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Mariah Carey released "All I Want for Christmas Is You" in 1994 to moderate success. Today, the song is a megahit and Christmas playlist staple. What happened? WSJ's John Jurgensen called up the "Queen of Christmas" to find out. This episode was originally published on December 11, 2020.
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Whether you believe in the story of the virgin birth and the resurrection, or whether you believe that those miracles are myths, one thing is beyond dispute: The story of Jesus and the message of Christianity are among the stickiest ideas the world has ever seen.
Within four centuries of Jesus’s death, Christianity had become the official religion of the Roman Empire. It had 30 million followers—half of the empire. Today, two millennia later, Christianity is still the largest religion in the world.
How and why did Christianity take off, and how did it change the world in such radical ways?
Here to have that conversation is historian Tom Holland. Tom is one of the most gifted storytellers in the world, and his podcast, The Rest is History, is one of the most popular out there. Each week, he and his co-host, Dominic Sandbrook, charm their way through history's most interesting characters and sagas. I can't recommend it more highly.
Holland's book Dominion: The Making of the Western Mind chronicles thousands of years of Christian history, and it argues that Christianity is the reason we have America. That it's the inspiration to both the French and the American Revolutions. That it's the backbone of wokeness as an ideology, but also the liberal forces fighting it.
Today, Tom explains how and why the story of Christianity won, how it shaped Western culture and values, and if he thinks our vacation from religion might be coming to an end.
Merry Christmas and happy holidays!
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Insights into the past, present and future of the crypto industry with Tezos foundation co-founder Kathleen Breitman.
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Tezos foundation co-founder Kathleen Breitman joins CoinDesk Spotlight to share her crypto journey and the evolution of Tezos throughout the years. Plus, insights into the future of blockchain technologies and why it will be "deeply boring" despite the volatility across the crypto industry.
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Dozens of people have died in stampedes to collect Christmas hampers in Nigeria raising concerns about safety at these events. Also in the programme, why South Sudanese civil servants have not been paid their salaries for nearly a year, and what South African shop owners are saying about the government's new regulations to address food poisonings.
Join Ben, Matt and Noel for a Classic conspiracy episode, which only grows more relevant as the years wend on: Across the course of his strange and checkered career, pilot and smuggler Barry Seal was called many things: An informant, a criminal, an asset for America's alphabet soup of intelligence agencies and more. He met an ignoble end in February of 1986, when he was fatally shot outside the Salvation Army facility where he'd been ordered to work in court-mandated public service. However, it turns out the official explanation of his death hasn't convinced everyone -- to this day, journalists, theorists and more continue to ask: Who really killed Barry Seal?
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Rebecca Jim (Cherokee) was a school counselor in 1979 when she witnessed Tar Creek run orange with pollution from nearby mining tailings. The federal government eventually made it a Superfund site. She has been an environmental advocate ever since and is even known as the Tar Creek Keeper, raising awareness for the 11-mile waterway and leading a non-profit organization dedicated to ongoing cleanup and holding polluters accountable. Jim is our December Native in the Spotlight. Riot’s Pierre Rochard joins the show to share his thoughts on Trump’s second administration, the potential of federal and state-level strategic bitcoin reserves, and more.
Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Riot’s VP of Research, Pierre Rochard, joins Will and Colin to discuss a variety of topics. The fellas start by talking about what a second Trump presidency and Republican Congress means for Bitcoin miners, especially in light of the last administration and Congress’ hostility toward all things Bitcoin. He also weighs the merits of a national Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, as well as one in Texas, and the pod closes on discussion of Riot’s $594.4 million convertible note and the miner’s expansion outside of Texas.
Timestamps:
00:00 Start
03:09 Pierre's bio
15:13 Elizabeth Warren
17:03 Expecting positive regulation?
20:36 Texas mining bills
27:32 AI power demand on Texas grid
31:54 Strategic Bitcoin Reserve
33:42 National SBR?
34:45 Riot convertible note
40:24 Why not invest in infrastructure?
42:43 Why debt financing now?
45:16 Convertible debt niche
51:41 New Kentucky mining site
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Dangerous waves crush California wharf. Last-minute holiday rush. The Sun is ready for its closeup. Correspondent Peter King has the CBS World News Roundup for December 24, 2024:
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