We meet the man behind A Mug of Life, who says chatting to strangers has made his life better, and everyone should try it. Also: why trusting the kindness of others makes you happier; and a retirement home for penguins.
Headlines From The Times - Introducing, Boiling Point: Climate Change Is No Joke. Or Is It?
Introducing a new podcast from LA Times Studios and award-winning L.A. Times columnist Sammy Roth, Boiling Point, where Sammy breaks down the many complexities of today's climate challenges and solutions with top experts in the field. In this episode comedian Esteban Gast talks with Sammy about using humor to alleviate climate anxiety, while making clean energy and other environmental solutions more interesting — and even fun. From punchlines to policy, they explore laughter as a powerful tool for change.
CoinDesk Podcast Network - BITCOIN SEASON 2: Trump likes Stablecoins, not Bitcoin
Reality check: President Trump likes stablecoins more than Bitcoin. What do Bitcoiners do?
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President Trump makes a pivot from Bitcoin to stablecoins in his latest policy statements. Reality check: stablecoins now account for over 50% of all crypto settlement volume, with Tether becoming the 7th largest holder of US Treasuries globally. We break down how stablecoins are being used in emerging markets, why Tron dominates the stablecoin landscape despite centralization concerns, and what this means for Bitcoin's relationship with the traditional financial system.
Notes:
- Tether is 7th largest buyer of US treasuries globally
- Stablecoins now 50% of all crypto settlement volume
- Tether holds $113 billion in treasuries
- Tron handles ~40% of stablecoin transactions
- Tether earns ~$4 billion yearly on Treasury yields
- Trump now promoting stablecoins for dollar dominance
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00:00 Start
00:34 Trump video
03:09 Reaction
06:53 Tether buying treasuries
11:08 Other stablecoins
17:35 Arch Network
18:05 The Tether Eye of Sauron
20:10 Who's using stablecoins
22:18 Where are stablecoins traded?
26:31 Volume of all crypto transactions compared
32:33 A realistic view
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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - The Pandemic’s Essential Workers: Then And Now
Reset checks in with a panel of Chicagoans — whose jobs were considered essential during the COVID-19 shutdown in 2020 – for their reflections on the fifth anniversary of the lockdown. They also discuss how that “essential” label has transferred to today. The panel included Sharif Nassr, founder and CEO of the children’s nursery Caterpillar Care Chicago; Hannah Chavez, who was employed as a Whole Foods grocery store worker in 2020; and Elise Foster, president of Branch 11 of the National Association of Letter Carriers union.
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Everything Everywhere Daily - Marcus Aurelius: Emperor and Philosopher
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NBN Book of the Day - Tracie Canada, “Tackling the Everyday: Race and Nation in Big-Time College Football” (U California Press, 2025)
Big-time college football promises prestige, drama, media attention, and money. Yet most athletes in this unpaid, amateur system encounter a different reality, facing dangerous injuries, few pro-career opportunities, a free but devalued college education, and future financial instability. In one of the first ethnographies about Black college football players, anthropologist Tracie Canada reveals the ways young athletes strategically resist the exploitative systems that structure their everyday lives.
Tackling the Everyday: Race and Nation in Big-Time College Football (University of California Press, 2025) shows how college football particularly harms the young Black men who are overrepresented on gridirons across the country. Although coaches and universities constantly invoke the misleading "football family" narrative, this book describes how a brotherhood among Black players operates alongside their caring mothers, who support them on and off the field. With a Black feminist approach—one that highlights often-overlooked voices—Canada exposes how race, gender, kinship, and care shape the lives of the young athletes who shoulder America's favorite game.
Tracie Canada is the Andrew W. Mellon Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Duke University. Her work has been featured in public venues and outlets such as the Museum of Modern Art, The Guardian, and Scientific American.
Reighan Gillam is Associate Professor in the Department of Latin American, Latino, and Caribbean Studies at Dartmouth College. Her research examines the ways in which Afro-Brazilian media producers foment anti-racist visual politics through their image creation. She is the author of Visualizing Black Lives: Ownership and Control in Afro-Brazilian Media (University of Illinois Press).
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The NewsWorthy - Special Edition: Truth About Measles- Outbreak Risks, Vaccines & Rural Health
Measles is said to be the most contagious virus on Earth, so during this latest outbreak, we're discussing the real-world impacts, what's different about this year's surge, and what everyone needs to know to stay protected.
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CBS News Roundup - 03/22/2025 | Weekend Roundup
On this week's "CBS News Weekend Roundup", host Peter King gets the latest on the court battle over the Trump administration deporting more than 200 people last week from CBS News White House correspondent Nancy Cordes. CBS's Linda Kenyon reports on President Trump's executive order to abolish the Department of Education. And on this week's Kaleidoscope segment, CBS News correspondent Allison Keyes speaks with David Bier, director of immigration studies at the Cato Institute, about the Trump administration's deportations.
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Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - The Rule of Law Took A Very Dark Turn This Week
If you’re overwhelmed by the sheer volume of lawless acts, constitutional crises (we count five), and huge Trump administration losses in court this week - honestly, same. But if anyone can render this swirling storm of lawsuits and orders and injunctions legible, and put them in terms that can help make sense of this moment, it’s Dahlia Lithwick. On this week’s show, Dahlia is first joined by Quinta Jurecic, a fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution and a senior editor at Lawfare, to discuss the deeply worrying shift in the Trump regime’s posture toward judges and the rule of law, that’s been playing out inside and outside the courts this week. Next, Dahlia speaks with a lawyer who secured a big win against Elon Musk and DOGE this week in one of the USAID cases. Mimi Marziani explains the litigation strategy, and its limits. Â
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More or Less: Behind the Stats - What are the chances of an asteroid hitting earth in 2032?
On 27 December 2024, astronomers spotted an asteroid that was potentially heading towards earth. Named 2024 YR4, it was estimated to be between 40m and 90m across, with the potential to cause massive damage if it hit a populated area of the planet.
The chances of that happening, however, seemed to fluctuate significantly - ranging from 1% to a peak of 3%, before falling to virtually zero.
Tim Harford investigates what was going on, with the help of Davide Farnocchia, a navigation engineer at NASA?s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: Lizzy McNeill Series producer: Tom Colls Production co-ordinator: Brenda Brown Sound Mix: Hal Haines Editor: Richard Vadon