There are at least two million people in America who have thoughts and ideas they can't put into words.
People who have had strokes or traumatic brain injuries often live with aphasia: difficulty using language, both written and spoken.
But music mostly originates in the undamaged hemisphere of the brain, and people with aphasia can often sing. Today in our bonus episode, in partnership with the podcast Rumble Strip, we meet a member of The Aphasia Choir of Vermont.
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There are at least two million people in America who have thoughts and ideas they can't put into words.
People who have had strokes or traumatic brain injuries often live with aphasia: difficulty using language, both written and spoken.
But music mostly originates in the undamaged hemisphere of the brain, and people with aphasia can often sing. Today in our bonus episode, in partnership with the podcast Rumble Strip, we meet a member of The Aphasia Choir of Vermont.
For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.
There are at least two million people in America who have thoughts and ideas they can't put into words.
People who have had strokes or traumatic brain injuries often live with aphasia: difficulty using language, both written and spoken.
But music mostly originates in the undamaged hemisphere of the brain, and people with aphasia can often sing. Today in our bonus episode, in partnership with the podcast Rumble Strip, we meet a member of The Aphasia Choir of Vermont.
For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.
Mikes Appearance on the Savage Podcast Episode: A Very Poly Valentine’s Day
Dan Savage is a best-selling author, media pundit, journalist, activist, and co-founder of the It Gets Better Project. He pens the internationally syndicated sex and relationship advice column Savage Love, and hosts the weekly Savage Lovecast podcast where he tackles even more questions, often with the help of special guests. His short form, adult film festival HUMP! Is currently celebrating its 20th season, touring now through May in 45 cities across North America and Europe. Read, listen, follow and more at savage.love.
There’s a phrase that’s common among those in the theater industry: You can’t make a living, but you can make a killing.
Jill Furman is a theatrical producer and winner of multiple Tony awards. She’s part of the team that brought breakout successes “Hamilton” and “In The Heights” to Broadway. Mary Long caught up with Jill for a conversation about:
- Pitching investors to back shows even when 80% of projects don’t recoup their initial investment.
- Working on original projects versus those based on existing stories.
- The formula for commercially successful musicals.
News Items: Demographics of Misinformation, The Toll of Fake Research, Dangerous Street Drugs, Nearby Habitable Zone Exoplanet, Reverse Engineering Alien Technology<"br>Who's That Noisy; Science Quiz; Your Questions and E-mails: Starlink Reentries; Science or Fiction
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appeals to Europe for support as President Trump changes U.S. foreign policy. A tumultuous week at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. More details about the Jan. 29 aerial crash near Washington, D.C.
How a plea to fly a dog to the US ended in marriage. Adri Pendleton and Niklas Stöterau fell in love after he came to the rescue. Also: a son who's saved his dad's life, twice; and helping the homeless through tennis.
Matt Luongo from Thesis helps us “wrap” our heads around what it means to take your bitcoin cross-chain. What are the trust assumptions? What are the differences between different wrapped Bitcoin products? Is there any “funny business” going on?
Notes:
• New users are coming to ETFs
• Microstrategy vs cross-chain Bitcoin
• TVL mirroring
• BitGo’s Wrapped Bitcoin vs other wrapped Bitcoin
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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
02:03 What is Wrapped Bitcoin
05:12 Bitcoin Layers and Bridging
10:30 Trust Assumptions in Wrapped Bitcoin
14:14 Proof of Reserves vs. Solvency
19:02 The Scale of Wrapped Bitcoin
25:12 Soft Forks and Bitcoin’s Future
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