Curious City - Is This Your Card? A Brief History Of Chicago-style Magic
Chicago-style magic is close up, funny and usually performed at a bar or restaurant. We learn about its history and talk to several magicians who are part of the tradition.
Curious City - Is This Your Card? A Brief History Of Chicago-style Magic
Chicago-style magic is close up, funny and usually performed at a bar or restaurant. We learn about its history and talk to several magicians who are part of the tradition.
NPR's Book of the Day - Amy Tan opens up about her birding obsession in ‘The Backyard Bird Chronicles’
Author Amy Tan spends hours in her backyard, watching and drawing birds go about their business. Her new book, The Backyard Bird Chronicles, is full of essays and illustrations about her connection to these small creatures. In today's episode, she speaks with NPR's Leila Fadel about how an overwhelming sense of gloom from racism and political division in 2016 forced her to find a way to immerse herself in nature, and how her obsessive hobby led to a pretty high bird food budget – and mealworms in her fridge.
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It Could Happen Here - The Humboldt State Occupation and Portland State University Library Occupations
Robert and the crew interview activists in Arcata, California and Portland, Oregon about two university occupations in solidarity with Gaza that have both attracted press, and police, attention.
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Philip Rosedale of High Fidelity discusses the benefits of experimentation and exploration in the metaverse for improving governance and communal living.
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Michael Casey’s New Book with Frank H. McCourt, their forthcoming book: Our Biggest Fight: Reclaiming Liberty, Humanity, and Dignity in the Digital Age
In this episode of "Money Reimagined," hosts Michael Casey and Sheila Warren are joined by Philip Rosedale, co-founder and advisor of High Fidelity, to discuss the history of virtual currencies and the open web. They dive into Second Life's origins and the Linden Dollar, its virtual currency. Also, breaking down decentralization's importance in web architecture, advocating for individual control over data. Rosedale emphasizes trust in human relationships over technology, proposing a "web of trust" for information flow and the potential impacts of the ever-evolving metaverse.
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00:00 Introduction and Background of Philip Rosedale
02:59 The Origin Story of Second Life and the Linden Dollar
05:13 The Role of the Linden Dollar in Enabling Exchange
08:56 The Challenges of Designing the Linden Dollar
11:20 The Importance of Money in Trading with Strangers
13:16 The Concept of Mutual Credit and Scaling Trust
16:30 The Early Trades and Stability of the Linden Dollar
21:36 The Challenges of Aggregators and Individual Control
22:44 Decentralization in Web 3.0 and the Role of Aggregators
23:23 The Importance of Trust in the Digital World
28:42 Building a Web of Trust
33:02 The Potential of the Metaverse
40:08 Exploring New Ways of Governance in the Metaverse
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CBS News Roundup - 05/01/2024 | World News Roundup Late Edition
Arizona lawmakers vote to repeal 1860s-era near-total abortion ban. Student pro-Palestinian protests escalate. Fed leaves rates alone. CBS News Correspondent Jennifer Keiper with tonight's World News Roundup.
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The Phil Ferguson Show - 489 Kelly Laughlin – Tesla Charging – Church Money – Joel Olsteen – Private REIT – The FED
Interview with Kelley Laughlin. He is a host on Truth Wanted and The Non-Profits. We talk about rock solid facts, crystals, big foot and much more.
Investing Skeptically:
Investing Skeptically:
- Church Money with Joel Olsteen
- Private REITs
- Tesla & Elon
- The FED and Interest rates
Planet Money - Hire Power (Update)
(Note: This episode originally ran in 2021.)
Millions of American workers in all sorts of industries have signed some form of noncompete agreement. Their pervasiveness has led to situations where workers looking to change jobs can be locked out of their fields.
On today's episode: how one man tried to end noncompete contracts in his home state of Hawaii. And we update that story with news of a recent ruling from the Federal Trade Commission that could ban most noncompete agreements nationwide.
This episode was hosted by Erika Beras and Amanda Aronczyk. The original piece was produced by Dave Blanchard, edited by Ebony Reed, and engineered by Isaac Rodrigues. The update was reported and produced by Willa Rubin. It was edited by Keith Romer, fact-checked by Sierra Juarez, and engineered by Josephine Nyounai.
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Millions of American workers in all sorts of industries have signed some form of noncompete agreement. Their pervasiveness has led to situations where workers looking to change jobs can be locked out of their fields.
On today's episode: how one man tried to end noncompete contracts in his home state of Hawaii. And we update that story with news of a recent ruling from the Federal Trade Commission that could ban most noncompete agreements nationwide.
This episode was hosted by Erika Beras and Amanda Aronczyk. The original piece was produced by Dave Blanchard, edited by Ebony Reed, and engineered by Isaac Rodrigues. The update was reported and produced by Willa Rubin. It was edited by Keith Romer, fact-checked by Sierra Juarez, and engineered by Josephine Nyounai.
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Pod Save America - Trump Details His Dictatorial Plans
Lovett and guest host Tim Miller discuss Donald Trump's mind-boggling interview with TIME Magazine, in which he details his plans to use the military to deport immigrants, allow states to monitor women's pregnancies, jack up prices on all imported goods, and much more. Plus, the Biden administration moves to reclassify weed, riot police move in on campus protestors, and Drew Barrymore asks Kamala Harris for a very special favor.
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The Gist - Cops On A Campus, Chaos On Another
The pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA is attacked, and the police are no where to be found. A pro-Palestinian building takeover is thwarted at Columbia, and the police are found at fault. Plus, more uncomfortable conversations with a Jew and a former NFL linebacker.
Produced by Joel Patterson and Corey Wara
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