People come from all over the world to work in U.S. tech. And during the tech boom years, the industry relied heavily on foreign workers. This is how we built Silicon Valley – with great minds coming from everywhere to work in the U.S.
But when the industry started to shrink, all of these people who moved here for work are finding that linking their jobs to their residency is really complicated. That was the case for Aashka and Nilanjan. Aashka was a product engineer at Amazon, and Nilanjan worked in digital advertising for Google. They both lost their jobs in the layoffs each company announced earlier this year.
When Aashka and Nilanjan got the news, a clock started ticking. Because they are both H-1B recipients, they only have 60 days to find new jobs before they risk being sent home. And they can't get just any job – they need new employers in their field willing to sponsor their visa.
On today's show, we followed two tech workers as they tried to find jobs before their visas expired, and what they went through as H-1B recipients trying to stay in the country.
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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - What is snake oil?
Snake oil -- it's a strange phrase for all sorts of sham treatments and fake cures. But where did it come from? Why do so many hucksters conspire to sell false hope in the modern day? Join Ben and Matt as they dive deep into the history -- and deeply troubling future -- of snake oil.
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James Fishback, founder of Incubate Debate, believes that the changing nature of debate as a competitive event does young people a profound disservice.
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CoinDesk Podcast Network - MARKETS DAILY: Crypto Update | BlackRock’s Spot Bitcoin ETF Application Spurs Green Markets
Plus, “Markets Daily” takes a look at the future of commercial real estate, with San Francisco as a case study.
Today's Stories:
Park Hotels stops payments on $725M CMBS loan, plans to cut San Francisco exposure
San Francisco hit again as large mall owner walks away | Reuters
Central Banks Successfully Test Over 30 CBDC Use Cases, Including Offline Payments
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First Mover Americas: BlackRock Files for a Spot Bitcoin ETF
Bitcoin Correlations Continue On-Again, Off-Again Relationship With Traditional Finance
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Chapo Trap House - 741 Teaser – They Indicted Me!
We look at Trump’s response to his federal indictment, and how he still manages to outswag Ron Dion DeSantis.
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Federalist Radio Hour - Inside The Effort To Record Communism’s Dark History
On this episode of "The Federalist Radio Hour," Elizabeth Spalding, chairman of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation and founding director of the Victims of Communism Museum, joins Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to share the importance of educating current and future generations on the pitfalls of communism and the evils plaguing regimes that adopt it.
The Commentary Magazine Podcast - Trust Falls
The podcast today is devoted to a discussion of our colleague Abe Greenwald's seminal article, just out in COMMENTARY, called "The Trust Crisis." Why have Americans gone from being people who trust in the country and its institutions to being so wildly skeptical and indeed distrusting? Is there anything to be done about this problem? Give a listen.
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Focus on Africa - Can Africa forge a peace path for Ukraine?
As African leaders visit Ukraine and Russia to help negotiate peace , we ask what unique perspectives they can bring to succeed where others have failed.
Also in the pod: can you really buy your way out of a climate catastrophe? Our Environment Correspondent tells us why buying carbon credits could be insufficient at preventing overshooting our global temperature targets.
And, as Belgium refurbishes a museum holding African artefacts, we reignite a conversation between two young Congolese activists on the future of African artefacts taken during the colonial past.
CBS News Roundup - 06/16/2023 | World News Round Up
Texas tornado destruction. Russia is linked to a large global hack attack. Eliminating ticket "sticker shock." Correspondent Steve Kathan has the CBS World News Roundup for Friday, June 16, 2023:
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