By Urayoan Noel
Gatecrashers - Introducing: Gatecrashers
What topic is more controversial, sensational, and endlessly captivating than college admissions? It’s a billion-dollar industry. It sends celebrities to jail. The Supreme Court is weighing in on who gets in and why. We might think we have read all there is to read on the issue, and heard all there is to hear. But if you want to understand everything that’s going on with college admissions today—not just the battles over diversity, but the very existence of college applications, the essays and interviews and standardized tests—you have to look at the first group that tried to diversify elite schools. You have to look at the Jews. Gatecrashers, an 8-part podcast series launching Sept. 13, 2022, tells the story of how Jews fought for acceptance at elite schools, and how the Jewish experience in the Ivy League shaped American higher education, and shaped America at large.
Unexpected Elements - The China Heatwave and the New Normal
Hot on the tail of China’s heatwave comes the other side of the extreme coin – tragic flooding. Also, a coming global shortage of sulfur, while scientists produce useful oxygen on Mars in the MOXIE experiment.
Prof Chunzai Wang is the Director of the State Key Laboratory of Tropical Oceanography in Guangzhou, China. He tells Roland about the surprising nature of the extreme temperatures and droughts much of China has been experiencing, and how they are connected to so many of the record-breaking weather events around the northern hemisphere this summer, including the tragic flooding in Pakistan.
Some people of course saw this coming. Richard Betts of the UK Met Office talks of a paper by one of his predecessors published 50 years ago exactly that pretty much predicted the greenhouse gas-induced climate change more or less exactly.
Clearly, the world needs to cut carbon emissions, and oil and coal would be sensible places to start. But as Prof Mark Maslin points out, this will come with its own consequences in terms of pressure on the industrial supply of sulfur and sulfuric acid, essential to so many other devices and processes. Can a shortage be averted?
And scientists working on Nasa’s Mars Perseverance team report more results this week. Alongside all the sensitive instrumentation aboard, an experiment known as MOXIE was somehow squeezed in to demonstrate the principle of electrolyzing Martian carbon dioxide to produce usable oxygen gas. As Michael Hecht explains, the tech is scalable and would be more or less essential to any viable human trip to Mars in the future.
(Image: The Jialing River bed at the confluence with the Yangtze River is exposed due to drought in August 2022 in Chongqing, China. The water level of the Jialing River, one of the tributaries of the Yangtze River, has dropped due to high temperature and drought. Credit: Zhong Guilin/VCG via Getty Images)
Presenter: Roland Pease Assistant Producer: Robbie Wojciechowski Producer: Alex Mansfield
CoinDesk Podcast Network - BREAKDOWN: Does AML Even Work?
The crime-fighting regime demands much, but does it deliver?
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Chainalysis and FTX US.
Today on “Long Reads Sunday,” NLW reads and discusses David Z. Morris’ “The Perverse Impacts of the Anti-Money-Laundering System.”
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Chainalysis is the blockchain data platform. We provide data, software, services and research to government agencies, exchanges, financial institutions and insurance and cybersecurity companies. Our data powers investigation, compliance and market intelligence software that has been used to solve some of the world’s most high-profile criminal cases. For more information, visit www.chainalysis.com.
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“The Breakdown” is written, produced by and features Nathaniel Whittemore aka NLW, with editing by Rob Mitchell and research by Scott Hill. Jared Schwartz is our executive producer and our theme music is “Countdown” by Neon Beach. Music behind our sponsors today is “Razor Red” by Sam Barsh and “The Life We Had” by Moments. Image credit: Abu Hanifah/Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk. Join the discussion at discord.gg/VrKRrfKCz8.
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Everything Everywhere Daily - All About Lasers
In 1917, Albert Einstein published a paper whereby he proposed a new method of creating light based on the principles of quantum physics.
Over 40 years later, researchers finally put Einstein’s ideas into practice.
For years it remained a solution in search of a problem. Today, the number of applications for this source of light is almost limitless and includes everything from nuclear fusion, to annoying cats.
