Month: June 2022

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - BREAKDOWN: Sens. Cynthia Lummis and Kirsten Gillibrand on the Responsible Financial Innovation Act

The senators discuss how the bill came together, and why crypto remains bipartisan.  

This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, NEAR and FTX US. 

Today on “The Breakdown,” Sens. Cynthia Lummis and Kirsten Gillibrand join NLW to discuss their recently released Responsible Financial Innovation Act. They discuss:

  • How Senator Gillibrand came to be interested in the topic. 
  • How “ancillary assets” came to be defined for digital assets.
  • The bill’s approach to investor protections. 
  • Stablecoins vs CBDCs. 
  • And much more.

 

Find our guests on Twitter:

@SenLummis

@SenGillibrand

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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 sponsors is “Catnip” by Famous Cats and “I Don't Know How To Explain It” by Aaron Sprinkle. Image credit: Rob Mitchell/CoinDesk. Join the discussion at discord.gg/VrKRrfKCz8.



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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - Strange News: Historic Cancer Breakthrough, and a Company Decides Not To Put Drones in Schools

The CEO of Axon thought he had a solution to mass shootings in schools: putting taser-equipped drones in public facilities. Axon's ethics board resigned, but the story's not over yet. Researchers reveal an unprecedented finding -- it seems a new drug has completely eliminated all traces of a very specific type of cancer. All this and more in this week's Strange News.

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Headlines From The Times - Hidden clues of a Black family’s Bible

In the late 1980s, the Diggs family of Southern California came across a family Bible with an incredible backstory. Notes written in the margin documented their family history to an enslaved ancestor who learned to read and write — rare at the time. The Diggs eventually donated their heirloom to the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., where it’s now on display. Historians say artifacts like the Bible are rare and offer a valuable portrait into legacy and resistance.

Read the full transcript here.

Host: L.A. Times Washington D.C. reporter Erin B. Logan

More reading:

How a Black family’s Bible ended up at the Smithsonian Institution

Black genealogists get help tracing their roots

Behind these names, you’ll find stories of L.A.’s Black history

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CBS News Roundup - World News Roundup: 06/13

Negotiators work out a bi-partisan Senate deal on guns. January 6th committee turns its focus to Donald Trump. Justin Bieber's rare illness. CBS News Correspondent Peter King has today's World News Roundup.

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The Intelligence from The Economist - Nyet effects: Russia’s resilient economy

Western sanctions are intended to starve Russia’s economy and hinder its ability to wage war in Ukraine. And while the long-term outlook remains grim, so far oil and gas earnings have kept its economy humming. Why Latin America’s commercial capital isn’t even in Latin America: it’s Miami. And why France is building bridges over motorways for wildlife. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer
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Take This Pod and Shove It - 25: “Tulsa’s Last Magician” by Willi Carlisle

Grab a whiskey and grab a hanky, because we've got a hell of a story song for you this week! On this episode, Danny and Tyler discuss one of their favorite songs of 2022: Willi Carlisle's "Tulsa's Last Magician." A sincere, thoughtful, and talented songwriter, folklorist, and multi-instrumentalist, Willi Carlisle has quickly become one of the boys favorite new artists. If you like gut-punching lyrical poetry and bouncy, charming finger-pickin', then you're gonna like Willi and the song of the week.

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What The Rocks Don’t Know
Boy Howdy, Hot Dog!
Angels
The Bear
Blueprints for Heaven
Folk Art Masterpiece
Life on the Fence
Cheap Cocaine
30th Year

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Start the Week - Social inequality – up close

The failure of British politics and public institutions to tackle social inequality is down to proximity, so says the writer, performer and activist Darren McGarvey. In The Social Distance Between Us: How Remote Politics Wrecked Britain he looks at the huge gulf – geographic, economic and cultural – between those who make decisions and the people on the receiving end of them. He tells Adam Rutherford it’s time for a meaningful discussion in which the voiceless and powerless get heard. The Social Distance Between Us is BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week.

The poet Jo Clement gives voice to the stories and people of her family’s Romany past. In her collection Outlandish she has no time for Romantic impressions of British Gypsy ethnicity as she moves from ancient stopping-places to decaying council estates. Her poems are imaginative protests that cast light on a hidden and threatened culture.

It’s a far cry from the world of former broker Brett Scott. But in his latest book, Cloudmoney: Cash Cards, Crypto and the War for our Wallets he argues that social inequality will only increase if cash is allowed to disappear. A cashless society is the vision of big finance and tech, and he warns that it will end up only benefitting the few, while infringing the privacy of the many.

Producer: Katy Hickman

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The Best One Yet - ✏️ “Mr. Beyonce taught me Bitcoin” — Jay Z’s Crypto Academy. Spotify’s podcasting double-dip. Permian Basin’s whispering oil.

Spotify just revealed the financial numbers behind your podcast listening, so we’re whipping up the Takeaways for ya. Jay Z and Jack Dorsey just partnered for a Crypto Academy in a Brooklyn housing project. And since gas just hit a record $5/gallon, we’re looking at the Permian Basin, the profit puppy of American oil. $BTC $PBT $SPOT Follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypod And now watch us on Youtube Want a Shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form Got the Best Fact Yet? We got a form for that too Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.