Month: March 2025

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - WBEZ’s Weekly News Recap: March 21, 2025

Chicago Board of Education postpones vote on controversial loan to pay pension debt. Trump signs executive order closing Department of Education as Illinois comes under federal scrutiny for accommodating trans students. Reset goes behind those headlines and more with Chalkbeat Chicago reporter Reema Amin, NBC-5 Chicago reporter Christian Farr and Chicago Sun-Times reporter Mitchell Armentrout on the Weekly News Recap. For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.
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Motley Fool Money - Market Movers: Jerome Powell and Jensen Huang

Two of the most influential voices in the market had something to say this week.


(00:21) Asit Sharma and Jason Moser discuss:

- Fed Chair Powell’s rate outlook, and what Jensen Huant sees coming down the pike for Nvidia chips and quantum computing.

- What Tesla investors need to know about the headlines around recent accounting concerns.

- Earnings updates and red market reactions for FedEx, Nike, and Accenture.


(19:11) Joe Cutillo, CEO of Sterling Infrastructure, talks Motley Fool CEO Tom Gardner through his company’s work on infrastructure projects, how the tariff picture figures into their outlook, and how to invest like a CEO.


(30:57) Jason and Asit talk about lessons from their favorite college basketball teams and the stocks on their radar this week: BYD and Williams Sonoma.


Stocks discussed: NVDA, TSLA, FDX, NKE, ACN, STRL, BYDDY, WSM


Host: Dylan Lewis

Guests: Asit Sharma, Jason Moser, Joe Cutillo, Tom Gardner

Engineers: Dan Boyd

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The Bulwark Podcast - S2 Ep1005: Michael Lewis: Government Workers Aren’t the Corrupt Ones

Trump loves to complain about the deep state while Elon claims he's rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse with all his mass firings. But DOGE should be looking higher up the food chain to target the graft: for example, the South African immigrant whose car company would not have gotten off the ground without the taxpayer money he still collects. In contrast, government workers are mainly mission-driven and they're not in it for the money. Michael's new collection of essays takes a look at some of the characters who populate our federal workforce, including people performing small miracles without fame and glory. Plus, the risk of Trump politicizing economic data and his plan to destroy whatever trust people still have in the government.

Michael Lewis—and Sarah Vowell, who profiled a record keeper at the National Archives for the new book—join Tim Miller for the weekend pod.
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The Journal. - The New Hit Depression Treatment? A Ketamine-Derived Nasal Spray

After it was approved in 2019, Spravato, a depression treatment derived from the club drug ketamine, was looking like a dud. But recently it has taken off, and it surpassed $1 billion in annual sales last year for its maker, Johnson and Johnson.


Further Listening:

-A Lawyer Says He Doesn't Need Help for Psychosis. His Family Disagrees. 

-America's Maternal Mental Health Crisis 


Further Reading:

-J&J’s Ketamine-Derived Drug Is Taking Off 

-Big Pharma Walked Away From Mental Health. Why Some Are Coming Back. 


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1A - The News Roundup For March 21, 2025

Republican Rep. Brandon Gill of Texas filed resolution to impeach the judge who ordered the Trump administration to stop deportations of Venezuelans.

Two federal judges have ordered tens of thousands of fired federal workers to be rehired in recent weeks, but the White House is moving to appeal the decision leading to more questions for and about the fates of federal workers.

Meanwhile, the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas collapsed this week as Israel began airstrikes once again on the blockaded Strip.

President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin spent 90 minutes on the phone this week discussing the war in Ukraine.

We cover all this and more during this week's News Roundup.

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - COINDESK DAILY: Trump Admin to Revamp USAID With Blockchain

Host Christine Lee breaks down the latest news in the crypto industry as the Trump administration is reportedly exploring blockchain technology to overhaul USAID.

The Trump administration is reportedly exploring blockchain technology to overhaul USAID. Plus, Eric Trump joins Japan's Metaplanet and the OCC revises guidelines to curb Chokepoint 2.0. Learn more with CoinDesk's Christine Lee on "CoinDesk Daily."

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The Commentary Magazine Podcast - Rescuing Astronauts and Fighting Eco-Nuts

James B. Meigs joins today's podcast to discuss the return from space of the astronauts stranded for nine months after the failure of their Boeing craft and what all that says about business, high tech, and the capitalist future. And we dive deep into a landmark lawsuit against Greenpeace. Give a listen.

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Focus on Africa - Why did Kenya exit IMF programme?

Kenya and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will discuss a new lending programme and abandon the current one, as the country struggles to get its economy back on track. Kenya needs continued financial support from the fund to keep up with debt repayments that have accumulated as a result of heavy government spending in recent years. What does a fall out with the IMF mean for Kenya?

Also, why women in Nigeria are calling for a nationwide state of emergency

And in conversation with Ghana's top investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, who has been awarded $18m in damages!

Presenter: Audrey Brown Technical Producer: Craig Kingham Producers: Patricia Whitehorne, Nyasha Michelle and Amie Liebowitz in London. Daniel Dadzie in Accra. Senior Journalist: Karnie Sharp Editors: Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi