The most valuable crypto stories for Monday, July 18, 2022.
"The Hash" team discusses today's top stories, including Celsius Network outlining its next steps as the insolvent crypto lender's bankruptcy hearing starts. Plus, a closer look at venture capital (VC) investments in crypto companies, as funding drops 26% in the first half of the year.
This episode was edited by Eleanor Pahl and our executive producer is Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is “Neon Beach.”
Pharmacists in some states with abortion bans are reportedly refusing to fill prescriptions for methotrexate because it can be used to end a pregnancy. Reset discusses why access to methotrexate and other drugs could become an issue of sex discrimination in post-Roe America with Vox senior correspondent Ian Millhiser and Dr. Cuoghi Edens with the University of Chicago Medicine.
If you’re looking for an excuse to get out on the water this summer, the Shedd Aquarium wants to float an idea by you: kayaking for conservation on the Chicago River. Reset dives deep into the program with Jaclyn Wegner, the aquarium’s director of conservation action.
Interest in birth control and emergency contraception has surged since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the right to abortion. But safe and reliable birth control isn't always easy to access.
Now the FDA is considering whether to make birth control pills available without a prescription. If approved, it would be the first over-the-counter oral contraceptive in the U.S.
We also hear from NPR's Nell Greenfieldboyce about the most popular form of contraception for women in the U.S. - permanent contraception, colloquially known as "getting your tubes tied" - and why barriers to access leave many requests for this procedure unfulfilled.
On today’s episode, NLW covers the crypto industry chatter around the Ethereum Merge. Last week, ETH devs pointed to September as a likely date for the transition from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake, and the price of ether has been going up ever since. But does the Merge also create political risk?
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“The Breakdown” is written, produced by and features Nathaniel Whittemore aka NLW, with editing by Michele Musso and research by Scott Hill. Jared Schwartz is our executive producer and our theme music is “Countdown” by Neon Beach. The music you heard today behind our sponsors is “The Now” by Aaron Sprinkle. Image credit: Tuomas A. Lehtinen/Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk. Join the discussion at discord.gg/VrKRrfKCz8.
On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, Avik Roy, president of the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity and policy editor for Forbes, joins Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to give insight into the relationship between cryptocurrency, bitcoin, and inflation.
Disney announces a (selective) price hike to one of its core streaming services. (0:22) Jason Moser discusses: - The strategy of encouraging people to sign up for a bundle of Disney services - Bob Iger, Bob Chapek, and their ongoing soap opera - A listener's question about Cerence and the opportunity shares present today (12:50) Tim Beyers talks with Vitaliy Katsenelson, CEO of Investment Management Associates, about his new book "Soul In The Game" and how philosophers from more than 2,000 years ago can make you a better investor today. Got a question about stocks? Call the Motley Fool Money Hotline at 703-254-1445! Stocks mentioned: DIS, CRNC, MSFT Host: Chris Hill Guests: Jason Moser, Tim Beyers, Vitaliy Katsenelson Producer: Ricky Mulvey Engineers: Dan Boyd, Rick Engdahl
A man in Oklahoma claims he committed murder to prevent the victim from summoning Bigfoot. Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is assassinated. It turns out millions of people believe experiments at CERN's Large Hadron Collider may have pushed reality into "another timeline." All this and more in this week's Strange News.
