Month: May 2021

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Byzantium And The Crusades - The Second Age of the Crusaders Episode 13 “The Fall of Jerusalem”

In 1239, the Barons' Crusade arrived in Palestine to help the Kingdom of Jerusalem. But it achieved little and, in 1244, Jerusalem was captured and sacked by a group of Turkish nomads. It would be nearly 700 years before a Christian army regained the city. 

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - BREAKDOWN: ‘My 401(k) is now my 401(k9)’ – What Happens to Doge After Elon Hosts ‘SNL’?

While everyone was paying attention to Dog Money, bitcoin was quietly accumulating institutional news.

This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, NEAR.org and Genesis Trading.

On this edition of “The Breakdown’s Weekly Recap,” NLW looks at:

  • Why ETH should have had most of the attention
  • The camps forming around dogecoin and why it’s likely to dump after “Saturday Night Live”
  • A slew of massive institutional bitcoin news that flew under the radar


"Remy: Dogecoin Rap" (Dog Money), ReasonTV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbI31x3FpS0


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Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - Rudy and the Death of Truth

Dahlia Lithwick is joined by Preet Bharara, former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, host of Stay Tuned with Preet, and author of Doing Justice. Bharara gives an insider’s view of Rudy Giuliani’s current plight, they also discuss this week’s ruling from a federal judge rebuking former attorney general Bill Barr.

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Podcast production by Sara Burningham.

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Everything Everywhere Daily - The USS William D. Porter: The Unluckiest Ship in WWII

During World War II, the United States had a fleet of over 1,200 combat ships. Each of them had a unique story and service record. With so many ships, there would be many stories of heroism, stories of tragedy, and some stories of total incompetence. One ship, in particular, was so bad, it became the but of jokes throughout the Navy, because they almost killed the President of the United States. Learn more about the USS William D. Porter, The Unluckiest Ship in WWII.

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The NewsWorthy - Special Edition: Border Crisis? Conditions, Causes & What Comes Next

Today we’re talking about the massive number of migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. Thousands of them have been children arriving without their parents.

First, we’ll get a close-up look at the conditions migrant children are facing from CBS News correspondent Mireya Villarreal. She was one of the first reporters allowed inside the detention facility in Donna, Texas, in late March, when the overcrowding was at its peak.

Then, we talk with Theresa Cardinal Brown. She’s the director of immigration and cross-border policy at the Bipartisan Policy Center. She’s also worked at the Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection under both Republican and Democratic presidents.

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This Machine Kills - 67. Klobbering Klobuchar vs. Howling Hawley (patreon promo)

We give y’all an update on the state of antitrust politics in the US by riffing on two new books about antitrust that offer two different visions from two senators: Amy Klobuchar and Josh Hawley. It’s a knock-down drag-out match for the trustbuster title. In the center corner is Klobbering Klobuchar, offering a pretty good history, plenty of fire and fury, but with little weight behind her punches. In the far, far, far right corner is Howling Hawley, doing his damndest to confuse his foes into submission with revisionism, bullshit, and buffoonery. Our referee for this title fight is Matt “The Brawler” Stoller. You won’t wanna miss this pay-per-listen match! Some stuff we reference: • How the Senate’s antitrust chair would take on monopolies | Matt Stoller: washingtonpost.com/outlook/how-the-senates-antitrust-chair-would-take-on-monopolies/2021/04/29/abb7120a-a2a5-11eb-a774-7b47ceb36ee8_story.html • Amy Klobuchar on Breaking Up Giant Corporations | Liaquat Ahamed: nytimes.com/2021/04/26/books/review/antitrust-amy-klobuchar.html • Josh Hawley’s Virtual Reality | Gilad Edelman: wired.com/story/josh-hawley-virtual-reality-book-review/ Subscribe to hear more analysis and commentary in our premium episodes every week! patreon.com/thismachinekills TMK shirts are now available: 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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More or Less: Behind the Stats - Finding Mexico City?s real death toll

Mexico City?s official Covid 19 death toll did not seem to reflect the full extent of the crisis that hit the country in the spring of 2020 - this is according to Laurianne Despeghel and Mario Romero. These two ordinary citizens used publicly available data to show that excess deaths during the crisis - that?s the total number of extra deaths compared to previous years - was four times higher than the confirmed Covid 19 deaths.