Jena Martin is a pathologist by day who has produced a six-part podcast series looking back at the recovered memory movement of the late 1980s and early 90s. Everyone was having them, were any real? Plus, a partial traipsing down the path of totality in advance of Monday's eclipse.
Chinese-funded marijuana farms are popping up across the United States. Many of them exploit workers from China. We go to New Mexico, which has seen the rise of such farms and explore the reasons why this is happening.
Host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the latest news in the crypto industry from a potential spot bitcoin ETF in Australia to Franklin Templeton's new report on bitcoin NFTs.
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"CoinDesk Daily" host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the biggest headlines impacting the crypto industry today, as Australia-based Monochrome Asset Management announced their application for a spot bitcoin (BTC) exchange traded fund. Plus, the state of bitcoin miner Hut 8 (HUT) after its merger with US Bitcoin Corp. (USBTC) And a new report from Franklin Templeton on Bitcoin NFTs.
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Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news, with special guest Zeke Faux of Bloomberg News and Number Go Up fame. We cover 1) Why crypto is thriving after poster boy SBF was convicted and sentenced 2) The latest rise of memcoins including dogwifhat and NFTs like CryptoDickbutts 3) Is this evidence of a deeper societal problem or just gambling? 4) The resilience of crypto, including Tether 5) Zeke's reporting on pig butchering scams 6) The rise of Nudes In Bio scams on Twitter 7) Sports betting's deepening crisis 8) Louisiana bans prop bets on college players 9) Jon Stewart's position against AI 10) Is a broader societal backlash against AI coming.
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(00:00) – Introduction
(06:30) – Oct 7
(36:59) – Two-state solution
(52:37) – Holocaust
(1:00:24) – 1948
(1:09:17) – Egypt
(1:23:39) – Jon Stewart
(1:25:51) – Going viral during the Arab Spring
(1:49:55) – Arabic vs English
(2:02:18) – Sam Harris and Jihad
(2:07:25) – Religion
(2:26:37) – TikTok
(2:31:10) – Joe Rogan
(2:33:07) – Joe Biden
(2:37:33) – Putin
(2:39:21) – War
(2:44:17) – Hope
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The Johnson administration has a new chief of staff, and Chicago has its first-ever chief homelessness officer. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra named its youngest-ever conductor and music director. Plus, swimming in the Chicago River? It’s happening.
Reset dives into the top local news with Better Government Association president David Greising, Block Club Chicago reporter Quinn Myers and WTTW host and anchor Brandis Friedman.
For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.
Separating credible election reforms from those born of conspiracy theories is a valuable task, especially when some current proposed reforms threaten to make elections slower, less efficient, and less secure. Walter Olson provides details.
Instead of the age of artificial intelligence, investors might be better off thinking of this as the age of co-intelligence. We dig into how you can embrace AI and put it to use.
(00:21) Jason Moser and Bill Mann discuss:
- Why Disney and Nelson Peltz were both winners in the company’s board fight.
- Alphabet’s rumored interest in marketing software provider Hubspot.
- Spotify’s price hikes, the strength in Levi’s direct to consumer model, and a true blank check business.
(19:11) Wharton Professor Ethan Mollick breaks down his four rules for using AI, and other tips from his new book Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI.
(34:20) Jason and Bill break down two stocks on their radar: Cognex and WD40.
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