Month: December 2022

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Headlines From The Times - Will Swifties take down Ticketmaster?

After Ticketmaster botched sales for Taylor Swift’s upcoming concert tour, her die-hard fans, known as Swifties, did more than just whine on social media. They took political action, calling their representatives in Congress and flagging their concerns to other lawmakers across the country. Some Swifties even filed a lawsuit.

This is far from the first time Ticketmaster and its parent company, Live Nation, have been accused of unfairly monopolizing the ticket market. And after another debacle last week that left Bad Bunny fans stranded outside his sold-out concert in Mexico City, it’s clear it won’t be the last time either.

Today, we look at whether the latest backlash is big enough to finally break Ticketmaster’s stranglehold on the live music market.

Read the full transcript here. 

Host: Gustavo Arellano

Guests: L.A. Times reporter August Brown and Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota.

More reading:

More bad news for Swifties: Ticketmaster cancels Friday on-sale for Taylor’s Eras tour

You better lawyer up, Ticketmaster: Taylor Swift fans file Eras Tour lawsuit

Essential Politics: Will Taylor Swift end Ticketmaster’s dominance?

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Time To Say Goodbye - LIVE with Hua Hsu: Writing in grief’s minor key

Hello from somewhere other than Jay’s basement! 

This week, we’re excited to release the episode we recorded in New York with Hua Hsu, as part of Tammy’s residency at the A/P/A Institute at NYU. Hua is a TTSG regular and the author of a new memoir, Stay True. 

The book focuses on Hua’s friendship with Ken, a classmate at Berkeley who was killed the summer before their senior year. We probe the book’s depiction of Asian male friendship, or, as Hua experienced it, “two Asian American people working through stuff.” We discuss questions of craft, how to assemble two decades of documentation, and the intense highs and lows of young adulthood. 

Plus: Hua on pre-Internet zine-making and private worlds, emulating Maxine Hong Kingston (who’d emulated Walt Whitman), and the joy of putting his parents and Ken in textual proximity to Aristotle, Jacques Derrida, and Charles Taylor. 

You can also watch a video of our conversation, professionally produced by A/P/A, here:

Big thanks to Amita Manghnani, Crystal Parikh, and Laura Chen-Schultz!  

And thanks for your support. We were psyched to see TTSG on Slate’s list of best chat podcasts of 2022! Please share the pod with anyone who might enjoy “a solid balance between the troubling and the absurd.” ☺️

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The Intelligence from The Economist - Precious joules: a fusion-energy result

Scientists have reported a long-awaited nuclear-fusion breakthrough, using lasers to ignite hydrogen-isotope fuel in a self-sustaining burn. But that marks just one step on a long, uncertain road to clean fusion energy. Same-sex marriage in America is now protected by legislation, in a compromise that could provide a template for future culture-war clashes. And the uncertain future of Darjeeling teas.

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Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders - S7 Bonus: Casey Kipfer, Justifi

Casey Kipfer is a family man. He's married with 3 kids, and there is a lot of excitement and noise at his house - which is says is wonderful. He enjoys golfing and fishing, and tries to spend as much time outside as possible, including spending time with his brother paying some hockey in the winter. They also worked together for around 12 year at a prior venture of his brothers.

Through their collective knowledge, Casey and his team have found that customers have a need for a solid in house expertise to support a payments ecosystem. And, technically speaking, customers need an orchestration layer to abstract multiple partners and services behind the scenes.

This is the creation story of Justifi.

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Ologies with Alie Ward - Meteorology (WEATHER & CLIMATE) with Marshall Shepherd

Bomb cyclones! Polar vortices! Atmospheric rivers! And rained out barbecues. One of the world’s leading Meteorologists, Dr. Marshall Shepherd – a former NASA scientist and current Professor of Geography and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Georgia – is here to field a downpour of questions. We chat about percentages in forecasts, hail, sleet, storm chasing, heatwaves, fluid dynamics, TV weather people, climate change delayism and his favorite weather-themed movies. Also: what not to do with a weather balloon. 

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His podcast: Weather Geeks

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Other episodes you may enjoy: Fulminology (LIGHTNING), Nephology (CLOUDS), Snow Hydrology (SNOW/AVALANCHES), Cryoseismology (ICEQUAKES), Astrobiology (ALIENS), Oceanology (OCEANS), Phenology (FALL/SEASONS), Spesh Ep: Drawdown Design Project

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The Best One Yet - 🎿 “City Skiers vs. Mountain Maniacs” — Vail Resorts’ favorite child. Apple’s Chief Evil Officer. SBF’s criminal charges.

More Americans skied last year than ever before — and Vail Resorts’ just told us its favorite kind of skier. Apple’s AirTag is supposed to track products… but they’re being used to stalk people too. Which shows the need for a Chief Evil Officer. And FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried was arrested in the Bahamas, so we finally know his crimes (allegedly). $MTN $AAPL $BTC Follow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypod And now watch us on Youtube Want a Shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form Got the Best Fact Yet? We got a form for that too Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Money Girl - 7 Changes to Retirement Accounts in 2023 You Should Know

Find out how seven beneficial IRS retirement-related adjustments for 2023 will help you cut taxes, save more money, and create a stronger financial future.

Money Girl is hosted by Laura Adams. A transcript is available at Simplecast.

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - WOMEN WHO WEB3: Defense Against the Dark Arts – Cybersecurity With Limaris Torres

Kamz is joined by Limaris, an award-winning cybersecurity/blockchain engineer with a wide range of experience in computer and network systems. Limaris has dedicated her career to making innovating safe again and assisting organizations to align with different security/technical frameworks as well as leading incident response for data breaches.  She’s currently a Security Advisor at Halborn and teaches a course on Blockchain & Smart Contract Security at Sans Institute. During her spare time, she also teaches at the University of Miami Cybersecurity Program and volunteers her time assisting organizations in up-skilling women and Latinx workforce to fill the skills labor gap in engineering roles.


Limaris advises us on:

💻blockchain technology and cybersecurity

🏗️how communities and builders can ensure security is at the forefront

🛡️how women can protect themselves while navigating web3 technologies and communities

🧙“black hat” vs. “white hat” hacking


🧘🏽‍♀️We end with a 2-min meditation focused on you and the power of writing your own story.


See also: 

Limaristorris.com

Halborn.com

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Check out my blog on Mirror for content on women, wellness, and web3.


This episode was produced and edited by Michele Musso with executive producer Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is ‘Twennysomething’ by Daniele Musto. Other music used is ‘Mind and Soul’ by Stefano Vita and ‘Electrolove’ by Lunareh. 

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The Daily Detail - The Daily Detail for 12.14.22

Alabama

  • Today severe weather could emerge in parts of the state 
  •  N. AL high schools go into lockdown after prank call re: active shooter
  • AL man and 2 others are charged in Wyoming's largest poaching case
  • Investigation into why train conducted was killed by stray metal rod
  • Batch of Covid 19 tests from Detect Inc. recalled due to defects

National

  • Joe Biden signs bill into law that codifies same sex marriages
  • Rail union members hold rally in DC over forced deal with Rail Companies
  • Dem Donor Sam Bankman Fried arrested in Bahamas, to be extradited to US
  • Dept. of Energy fires non binary Sam Brinton after second felony revealed
  • CNN producer pleads guilty to sex crimes with a 9 year old girl
  • Judge in Arizona sets Dec. date for lawsuit from GOP Kari Lake