Month: May 2025

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Time To Say Goodbye - Empire of AI with Karen Hao

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Today we have on repeat guest Karen Hao to talk about her new blockbuster book “Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman’s OpenAI.” It’s an amazing, deeply reported book that somehow encapsulates the history of AI, Silicon Valley, and OpenAI while also making a needed and clear argument about how we should think about this technology. Truly like if “Barbarians at the Gate” met “The Shock Doctrine” and it was about AI. We talk about the beginnings of OpenAI, how it burns a colonial path throughout the rest of the world in the form of data centers and exploitative labor, and how we might find a better alternative to Sam Altman’s plan to take over the world. Can’t recommend this book more highly — go get it!



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Cato Daily Podcast - Best of Cato Daily Podcast: Courage is the Secret to Liberty

Caleb O. Brown hosted the Cato Daily Podcast for nearly 18 years, producing well over 4000 episodes. He has gone on to head Kentucky’s Bluegrass Institute. This is one among the best episodes produced in his tenure, selected by the host and listeners.


In presenting the Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty to Danish newspaper editor Flemming Rose, former ACLU president Nadine Strossen discusses the importance of unfettered freedom of speech.

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Marketplace All-in-One - DOGE job cuts have disproportionate effect on Black federal workers

Government employment has long been a reliable pathway to Black middle-class prosperity. More than 18% of the federal workforce is Black versus about 12% of the civilian workforce overall. That means that the estimated 260,000 federal jobs eliminated this year by President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency will be particularly felt by Black federal workers. But first: The House Committee working on the Republican tax bill could be in for a long day.

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - How J.P. Morgan’s Kinexys Approaches Blockchain Infrastructure | Markets Daily

The latest price moves and insights with Kinexys Digital Assets executive director and head of growth Nikhil B Sharma.

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Kinexys Digital Assets executive director and head of growth Nikhil B Sharma joins CoinDesk Live at the Avalanche Summit in London with insights into Kinexys' recent rebranding and J.P. Morgan's blockchain infrastructure strategy. Plus, the evolution of institutional adoption of blockchain technologies.

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CBS News Roundup - 05/21/2025 | World News Roundup

Placing blame for big jail break as a 5th escapee is caught. Late night session on Trump budget. The end for cheaper weight loss drugs. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.

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Marketplace All-in-One - When a grocery store chain gets hit with a ransomware attack

From the BBC World Service: Some U.K. retailers are dealing with a curious cyberattack. One of them is Marks and Spencer, also known as M&S. The attack has resulted in empty shelves, an inability to take online orders and roughly $400 million in lost earnings. Plus, if you're into moisturizers, you've probably encountered shea butter. But the nut tree — a major source of income for millions of women in Africa — is threatened by climate change.

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - How Can CPS Solve Growing Absenteeism Among High Schoolers?

Since the pandemic, chronic absenteeism is a bigger problem for CPS high school students, but the district and schools are working to address the issue. Reset explores what’s driving this trend and what’s being done to solve the problem with WBEZ education reporter Sarah Karp. For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.
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The Intelligence from The Economist - Worse even than it seems: Gaza’s death toll

A careful study of a range of data sources suggests that Israel’s military actions in Gaza have resulted in far more deaths than published tallies indicate. The Church of England, facing declining numbers of parishioners, is selling up its properties on the cheap (14:10). And we ask whether those trendy “juice shots” confer any health benefits (20:29).


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WSJ Minute Briefing - Republicans Near Agreement on State and Local Tax Deduction

Plus: Ford is to let rival Nissan use part of its flagship U.S. battery plant, as electric vehicle demand slows. And a new report by the International Energy Agency finds China continues to dominate the global supply of critical minerals. Kate Bullivant hosts.


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Marketplace All-in-One - Universities propel agtech innovation in the Central Valley

This week, we’re heading to California’s Central Valley to see how technology is transforming this agricultural region. And we’re going straight to the innovation source: the University of California, Merced, where academics there are guiding students to research agtech innovations to potentially develop them for commercialization.