Month: April 2021

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - WBEZ’s Weekly News Recap

Another alderman comes under federal indictment. This time he’s a nephew of one mayor and grandson of another. Video released of another fatal shooting by Chicago police renews calls for foot pursuit reform and Illinois loses a Congressional seat. Plus, as the weather warms, the city loosens COVID restrictions, in hopes for a normal summer For more Reset interviews, subscribe to this podcast. And please give us a rating, it helps other listeners find us. For more about Reset, go to wbez.org and follow us on Twitter @WBEZReset
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Consider This from NPR - How India’s COVID-19 Outbreak Got So Bad, And Why It May Be Even Worse Than We Know

Things have gone from bad to worse in the pandemic's global epicenter. India reported nearly 400,000 new COVID-19 cases on Friday — and the death count is likely higher than current estimates. Lauren Frayer, NPR's correspondent in Mumbai, explains why. Follow more of her work here or on Twitter @lfrayer.

The surge in India may be due, in part, to new coronavirus variants circulating in the country. NPR's Michaeleen Doucleff reports on one that's been referred to as a "double mutant."

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CrowdScience - Why are seeds such different sizes?

When eating a blackberry one day, CrowdScience listener Charles got a tiny seed stuck in his teeth. That got him wondering: why are seeds the size they are? Why does a blackberry have dozens of tiny pips, while a peach has one huge stone right in the middle?

Plant seeds have been around for hundreds of millions of years, so they’ve had plenty of time to shapeshift into wildly different forms: from dust-like orchid seeds to giant coconuts. This evolution has been a long and intricate dance with wind, water and animals; we ask how different kinds of seeds might respond to today’s environmental threats and rapidly changing ecosystems.

And we go in search of the world’s biggest seed, the coco de mer: native to just two remote islands in the Indian Ocean and weighing up to 18kg, how did this seed evolve to be so much bigger than any other?

With Professor Angela Moles, Dr Si-Chong Chen, Marc Jean-Baptiste, Dr Frauke Fleischer-Dogley and Dr Wolfgang Stuppy.

Presented by Marnie Chesterton Produced by Cathy Edwards for the BBC World Service

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - BREAKDOWN: Crypto’s War of the Roses – The 7 Factions of the 2021 Bull Market

From BTC to ETH to NFTs to DOGE, it’s a battle for attention out there.

This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io and NEAR.org.

On today’s episode, NLW gives a comprehensive view of the battleground for attention and resources that makes up this 2021 bull market, including:

  • Bitcoin
  • Ethereum and DeFi
  • Ethereum alternatives 
  • Ponzi coins
  • Stablecoins and CBDCs
  • NFTs
  • Doge


Where do the next fights and fault lines lay? Listen and find out.


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SCOTUScast - Carr v. Saul – Post-Decision SCOTUScast

On April 22, 2021 the Supreme Court decided Carr v. Saul. was whether a claimant seeking disability benefits under the Social Security Act forfeits an Appointments Clause challenge to the appointment of an administrative law judge by failing to present that challenge during administrative proceedings.
In a 9-0 opinion authored by Justice Sotomayor, the Court reversed the ruling of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and remanded the case. The Supreme Court held, “Principles of issue exhaustion do not require Social Security disability claimants to argue at the agency level that the administrative law judges hearing their disability claims were unconstitutionally appointed.”
Justice Thomas filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment, in which Justices Gorsuch and Barrett joined. Justice Breyer filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment.
Thomas Berry, Research Fellow at the Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies of Cato Institute and Managing Editor of the Cato Supreme Court Review, joins us today to discuss this decision and its implications.
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Motley Fool Money - Big Tech, Huge Earnings

Alphabet, Amazon, and Apple report record earnings. Microsoft reports its biggest revenue growth in three years. Shopify rises on a strong quarter. Shares of Crocs, Facebook, and Waste Management hit all-time highs. Pinterest and Teladoc tumble. And Domino’s reports double-digit growth. Motley Fool analysts Ron Gross and Jason Moser discuss those stories and dig into earnings news from Starbucks, McDonald’s, and Visa. Plus, our analysts share a couple of stocks on their radar: Axon Enterprise and Skillz.

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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - What is the Jersey Devil?

According to the legend, the Jersey Devil was born to a Quaker named Mother Leeds in 1735 -- a hideous, deformed thing with wings, hooves and horns, it let out a blood-curdling scream after being born, and flew out the chimney and into the woods. For centuries since then, people in the area have reported sightings of the Devil, making it one of North America's most popular cryptids. But what is it, exactly? Could there be a grain of truth to all the wild campfire stories?

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SCOTUScast - Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L. – Post-Argument SCOTUScast

On April 28, 2021 the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L. The question before the court was whether Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, which holds that public school officials may regulate speech that would materially and substantially disrupt the work and discipline of the school, applies to student speech that occurs off campus.
Michael Dimino, Professor of Law at Widener University Commonwealth Law School, joins us today to discuss this case's oral argument.