On World Swahili Day, we take at a look at how far the east African language has travelled and hear from people teaching it from Moscow to Bogotá.
Also in the pod: Since the covid 19 pandemic, there’s been growing interest in fruit bats. Our Global Health Correspondent Naomi Grimley has been given special access to a scientific research project in Ghana which aims to monitor them.
Also, we give you some more details on Threads, Meta's answer to twitting.
A heartbreaking example of gun violence in America: an interpreter for U-S troops in Afghanistan gunned down driving a Lyft in Washington, DC. Record global heat for a 4th day. Alzheimer's game changer. CBS News Correspondent Deborah Rodriguez has today's World News Roundup.
Mayor Brandon Johnson shook things up Wednesday when he replaced nearly the entire Chicago Board of Education with new appointees. The seven-seat board that was once largely filled with consultants, bankers and lawyers will now be dominated by educators and education activists. Reset gets the rundown on what this means for Chicago schools.
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Mattel’s Barbie movie just put on a master class in marketing — It’s not an ad campaign, it’s an “ad champagne” Today’s Jobs Report is expected to be huge — but it’s also expected to be the most confusing, so we’re jumping into it TBOY-style.
And the “Model A” flying car just got FAA approval for a test flight — but just like the spork, the best of both worlds can actually be worse.
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Featuring Mauricio Magaldi, global strategy director of crypto at 11:FS and host of “Blockchain Insider” podcast.
On “Carpe Consensus,” hosts Ben Schiller, Danny Nelson and Cam Thompson tackle the latest news in crypto.
[1:34] Mauricio Magaldi and the hosts navigate through a wide-ranging conversation including the internet of ownership, the use of blockchain in AI training data, global crypto hubs and CBDCs.
[27:50] Cam’s Corner: Popular NFT brand Azuki botched its latest mint. This mishap is yet another reminder of the precarious state of the NFT market.
“Carpe Consensus” is executive produced by Jared Schwartz and produced and edited by Eleanor Pahl.
One of the most widely spoken languages in the world is Chinese.
In addition to being one of the most popular languages in the world, it also has some of the oldest roots and, in many respects, is completely different from every other language spoken today.
But when we refer to the Chinese language, what exactly are we even referring to? Can we even say that there is a language called Chinese?
Learn more about the Chinese languages and what makes them unique on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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We sit down with Kyrylo Budanov, Ukraine’s youngest-ever spymaster. He is intense, resolute—and oddly charismatic. A world of electrified transport is going to need lots of nickel for batteries. We argue that, environmentally speaking, gathering it from the seafloor clearly beats mining it on land (11:12). And remembering Donald Triplett, the first person ever to be diagnosed with autism (19:25).
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