Learn more about Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation, or LASERs, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Consider This from NPR - The Quiet Trend of Reimagining and Reusing Prisons and Jails
After decades of scandals over horrible conditions, many states are reimagining prisons and jails and reusing those properties to benefit the community.
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The Gist - BEST OF THE GIST: Back To School Edition
With Labor Day (and back-to-school) upon us, on this installment of Best Of The Gist, we listen back to a couple interviews from the archive about education.
Back on May 23, 2018, Mike spoke with Sara Brownell, a neuroscientist and education researcher at Arizona State University, about what she found studying how gender affects students’ perceptions of their own intelligence.
Then we listen back to Mike’s February 5, 2020 interview with public education advocate Diane Ravitch about her book Slaying Goliath: The Passionate Resistance to Privatization and the Fight to Save America’s Public Schools. They discuss why she left the “dark side” of advocating for charter schools, and why schools should stop testing children so extensively.
Produced by Joel Patterson and Corey Wara
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Audio Poem of the Day - Buy a Chimney Cap, I Think, Then
by David Swerdlow (read by Ken Marks)
CoinDesk Podcast Network - THE HASH: Headlines – Top Stories of the Week 09-03-22
A roundup of the week’s most valuable crypto stories for Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022.
Missed any episodes of “The Hash” this week? Today’s recap episode will get you caught up.
“Hash Headlines” rounds up this week’s headline stories, including:
- Metaverse Takes Center Stage at MTV VMAs
- Elon Musk Sends Second Letter Terminating Twitter Deal
- FTX CEO Speaks Out About Crypto Market Turbulence
- Crypto.com Reportedly Backs Out of $495M Sponsorship Deal
Links to the headlines:
Elon Musk Sends Second Letter Terminating Twitter Acquisition
FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried Denies Crypto Exchange Is Planning to Acquire Huobi
Crypto.com Pulls Plug on $495M Champions League Sponsorship Deal: Report
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This episode has been produced and edited by Michele Musso. Our executive producer is Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is by Matt Wigton “Angeles Crest.”
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CoinDesk Podcast Network - BREAKDOWN: ‘Piles of Risk’: An Outlook for Autumn
A review of the key events in crypto last month.
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Chainalysis and FTX US.
NLW reviews the key events from August with an eye to how they will shape September and the fall, including:
- Sanctions
- The Merge
- Institutionalization
- Fundraising
- Regulation, legislation and enforcement
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Nexo is a security-first platform where you can buy, exchange and borrow against your crypto. The company ensures the safety of your funds by employing five key fundamentals including real-time auditing and recently increased $775 million insurance on custodial assets. Learn more at nexo.io.
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Chainalysis is the blockchain data platform. We provide data, software, services and research to government agencies, exchanges, financial institutions and insurance and cybersecurity companies. Our data powers investigation, compliance and market intelligence software that has been used to solve some of the world’s most high-profile criminal cases. For more information, visit www.chainalysis.com.
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FTX US is the safe, regulated way to buy Bitcoin, ETH, SOL and other digital assets. Trade crypto with up to 85% lower fees than top competitors and trade ETH and SOL NFTs with no gas fees and subsidized gas on withdrawals. Sign up at FTX.US today.
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I.D.E.A.S. 2022 by CoinDesk facilitates capital flow and market growth by connecting the digital economy with traditional finance through the presenter’s mainstage, capital allocation meeting rooms and sponsor expo floor. Use code BREAKDOWN20 for 20% off the General Pass. Learn more and register at coindesk.com/ideas.
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“The Breakdown” is written, produced by and features Nathaniel Whittemore aka NLW, with editing by Rob Mitchell and research by Scott Hill. Jared Schwartz is our executive producer and our theme music is “Countdown” by Neon Beach. Music behind our sponsors today is “Razor Red” by Sam Barsh and “The Life We Had” by Moments. Image credit: sakchai vongsasiripat/Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk. Join the discussion at discord.gg/VrKRrfKCz8.
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