Month: July 2021

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This Machine Kills - Patreon Preview – 87. TMK Book Club, part 6 (ft. David A. Banks)

For a blockbuster of a book club episode, we’re joined by friend of the show David Banks to discuss Chapter 6 of Autonomous Technology: “Technological Politics.” We get into an analysis of reverse adaptation in large-scale socio-technical systems, the ways in which human ends become subjugated to technological means, and the relationship between the imperatives of the technological order and the state. Plus, what Marxist-Leninism could learn from a theory of technological politics—and vice versa. You can find a free pdf of the whole book here: https://www.ratical.org/ratville/AoS/AutonomousTechnology.pdf • Read David’s article: Lines of Power: Availability to Networks as a Social Phenomenon https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/6283 • Follow David: https://twitter.com/DA_Banks • Listen to Iron Weeds: https://twitter.com/ironweedspod • Listen to Reaction: https://twitter.com/reactionpodcast Subscribe to hear more analysis and commentary in our premium episodes every week! patreon.com/thismachinekills Grab your TMK gear: bonfire.com/store/this-machine-kills-podcast/ 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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CoinDesk Podcast Network - SOB: How and Why Governments Lie About Inflation

An in-depth, historical look at how and why government statistics have changed over time.

Starting this week the Speaking of Bitcoin show joins the CoinDesk Podcast Network

This time on Speaking of Bitcoin, the hosts are joined by John Williams, rogue economist and long-time Editor of ShadowStats.com, a data source that tracks everything from inflation to GDP, money supply to unemployment using the original government defined methodologies. Over time, the government has changed how they measure all of these things and Johns work reveals that these changes all result in better looking statistics from the same, often terrifying numbers.

In this wide ranging conversation we talk about how and why this happened, plus what we can do about it. If this is a new topic to you, expect to come away with a different perspective in this epic episode.

Today's show featured John Williams, Stephanie Murphy, Jonathan Mohan and Adam B. Levine. This episode was edited by Jonas, with music by Jared Rubens and Gurty Beats.

Our album art is a composite work by Adam B. Levine using the current inflation chart from ShadowStats.com along with an excellent imposter-dog image from Brayden Anderson on Unsplash.

Have any questions or comments? Send me an email at adam@speakingof.bitcoinshow

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - BREAKDOWN: Paraguay’s Leaked Crypto Law – A Depressing Dud or Too Early to Tell?

Those expecting another El Salvador are sure to be disappointed. 

This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.

On this edition of the “Weekly Recap,” NLW covers:

  • The latest in Binance’s global regulatory troubles 
  • Leaked crypto legislation from Paraguay 
  • Capital Group’s big bet on MicroStrategy
  • The U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority slated to spend £11M on an anti-crypto campaign for young people 


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The Breakdown is written, produced by and features NLW, with editing by Rob Mitchell and additional production support by Eleanor Pahl. Adam B. Levine is our executive producer and our theme music is “Countdown” by Neon Beach. The music you heard today behind our sponsor is “Only in Time” by Abloom. Image credit: naruedom/iStock/Getty Images Plus, modified by CoinDesk.

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Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - A To-Do List for Senate Democrats

In the first of Amicus’ summer season of conversations, Dahlia Lithwick tackles one of the major challenges of this moment: how to fix American democracy.  Dahlia is joined  by the Nation’s Elie Mystal and former chief of staff for Sen. Harry Reid and author of Kill Switch, Adam Jentleson. In a discussion that was taped as part of the Crosscut Festival, they discuss the filibuster, voting rights and court reform––and whether the Biden administration has left it too late to tackle all three. 


Podcast production by Sara Burningham.


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Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - A To-Do List for Senate Democrats

In the first of Amicus’ summer season of conversations, Dahlia Lithwick tackles one of the major challenges of this moment: how to fix American democracy.  Dahlia is joined  by the Nation’s Elie Mystal and former chief of staff for Sen. Harry Reid and author of Kill Switch, Adam Jentleson. In a discussion that was taped as part of the Crosscut Festival, they discuss the filibuster, voting rights and court reform––and whether the Biden administration has left it too late to tackle all three. 


Podcast production by Sara Burningham.


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Everything Everywhere Daily - The Kingdom of the Netherlands

When I mention the Kingdom of the Netherlands, you are probably thinking of the country in Europe that is really flat, where they ride bikes, have windmills, and grow tulips. Well, that is only partially correct. Well, technically 98% correct. There are other parts of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and they are actually located closer to Miami than they are to Amsterdam. Learn more about the Kingdom of the Netherlands on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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The NewsWorthy - Special Edition: Uncovering the Mysteries of UFOs

Today we are talking about unidentified flying objects (UFOs.) The Pentagon recently put out a report summarizing everything U.S. intelligence officials have learned about them.

The report clarifies the mysterious objects Navy pilots have reported seeing over the years are real and not illusions. But they still don’t know exactly what they are.

We spoke with Professor Avi Loeb about this. He’s a Harvard astrophysicist best known for his theory that we’ve already had an encounter with an alien civilization. Professor Loeb explains why it’s unlikely the flying objects were man-made and describes the evidence scientists need to determine once and for all whether we’re alone in the universe or not.

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