Month: December 2022

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - These Teens Went To COP27 And Brought Ideas Back To Chicago

The world’s leaders met in Egypt for the COP27 summit on climate change — and these Chicago teens met with them. The United Nations Climate Change Conference is an annual convening of countries to talk about and address climate change issues. The summit has youth observers — and this year, some of them were from Chicago. Reset talks with youth climate activists Antonio Padilla and Fatima Perez, high school seniors and members of Zero Waste Ambassadors at Solorio High School, about their experience at COP27.
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Pod Save America - “Cleanup on Heil 12!”

Republican leaders struggle to respond to Trump’s Nazi Dinner, Congress passes a bill to protect same-sex marriage as Washington gears up for a busy lame duck session, the GOP conducts a midterm autopsy, and White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain stops by to talk about Joe Biden’s plans for 2023.

 

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Consider This from NPR - China’s Outspoken Generation

The protests in China may have been silenced, for now. But could this be the start of a new political awakening among young people in the country?

Host Juana Summers talks to Yangyang Cheng, a Fellow at Yale Law School's Paul Tsai China Center, and Professor Mary Gallagher, who directs the Center for Chinese Studies at the University of Michigan about why this is happening now.

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The Daily Signal - TOP NEWS | Senate FTX Hearing, IRS Targets Conservatives, Biden Hosts Macron, Apple Calls off Twitter Ban, Sen. Warren on Twitter, Florida Divests from BlackRock | Dec. 1

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

  • Senate hearing on FTX collapse
  • Democrat senator urged IRS, DOJ to target conservative groups
  • President Biden meets with French President Emmanuel Macron 
  • Apple backs down from banning Twitter on app store
  • Sen. Elizabeth Warren comments on Musk’s Twitter changes 
  • Florida treasury to divest assets from BlackRock



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CoinDesk Podcast Network - THE HASH: Sam Bankman-Fried’s Media Tour; BlackRock CEO Predicts Tokenization Is the Future

This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp.

 

The most valuable crypto stories for Thursday, Dec. 1,  2022.


"The Hash" group discusses today's top stories in the crypto world, including former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried speaking to several media outlets, including a live appearance at DealBook Summit. Plus, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink voices his opinion on tokenization of securities.


See also:

FTX’s Collapse Was a Crime, Not an Accident

US Prosecutors Charge 21 Alleged ‘Money Mules’ With Using Crypto to Launder Proceeds of Cybercrimes


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Science In Action - COVID spreads in China

Hong Kong health expert Professor Malik Peiris relates the lessons from the devastation there earlier this year. UK virologist Dr Tom Peacock reveals the unusual origins and evolution of omicron, and explains the risks of dangerous new variants. New studies from China are revealing further SARS-like viruses in the wild; Professor Eddie Holmes says they underline the risk of further pandemics.

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The Commentary Magazine Podcast - We Don’t Know What the News Is Anymore

Today’s podcast points out that for the first time since 2015, every piece of American news doesn’t somehow revolve either directly or indirectly around a certain ex-president. Is this the sign of his new irrelevance? And will this make being a Republican less embarrassing? Give a listen. Source

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