Focus on Africa - Amhara: What’s going on?

The security situation in Ethiopia's Amhara region has been concerning for a while now with the authorities in Addis Ababa trying to contain it. However, the latest escalation in violence between government forces and groups opposed to a disarmament plan is leading to a humanitarian crisis, amid fears that the conflict could spread.

Also we look at a new report from Amnesty International, which accuses TikTok of directing content to children to the detriment of their mental health. TikTok denies the allegation.

And did you know giraffes are even more at risk of extinction than elephants?

Big Technology Podcast - The Secrets Of Ray Dalio and His Dot Collector Transparency Software — With Rob Copeland

Rob Copeland is the author of The Fund: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates, and the Unraveling of a Wall Street Legend and a New York Times reporter. He joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss his new book, offering a revealing look at Dalio's business success and the making of his legend. We talk extensively about Dalio's Dot Collector tool, which allowed his employees to rate each other in real-time on attributes like believability. Then we ask why so many would subject themselves to this type of workplace, and whether the tool actually worked.

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - UNCHAINED: A 20+ Year Sentence? Why the Evidence Against SBF Was Too Hard to Overcome

A defense lawyer and a former prosecutor discuss what SBF’s likely sentence will be, the defense’s hope for an appeal, and whether the government will pursue the second trial.


In this episode of Unchained, Laura does a detailed unpacking of the historic Sam Bankman-Fried trial and verdict with defense lawyer Sam Enzer and former Southern District of New York prosecutor Rich Cooper. They discuss what a thorough job the government did in presenting its case, whether the government will pursue a second trial on campaign finance charges, why it takes so long for sentencing to occur, what the differences between this case and the Bernie Madoff case are, and what Bankman-Fried’s likely sentence will be. 

Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Stitcher, Castbox, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, or on your favorite podcast platform.

Show highlights | 

  • How the cross-examination of SBF showed to the jury that he was unreliable, according to Rich
  • Why the charge conference with the jury is important to the prosecution for “protecting the record”
  • Why the closing argument of the prosecutors was so effective 
  • What “conscious avoidance” is and how the prosecutors tried to prove that SBF was guilty of that
  • Why SBF’s tweet last November that  "FTX is fine" was the hardest part of the trial for the defense, according to Enzer
  • Why Enzer wasn’t surprised by how quickly the jury made its decision 
  • What SBF’s strongest argument is for an appeal
  • Why Enzer "hopes" that there won't be a second trial against SBF and whether he will plead guilty to the additional charges
  • Why the sentencing occurs so many months after the verdict
  • How this case is similar, but also different, from the Bernie Madoff case
  • How many years SBF could spend in prison, according to Enzer and Cooper
  • When cooperating witnesses such as Caroline Ellison, Nishad Singh, and Gary Wang are likely to get sentenced


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Guests | 

Sam Enzer, partner at Cahill Gordon & Reindel.

Previous appearances on Unchained: 

Why SBF's Testimony So Far Has Likely Already Doomed Him

Another Bad Week for Sam Bankman-Fried in His Criminal Trial

Why These Lawyers Say It's Over for SBF-But His Only Hail Mary Is to Testify

SBF Trial: How Sam Bankman-Fried’s Lawyers Might Try and Win His Case

SBF’s Lawyers Could Be Annoying the Judge. How Might That Impact the Trial?


Rich Cooper, Former SDNY prosecutor

Links | 

Previous coverage by Unchained on the trial of Sam Bankman-Fried:

How Heated Sidebars During the SBF Trial Could Impact the Jury’s Decision

SBF Trial, Day 1: Possible Witnesses Include FTX Insiders, Big Names in Crypto, and SBF’s Family

SBF Trial, Day 2: DOJ Says Sam Bankman-Fried ‘Lied’ While Defense Claims His Actions Were ‘Reasonable’

SBF Trial, Day 3: Why a True Believer in FTX Flipped Once He Learned One Fact

SBF Trial, Day 4: SBF’s Lawyers Annoy Judge Kaplan, While Wang Reveals Alameda’s Special Privileges

Sam Bankman-Fried Trial: Here's Everything That Happened So Far

SBF Trial, Day 5: SBF's Defense Finally Found Its Legs, But Can It Counter Caroline Ellison?

SBF Trial, Day 6: Caroline Ellison Recalls 'The Worst Week of My Life'

SBF Trial, Day 7: In SBF Trial, Did the Defense Lose Its Opportunity With the Star Witness?

