Month: April 2023

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This Machine Kills - 249/250. We Built This City on Authenticity (ft. David A. Banks)

Returning champion David A. Banks joins us for a supersized discussion about his new book, The City Authentic: How the Attention Economy Builds Urban America. How do cities have to act like social media influencers to attract new flows of capital? How are fundamental dynamics of capitalist urban development — growth machines, rent gaps, spatial fixes, destructive renovation, entrepreneurial competition — updated and upgraded to fit into the techno-financial conditions of today? Why does every downtown have the same damn wine bar now? Join us for answers to all these questions and much more. ••• David’s book: https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520383456/the-city-authentic ••• David’s twitter: https://twitter.com/DA_Banks ••• David’s substack: https://otherday.substack.com/ Subscribe to hear more analysis and commentary in our premium episodes every week! https://www.patreon.com/thismachinekills Hosted by Jathan Sadowski (www.twitter.com/jathansadowski) and Edward Ongweso Jr. (www.twitter.com/bigblackjacobin). Production / Music by Jereme Brown (www.twitter.com/braunestahl)
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Consider This from NPR - Local Newsrooms Are Vanishing – Here’s Why You Should Care

Newspapers and intrepid reporters are at the heart of hundreds of movies - think Citizen Kane, All The President's Men -and have always been a big part of American culture.

But in recent decades, the rise of digital news has led to the steady decline of print. And while big papers like The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post still distribute print editions – small, local papers have been disappearing at an alarming rate.

Add to that the consolidation of news outlets by big companies like Gannett and Alden Global Capital. Both companies have been buying regional newspapers, only to reduce the reporting staff, or completely dismantle an operation, focusing on turning a profit.

Research has shown that when local newspapers are lost affected communities experience lower voter turnout, decreased civic engagement, and increased polarization.

Host Adrian Florido speaks with Joshua Benton of the Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard University on the increasing number of news deserts.

And we hear from journalist Ashley White about the difficulties of providing a Louisiana community with news and information at a newspaper undergoing drastic reductions.

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The Gist - BEST OF THE GIST: Barn Fire Edition

In this installment of Best Of The Gist, we rewind to January 2017 to revisit Mike’s interview with Ralph Nader, who had just published his second work of fiction, Animal Envy, which imagines a world where animals can talk to people and start demanding rights. Nader says the fable is meant to prompt deeper thinking about our relationship with nature. “We need to talk about what-if, because if we don’t, we can’t kick in our idealism and imagine real possibilities,” says the 82-year-old author and advocate. And we follow that up with a recent Spiel about a colossal barn fired that got Mike thinking about animals. 

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Motley Fool Money - Boring Companies, Exciting Returns

 “A company that does boring things is almost as good as a company that has a boring name, and both together is terrific.” --- Peter Lynch 

Sierra Baldwin and Motley Fool Senior Analyst Sanmeet Deo discuss: - Boring, but effective ways to invest - ETFs that can build a portfolio - 1 key metric for investors to watch - The businesses of potato processing, car auctions, and paint manufacturing

Companies and ETFs discussed: SPY, VTI, VT, CPRT, LW, SHW, PTON

Host: Sierra Baldwin Guest: Sanmeet Deo Producer: Ricky Mulvey Engineer: Rick Engdahl

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - BREAKDOWN: Hasta La Vista, U.S.! Crypto Companies Look Abroad

U.S. crypto leaders are heading offshore due to unclear rules and regulatory capture by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

This week Coinbase was on tour in the U.K. and also announced a new Bermuda license, through which it will supposedly soon announce a new derivatives offering. NLW recaps the contrast between the increasingly open arms from the rest of the world and the cold aggressive stance of U.S. regulators. 


“The Breakdown” is written, produced and narrated by Nathaniel Whittemore aka NLW, with editing by Michele Musso and research by Scott Hill. Jared Schwartz is our executive producer and our theme music is “Countdown” by Neon Beach. Music behind our sponsor today is “Foothill Blvd” by Sam Barsh. Image credit: by CoinDesk. 

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Everything Everywhere Daily - Han van Meegeren: Forgery As an Art Form (Encore)

In 1945 after the conclusion of the Second World War, a Dutch man was accused of collaborating with the Nazis and plundering the Netherlands of some of its greatest artistic works. 

During the trial, he came up with a defense that seemed to everyone to be preposterous yet wound up being true. 

Learn more about Han van Meegeren, the painter who duped the Nazis, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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