The Trump experience can't just be undone—we are a different country now, and we're not going back to the status quo before his presidency. Plus, watch Trump try to steal the idea of defending democracy from Biden, just like he stole 'fake news' from Hillary. Susan Glasser joins Charlie Sykes today.
Time To Say Goodbye - Housing, Homelessness, and the L.A. Political Machine with L.A. Councilmember Nithya Raman
Hello!
Today we have a great interview with Nithya Raman, the City Councilmember for Los Angeles’s District 4. We talk about housing, the despair around the homelessness problem in California’s biggest cities, and whether there might be a different future for the city’s political machine.
My interest in Councilmember Raman started back when I was writing the newsletter for the Times because there was an effort by some of the more powerful local politicians to redraw her district in ways that would both disenfranchise many of the people who had voted for her to be their representative but also seemed to reflect the unrelenting power of homeowners in Southern California.
You can read some of those pieces here, here, and here.
What became clear to me during the reporting of those pieces was that Mike Davis was right when he wrote “the most powerful ‘social movement’ in contemporary Southern California is that of affluent homeowners, organized by notional community designations or tract names, engaged in the defense of home values and neighborhood exclusivity.”
The real battle in California, then, is between the self interests of homeowners to protect their value and the “character” of their neighborhoods and the best interests of everyone else. This is not a fight that follows basic partisan lines nor is it one that really has much coherence to it, but it’s the fight that every politician in California, especially in Los Angeles or here in the Bay Area, must navigate to get anything done.
Nithya and I talked about all that and the massive scandal in the Los Angeles City Council in 2022, where Latino members of the council and labor leaders were caught on tape making bigoted statements about pretty much every other group in the city. What those tapes revealed, at least to me, was how a type of identity politics actually functioned in the country’s second biggest city.
If you want to know a bit more about Nithya, here’s a link to her campaign page and a story about the leaked tape scandal.
thank you!
TTSG
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CoinDesk Podcast Network - MONEY REIMAGINED: Decentralization | The First Principle of Why We Are Here
The delicate balance between efficiency and decentralization, and the potential for crypto's democratic governance.
This episode is sponsored by Cboe Digital
In this week's installment of "Money Reimagined," hosts Michael Casey and Sheila Warren delve into the challenges of self-custody following the notorious Ledger hack, reflecting on a year of reckoning and consolidation in the crypto industry. Our hosts stress the pivotal role of decentralization and choice in system design and underscore the urgency of constructing a robust foundational layer for the future of decentralized technologies. Gain insights into the principles of decentralized governance and its parallels with constitutional principles.
Links |
What We Know About the Massive Ledger Hack
Ledger Exploit Endangers DeFi; Sushi Says 'Do Not Interact With ANY dApps'
Lido Tests of 'Distributed Validator Technology' Portend 2024 Decentralization Push
Ethereum Platform Infura's Step Toward Decentralization Includes Microsoft, Tencent
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Money Reimagined has been produced and edited by senior producer Michele Musso and our executive producer is Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is “The News Tonight ” by Shimmer.
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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - Space Fungus!
Since the early days of human space programs, every single space endeavor has encountered a continual hitchhiker: fungus. In tonight's episode, Ben, Matt and Noel explore the strange persistence of fungal life in space, asking: What if the best astronauts aren't human at all?
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Dan Senor joins today's podcast to talk about the major developments in Israel over the past few weeks—the assassination of a top Hamas terrorist in Lebanon and the Supreme Court's overturning of judicial reform there. Then we get to the larger meaning of Claudine Gay's resignation from Harvard. Give a listen.
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CoinDesk Podcast Network - MARKETS DAILY: Crypto Update | ‘Bitcoin Is Due for a Breather,’ Tactive Wealth Advisor Eddy Gifford Says
The latest price moves and insights with Jennifer Sanasie and guest Eddy Gifford, wealth advisor at Tactive.
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"Markets Daily" kicks off a new format with a minute of market updates, followed by an interview with a rotating cast of markets analysts across the crypto space. Today, host Jennifer Sanasie speaks with Eddy Gifford on January price predictions, spot bitcoin ETF approval odds and market moving news for the new year.
This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie. “Markets Daily” is executive produced by Jared Schwartz and produced and edited by Eleanor Pahl, alongside Senior Booking Producer Melissa Montanez. All original music by Doc Blust and Colin Mealey.
