Month: April 2021

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - BREAKDOWN: Visa’s CEO on Crypto – “This Is a Space We Are Leaning Into in a Very, Very Big Way”

Visa’s earnings call makes it clear just how invested the company is in the crypto space. 

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

Today on the Brief:

  • Elon pumps Doge again
  • Detailing Biden’s $1.8T American Families Plan 
  • Turkey, Iran, SEC


Our main discussion looks at comments this week from Visa CEO Al Kelly on the company’s relationship with crypto, analyzing the five areas of opportunity Visa has identified:

  • Helping customers buy BTC and crypto
  • Enabling digital cash outs to fiat
  • Enabling TradFi to offer crypto to customers
  • Settlement via stablecoins 
  • Central bank digital currencies 


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SCOTUScast - Jones v. Mississippi – Post-Decision SCOTUScast

On April 22, 2021 the Supreme Court decided Jones v. Mississippi. The issue was whether the Eighth Amendment requires the sentencing authority to make a finding that a juvenile is permanently incorrigible before imposing a sentence of life without parole.
In a 6-3 opinion authored by Justice Kavanaugh, the Court affirmed the ruling of the Supreme Court of Mississippi, holding, “The Eighth Amendment does not require a finding that a juvenile is permanently incorrigible before imposing a sentence of life without parole.”
Justice Thomas filed an opinion concurring in the judgment. Justice Sotomayor filed a dissenting opinion, in which Justices Breyer and Kagan joined.
Marc Levin, Chief Policy Counsel for the Council on Criminal Justice and Senior Advisor of Right on Crime, joins us today to discuss this case and its implications.
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The Commentary Magazine Podcast - Who Is Still Listening to the CDC?

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released their long-anticipated masking guidelines for the fully vaccinated and it turns out that your privileges are… functionally indistinct from those afforded the unvaccinated. If anyone is still listening to this agency, it isn’t the people public health officials need to reach. Also, Human Rights Watch’s embarrassingly unconvincing allegations against Israel.

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Amarica's Constitution - 18 Arguments for 18 Years

The Biden Commission is in the news, with a mandate to produce ideas on judicial reform, especially at the Supreme Court level.  It just so happens that Akhil has been writing about this for almost 20 years, and has fully formed ideas.  How many ways would these changes make the Court better?  We’ll count.  Of course, the historical and constitutional background will also be explored and explained.

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CBS News Roundup - World News Roundup: 04/28

President Biden unveils his aid plan for American families. Incentives to get your shot. Supreme Court considers whether schools can punish kids for social media posts. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.

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Everything Everywhere Daily - ‘Mad’ Jack Churchill

When you think of battles involving broadswords and longbows you probably thinking back to the time of Braveheart. 

But what if I told you that those weapons were being used much more recently in a modern mechanized war? 

...well, at least one guy was using them in World War II.

Learn more about ‘Mad’ Jack Churchill, the man who brought ancient weapons to a modern war, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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The Intelligence from The Economist - A great deal to be desired: Europe-Britain trade

Europe’s parliament has overwhelmingly voted to extend a stopgap trade agreement. But the rancour behind the vote, and the deal’s thin measures, say much about future relations. Female soldiers are entering armed forces in big numbers, but they still face barriers both in getting the job and in doing it. And China’s homegrown Oscar-winning director is scrubbed from its internet. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer
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The Best One Yet - 🌵 “Pinterest’s Q1 is a fake succulent” — Apple vs. Spotify (paid pods). Pin’s 3 dirty words. Polaris’ bachelor party stock.

Pinterest crushed 2020, but investors just crushed the stock because it looked like a fake succulent (good from far, far from good). Apple and Spotify just announced the same product, but with different goals. And Polaris invented the snowmobile, but now it’s beating Harley with the bachelor party playbook. $PINS $PII $SPOT $AAPL 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 - A Better Way to Talk About Gun Violence

The national conversation about gun violence in America almost always focuses on mass shootings -- but these events tend to overshadow the more day-to-day violence that makes up the bulk of gun deaths in the U.S. What would our policy conversation look like if more attention was paid to the kind of gun violence that’s most prevalent? 

Guest: Abené Clayton, reporter for Guns and Lies at the Guardian.

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