Month: November 2023

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Chicago’s Third Coast Percussion On Their 2024 GRAMMY Nomination

The 2024 GRAMMY nominations are in and Chicago artists are getting some love. Reset talks with Chicago’s Third Coast Percussion about their latest nomination and learns more about the group with ensemble members David Skidmore and Robert Dillon. You can engage with Reset in so many ways! Along with our live show and podcast, you can also sign up for our newsletter at wbez.org/resetnews.
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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - Strange News: The Great Chicken Nugget Recall, Blinding Lasers at NFT Concert, Tires Are Killing Salmon

Food giant Tyson recalls 30,000 pounds of chicken nuggets due to possible metal contamination. Bored Ape partygoers wake to find laser light may have permanently injured their eyes. Scientists and native communities raise the alarm about a common chemical in tires, which may spell doom for salmon populations. All this and more in this week's strange news segment. 

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - MARKETS DAILY: Crypto Update | What JPMorgan Analysts Missed About Bitcoin’s Rally

Noelle Acheson, the mind behind the Crypto Is Macro Now newsletter, explores recent crypto project exploits, U.S. consumer expectations, big-bank investment comments and more.

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Today’s Stories:

Poloniex Hot Wallets Hacked With $114M Seemingly Stolen: On-Chain Data 

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Raft Suffers $3.3M Exploit That Drove Down Stablecoin 50%, but Hacker Likely Lost Money on Attack 

Binance fake-app scammers steal crypto funds via malicious Skype app: SlowMist 

The Crypto Market Rally Looks Overdone, JPMorgan Says 

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The Commentary Magazine Podcast - Great Scott

James B. Meigs joins today's podcast as we ask what the fallout from Tim Scott's decision to depart the Republican race for president will mean and sketch out a long-shot scenario that would give Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley a real chance to challenge Donald Trump. Then we discuss Meigs's extraordinary article, "They Forgot to Be Afraid," about the systemic failure of Israeli deterrence at the Gaza border and how it parallels so many other disasters. Give a listen.

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Focus on Africa - Why is East Africa being devastated by floods?

Thousands of people in the Horn of Africa and East Africa have been uprooted by what the UN has called “once-in-a-century“ floods. We look at why this is happening now.

Kenya's Ogiek community condemns the government, over forceful evictions that have forced members from their ancestral land.

Plus, the initiative bringing hope to talented young South African musicians from townships in Cape Town.

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Federalist Radio Hour - Inside America’s Post-Pandemic China Policy

On this episode of "The Federalist Radio Hour," Chris Fenton, film producer and author of “Feeding the Dragon: Inside the Trillion Dollar Dilemma Facing Hollywood, the NBA, & American Business,” joins Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinksy to examine how China leverages its soft and hard power to inflame its rivalry with the U.S. Fenton and Jashinsky also evaluate the future of the communist country's relationship with Hollywood.

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CBS News Roundup - 11/13/2023 | World News Round Up

Conditions grow increasingly dire at Gaza's largest hospital. Looming deadline to fund the government. Tim Scott suspends his Presidential campaign. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - The Push To Remove Chicago’s Lead Service Lines Gets A Boost

A $336 million loan will be used over five years to primarily fund the city’s program that replaces lead service lines when they break or leak. The Department of Water Management’s other programs to replace lead service lines at daycares and for low-income homeowners will continue. Reset learns about the scope of this effort and how this could help improve Chicagoans’ water from Reset sustainability contributor Karen Weigert and commissioner of the Department of Water Management Andrea Cheng. To check out our entire catalog of interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.
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The Intelligence from The Economist - The Intelligence: Kherson, one year later

After a grinding and lethal eight-month battle, Ukraine’s forces retook the port city a year ago. Our correspondent visits, finding a populace both anxious and defiant. As with technological transformations that came before, the benefits of artificial intelligence will accrue disproportionately to the very stars who rail against it (10:22). And why New York is now safer—if you’re a bird (19:46).


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