Month: April 2021

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The Best One Yet - 🏂 “Coinbase just got 3 feet of fresh pow” — Coinbase’s 9X. Creator Inc. RPM’s dividend club.

Coinbase dropped some fresh numbers that are so heavy, it got us thinking about blizzards. Patreon, Cameo, and Substack all hit new unicorn valuations, so we’ve got a suggestion: a 3-way merger to form Creator Inc. And you may not recognize RPM’s acronym, but it polishes the chair you’re sitting on — and it’s a proud 47-year member of Club Dividend. $COIN $RPM 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 - One Man’s Mission to Protect Chinatown

In February 2020, Karlin Chan began a group called the Chinatown Block Watch to patrol his New York City neighborhood and act as a “visual deterrent” to anti-Asian attacks. One year and one pandemic later, Chan’s Block Watch is still patrolling the streets, and taking an expansive view of what it means to keep the community safe.

Guest: Karlin Chan, founder of the Chinatown Block Watch.

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Short Wave - Smell Therapy

A curious symptom of COVID-19 that can stick with patients for a long time is loss of smell. Researchers don't know exactly how prevalent the loss of smell ism and while most people recover from it, some will not. This has given new life to a very specific treatment: smell training. Emily Kwong talks to the Atlantic's science reporter Sarah Zhang about how practicing how to smell might help those who've lost their sense of smell.

For more on smell training, read Sarah's piece in The Atlantic.

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NBN Book of the Day - Danielle Fuentes Morgan, “Laughing to Keep from Dying: African American Satire in the 21st Century” (U Illinois Press, 2020)

The election of Barack Obama propelled the idea of a post-racial United States, or that the country had moved beyond race as a defining feature of social difference and beyond racism as an everyday reality. 

Dr. Danielle Fuentes Morgan examines the ways in which African American comedians and cultural producers took aim at such claims through the lens of satire. In her book, Laughing to Keep from Dying: African American Satire in the Twenty First Century (University of Illinois Press, 2020), Morgan demonstrates and argues for satire’s capacity for social justice through its expression of Black interiority and individuality that troubles simplistic renderings of Black people. Morgan examines texts such as Insecure, Get Out, and comedy by Chris Rock and Dave Chapelle, to show how African American satire fulfills or stymies possibilities for liberation. In expressing Black interiority, satire not only provokes revolutionary laughter but aids in African American psychic and physical survival. During the interview we discussed the main concepts in the book, a range of satirical texts, and Dr. Morgan’s approach to teaching and writing about African American satire. Laughing to Keep from Dying probes satire’s potential for liberation and survival embedded within Black laughter, giving new meaning to the term seriously funny.

Danielle Fuentes Morgan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English at Santa Clara University.

Reighan Gillam is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Southern California.

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The NewsWorthy - Biden’s Gun Reform, UK Strain Dominates & Uber’s Stimulus- Thursday, April 8th, 2021

The news to know for Thursday, April 8th, 2021!

We're talking about:

  • new gun regulations President Biden is expected to announce today and the reaction to them
  • how AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine is facing another setback
  • what caused Tiger Woods to crash his SUV
  • Uber's version of a stimulus plan
  • the iPhone update coming that impacts who can track you online

All that and more in around 10 minutes...

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Sources:

Executive Action Expected on Guns: Politico, NPR, Fox News, AP, Rep. McCarthy

UK Strain Dominant in U.S.: NY Times, Fox News, NBC News

AstraZeneca’s EU Setback: BBC, Stat News, Reuters, NPR, EMA

KY Expands Voting Rights: Lexington Herald Leader, NY Times, CNN

VA Legalizes Marijuana: AP, NPR, NBC News, WaPo

Tiger Woods Crash Cause: ESPN, Fox News, AP, Tiger Woods, LA County Sheriff

Uber & Lyft Offering Bonuses: The Verge, Financial Times, CNBC, Uber

Apple’s App Tracking Transparency: Digital Trends, TechCrunch, Mac Rumors, Apple 

Federal Agency Holding Mask Design Challenge: HHS, The Hill, CNN  

How to Enter the Contest: Challenge.Gov

Thing to Know Thursday: China Creates Digital Currency: WSJ, CNBC, South China Morning Post, Business Insider

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What A Day - Atlanta Is For Voters

The CDC is continuing to warn about new, more infectious variants of the coronavirus in the US, and is tracking potential spread in daycare centers and youth sports. Meanwhile, Brazil is grappling with its own new variant that has caused infections and deaths to reach new highs this week.

Republicans in Kentucky joined together with the Democratic Governor to expand voting rights in the state — bucking the trend of Republicans elsewhere in the country. We explain what’s behind the move, along with a new executive order from the mayor of Atlanta to protect her residents against Georgia’s restrictive voting law.

And in headlines: Arkansas moves forward with extreme anti-trans law, the physics of muons, and House Republicans con their own donors.


Show Notes:

Washington Post: "Brazil has become South America’s superspreader event" – https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/04/05/brazil-variant-coronavirus-south-america/


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The Daily Signal - ‘Goal Is to Protect Children,’ Arkansas State Rep. Robin Lundstrum Says of New SAFE Act

Arkansas has just become the first state in the country to pass legislation protecting minors from being prescribed puberty blockers or gender-hormone treatments, or receiving gender-change surgery.

Arkansas state Rep. Robin Lundstrum, the lead sponsor for the bill, joins the “Problematic Women” podcast to explain why the passage of the act is a victory for children and families. Lundstrum also explains why she thinks the bill has faced so much opposition from the political left. 

We also cover these stories:

  • Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer tells Democrats they need to “think long and hard” about court packing.
  • Small businesses are the big losers in Major League Baseball’s decision to move the All-Star Game from Atlanta, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp tells the Washington Examiner.  
  • Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul asks Republicans to boycott Coca-Cola after it came out against Georgia’s new election law. 

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Tech Won't Save Us - Bursting the NFT Bubble w/ Jacob Silverman

Paris Marx is joined by Jacob Silverman to discuss the implications of the recent NFT boom, the libertarian ideology that underpins crypto, and where the hype economy goes from here.

Jacob Silverman is a staff writer at The New Republic and the author of “Terms of Service: Social Media and the Price of Constant Connection.” Follow Jacob on Twitter as @SilvermanJacob.

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