A landmark new report from the United Nations warns that the world is running out of time to avoid the catastrophic effects of global warming.
Those effects are already becoming clear as extreme weather, drought, and fire become more common. One of the latest examples: wildfires are raging amid a record heat wave in Turkey, Lebanon, Italy and Greece. Durrie Bouscaren reports for NPR from Istanbul.
And, as NPR's Jeff Brady reports, climate change is also changing lives in subtler ways.
Other reporting heard in this episode came from NPR's Rebecca Hersher, who's been covering the new U.N. report on climate change.
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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Re-Imagine Chicago: How Mayors Have Approached Community Investment
In the second installment of our series Re-imagine Chicago, we explore how community investment works in the city. We learn about how recent Chicago mayors have approached economic development at the neighborhood level. We also hear from people working in two Chicago neighborhoods about what type of investment they need.
Cato Daily Podcast - Louisiana Regulators Crush Services for Special Needs Families
Louisiana regulators have sharply limited competition in special-needs childcare because, well, it would make their jobs more difficult if they allowed it. Anastasia Boden of the Pacific Legal Foundation says that's not a good enough reason.
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African Tech Roundup - UNAJUA Throwback S1 EP1: Does African mobile gaming have super-platform potential? ft. Lucy Hoffman
This UNAJUA Throwback episode takes us back to when Lucy Hoffman, co-founder and head of operations at the Cape Town-based, American mobile content development startup Carry1st joined Andile Masuku and Osarumen Osamuyi for an extended insight-rich chat (published on March 10th 2020). Since recording this conversation, Carry1st has closed a $6 million Series A led by Colorado-based VC firm Konvoy Ventures.
Listen in to learn why, as glitzy ecosystem trends like fintech and mobility continue to dominate headlines, Lucy and the rest of her team at Carry1st are quietly bullish on the mobile gaming industry’s low-key commercial case and 'super-app/super-platform' potential.
Lucy is an experienced American business operations specialist who, prior to joining Carry1st, spearheaded operations at impact investment facilitation startup Nexii and the African Leadership Academy. Before that, she interned for the global diversity and inclusion team at Credit Suisse and spent three and a half years embedded at Morgan & Stanley, where she worked on M&A and capital markets transactions for global power and utility companies.
You can listen to the full original episode here(https://www.africantechroundup.com/lucy-hoffman-carry1st/)
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CoinDesk Podcast Network - BREAKDOWN: Bitcoin Rallies Defiantly as Senate Infrastructure Battle Hits a Snag
Crypto proves to be a formidable opponent as debate in the Senate continues.
This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.
Contention over the crypto provision in the infrastructure bill continues. Today on “The Breakdown,” NLW brings the latest, including:
- Consensus mechanism confusion
- A weekend stalemate
- The emergent power of the crypto industry
The amendment proposed by Sen. Rob Portman included an odd preference for proof-of-work over any other consensus mechanism. After significant pushback from the crypto community on this specific detail, the amendment was changed to cover all consensus mechanisms. But in a head-scratching turn of events, the amendment was updated once more to include proof-of-work and proof-of-stake, but no other mechanisms.
Sunday came with its own set of blockers, including a conflict around prioritization of the crypto provision versus other legislation that needs attention. Though the weekend brought little resolution, the debate continues and there is still time for a positive resolution. Will policymakers come to an agreement on one of the proposed amendments in time?
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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - Strange News: Ancient Viruses Reemerge From Glaciers, QAnon and Crisis Actor Conspiracies
A disturbing study finds 33 ancient viruses have successfully reemerged from glaciers as rising temperatures accelerate a global meltdown -- prompting fears about what else might be lurking beneath the ice. A survivor of a mass shooting is at a loss as he attempts to convince his father the shooting actually occurred, and was not part of some deep state conspiracy. All this and more in this week's Strange News.
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Today's podcast takes up the desertion of Andrew Cuomo by his closest aide, the unfolding horror in Afghanistan as America bugs out, and the COVID panic. Give a listen.
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CBS News Roundup - World News Roundup: 08/09
More kids head back to school today as COVID cases keep climbing. Cuomo accuser speaks out. A dire warning about climate change. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.
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Headlines From The Times - What does it take for a doctor to lose their license?
The Medical Board of California was established to protect patients by licensing doctors and investigating complaints when things go wrong.
But even when it accuses a doctor of causing patients to lose limbs, become paralyzed or die, the board often lets the doctor continue to practice. There’s no limit on the number of times the board can put a doctor on probation.
Today we speak with L.A. Times investigative reporter Jack Dolan. He, along with our colleague Kim Christensen, looked into how and why the medical board rarely takes away doctors’ licenses and has long pushed back against calls to toughen its approach. We’ll also hear from people who were operated on by California doctors who were on probation and woke up from their surgeries worse off than they were before.
More reading:
Botched surgeries and death: How the California Medical Board keeps negligent doctors in business
A doctor was charged in a billion-dollar fraud scheme. But his license remains active
Critics say physicians ‘cartel’ obstructing efforts to punish bad doctors
Finding information about your doctor isn’t always easy. Here are some ways to dig deeper