Month: December 2021

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This Machine Kills - Patreon Preview – 121. TMK Book Club 2.0, Chapter 4

Continuing sci-fi week at TMK, we dig into Chapter 4, “Orienting the Future,” of Wendy H.K. Chun’s book. Grounded in Chun’s in-depth analysis of cyberpunk via two paradigmatic examples—the novel Neuromancer and the anime Ghost in the Shell—we lay out a critical take on the cyberpunk genre. We then discuss Chun’s incisive arguments about “high-tech Orientalism” and the colonial politics encoded into cyberpunk and the culture that has flowed from it. You can grab a pdf of Chun’s book here: https://au1lib.org/book/2074091/cc12a3 Subscribe to hear more analysis and commentary in our premium episodes every week! patreon.com/thismachinekills Grab fresh new 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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The Phil Ferguson Show - 402 4% rule, annuity math, patreon, 401k rollover rules

Topics covered:
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Annuity Math - how an annuity grows and pays out funds
401k rollover. Discussion of prohibited transactions and how they may be avoided.
401k - Free suggestions on how to invest may no longer be available.
The 4% rule! Should it be 3.3%? Can it be 5% or 6%?

Bonus audio - Ricky Gervais
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World Book Club - Monique Roffey: The Mermaid of Black Conch

Harriett Gilbert talks to the multi-award-winning Trinidadian-British author Monique Roffey about her enchanting novel The Mermaid of Black Conch, which won the 2020 Costa Book of the Year. Roffey spins the mesmerising tale of a cursed mermaid and the lonely fisherman who falls in love with her.

When American bounty-hunters capture Aycayia from the deep seas off the island of Black Conch, David rescues her and vows to win her trust. With Aycayia in hiding, their love grows as they navigate both the joys and dangers of life on shore. But on an island whose history reaches back to darker times nothing is straightforward as old jealousies and ancient grudges surface amongst the inhabitants.

(Photo: Monique Roffey.. Credit: Marcus Bastel.)

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - BREAKDOWN: Goldman Looking Into Bitcoin-Backed Lending as Jobs Report Disappoints

A look at what happened in crypto this week, from regulation to institutions. 

This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.

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

  • The latest jobs report and what it means for Fed policy
  • Comments from SEC Chair Gensler and a House crypto hearing next week
  • The latest institutional bitcoin news from Fidelity and Goldman Sachs 

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“The Breakdown” is written, produced by and features Nathaniel Whittemore aka NLW, with editing by Rob Mitchell, research by Scott Hill 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 “Dark Crazed Cap” by Isaac Joel. Image credit: Nicky Loh/Bloomberg/Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk.



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Everything Everywhere Daily - The Internal Combustion Engine

One of the technologies which have helped make the modern world is the internal combustion engine. Without it, the world would be a very different place today. Yet it wasn’t a technology that appeared fully formed. It was developed incrementally over a century. To get it to a point where it was viable for use in vehicles took numerous innovations.

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The NewsWorthy - Special Edition: Omicron Q&A & Pandemic Predictions

The omicron variant of the coronavirus is now officially here in the United States and spreading around the world. But there are still a lot of questions about it.

Today we hope to help clarify what scientists do, and don’t know, about this variant. I’m talking with infectious disease specialist and epidemiologist Dr. Céline Gounder.

She’s a practicing physician in New York City and has been a trusted voice throughout the pandemic. She’s the host of the “Epidemic” and “American Diagnosis” podcasts and has even advised the White House about COVID-19.

This episode is brought to you by Ritual.com/newsworthy and RadPowerBikes.com

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Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - Inside the Arguments in Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health

Dahlia Lithwick is joined by Julie Rikelman, senior director of litigation at the Center for Reproductive Rights, who argued for reproductive rights and liberty on behalf of Jackson Women’s Health in Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health at the Supreme Court this week. Together, they unpack the arguments and discuss the women missing from the narratives in the courtroom that day. 

Then, Dahlia’s joined by Professor Katherine Franke, director of the Center for Gender and Sexuality Law at Columbia University and the founder and faculty director of the Law, Rights, and Religion Project at Columbia Law School. Professor Franke helps us examine how the Supreme Court’s conservative majority’s views on religious liberty undergirded Wednesday’s arguments, are set to influence the court’s jurisprudence, and will likely alter your constitutional rights. 

In our Slate Plus segment, Slate’s own Mark Joseph Stern joins Dahlia for a frank discussion of the liberal justices’ performances in this week’s monumental abortion case, the gaslighting that maybe got us here, and then they look ahead to a big religious-liberty case coming up next week.

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Podcast production by Sara Burningham.

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