Month: February 2024

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SCOTUScast - Sheetz v. County of El Dorado, CA – Post-Argument SCOTUScast

On January 9, 2024, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Sheetz v. County of El Dorado, CA. The Court considered whether a building-permit exaction is exempt from the unconstitutional-conditions doctrine as applied in Nollan v. California Coastal Commission and Dolan v. City of Tigard, Oregon simply because it is authorized by legislation

Please join us as we break down and analyze how oral argument went before the Court.


Featuring:
David Lanferman, Partner, Rutan & Tucker LLP
Nancie Marzulla, Partner, Marzulla Law
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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - Did A Harvard Astronomer Find Wreckage From Outer Space?

Storied Harvard theoretical physicist Avi Loeb made some waves with his recent discoveries: through a deep search of astronomical records, he and his team found an interstellar object that crashed into Earth off the shores of Papua New Guinea. In tonight's episode, Ben, Matt and Noel explore the nature of this discovery, the controversy surrounding the ongoing research, and the bizarre question: Have humans found proof of extraterrestrial life?

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Focus on Africa - Is Facebook losing its appeal in Africa?

As Facebook looks to celebrate its 20th birthday on Sunday, we look at its appeal on the continent. What do Africans think about the social media platform?

Also Tunisia positions itself as a competitive destination for medical tourism

And Ethiopia wants to ban fuel imported cars for personal use, replacing it with electric ones but, does it have the infrastructure to do this?

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - THE MINING POD: Enter Swan Mining, With Rapha Zagury

Swan launched a large mining company out of stealth. The question is … how?

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Bitcoin financial services company announced its 4.5 EH/s Bitcoin mining operation the other week, turning heads across the Bitcoin ecosystem. Why is a financial services company getting into Bitcoin mining and how did they do it so sneakily? We find out with Rapha Zagury, CIO of Swan and head of Swan Mining.

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Village SquareCast - Being Human in Divided Times: A fireside chat with Village Square founder Liz Joyner

In this episode of SquareCast Village Square Founder & CEO Liz Joyner let Village SquareCast Corey Nathan talk her into being the guest in an episode.

It’s hard to get away from the doom scroll that typifies our life and times right now — we’re clobbered with toxic sludge when we turn on the  news, catch up with friends on social media or just try to live life without someone forcing us to choose whether we’re one of “us” or one of “them.” The signs of our difficulties are all around us and it’s hard to underestimate its weight on our being. In this episode of Village SquareCast we’ll chat with founder Liz Joyner about the unique journey of two decades seeking to (in the words of one of Liz’s heroes, Patricia Nelson Limerick) “let friendship redeem the republic.” We’ll travel from Washington, D.C. to Tallahassee, Florida in this epic tale of tilting at some serious windmills — while endeavoring to keep laughing.

Find The Village Square online here. 

The Village Square is a proud member of The Democracy Group, a network of podcasts that examines what's broken in our democracy and how we can work together to fix it.

Funding for this podcast was provided through a grant from Florida Humanities with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of Florida Humanities or the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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Philosophers In Space - Children of Memory and Objective Personhood pt.1

We're childish, we sorta have memories. What more do you need?! This book, you need this book. Holy birdbrains, a beautiful third installment in easily one of the best sci-fi series of all time. Meet our new friends the "uplifted" corvids and learn about the mystery of Imir as we learn about the mystery of personhood and why we're never gonna be done figuring out what it is!

Children of Memory: https://www.amazon.com/Children-Memory-Adrian-Tchaikovsky/dp/0316466409 

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Can Chicago Handle Going Electric?

With recent pushes by Chicago’s city council to go electric and move away from natural gas in new buildings, it makes us wonder, “Could our power grid even handle that?” Reset discusses this question and more with Reset’s sustainability contributor and director of Loyola University Chicago’s Baumhart Center for Social Enterprise and Responsibility Karen Weigert.
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Up First from NPR - Middle East Tensions, South Carolina Primary, Ohio Toxic Train Derailment

President Biden sanctions Israelis for violence in the West Bank. What can turnout in today's South Carolina Democratic primary tell us about the general election in November? One year after a train carrying toxic chemicals derailed in East Palestine Ohio, some residents are still putting their lives back together.

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The Intelligence from The Economist - The Intelligence: Will Apple’s customers share its Vision?

Last month, Microsoft briefly overtook the iPhone maker as the world’s most valuable company. As Apple’s core business slows, could the launch of its new augmented reality headset provide much-needed uplift? The Chinese Communist Party loves a slogan, but what does its new one actually mean? Why we may never know (09:17). And a tribute to the double act of Peter Schickele and P.D.Q. Bach (16:05)


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