As the standoff over Ukraine continues, tensions are rising around another old conflict in Europe.
Brutal ethnic fighting left at least 100,000 dead in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 1990s. The U.S. brokered peace there, but the fragile, multi-ethnic state is once again in crisis, as NPR's Frank Langfitt saw on a recent trip.
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CoinDesk Podcast Network - BREAKDOWN: As the US Seizes $3.6B in BTC, a Frontline Story From the 2016 Bitfinex Hack, With Zane Tackett
An interview with the former Bitfinex head of community and product.
This episode is sponsored by Nexo, Arculus, FTX US and MELD.com.
Yesterday the U.S. government arrested two individuals in connection with money laundering and the 2016 Bitfinex hack that saw nearly 120,000 BTC stolen. They also announced the confiscation of around 94,000 of the purloined BTC - worth about $3.6 billion today. On today’s episode, NLW is joined by Zane Tackett, who was the director of community and product development during the Bitfinex hack in August 2016. Zane shares what the experience was like and his perspective on how the industry has changed.
Find our guest on Twitter: @tackettzane
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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 “Vision” by OBOY. Image credit: wenjin chen/DigitalVision Vectors/Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk. Join the discussion at discord.gg/VrKRrfKCz8.
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Motley Fool Money - Chipotle’s Pricing Power is Real
(1:00) Three months ago Chipotle's CFO made a bold proclamation regarding the company's pricing power. Chipotle's 4th-quarter results prove he was correct. But how much more can the company raise the price of their menu without lose customers? Jason Moser analyzes the restaurant landscape, including: - Yum Brands' eye-popping unit growth over the past year - How the economics of Yum's franchise model stack up against Chipotle's decision to own all of their locations - Whether Chipotle can get to 7,000 locations
(15:00) Ron Gross discusses the business of acquisitions, including: - The different ways that companies fund buying another business - Horizontal vs. vertical acquisitions - Hostile takeovers - Whether investors should wait for an acquisition to close before selling their shares
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Host: Chris Hill Guests: Jason Moser, Ron Gross Producer: Ricky Mulvey Engineers: Dan Boyd, Rick Engdahl
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Song Exploder - Brandi Carlile – You and Me On the Rock (feat. Lucius)
Brandi Carlile is a singer and songwriter from Washington State. She's released seven albums and won six Grammys. Her most recent album is In These Silent Days, which debuted at number one on Billboard’s folk and rock album charts. It was named one of the best albums of 2021 by Rolling Stone, Stereogum, and more. It was produced by her longtime collaborators Dave Cobb and Shooter Jennings. In this episode, Brandi breaks down her song "You and Me on the Rock," and how it was influenced by her wife, by their home, and by Joni Mitchell.
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CoinDesk Podcast Network - NEW MONEY: Production Pride – Understanding What Goes Into Content Capture, Editing and Distribution
“The value in my brand is a really high-quality product.”
Austin Mills, a TV host for NBA Entertainment, joins “New Money” hosts Spencer Dinwiddie and Solo Ceesay to give viewers a backstage peek into the challenges and daily tasks of being a video content creator. Mills, a former Baylor University basketball player, is an extremely talented producer and has noticed significant payoff to improving the production quality in his content.
Recognizing the unique value a personal brand presents can hugely improve content reach. Enhancing and advancing that content even further will improve the outcome.
Outside of his production work, Mills has an interest in investments. He began investing in startups at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and has been invested in bitcoin since 2016. Mills’ strategy: “I like to risk, but I like to take safe risks.” Listen to learn more about Mills’ interest in crypto and NFTs.
“New Money With Spencer and Solo” is produced by CoinDesk. Our theme music is “Street Knowledge” by KC Carter. Art design is by Calaxy/Coindesk.
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Audio Poem of the Day - Why Poetry Cannot Be Skimmed
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Strict Scrutiny - Further Erosion
Deuel Ross, senior counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, joins Leah and Kate to discuss the Supreme Court’s decision allowing an election in Alabama to proceed under a legislative map that dilutes the voting power of Black Alabamians.
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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - CLASSIC: Does the UK control the US?
What if the Revolutionary War didn't happen the way it's described in textbooks? Tune in and learn why some people believe the UK still controls the US in this special collaboration with our friends at AllTime Conspiracies.
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The Republican National Committee’s foolish January 6 committee resolution has now drawn Mitch McConnell back into the fight over what to call that day’s violence, illustrating the idiocy of the RNC’s resolution. Also, we’re now confronted with the discomfiting fact that all it took for the Covid regime to dissolve was for Democrats to be over it, too. Source
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Federalist Radio Hour - Inside The Last March For Life Before Dobbs
On this episode of "The Federalist Radio Hour," Jeanne Mancini, president of the March for Life, joins Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to give listeners a peek inside the last March for Life before the U.S. Supreme Court rules on Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization and analyze the role pro-life activism has played in […]