Month: June 2024

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Amarica's Constitution - The Jury Speaks

The verdict is in: guilty x 34.  A jury of Trump’s peers had its say, but the ex-president couldn’t leave it at that, of course.  On the legitimate side, the appeals are expected to begin soon.  On the Trump bombastic side, he blasted every institution in the legal system for having the audacity to do their duty.  Particularly in the case of the ordinary citizens of the jury, this bears examination, and so we do.  We also preview some of the likely appellate issues, lay out the expected path through the courts, and take some interesting listener’s questions.  CLE is available after listening at podcast.njsba.com.

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Time To Say Goodbye - What are Children For? A talk with Anastasia Berg and Rachel Wiseman about their new book

Hello!

Today’s show is a talk about an exciting new book by Anastasia Berg and Rachel Wiseman titled “What are Children For?” (Release date: June 11) We talked about “slow love,” the common complaint from millennials that they do not have enough financial stability to start families, the ambivalent mother narrative, and something right in Tyler’s wheelhouse: eco apocalypse fiction. Why is the United States birthrate declining? Why are middle and upper-middle class women waiting longer to have children, or, in many cases, forgoing the decision altogether? We discuss all that with Anastasia and Rachel.

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Native America Calling - Wednesday, June 5, 2024 – Correcting Hawaii’s correctional system disparities

After a report in 2011 report on disparities in Hawaii’s criminal justice system, that state has been working on ways to provide more equitable treatment of Native Hawaiians and other people of color. Those include inmate education efforts, cultural outreach, and programs to help inmates re-enter society. As they wait for a pending update to that initial report, organizers of those initiatives say they are making strides in improving the statistics while making their communities safer.
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CoinDesk Podcast Network - MARKETS DAILY: Live from Consensus 2024 | The Intersection of Technology and Politics

National Credit Union Administration Vice Chairman Kyle Hauptman joins Jenn Sanasie and Sam Kessler to discuss the agency's stance on digital assets and its regulatory approach.

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Today's "Markets Daily" segment was broadcasted live from Consensus 2024 in Austin, Texas, featuring National Credit Union Administration Vice Chairman Kyle Hauptman. The discussion covers a variety of topics, including digital assets, crypto regulation, and the impact of technology on politics. Hauptman delves into the agency's stance on digital assets, the distinctions between banking and credit unions, and the evolving landscape of crypto regulation in Washington, DC.


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This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie and Sam Kessler. “Markets Daily” is produced by the CoinDesk team: production assistant Victor Chen, senior producer Michele Musso, executive producer Jared Schwartz, and Senior Booker, Melissa Montañez.

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Brandon Johnson Plans To Make Good On A Campaign Promise

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is aiming to make good on a campaign promise to expand mental health services. Six city-run mental health clinics were closed in 2016 under Chicago’s then-mayor Rahm Emanuel. A majority of the closed clinics were on the city’s south and west sides. Two administrations later, Johnson is sharing plans to reopen the first clinic in Roseland. We dig into the plan and other news out of Chicago’s City Hall, including a potential sidewalk plowing initiative, with WBEZ city politics reporter Tessa Weinberg. For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.
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CoinDesk Podcast Network - UNCHAINED: How the U.S. Government Can Protect the Dollar Through Stablecoins

Former CFTC chair Chris Giancarlo and his former chief innovation officer Daniel Gorfine say the US is falling behind in the crypto race, but could use stablecoins—and a CBDC—to protect its interests.


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In this episode, Laura Shin speaks with former CFTC chairman Chris Giancarlo and former CFTC chief innovation officer Daniel Gorfine on the pressing need for the U.S. to safeguard the dollar. They explain why they believe the future of regulation is the government operating nodes on blockchains rather than regulating intermediaries, why even private USD stablecoins will want a USD central bank digital currency, and how China might export the technology behind the digital yuan—and its surveillance capabilities—to other countries. They also touch on how the upcoming U.S. elections could influence crypto policy, why stablecoins are more than just trading instruments, and what the U.S. must do to maintain its financial leadership. 

Show highlights:

  • How governments should embrace blockchain technology to become better at its job, according to Chris
  • How the financial system needs to change for the younger generations
  • Whether the U.S. is losing ground in terms of innovation
  • Why Daniel thinks stablecoins are much more than a trading instrument for crypto
  • Why Daniel believes that the U.S. is making the regulation of stablecoins “far more complicated than it needs to be”
  • How Singapore is already giving licenses to USD stablecoin issuers
  • Whether the dollar should be trademarked to protect it
  • How Tether has become one of the most profitable companies per employee in history without being under U.S. jurisdiction
  • Who should be the next chair of the SEC and the need to regulate DeFi in order for it to become mainstream
  • Why Daniel thinks that some of the criticism of the FIT21 bill “doesn’t hold water”
  • Why Chris believes that China is lying about not intending to export the technology behind the digital yuan
  • Whether algorithmic stablecoins should be banned, as proposed in the Lummis-Gillibrand bill


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NPR's Book of the Day - R.O. Kwon’s novel ‘Exhibit’ grapples with sexual desire and Asian identity

Jin Han, the narrator of R.O. Kwon's Exhibit, is a photographer going through it – both with her work and her husband. When she meets ballerina Lidija Jung, her world is turned upside down. Exhibit becomes a story about "what you might give up for what you want most," as Kwon tells NPR's Ayesha Rascoe. In today's episode, they discuss the nuances of wanting to give in to sexual desires even when they might be problematic for cultural perceptions and stereotypes of Asian women, and the way shame, religion and Korean womanhood function in both the book and Kwon's own life.

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