More than 20 years ago, something unusual happened in the small town of Dixfield, Maine. A lady named Barbara Thorpe had left almost all of her money—$200,000—to benefit the cats of her hometown. When Barbara died in 2002, those cats suddenly got very, very rich. And that is when all the trouble began.
Barbara's gift set off a sprawling legal battle that drew in a crew of crusading cat ladies, and eventually, the town of Dixfield itself. It made national news. But after all these years, no one seemed to know where that money had ended up. Did the Dixfield cat fortune just...vanish?
In this episode, host Jeff Guo travels to Maine to track down the money. To figure out how Barbara's plans went awry. And to understand something about this strange form of economic immortality called a charitable trust.
This episode was produced by Willa Rubin with help from Dave Blanchard. It was engineered by Josh Newell. Sally Helm edited the show and Sierra Juarez checked the facts. Jess Jiang is Planet Money's acting Executive Producer.
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This Machine Kills - Patreon Preview – 235. Fired By an Al-guy-rithm Named Bob
We look at the latest way bosses are outsourcing the dirty work of owning capital and managing workers to techno-consultants. Then see why venture capitalists are loudly crying about a light touch rule that will require them to prove they actually did due diligence before spending billions of other people’s dollars. And we wrap things up by checking in on the plight of Amazon under its new CEO Andy Jassy – and wonder if the company’s troubles will lead to a second imperium of Bezos?
Stuff we reference:
••• AI is starting to pick who gets laid off https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/02/20/layoff-algorithms/
••• Venture World Watches As SEC Moves To Regulate Industry https://news.crunchbase.com/policy-regulation/venture-sec-regulations-web3-ftx/
••• Can this man turn Amazon around? https://www.ft.com/content/a8cdfe3a-a445-476c-b4a7-367468ac1398
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The Gist - Bill to Ban Book Bans
Representative Doug Mann of Missouri is here to talk about his bill, one of several introduced by democrats across the country to push back against the spate of book bans. Plus, Putin gets ethnicity wrong, and rolling up the windows on Four-Legged Floridians.
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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Dede Cadet Brings Racial Justice To Interior Design
While navigating the nonprofit world, Dede Cadet discovered her newfound passion: decorating homes. This hobby has since grown to a slew of projects, different aesthetics and true happiness. Reset speaks to the artist about her life, journey and joy.
Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - WBEZ’s Weekly News Recap: Feb. 24, 2023
The race for Chicago’s next mayor is in its final stretch. Who is in the lead, and what did voters this week say is the top issue on their minds? Also: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis visits Chicago and a favorite local show gets the ax. Reset breaks down these stories and much more with Jacoby Cochran, City Cast Chicago host, Tiffany Walden, editor-in-chief and co-founder of The Triibe, and Rachel Hinton, enterprise reporter for Illinois Answers Project with Better Government Association.
CoinDesk Podcast Network - BREAKDOWN: Class-Action Lawsuit Accusing Digital Basketball Cards of Being Securities Allowed to Proceed
NBA Top Shot from Dapper Labs is the latest digital asset to face security scrutiny.
On today’s episode, NLW covers the ruling of a federal judge in New York allowing a class-action lawsuit to proceed against Dapper Labs for allegedly offering unregistered securities. He also covers a new slate of charges against Sam Bankman-Fried, disgraced founder of FTX.
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Consider This from NPR - A Ukrainian City Marks A Year Of Loss—And Resistance
Kherson was the the first major Ukrainian city to fall to Russian troops. With deep historical ties to Russia, it was not expected to be a center of resistance.
But an army of citizen spies defied Moscow's expectations, and helped Ukrainian forces liberate the city last November.
A year after Russia launched its invasion, NPR's Joanna Kakissis has the story of Kherson's partisans: teachers and accountants and landscape designers, who became eyes and ears for the Ukrainian military.
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But an army of citizen spies defied Moscow's expectations, and helped Ukrainian forces liberate the city last November.
A year after Russia launched its invasion, NPR's Joanna Kakissis has the story of Kherson's partisans: teachers and accountants and landscape designers, who became eyes and ears for the Ukrainian military.
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The Daily Signal - TOP NEWS | New Sanctions Against Russia, Disappointing Inflation Report, Iran-Russia Alliance Appears to Strengthen | Feb. 24
On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down:
- The Biden administration marks the one year anniversary of the war in Ukraine by announcing new sanctions against Russia.
- Russia may be moving to provide Iran with fighter jets.
- Prices are up and the stock market is down.
- A library in Virginia has added three Clarence Thomas books to its recommended Black History Month reading list, but only after The Daily Signal questioned the library.
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CoinDesk Podcast Network - THE HASH: Outlining the Global Standards for Crypto; Reaction After Coinbase Starts Layer 2 Network Base
The most valuable crypto stories for Friday, Feb. 24, 2023.
"The Hash" team weighs in on today's top stories, including the Financial Action Task Force agreeing on an action plan to drive the "timely implementation" of its global standards for crypto. Plus, Base Protocol’s BASE tokens jumped, then dumped, in the past 24 hours following an announcement by crypto exchange Coinbase about the launch of its layer 2 blockchain Base.
See also:
FATF Agrees on Action Plan to Drive Implementation of Global Crypto Norms
Unrelated BASE Token Jumped 250% After Coinbase Starts Layer 2 Network Base
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Motley Fool Money - Surprising Earnings, Conservative Management
There's a lot to analyze in this episode, including revenue to the upside, CEOs waving the caution flag, and Hobbits.
(0:21) Emily Flippen and Jason Moser discuss: - Nvidia's results and place in the AI universe - Block surprising Wall Street with strong 4th-quarter revenue - Mercadolibre's enviable free cash flow - The latest from Walmart, Home Depot, Booking Holdings, Etsy, and Wayfair
(19:11) Emily and Jason continue the earnings analysis and discuss: - Warner Bros. Discovery growing subscribers and cutting costs - The latest from Intuit, Teladoc Health, Domino's Pizza, and Shake Shack - Their most recent stock purchases - Two stocks on their radar: Adobe and ANSYS
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Stocks discussed: NVDA, WMT, SQ, HD, BKNG, ETSY, MELI, W, INTU, TDOC, WBD, DPZ, TWLO, SPOT, NKE, SHAK, ADBE, ANSS
Host: Chris Hill Guests: Jason Moser, Emily Flippen Engineer: Rick Engdahl
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