Over the past two years, about 200 journalists across the country have been detained or arrested while on the job. Many were covering the social and racial justice protests that began after the murder of George Floyd by police officer Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis.
The biggest companies in the U.S. markets couldn't stop April being the worst month for the stock market in years. (0:30) Emily Flippen and Ron Gross discuss: - Amazon falling more than 10% after a weak 1st-quarter report - Apple's supply chain outlook - Microsoft delivering strong earnings across its business units - Atlassian's guidance outweighing great 3rd-quarter profits - Pinterest bouncing back from a 52-week low - The latest from Meta Platforms, Alphabet, and Pinterest
(19:00) CNBC host Becky Quick calls in from the Berkshire-Hathaway annual meeting to discuss Warren Buffett's investing strategies, inflation, the strength of the U.S. economy, and more.
(35:40) Emily and Ron share two stocks on their radar: Teladoc Health and Sherwin-Williams.
How do we stay up when we ride a bicycle? Lots of us can do it without even thinking about it, but probably very few of us can say exactly HOW we do it. Well, CrowdScience listener Arif and his children Maryam and Mohammed from India want to understand what’s going on in our heads when go for a cycle, and how we learn to do it in the first place.
Presenter Marnie Chesterton is on the case, tracking down a neuroscientist studying how our brains and bodies work together to keep us balanced whether we’re walking or trying to ride a bicycle. She learns about the quirks of bicycle engineering from researchers in the Netherlands who are part of a lab entirely devoted to answering this question. In the process falling off of some unusual bicycles and uncovering the surprising truth that physics might not yet have a proper answer. And we peer deeper into our brains to find out why some memories last longer than others, whether some people can learn quicker than others and the best way to learn a new skill.
Presented by Marnie Chesterton and Produced by Emily Bird for the BBC World Service.
Featuring:
Kathleen Cullen, Johns Hopkins University, USA
Jason Moore, University of Technology Delft, The Netherlands
Lara Boyd, University of British Columbia, Canada
Rado Dukalski, University of Technology Delft, The Netherlands
Josie and Freesia, Pedal Power
Bill Hwang is no stranger to law enforcement around financial crimes. In 2012 he settled an insider trading and market manipulation case involving Chinese stocks. Last year, he jumped back in the headlines after his family office, Archegos, completely imploded, ultimately leading to $10 billion of losses for brokerages including Nomura and Credit Suisse. This week, he was arrested on new charges surrounding Archegos. NLW explores how the market is reacting and what it tells us about the state of the financial system.
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Consensus 2022, the industry’s most influential event, is happening June 9–12 in Austin, Texas. If you’re looking to immerse yourself in the fast-moving world of crypto, Web 3 and NFTs, this is the festival experience for you. Use code BREAKDOWN to get 15% off your pass at www.coindesk.com/consensus2022.
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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. Jared Schwartz is our executive producer and our theme music is “Countdown” by Neon Beach. The music you heard today behind our sponsor is “I Don't Know How To Explain It” by Aaron Sprinkle. Image credit: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk. Join the discussion at discord.gg/VrKRrfKCz8.
We continue the fascinating deep-dive into the NOT FINAL deal for Musk to buy Twitter. This part goes more into the financing and highlights even more ways the deal might not go through. Then, we've got some updates in key stories! Trump has been held in contempt! And briefs for the MTG case are due today. Links: Musk Loses $32 Billion in Tesla Wealth, proxy statement (shareholders vote), TrumpContemptOrder4_26_22
The U.S. is eager for the International Criminal Court to prosecute allegations of Russian war crimes in Ukraine. But it's not a member of the court itself.
The most valuable crypto stories for Friday, April 29, 2022.
"The Hash" hosts discuss the Ukrainian government's newest initiative to use non-fungible token (NFT) donations in the war against Russia. Also, Panama's new crypto law and private equity investment firm Apollo's new hire for its digital asset division.
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This episode has been edited by Michele Musso. Our Executive Producer is Jared Schwartz with additional production support from Eleanor Pahl. Our theme song is “Neon Beach.“
OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(08:24) – Identity
(12:22) – Music production
(25:13) – Spotify
(29:55) – Experimental music
(32:30) – Vision of future
(45:04) – Motherhood
(1:01:11) – Consciousness
(1:16:01) – Love
(1:21:52) – Metaverse
(1:34:34) – Technology and bureaucracy
(1:38:32) – Mortality
(1:46:57) – Understanding evil
(1:50:55) – Last person on Earth
(1:53:33) – Dan Carlin
(1:56:03) – Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
(2:02:28) – Coolest human invention
(2:03:49) – Advice for young people
(2:07:01) – Meaning of life