Month: May 2021

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This Machine Kills - 65. TMK Book Club (Part 1) (patreon teaser)

The TMK Book Club is now in session! We’re discussing the Introduction and Chapter 1 of Autonomous Technology: Technics-out-of-Control as a Theme in Political Thought by Langdon Winner. Follow along with us as we take you on a guided tour of a foundational text in technological politics – one that has greatly influenced our own thinking about these issues and which has, for better and worse, remained extremely relevant today. You can find a free pdf of the whole book here: https://www.ratical.org/ratville/AoS/AutonomousTechnology.pdf 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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Back Bar - Exactly Approximately 3.2%

A poorly designed law that works and an expertly designed drink that sucks.

When Prohibition was repealed in 1933 American drinkers had a lot of catching up to do. Tastes had changed and big brewers took note, cutting costs and striking ingredients until Americans were left with a low ABV bubbly bread soup that tasted vaguely like something they half-remembered. Flash forward to today and Lite Beer is one of the most well-designed products on the planet, while Americans are still untangling an ungainly patchwork of laws leftover from the bad old prohibition days. It begs the question: what does it mean to make something well? Special guests this week are Garret Oliver of Brooklyn Brewing Co., Brandon Skall of DC Brau and Garrett Peck, author of “The Prohibition Hangover.”

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World Book Club - Louise Penny: Still Life

This month World Book Club talks to acclaimed Canadian writer Louise Penny about the very first in her astonishingly successful series of Inspector Gamache crime novels.

When a much-loved inhabitant of the village of Three Pines in the Eastern Townships of Quebec is found dead in the woods during Thanksgiving, the locals are certain that it was just a tragic hunting accident.

But Chief Inspector Armand Gamache from Montreal suspects foul play and won’t rest until he’s rootled out the darkness at the heart of this seemingly peaceable and bucolic community. His always courteous but also insistent sleuthing gradually brings to light the family secrets and long-held grudges seething under its apparently serene surface.

(Picture: Louise Penny. Photo credit: Jean-Francois Berube.)

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - BREAKDOWN: Welcome Back, Flippening Narrative

After a good performance from ETH this week, partisans are calling for a flippening yet again.

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

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

  • Why JPM and Tesla drove the bitcoin story
  • Why Ethereans are hot on the call for a “flippening” again
  • Why CBDCs are low key one of the most important stories of 2021


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Everything Everywhere Daily - May Day

Every year of May 1st, people all around the northern hemisphere celebrate the arrival of spring. A day we call May Day. But it is also the day that communist countries held military parades, and the Soviets would show off all of their military strength in public. Mayday is also the international distress signal for radio. How are these very different things all related? Learn more about May Day on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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Byzantium And The Crusades - The Second Age of the Crusaders Episode 12 “The Lombard Wars”

The Lombard Wars were a period of civil war in the Crusader states between the German Emperor Frederick II's Lombard troops and the Crusader barons in Cyprus and Palestine. Why did the Muslim states not attack the Crusaders when they were weakened by civil war? Find out in this episode.

Please take a look at my website nickholmesauthor.com where you can download a free copy of The Byzantine World War, my book that describes the origins of the First Crusade.

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The NewsWorthy - Special Edition: The Future is Electric (Cars)

Today we're talking about how the auto industry is doubling down on its commitment to developing electric vehicles.

Just since the start of this year, America’s largest automaker, General Motors, promised to stop selling gas-powered cars and trucks by 2035. Volvo, Honda and others have made similar pledges. What does it all mean for you?

We’re talking about that and more with futurist and trendcaster Shawn DuBravac. He’s a New York Times best-selling author who advises companies about technological change through his company. He’s president of Avrio Institute and for more than a decade, he was the chief economist for the Consumer Technology Association.

 

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