Month: April 2021

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The Daily Signal - Human Trafficking Is World’s Fastest-Growing Crime, Activist Says

Human trafficking is the fastest-growing crime in the world, but too few people are talking about it, says Sophia Fisher, executive director at Stop the Demand Project and a fierce foe of human trafficking. 

Fisher joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss her fight against human trafficking, how America is dealing with this horrible crime within its own borders and abroad, and what conservatives can do to lead the charge against it.   

Follow Fisher's work on social media using the handles below:

Instagram: @stopthedemandproject

Tiktok: @stopthedemand

Facebook: @stopthedemandproject

Twitter: @demandstop 

Also on today’s show, we read your letters to the editor and share a good news story about a church that took the time to personally thank some of the unsung heroes of the coronavirus pandemic. 

Enjoy the show!


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More or Less: Behind the Stats - Too fast for Minecraft?

The impressive speed records of a well-known gamer called Dream for the video game Minecraft have come under scrutiny. Many say that Dream has completed speed runs in such a fast time that it doesn?t seem possible. Are these suspicions correct? We speak to stand-up mathematician Matt Parker who has looked at the probabilities on the elements of chance in the game to see if these records seem plausible.

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - BREAKDOWN: The Future of Bitcoin and Crypto Is in Renegades and Malcontents

A reading of Brady Dale’s “Don’t Follow the Suits, Follow the Weirdos.”

This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io.

On this week’s “Long Reads Sunday,” NLW reads CoinDesk journalist Brady Dale’s “Don’t Follow the Suits, Follow the Weirdos.” NLW argues this topic is even more important in the context of bitcoin institutionalization. 


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Everything Everywhere Daily - A Podcast About Podcasts

I’m a podcaster who makes podcasts. You are a podcast listener who listens to podcasts.  This is a podcast by a podcaster about podcasts for people who listen to podcasts. Because a podcast about podcasting is the ultimate podcast for podcasters.  Learn more about podcasts on this episode of the Everything Everywhere Daily….Podcast.

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This Machine Kills - 57. The Arbiters of Asset Allocation (patreon teaser)

Premium – 57. The Arbiters of Asset Allocation We pick back up on our discussion of market indices and index providers, honing in on the close relationship they have with asset managers, how they exercise private authority by setting standards for corporate governance and evaluating the worthiness of “emerging markets,” and the need to reckon with the authority these kingmakers of finance—these arbiters of asset allocation—have in the world today. Who gave them this great power? Not me! Not you! And yet, here they are, with the ability to wave a wand, change a classification, and magically, instantly, automatically make billions of dollars move from one place to another. Article we discuss: • Steering capital: the growing private authority of index providers in the age of passive asset management | Johannes Petry, Jan Fichtner, Eelke Heemskerk | Review of International Political Economy: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09692290.2019.1699147 Subscribe to hear more analysis and commentary in our premium episodes every week! patreon.com/thismachinekills TMK shirts are now available here: https://www.bonfire.com/mech-luddite/ 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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World Book Club - Robert Seethaler: A Whole Life

Spanning much of the twentieth century and told with an elegant simplicity which belies the harshness of the tale it tells, Robert Seethaler's A Whole Life is the story of one man's relationship with an ancient landscape.

Andreas Egger knows every nook and cranny of the Alpine mountain valley that is his home and from which vantage point he witnesses the arrival of the modern world, in all its many and daunting forms.

A stark yet tender book about love, loss and endurance, and about finding dignity and beauty in solitude A Whole Life has already touched many thousands of readers with its message of solace and truth.

(Picture: Robert Seethaler. Photo credit: UrbanZintel.)

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - BREAKDOWN: For Bitcoin and Crypto, a Week of Mainstreaming Moments

From NFTs on “Saturday Night Live” to Goldman Sachs reversing course on bitcoin, it was a week of widening audiences.

This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io.

On this edition of “The Breakdown” Weekly Recap, NLW looks at a set of mainstream moments including:

  • “SNL” doing a song about NFTs
  • Visa accepting USDC on Ethereum as a native settlement currency
  • PayPal opening crypto checkout to 29 million merchants 
  • Goldman Sachs opening bitcoin investment programs 
  • Chipotle’s “bitcoin and burritos” promotion


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