Month: July 2021

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African Tech Roundup - UNAJUA S4 EP2: Does access to certified inputs impact farmer success? feat. Karidas Tshintsholo

In this episode, South African agritech startup founder Karidas Tshintsholo addresses questions like What effect does access to certified inputs have on overall farmer success? and How can easier access to technical advisory & services improve yields? Prior to founding KHULA!, Karidas co-founded a South African media company called the Money Tree Group and is currently an Advisory Board Member of the Anzisha Prize for young African entrepreneurs. Click here (https://telbee.io/channel/uuatbnkraty1vn-nkazpcg/index.html) to leave us a 60-sec voice note with your reactions to any of the topics raised in the UNAJUA Series. (We will include some of your audio takes in future follow-up episodes.) Useful References: ARTICLE: Winning in Africa’s agricultural market by Lutz Goedde, Amandla Ooko-Ombaka and Gillian Pais (McKinsey) REPORT: GSMA Mobile Economy 2020 by GSM Association ARTICLE: E-commerce in Africa by Simona Varrella (Statista) Promo: In case you’re new to the UNAJUA concept, this is where we offer minimal actionable responses to important questions in 15 minutes or less. Do yourself a favour and check out some of our previous episodes— like this one featuring Derin Adebayo, a Nigerian researcher & analyst who shared his take on the question ‘What is driving the capital boom in Africa’s tech ecosystem?’ Image credit: Mansado Louis (https://unsplash.com/?utm_source=ghost&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=api-credit)
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You're Wrong About - Summer Book Club: “The Satan Seller” (Part 3)

We finish our San Bernardino joyride through Mike Warnke’s 1972 “memoir” with a hex, a horrible crime and a Satanic celebrity cameo. Digressions include digressions include Billie Eilish, wicker men and today’s completely new and not at all throwback panic over critical race theory.

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The Best One Yet - 👙 “Airbnb for Pools” — Facebook’s “Metaverse”. Swimply’s pool play. Kim-Clark’s shrinkflation.

Facebook reports earnings this week, but the real story is that Zuck’s been building a Metaverse this whole time. Swimply just became the Airbnb for pools, and that’s kind of a problem for Airbnb. And toilet paper icon Kimberly-Clark reveals that we’re facing a wild new thing: Shrink-flation (it’s sneaky). $KMB $ABNB $FB 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 - On the Front Lines of California’s Wildfires

The fires raging across the American West are like the climate crisis itself: Too big and too extreme to understand all at once. So today, we’re zooming in on some of the people fighting those fires: crews of incarcerated women. In California, they risk their lives for abysmal pay, and officials are just starting to realize how essential they are to the state’s fire response. 

Guest: Jaime Lowe, author of Breathing Fire. 

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Strict Scrutiny - Anti-Democratic Super Weapon

It’s Supreme Court reform summer! On this episode, Leah talks to Professor Nikolas Bowie about his testimony to the Presidential commission on the Supreme Court and whether we have or should have a democracy.

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Everything Everywhere Daily - The Children of Nazis

Almost everyone has a black sheep in their family. Someone who maybe gets in trouble with the law and doesn’t follow rules. But what if you had the misfortune to be related to someone truly horrific? What if you had a relative who was in the upper echelon of the Third Reich? For a handful of people, they had to live with the legacy of parents who were responsible for the murder of millions. Learn more about the children of Nazis on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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NBN Book of the Day - Mia Bloom and Sophia Moskalenko, “Pastels and Pedophiles: Inside the Mind of QAnon” (Redwood Press, 2021)

Two experts of extremist radicalization take us down the QAnon rabbit hole, exposing how the conspiracy theory ensnared countless Americans, and show us a way back to sanity.

In January 2021, thousands descended on the U.S. Capitol to aid President Donald Trump in combating a shadowy cabal of Satan-worshipping pedophiles. Two women were among those who died that day. They, like millions of Americans, believed that a mysterious insider known as "Q" is exposing a vast deep-state conspiracy. The QAnon conspiracy theory has ensnared many women, who identify as members of "pastel QAnon," answering the call to "save the children."

With Pastels and Pedophiles: Inside the Mind of QAnon (Redwood Press, 2021), Mia Bloom and Sophia Moskalenko explain why the rise of QAnon should not surprise us: believers have been manipulated to follow the baseless conspiracy. The authors track QAnon's unexpected leap from the darkest corners of the Internet to the filtered glow of yogi-mama Instagram, a frenzy fed by the COVID-19 pandemic that supercharged conspiracy theories and spurred a fresh wave of Q-inspired violence.

Pastels and Pedophiles connects the dots for readers, showing how a conspiracy theory with its roots in centuries-old anti-Semitic hate has adapted to encompass local grievances and has metastasized around the globe—appealing to a wide range of alienated people who feel that something is not quite right in the world around them. While QAnon claims to hate Hollywood, the book demonstrates how much of Q's mythology is ripped from movie and television plot lines.

Finally, Pastels and Pedophiles lays out what can be done about QAnon's corrosive effect on society, to bring Q followers out of the rabbit hole and back into the light.

Beth Windisch is a national security practitioner.

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In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt - Delta: What to Worry About and What Not to (with Eric Topol)

Andy calls up physician, scientist, and author Eric Topol for a can't-miss, in-depth conversation on the Delta variant. Andy and Eric cover why it's taking over, what vaccinated people should be thinking, and whether there's more variants like it to come. They also discuss the latest vaccine data out of Israel and why the FDA hasn’t fully approved the COVID vaccines yet. Plus, a sneak peek at Andy’s interview with Pfizer CEO Dr. Albert Bourla.

 

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The NewsWorthy - Coast-to-Coast Heatwave, Covid Rules Spark Protests & Guardians of the MLB – Monday, July 26th, 2021

The news to know for Monday, July 26th, 2021!

We're talking about how most Americans are gearing up for a brutal heatwave and where wildfires have forced thousands of people from their homes. 

Also, mass protests around the world over new COVID-19 rules and why more restrictions could be coming anyway.

Plus, a major rebrand for an MLB team, a turnaround for the cruise industry, and why your morning cup of coffee might start costing more.

Those stories and more in around 10 minutes!

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