Focus on Africa - Is Ghana allowing child marriages?

An underage girl has been placed under police protection in Ghana after it emerged she had been married to a 63-year-old traditional high priest. There was public outrage after footage of the customary wedding went viral. The office of the priest defended the marriage, saying it was only ceremonial. What's going on?

Also we hear a moving conversation between two Rwandans, 30 years after the genocide

And we visit London's first ever Nigerian Michelin star restaurant!

Presenter: Richard Kagoe Producers: Charles Gitonga, Susan Gachuhi, Patricia Whitehorne, Nyasha Michelle Compliance: Karnie Sharp Editor: Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - CLASSIC: Who were the Si-Te-Cah?

Did a race of red-haired, not-quite-human, cannibalistic giants really terrorize the Paiute people in ancient America? For a long time, according to the story, this tale was thought to be little more than a piece of imaginative folklore -- until, that is, the fall of 1911, when guano miners stumbled upon a thousands of artifacts hidden in a mysterious cave just outside of Lovelock, Nevada.

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - THE MINING POD: Taiwan’s Earthquake, Franklin Templeton on Ordinals and Poolin’s Asset Sale

We go through this week’s Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining news, including the dangers to TSMC chip production from the earthquake in Taiwan, Franklin Templeton on Ordinals and Poolin selling its 100 MW farm for a fair chunk of change.

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Welcome to the news roundup! Today we chat about potential delays to TSMCs chip production from the earthquake in Taiwan, Franklin Templeton on Ordinals and Poolin selling its 100 MW farm for a fair chunk of change.

Chapter Markers:

00:00:00 Start

00:01:07 Intro

00:04:21 The Big Empty Documentary

00:05:40 Taiwan Earthquake Impact

00:10:55 Bitcoin Ordinals Corner

00:15:33 Mining Pool Centralization

00:24:23 Stratum V2 Discussion

00:29:35 Poolin Sells Texas Assets

00:35:18 Sauna Miner Test: S21 vs M60

00:38:08 Outro

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Getting Hammered - Wackadoodle Time


In today's episode, we're unpacking the latest polling data, diving into J.K. Rowling's Twitter saga, and exploring the intriguing concept of sleep divorce. Tune in!

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Time Stamps:

13:51 | Latest Polls

26:46 | Love to Hear It!

36:38 | J.K. Rowling

44:26 | Israel Strike

51:14 | Sleep Divorce

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - How To Eat Deliciously On Vacation

For many of us, a big part of traveling is dining and trying local specialties. Reset reminisces about the best dishes we’ve had while traveling and gets tips from pros like Reset’s Andrea Guthman, WBEZ’s Cianna Greaves and Eater Chicago’s Ashok Selvam on planning meals while on vacation. For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.

CoinDesk Podcast Network - Markets Daily: CoinDesk Markets Week in Review

CoinDesk Indices presents notable data insights from the week, followed by additional analysis from an industry expert.

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The CoinDesk Market Index (CMI) functions as a benchmark for the performance of the digital asset market, delivering institutional quality information to digital asset investors. Subsets of the CoinDesk Market Index (CMI) are investible CoinDesk Crypto Sectors and the CoinDesk 20 Index, designed to measure the performance of the top digital assets. Today’s takeaways are provided by Tracy Stephens, senior index manager at CoinDesk Indices with additional analysis from Connor Farley, CEO and Co-Founder of Truvius. For more on CoinDesk Indices, visit: coindeskmarkets.com.

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Up First from NPR - Biden Warns Netanyahu, No More No Labels, Migrant Children Ruling

Israel is allowing aid to flow into Northern Gaza after President Joe Biden warned that U.S. support would depend on steps taken to address civilian harm and humanitarian suffering. No Labels is deciding not to put a third-party unity ticket together to run in the 2024 presidential election. And, a federal judge decided border officials are responsible for migrant children in encampments on California's southern border.

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Today's episode of Up First was edited by Mark Katkov, Krishnadev Calamur, Alfredo Carbajal, Lisa Thomson and Mohamad ElBardicy. It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Ben Abrams and Kaity Kline. We get engineering support from Stacey Abbott. Our technical director is Zac Coleman and our Executive Producer is Erika Agular.

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