SBF Trial, Day 8: Former BlockFi CEO Adds Credibility to Fraud Charges 

SBF Trial, Day 9: Nishad Singh Describes Former FTX CEO as a Bully and Big Spender

SBF Trial, Day 10: Defense Struggles to Discredit Nishad Singh's Testimony

SBF Trial, Day 11: How Alameda Got FTX Into a $9 Billion Hole

SBF Trial, Day 12: Former FTX General Counsel Speaks Out Against SBF

SBF Trial, Day 13: Before Judge, Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried Gives Few Straight Answers

SBF Trial, Day 14: Sam Bankman-Fried Casts Blame on Others for Key Decisions at FTX

SBF Trial, Day 15: Prosecutors Hammer Bankman-Fried’s Contradictions With Reams of Evidence

SBF Trial, Day 16: In Final Cross Examination, SBF Gets Caught Again by His Own Words

SBF Trial, Day 17: Closing Arguments Ask: ‘Villain or Good-Faith Actor?’ 

SBF Trial, Day 18: Sam Bankman-Fried Found Guilty on All 7 Counts in Swift Verdict

Did Sam Bankman-Fried Have Intent to Defraud FTX Investors?

Katie Haun’s thoughts on the sentencing

Protos: Sam Bankman-Fried caught deleting more tweets that aged like milk


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Time To Say Goodbye - What can be questioned within Israel, with Tania Hary

This week, we are joined by Tania Hary, the executive director of Gisha (“access”), an Israeli legal organization that fights for the freedom of movement of Palestinians. [2:25] We discuss the restrictive status quo that was in place long before October 7, in which Israel controlled travel in and out of the occupied territories, the flow of goods and food into Gaza, and the Census-like registry of the Palestinian population (that is implicated in the questioning of Gazan fatalities). [30:45] Tania explains how political repression and compulsory military service convince many Israelis that theirs is the “most moral army in the world.”

In this episode, we ask: 

How are Israelis consuming images from and narratives about Gaza? 

What does it mean for politicians and media to dispute information, namely death counts, coming from sources in a besieged Gaza? 

What does this war reveal about the world order, humanitarian law, and human rights

For more, see: 

* A recent press conference on how to report accurately on Gaza, featuring Tania

* Reporting from Haaretz on the backlash against Arab Israelis

* Tania’s testimony before the UN Security Council earlier this year

* Protesters braving it in Tel Aviv this past week

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Being Roman with Mary Beard - 6. Love in the Borderlands

At the very edge of Empire, inscribed on a beautifully carved tombstone, there’s a story of love across the tracks. On Hadrian’s Wall a slave girl from Hertfordshire and a lonely traveller from Syria meet and marry. The story of Regina and Barates has inspired poets and writers eager for a simple love story to illuminate a dark and dangerous world. But how true might this be? What brought this couple together across cultures and thousands of miles? Was their alliance true love or forced marriage?

Mary Beard tracks our couple from Palmyra to South Shields, revealing the cultural mix of the Empire and the power dynamics of slave and master with the help of Syrian poet, Nouri Al-Jarrah.

Producer: Alasdair Cross

Expert Contributors: Greg Woolf, University of California Los Angeles and Frances McIntosh, English Heritage

Cast: John Collingwood Bruce played by Josh Bryant-Jones and reading of The Stone Serpent by Tyler Cameron

Translation of The Stone Serpent: Catherine Cobham

Arabic Translation: Samira Kawar

Special thanks to Alex Croom and Tyne and Wear Museums

Being Roman with Mary Beard - 5. Battling Bureaucrats

What does it take to run an Empire? Armies and slaves, of course, but also bureaucrats. At its height the Roman Empire employed thousands of men charged with keeping Rome and its provinces fed, watered and content. This was no easy job. A remarkable set of papyrus scrolls reveals the life of Roman Egypt's very own David Brent, preparing for a a visit from the fearsome Emperor Diocletian.

Infuriated by hopeless staff and venal local politicians and continuously harassed by his superiors, Apolinarius of Panopolis becomes increasingly desperate as Diocletian approaches and the tension cranks up. Mary Beard follows Apolinarius's story to reveal the messy realities of Roman administration.

Producer: Alasdair Cross

Expert Contributors: Colin Adams, Liverpool University and Margaret Mountford

Cast: Apolinarius played by Josh Bryant-Jones

Special thanks to Jill Unkell and the Chester Beatty collection, Dublin

Being Roman with Mary Beard - 4. What We Lost in the Fire

For an aspiring medic it was a dream assignment- official team doctor to the gladiators of Pergamon. The top names in the arena were worth a lot of money and it was up to young Galen to keep them alive. Slash and stab wounds had to be closed quickly and cleanly and diets devised to maintain the perfect balance of fat and muscle for the finest fighters. It gave Galen unrivalled insight into the workings of the human body, knowledge he would use as he went on to treat emperors and write the textbooks that would guide doctors for hundreds of years.

Mary Beard traces the career of Rome's greatest medic from its highs to its lowest of lows- the moment when a great fire swept through Rome, threatening to wipe out his life's work.

Producer: Alasdair Cross

Expert Contributors: Helen King, Open University and Matthew Nicholls, Oxford University

Special thanks to the British Museum and the Parco Archeolgico del Colosseo, Roma