Month: January 2023

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Federalist Radio Hour - Will Tech Cuts Change The Culture War?

On this episode of "The Federalist Radio Hour," Christopher Bedford, executive editor at the Common Sense Society, joins Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss layoffs at Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and other tech companies and what that means for the future of the culture war. They also contemplate whether former President Donald Trump should return to Facebook and Twitter and consider policies that could address the negative influence screens and social media have on children.
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CoinDesk Podcast Network - MONEY REIMAGINED: The Interaction of Money, Nature and AI With Stan Stalnaker

A digital currency pre-existing bitcoin? 

How can new technologies such as AI help design and build green economies in all social systems?

Is Identity dangerous or essential to every financial transaction?

On this episode of “Money Reimagined,” Michael Casey, solo in Davos, Switzerland, at the World Economic Forum, speaks with the founder and chief strategy director at Hub Culture, Stan Stalnaker, about these topics and Hub Culture’s new emergent intelligence project Zeke.ai (using pronouns they, them, theirs), which has capabilities for deep conversations, simple problem solving and asynchronous development.

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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - Who Killed Marilyn Monroe?

Even if you've never seen her films or know her by name, you will almost certainly recognize Marilyn Monroe. This famous Hollywood icon rose to global fame as a model, actress, and socialite -- only to die, officially from an overdose, at the young age of 36. And ever since that day, people around the world have spent decades asking whether there's something more to the official story: Who killed Marilyn Monroe?

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Big Technology Podcast - BuzzFeed Employs AI, Tesla Stock Goes Wild, Salesforce Is Challenged

Ranjan Roy of Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the week's tech news. We cover: 1) BuzzFeed creating content with AI 2) The tech industry's destiny to suffer alone in this economic drawback 3) Tesla stock's wild ride 4) Salesforce's challenge from an activist investor 5) Trump's return to Facebook 6) TikTok's recent lobbying efforts 7) Menswear guy on Twitter 8) Ticketmaster's Senate hearing.

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Cato Daily Podcast - State-Run Home Equity Theft Goes before SCOTUS

A dozen states and DC steal home equity from often unsuspecting homeowners. The process known as “home equity theft” leaves many people both homeless and without a large fraction of their retirement savings. The Pacific Legal Foundation will bring a case to the U.S. Supreme Court this year. Researcher Angela C. Erickson and attorney Larry Salzman comment.

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Headlines From The Times - Colorado River in Crisis, Pt. 4: The Tribe

For over a century, Native American tribes along the Colorado River have seen other entities take water that had nourished them since time immemorial. With the depletion of this vital source for the American West, Indigenous leaders see an opening to right a historical wrong.

Today, we check in on one tribe doing just that. Read the full transcript here.

Host: The Times senior producer Kasia Broussalian

Guest: L.A. Times water reporter Ian James

More reading:

Colorado River in Crisis, Pt. 1: A Dying River

Colorado River in Crisis, Pt. 2: The Source

Inside the water crisis: A journey across the Colorado River Basin

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CBS News Roundup - World News Roundup: 01/27

Memphis on edge ahead of the release of police video in the death of Tyre Nichols. Looking for more classified documents. Some California reservoirs replenished. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.

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The Intelligence from The Economist - Tunnel, no lights: South Africa’s crumbling infrastructure

South Africa’s infrastructure—its ports, railways and power grid—are struggling and poorly managed. Ordinary South Africans are increasingly fed up. We profile Russia’s new military commander in Ukraine. And our obituaries editor remembers one of Britain’s finest rural writers.


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