Month: November 2022

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Pod Save America - “He’s Running (from the law)”

Donald Trump makes it official. Republicans win the House. Nancy Pelosi steps down as leader. Kari Lake loses her race for Arizona governor. And  Dan talks to the Nevada Independent’s Jon Ralston about midterm results and the future.

 

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Seeking Environmental Justice On Chicago’s South Side

Black and Latino residents in Chicago are more likely than their white counterparts to be exposed to industrial pollution. As a result, they have higher rates of asthma and other chronic health conditions. Reset explores why environmental racism exists on the South Side, where the industrial hotspots are today, and how local leaders are working toward environmental justice with Karen Weigert, Reset Sustainability contributor and director of Loyola University Chicago’s Baumhart Center for Social Enterprise and Responsibility, Gina Ramirez, mother living on the Southeast Side and Midwest outreach manager for Natural Resources Defense Council, and Naomi Davis, founder and president of Blacks In Green.
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The Daily Signal - TOP NEWS | Nancy Pelosi Stepping Down, Investigation into President Biden, San Francisco Announces Guaranteed Income for Transgender Community | Nov. 17

On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down:


  • House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has led the House Democratic Conference for almost two decades. Today, she announced she is stepping down from the role. 
  • Now that Republicans have control of the House, they plan to investigate President Joe Biden’s involvement in his son Hunter’s business dealings. 
  • Hispanic voters believe the U.S. government should do more to enforce immigration laws, according to new polling data.  
  • San Francisco is launching a pilot program to provide a guaranteed income to the city’s transgender community. 
  • The Philadelphia District Attorney has been impeached.



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CoinDesk Podcast Network - THE HASH: New FTX CEO Criticizes Management of Crypto Exchange During Sam Bankman-Fried’s Tenure; Next Steps for Binance

This episode is sponsored by minima.global, Circle and Pastel Network.


The most valuable crypto stories for Thursday, Nov. 17,  2022.

"The Hash" team discusses New FTX CEO John J. Ray III issued a scathing assessment of "unprecedented" poor management practices by his predecessor, Sam Bankman-Fried, in a series of filings in a Delaware court. Also, Binance.US, the American arm of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, is preparing to bid for bankrupt lending platform Voyager Digital, according to CoinDesk.

See also:

Confusion Abounds As Binance and OKX Suspend Support for USDC, USDT on Solana, Then Backpedal

Binance to Relaunch Bid for Bankrupt Lender Voyager: Source

FTX Affiliate Alameda Research Loaned $4.1B to Related Parties – Including $1B to Sam Bankman-Fried

New FTX Boss Condemns Management of the Crypto Exchange During Sam Bankman-Fried's Tenure

FTX's New Leadership Is in Touch With Regulators, May Have Over 1M Creditors, New Filings Say


This episode has been edited by Michele Musso. Our executive producer is Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is “Neon Beach.”

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Science In Action - Online harassment of Covid scientists

Since the Covid-19 pandemic began, scientists studying the virus have become targets of online harassment, and more recently, death threats. Roland speaks to Dr Angela Rasmussen, virologist at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization at the University of Saskatchewan, about her experiences.

Spyros Lytras, PhD candidate at the University of Glasgow, talks Roland through the evolutionary history of the virus that causes Covid-19 and how there isn’t just one ancestor, but several.

Anti-Asian sentiment has seen a big increase since the pandemic. Dr Qian He, Postdoctoral Research Associate at Princeton University, looked into how US-China relations have influenced how Americans view Chinese today.

And we hear from scientists on board the RRS Discovery, which is currently located near St Helena and Ascension Island, surveying the health of the surrounding ocean. On board, documentary film-maker Lawrence Eagling, talks to Shona Murray, pelagic ecologist from the University of Western Australia, and Gareth Flint, mechanical engineer at British Antarctic Survey, about their work and findings.

(Photo: A scientist stands behind testing kits and checks his phone. Credit: Getty Images)

Producer: Roland Pease Assistant producer: Sophie Ormiston

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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - Listener Mail: Nicholas Rossi’s “Hospital Tattoos,” Tennessee Spirits, and Mysteries of the Moon

Fiona hips the gang to the bizarre, disturbing tale of a man called -- occasionally -- "Nicholas Rossi." Plaquetos calls for more information about the ongoing Appalachian belief in a certain type of haunting spirit. RC prompts a conversation about the effects the moon may have on your body and mind. All this and more in this week's listener mail. They don’t want you to read our book.

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Chapo Trap House - Hinge Points S2E1: Dog-gone-erland

Hinge Points is back for a new season, baby! This first ep is free, but expect new episodes for the next 5 Thursdays, only at patreon.com/chapotraphouse. Matt and Danny Bessner (from American Prestige) invite Chris to discuss the question: What if Doggerland (the area of land between Britain and France) was never filled in with water?