We talk to NPR's India correspondent Lauren Frayer about the ridiculously complicated science involved in measuring Mount Everest, the world's highest peak. And why its height is ever-changing. (Encore episode)
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60 Songs That Explain the '90s - Limp Bizkit—“Nookie”
Rob explores rap-rock band Limp Bizkit’s signature single “Nookie” by discussing the rise of nü metal and how the genre centers around rage in its many expressions.
This episode was originally produced as a Music and Talk show available exclusively on Spotify. Find the full song on Spotify or wherever you get your music.
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Guest: Brittany Spanos
Producers: Isaac Lee and Justin Sayles
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Amarica's Constitution - Tall Tales
We continue to profile, recap, analyze, and learn from the nine Supreme Court Justices. This week our focus turns to those justices appointed by Trump, and the seat that would be Garland’s instead went to Neil Gorsuch. Akhil looks at cases old and new to find the highs and lows in Justice Gorsuch’s jurisprudence, and this justice who studied in two countries and clerked for two SCOTUS members, who calls neither of them his great influence, comes under our microscope.
Lex Fridman Podcast - #202 – Rick Doblin: Psychedelics
Rick Doblin is a psychedelics researcher and the founder and executive director of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS). Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(23:43) – Differences between psychedelics
(31:08) – The future of psychedelics
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(2:21:43) – Future of society with psychedelics
(2:26:13) – Big Pharma
(2:32:32) – Advice for the younger generations
(2:38:17) – Meaning of life
Money Girl - Are You Eligible for Advance Child Tax Credit?
The child tax credit is a federal benefit that puts money back in the pockets of qualifying families. Money Girl explains what the credit is, who qualifies for it, and how to receive it as advance monthly payments in 2021.
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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - COVID-19’s Delta strain: Where It’s Spreading, How To Stop It
The Delta variant is now the dominant COVID-19 strain around the world. Here in the U.S., areas with low vaccination rates are battling outbreaks driven by the variant.
Reset brings on Pulitzer Prize-winner Ed Yong for the latest on the COVID-19 surge in neighboring Missouri and why this year might be worse than last year for some communities
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Consider This from NPR - The New Child Tax Credit Is Here. Will Millions Get Cash Permanently?
Tens of millions of American families are beginning to receive direct cash payments as part of the expanded child tax credit, which was part of the COVID relief bill passed back in March.
Those payments top out at $3,600 a year per child — an amount experts say could lift tens of millions of children out of poverty. But the expanded credit is only scheduled to last one year. The question now is: will Democrats succeed in making it permanent?
Here's a breakdown of what you need to know from NPR's Andrea Hsu.
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Those payments top out at $3,600 a year per child — an amount experts say could lift tens of millions of children out of poverty. But the expanded credit is only scheduled to last one year. The question now is: will Democrats succeed in making it permanent?
Here's a breakdown of what you need to know from NPR's Andrea Hsu.
This episode contains excerpts from NPR's daily economics podcast The Indicator. Listen and subscribe via Apple, Spotify, Google, or Pocket Casts.
Additional reporting this episode from NPR's Cory Turner and Mara Liasson.
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The Commentary Magazine Podcast - We Should Be Proud
Today’s passionate podcast features praise for the American people when it comes to vaccination and serious querying why we are turning this amazing national mobilization success into a neurotic failure. And we celebrate Jeff Bezos’s trip into near-space and ask again why it is that we are being told by the liberal establishment that it is a pointless and vainglorious effort. Cheer up, people! Source
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Cato Daily Podcast - How Government Boosts Low-ROI Graduate Degrees
Even some graduate degrees from elite institutions deliver few earnings benefits. Why do people get them? And how do government payoff programs make the cost of those degrees appear lower than they really are? Neal McCluskey explains.
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CoinDesk Podcast Network - BREAKDOWN: So THIS Is ‘And Then They Fight You’
Crypto finds itself in an inevitable set of regulatory battles.
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“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you and then you win.”
In this episode of “The Breakdown,” NLW examines crypto’s current “and then they fight you” phase, citing recent regulatory battles:
- New Jersey’s BlockFi interest accounts cease and desist order
- Stablecoins in the hot seat in recent meeting of U.S. presidential advisory group
- Busting FUD headlines following a European Commission proposed reform
A New Jersey Bureau of Securities order calls for BlockFi to stop accepting new clients residing in the state. CEO Zac Prince remains optimistic, believing the company’s products are lawful and that further discourse with regulators would clear up concerns, the most important of which seems to be surrounding yield delivery. Is a new macro narrative emerging as competition ramps up with high yield enticing new crypto users?
In a meeting with the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets, attendees discussed the rapid growth of stablecoins and their risks and benefits for the future. Of the eight political and regulatory figures in attendance, who are likely to provide pro-stablecoin input?
This morning, an incendiary headline dropped – “EU Aims to Ban Anonymous Crypto Asset Wallets” – following a European Commission release. Is the severity of the commission’s reform as fierce as the headline suggests?
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