Month: June 2022

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CrowdScience - Human v machine

Humans can walk for miles, solve problems and form complex relationships using the energy provided by daily meals. That is a lot of output for a fairly modest input. Listener Charlotte from the UK wants to know: how efficient are humans? How do they compare to cars, other animals and even to each other?

Presenter Marnie Chesterton pits her energetic self against everything from cars to rabbits to find out how she shapes up.

Marnie also explores whether humans are born equal when it comes to fuel efficiency. Does the energy from one banana get converted into the same amount of movement from person to person? Marnie gets on a treadmill to find out how efficient she really is. With contributors from Herman Pontzer, Duke University, Rhona Pearce, Loughborough University and Christian Gammelgaard Olesen from Wolturnus wheelchair manufacturing company.

Presenter: Marnie Chesterton Producer: Caroline Steel Editor: Richard Collings Production co-ordinator: Jonathan Harris

Art Design: Jonathan Harris

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - BREAKDOWN: Crypto’s Appetite for Legal Battles Is Growing

Custodia Bank has sued the Federal Reserve.

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

There is a growing appetite among crypto companies to avail themselves of the legal system to fight for what they believe. This week, Custodia Bank (formerly Avanti), run by Caitlin Long, filed suit against the Federal Reserve for failing to process the bank’s master account application. Grayscale, meanwhile, has hired President Obama’s former Solicitor General, Donald B. Verrilli Jr., to have legal resources to mount a challenge depending on the results of their application to convert the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust into an exchange-traded fund. 

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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: Vasil Dimitrov/Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk. Join the discussion at discord.gg/VrKRrfKCz8.



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The Commentary Magazine Podcast - Do the January 6 Hearings Matter?

American Enterprise Institute Senior Fellow Matthew Continetti joins the program today to break down the January 6 Committee’s first hearing. What did we learn? What did the Committee prove? And what does it matter? Also, what the firing of Washington Post reporter Felicia Sonmez says about the future of “wokeness.”... Source

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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - How To Citizen, with Baratunde Thurston

Most Americans can agree that society isn't perfect -- in fact, most people in other parts of the world can say the same about their own societies. But how can we attempt to address these issues? Is there genuinely a conspiracy between the world's wealthiest people to keep the disadvantaged divided? This week, the guys welcome special guest, author, comedian and philosopher Baratunde Thurston to explore these questions and more.

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Federalist Radio Hour - Amid Dobbs Drama, Sen. Mike Lee Is Sounding The Alarm: SCOTUS Needs ‘Saving’

On this episode of "The Federalist Radio Hour," Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah joins Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss his new book "Saving Nine: The Fight Against the Left's Audacious Plan to Pack the Supreme Court and Destroy American Liberty."

You can find Lee's book here: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/saving-nine-mike-lee/1140407441
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CBS News Roundup - World News Roundup: 06/10

The January 6th committee lays out its case. Coping with inflation. MI police officer charged with murder. CBS News Correspondents Steven Portnoy in Washington and Deborah Rodriguez have today's World News Roundup.

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