside-the-koch-backed-effort-to-block-the-largest-election-reform-bill-in-half-a-century


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The Daily Signal - What You Need to Know About Biden Administration’s Illegal Immigration Claims

The Department of Homeland Security said two weeks ago that illegal border crossings are on pace to reach their highest level in two decades.


Meanwhile, President Joe Biden's administration is making claims such as that border crises happen every year and that former President Donald Trump’s policies didn’t reduce illegal crossings.


Lora Ries, senior research fellow for homeland security at The Heritage Foundation, joins "The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss those claims.


We also cover these stories:

  • The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, warned Americans that a fourth coronavirus surge could be on the way if more precautions aren’t taken.
  • The CDC said in a new study that the Moderna and Pfizer coronavirus vaccines prevent about 90% of infections. 
  • In the opening arguments of the trial of Derek Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer, prosecutors said that he “betrayed” his badge by using unnecessary force on George Floyd, who died in police custody last May.



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Lex Fridman Podcast - #172 – Ryan Schiller: Librex and the Free Exchange of Ideas on College Campuses

Ryan Schiller is the creator of Librex, an anonymous discussion feed for college communities. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(07:06) – Librex
(08:59) – Deep Fakes
(13:06) – Silencing of ideas
(24:01) – Building Librex
(33:47) – How Librex took over Dartmouth
(42:13) – Anonymity
(45:04) – Private vs public life
(54:32) – Building a sense of community
(59:14) – Refusing to sell user data
(1:06:05) – Moderation
(1:12:54) – Freedom of speech
(1:23:45) – Scaling
(1:28:02) – Yik Yak
(1:35:22) – AWS and Parler
(1:40:25) – Safe spaces
(1:43:22) – Jeffrey Epstein
(1:52:50) – Chess and poker
(2:03:29) – Advice for young people
(2:14:21) – Book recommendations
(2:20:16) – Mortality