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Focus on Africa - Somalia condemns Ethiopia-Somaliland port deal
Somalia has described an agreement that landlocked Ethiopia made with the self-declared republic of Somaliland over sea access as “an act of aggression”. What are the implications for the entire Horn of Africa region?
A new succession battle for the Zulu throne has been triggered after a court in South Africa ruled that President Cyril Ramaphosa's official crowning of the new Zulu king last year was unlawful.
And we hear why analysts are bullish about online gaming in Africa and believe the market is set to hit the billion-dollar mark by the end of this year.
CBS News Roundup - 01/03/2024 | World News Roundup
Hamas commander killed in Beirut. Closed border crossings to reopen. Hospitalization surge. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.
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CoinDesk Podcast Network - UNCHAINED: Three Crypto Pioneers on Crypto’s Monolithic vs. Modular Debate
Chris Burniske and two proponents of each approach discuss their different characteristics and relative benefits, and what will drive the next crypto bull cycle.
Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Pandora, Castbox, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, or on your favorite podcast platform.
In this episode of Unchained, Anatoly Yakovenko, co-founder of Solana Labs, Nick White, COO at Celestia, and Chris Burniske, partner at VC firm Placeholder discuss the differences between modular and monolithic, or integrated, blockchains, with Solana epitomizing the monolithic approach and Celestia the modular one. They all agree that both approaches have their merits and will likely coexist, but argue each lends itself to specific use cases and developer preferences. They also discuss what will drive the next crypto bull cycle, and each gives their best predictions for a specific development in the crypto industry in the next few years.
Show highlights |
- Chris’s explanation of the modular vs. monolithic approach in blockchains
- What drove Anatoly to prioritize speed in Solana's architecture and its impact on the network
- What Celestia is and how it represents the first modular blockchain network
- Whether developers and users will gravitate more towards modular or monolithic blockchains
- How Solana, as one of the fastest blockchains, is gearing up to handle massive usage and scalability
- Why Chris views Celestia as a frontrunner in the data availability sector
- How Nick perceives the philosophical similarities and executional differences between Celestia and Solana
- Whether there's potential for Solana to transition into a modular blockchain in the future
- Why Chris believes that the Solana Virtual Machine (SVM) might surpass the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) in user adoption
- What challenges Bitcoin faces in developing actual Layer 2 solutions, especially considering its "doomers storage" issue
- What could drive the next crypto bull market
- Top predictions for 2024 and beyond
- Anatoly’s perspective on how a significant hack could pose a serious setback for the entire industry
Thank you to our sponsors! Arbitrum Foundation | Popcorn Network | iTrustCapital
Guests |
Anatoly Yakovenko, cofounder of Solana Labs
Chris Burniske, partner at Placeholder
Nick White, COO at Celestia Labs
Links |
Modular vs. monolithic
Alchemy: Modular vs. Monolithic Blockchains
Visa: Monolithic vs. modular blockchain
Chris Burniske’s tweet on modular vs monolithic
“The horrific inefficiencies of monolithic blockchains” by polynya
Blockworks: A spicy salvo launched in the monolithic vs modular debate
Unchained: What Is the Blockchain Trilemma?
Celestia
Celestia’s explanation of modular blockchains
An introduction to sovereign rollups
Spot Bitcoin ETF:
Unchained:
Why The Spot Bitcoin ETF Is a Big Deal
Deciding on Bitcoin: Should New Investors Jump In Now or Wait for an ETF?
Ledger ConnectKit incident
Unchained: Ledger Library Compromised, Causing Confusion and Panic in Crypto Community
Unchained Podcast is Produced by Laura Shin Media, LLC. Distributed by CoinDesk. Senior Producer is Michele Musso and Executive Producer is Jared Schwartz.
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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Madigan, Migrants, DNC To Mark 2024 Chicago Politics
The year ahead will be a big one for local politics. Former Illinois House speaker Mike Madigan goes on trial, Alderman Ed Burke will be sentenced after being convicted on 13 charges in his federal corruption trial, the Illinois primary is coming up on March 19, and the Democratic National Convention comes to town this summer. WBEZ government and politics reporters Tessa Weinberg and Mariah Woelfel give a preview of the stories that will shape Chicago politics in 2024.