Month: February 2023

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It Could Happen Here - It Could Happen Here Weekly 70

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - THE HASH: SEC’s Gensler Warns Crypto Firms to Comply With Rules After Settlement with Kraken

The most valuable crypto stories for Friday, Feb. 10, 2023. 

"The Hash" panel weighs in as U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler is warning other platforms to "take note" of crypto exchange Kraken's move to halt its staking service in the country and cough up a $30 million fine. This comes as SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce issued a public dissent to her agency’s latest enforcement action. Plus, a closer look at PayPal's bitcoin holdings. And, a popular song released by Rihanna offered as a non-fungible token (NFT) through a Web3 music startup.


See also: ​​

What Does Kraken's SEC Settlement Mean for Crypto Staking?

SEC Did Not Consult Industry Before Kraken Crypto Staking Charges: Commissioner Peirce

Coinbase’s Staking Service Faces Questions After Kraken’s SEC Settlement

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Planet Money - Our 2023 valentines

Every Valentine's Day, we at Planet Money consider the things that we love, the things that we can't stop talking about, the things that get our hearts racing...in a good way. And we give them valentines!

This year our valentines go out to:

ImportYeti, a website that lets you see exactly where U.S. companies are importing goods from.

Economic data revisions, those tweaks to the data that make things like the jobs numbers even more accurate.

The office (the place, not the show).

Audio description, narration designed to make TV and movies more accessible to people who are blind or low-vision, but which offers benefits to the sighted as well.

This show was produced by Emma Peaslee. It was edited by Keith Romer, and engineered by Robert Rodriguez. Jess Jiang is our acting Executive Producer.

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Big Technology Podcast - Google and Microsoft’s Chatbot War, How AI Changes Hollywood, Disney In Crisis

The Wrap founder and CEO Sharon Waxman joins Ranjan Roy and Alex Kantrowitz for our weekly news recap show. We cover 1) Google and Microsoft's new chatbots. 2) How AI changes the entertainment industry 3) Yes, screenwriters are using AI too 4) Who's in better shape after this week: Google or Microsoft? 5) Why Disney is in crisis 6) How Disney stacks up against Netflix

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The Gist - Just A Man And His Will To Survive….In Bronze

Paul Farber, a scholar at UPENN's Center for Public Art & Space at the University of Pennsylvania, hosts the WHYY podcast series The Statue, which looks at Philadelphia's most notable icon…no, not the Liberty Bell, but Rocky. Plus, crazy plans to thwart the sun, and crazier plans to thwart Twitter's thwarting of questionable political content.

Produced by Joel Patterson and Corey Wara

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Consider This from NPR - NPR’s View From The Ground In Iran

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly is on the ground in Iran, where she spoke directly with Iranians about their grievances against the regime.

She later put some of those grievances to Iran's Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, during a rare in-person interview in Tehran.

You can hear more of NPR's interview with Iran's Foreign Minister, on whether Iranians can freely voice their ideas, here.

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - WBEZ’s Weekly News Recap: Feb. 10, 2023

Three candidates are in a statistical dead heat in the Chicago mayor’s race. UIC faculty have a contract. Locals help earthquake victims. Meanwhile, big changes may be coming for needy parents as lawmakers in Springfield propose a diaper allowance. Reset breaks down these stories and much more with NBC 5’s Christian Farr, former Chicago Sun-Times columnist Maudlyne Ihejirika, and John Fountain, journalism professor at Roosevelt University.
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The Daily Signal - TOP NEWS | FBI Searches Pence Home for Classified Documents, Biden Won’t Give Super Bowl Interview, CDC Adds COVID-19 Vaccine to Children’s Immunization Schedule | Feb. 10

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


  • The FBI visits the home of former Vice President Mike Pence in search for classified documents.
  • President Joe Biden will not give a pre-game Super Bowl interview. 
  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention adds the COVID-19 vaccine to its list of recommended scheduled immunizations for kids and adults. 
  • The president of Brazil meets with Biden at the White House. 


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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Chicago Innovators: A People-Powered Seesaw Fabric Shredder

Recycling fabric is harder than it might seem, as most fabrics are a mix of fibers and material types, requiring different techniques that can’t be done on a large scale. Reset checks in with local weaver Emily Winter, co-founder of the Weaving Mill, who is trying out a community-driven way to deal with textile waste.
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CoinDesk Podcast Network - BREAKDOWN: Python Politics Part 2 – Operation Choke Point 2.0 Begins

A recent history of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the weaponization of the banking system against crypto.

The crypto industry is increasingly facing a U.S. banking system that has been weaponized against it. In this second part of a two-part special, NLW looks at the post-Brian Brooks era at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and examines how crises like Luna and FTX have changed the situation. 

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