Month: July 2023

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Motley Fool Money - Car Sales Are Soaring

The numbers for the first half of the year look strong for car sales, will EV sales start being a bigger piece of the pie?

(00:21) Tim Beyers and Deidre Woollard discuss: - If the strong numbers for new car sales will continue. - The power of Tesla’s brand in the EV space. - Why we shouldn’t get too excited about the prospect of flying cars yet.

(21:25) Small landlords still make up the bulk of single-family rentals. Deidre Woollard interviews Bigger Pockets’s podcast host Dave Meyer on the demographic shifts impacting real estate investing.

Companies discussed:  GM, TSLA, JOBY, OPEN, RDFN, EVTL, ACHR

Host: Deidre Woollard Guests: Tim Beyers, Dave Meyer Producer: Ricky Mulvey Engineers: Dan Boyd, Heather Horton

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Science In Action - Melting of Greenland ice sheet

Record-breaking global temperatures are accelerating Greenland ice melt at an alarming rate. Professor of glaciology Alun Hubbard has witnessed the melt first hand. He tells us how the ice sheet is being destabilised and what this could mean on a human level.

Also, how safe are Japanese plans to dispose of nuclear waste from the Fukushima accident? We get reassurance from molecular pathology expert, Professor Gerry Thomas.

And last week was a big one for cosmology news. We catch up on science behind the gravitational hum that permeates the Universe with astrophysicist with Dr Chiara Mingarelli. And we hear about the traces of ghostly neutrinos within our Galaxy from the principal investigator of the world’s largest neutrino detector, Professor Francis Halzen.

Presenter: Roland Pease Producer: Ella Hubber

(Photo: Meltwater forming on top of the Russell Glacier, Greenland)

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - THE HASH: New Report Unpacks Tom Brady’s Fallout With FTX; Meta Launches Twitter Rival ‘Threads’

The most valuable crypto stories for Thursday, July 6, 2023.


"The Hash" hosts discuss today's hot topics in crypto, including a New York Times report that details how NFL legend Tom Brady's sponsorship deal with FTX turned sour after the exchange filed for bankruptcy. Facebook parent Meta launches the 'Threads' app, taking aim at Twitter. BlackRock CEO Larry Fink says bitcoin could "revolutionize finance." And, a closer look into crypto infrastructure firm Chainlink's proof-of-reserves service.


See also:

Tom Brady's NFT Startup Autograph Shifts Strategy Amid Struggles: NYT

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Says Bitcoin Could ‘Revolutionize Finance’

Chainlink ‘Proof of Reserve’ Proves Little Beyond Data Going In, Coming Out


This episode has been edited by senior producer Michele Musso and the executive producer is Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is “Neon Beach.”

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - MARKETS DAILY: Crypto Update | Bitcoin Could Revolutionize Finance Amid Bankrupt Crypto Companies Haggling in Court

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink recently praised Bitcoin’s potential in the world of finance.

Today's Stories:

Americans Have Quit Quitting Their Jobs - WSJ

BlockFi Bankruptcy Plans Opposed by FTX, Three Arrows, and SEC

Israeli Lawmakers Support Axing Crypto Capital Gains Tax for Foreigners

Markets Links:

BRN00 | Brent Crude Oil Continuous Contract Overview | MarketWatch 

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Says Bitcoin Could 'Revolutionize Finance'

This episode was hosted by George Kaloudis. “Markets Daily” is executive produced by Jared Schwartz and produced and edited by Eleanor Pahl. All original music by Doc Blust and Colin Mealey.

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Slate Books - Political Gabfest: Rural Arkansas Explored in an Extra Gabfest Reads

This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz are on vacation, but Emily taped an extra episode of Gabfest Reads for everyone. She sits down with author Monica Potts to talk about her new memoir The Forgotten Girls. They discuss growing up in rural Arkansas, Monica’s childhood best friend Darci, and more.


For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment, David, Emily, and John chatter about what’s making them happy this summer, an article about how bad things really are, and more.


In the June edition of Gabfest Reads, Emily talks with Peter Singer @PeterSinger about his book, Animal Liberation Now: The Definitive Classic Renewed. 

 

Email your chatters, questions, and comments to gabfest@slate.com or Tweet us @SlateGabfest. (Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)

 

Podcast production by Cheyna Roth

Research by Julie Huygen

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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - Listener Mail: Propaganda, Body Brokers, and Letters From Home

A fellow Conspiracy Realist prompts a conversation about propaganda, crowds and social dynamics. Anonymous writes in with first-hand experience in the world of body donation. Ben reads letters from Conspiracy Theorists across the planet. All this and more in this week's listener mail segment.

They don't want you to read our book.: https://static.macmillan.com/static/fib/stuff-you-should-read/

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The Commentary Magazine Podcast - Crushing Senority

Dan Senor joins our podcast today to give us insight into the Israeli military actions on the West Bank, the current political standing of Benjamin Netanyahu and his coalition, and what the apparently collapsing prosecutions of Israel's prime minister might have to teach us about the indictments of Donald Trump. Give a listen.

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