Since the 1980s, Russian and US sources have repeatedly claimed that various groups of terrorists are dangerously close to acquiring a mysterious substance known as 'red mercury.' But what exactly is this stuff -- and why can't anyone agree about its chemical makeup, uses, or effects? Tune in and learn why there might be more to the story. They don’t want you to read our book.
Cold, dangerous weather surges into the Midwest. Ukraine's president delivers a message of thanks, unity and determination to the US. A disgraced crypto king faces the music. Correspondent Steve Kathan has the CBS World News Roundup for Thursday, December 22, 2022:
In 2020, gun deaths surpassed car accidents as the leading cause of death for American children. Reset hears from Brandy Martin, who has lost family members to gun violence, and journalist Ben Austen, who’s been reporting these stories of loss.
Last time he joined Bad Faith, Steven Donziger explained how he was victim of a corporate prosecution: After wining an unprecedentedly large judgement against oil company Chevron for polluting the Ecuadoran Amazon and positing thousands of indigenous people, Chevron took revenge on Steven, mounting a corporate prosecution that landed him with 45 days in prison and a combined total of 993 of house arrest. Now he's out and talking about how draconian sentences against environmental protestors are being used prevent activist from doing what he did and more.
Jeremy Wood grew up in Portland, and has been heavily influenced by that upbringing. He enjoyed really strong maker communities, supporting local craft artists to thrive and build their business. He moved to the Bay Area for school, and was surrounding by optimism, tech focus, and sheer intelligence. I was under the impression that Portland was beautiful all year round, but Jeremy clued me in that 3 months out of the year, it's a drizzly, soggy mess.
As I mentioned, Jeremy was really into the craft builder community, which also led him to be interested in eCommerce. He observed Shopify grow as a marketplace, that made things so easy to launch a store. What he figured out was that there was a need for these store owners to offload and sell their store.
David Sedaris is a humorist and author of many best selling books: Calypso, Theft By Finding, Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Naked, Holidays On Ice, Barrel Fever… just to name a few. He’s also one of my favorite writers of all time.
What makes Sedaris – who got his start on NPR back in 1992 with his, now famous, Santaland Diaries essay about the time he worked as a Christmas Elf at Macy’s – so mesmerizing and funny, is his ability to find something meaningful and true in the utterly mundane, the way he finds humor in the most horrific moments in life, and his commitment to the lost art of making fun of ourselves.
Nowhere is that more clear than in his newest book, Happy-Go-Lucky. Like most of his writing, it’s a book about his beloved and crazy family. But it’s also a book about some of the most contentious societal issues of the last few years. For the writer who so many think of as a public radio darling, the pages of Sedaris’ new book are not like what you find on today’s member stations. He writes about observing Black Lives Matter protests and COVID lockdowns with such candor – and without agenda or moral ideology – which results in something not only hilarious and relatable, as usual, but also extraordinarily refreshing.
So for today, if you find yourself tuning in from an overcrowded plane, a car full of bickering cousins, or maybe you miraculously get a quiet moment to yourself on a long and snowy walk, this is the perfect episode for you… and, hopefully, the perfect holiday escape.
In our last Regressives episode, we went over affirmative action and why it might soon be a thing of the past. Today, we'll go through a less-discussed practice in college admissions: legacy admissions. For a century, it's allowed elite schools to cater to elite families, giving blatantly preferential treatment to the nation's wealthiest sons and daughters. It's created a hyper-exclusive pipeline, designed to keep donations flowing to universities while ensuring the most qualified students aren't the only ones getting in. On this episode of Regressives, Ravi dives into the past, present, and future of a practice that the American aristocracy would rather leave undiscussed.
At the beginning of the war, editors from The Economist went to Kyiv, the first Western journalists to interview Ukraine’s president. Our Russia editor has now returned, finding a brighter capital—and a wearier leader still capable of flashes of humour. We consider the power the president has wielded through hundreds of speeches, and share his Christmas message to our listeners.
In which a western religious holiday becomes a romantic poultry-eating occasion in modern Japan, and Ken destroys all his Hard Rock Cafe t-shirts. Certificate #24940.
CoinDesk Reporter Cheyenne Ligon joins to recount her experiences sitting behind SBF in a Bahamian courtroom. Plus: Trump NFTs and Binance news.
On “Carpe Consensus,” hosts Ben Schiller, Danny Nelson and Cam Thompson chime in on the latest crypto news and chat with Cheyenne Ligon about her experience at Sam Bankman-Fried’s (SBF) first court appearance.
[1:52] Inside the Desk: Trump NFTs take off with some wonky tech and Binance loses auditing partner Mazars
[14:19] Cheyenne’s on-the-ground report of her time in a Bahamian courtroom, including a mad dash to the courthouse, a judge who kept forgetting SBF’s name and a waiter who recalled the former FTX CEO playing phone games while dining.
[29:49] Cam’s Corner: Yuga Labs taps former Activision Blizzard president as new CEO
What’s “Carpe Consensus?” CoinDesk’s newest podcast is for crypto fans and fiends, DeFi degens and non-fungible enthusiasts, while welcoming the crypto curious. Each week, hosts Ben Schiller, Danny Nelson and Cam Thompson thread together the biggest themes in crypto. Consensus speakers and guest experts join the hosts to pull back the curtain on all things crypto and Web3, providing listeners with a balanced look at the state of the industry. Tune in weekly on Thursdays on the CoinDesk Podcast Network.
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“Carpe Consensus” is executive produced by Jared Schwartz and produced and edited by Eleanor Pahl.
