Month: May 2025

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Time To Say Goodbye - Are White Men Allowed to Write Novels with Andrew Boryga

Hello!

Today we take a break from Trump to bring back one of our favorite guests, Andrew Boryga, the novelist behind the brilliant book Victim, and the author of a funny and incisive substack. We talk about the latest compain-fest in the literary world about white millennial men and how they’re supposedly shut out of the fruits of culture like the NYPL Young Lions Award or whatever. Then we talk a little bit about the Pulitzer controversy surrounding James and Andrew’s own thoughts on who gets to write novels and who does not.



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Focus on Africa - Ethiopia: Why are health workers striking?

Medical professionals in various parts of Ethiopia are on strike. They say they are seeking adjustments in salaries, improved benefits and better working conditions. We hear from Ethiopian doctors.

Also, as the movie industry expands in Africa, so do concerns about the safety of actors.

And we'll meet 19 year old Makhosazana "Khosi" Dlomo, who is breaking barriers as the first black female competitor in tent pegging.

Presenter: Audrey Brown Technical Producer: Chris Kouzaris Producers: Bella Hassan, Blessing Aderogba and Yvette Twagiramariya Senior Journalist: Karnie Sharp Editors: Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi

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Marketplace All-in-One - A potential tax on remittances

The House's proposed tax plan includes a 5% tax on remittances. These are electronic transfers of money sent by people in the U.S. — often immigrants — to friends and family abroad. There are some exceptions to the tax, including most transfers made by U.S. citizens. We'll learn how this might play out. Also: a (sorta) stock market milestone, a crypto company in the S&P and a bill that could hurt renewables in Texas.

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The Daily Signal - Trump Goes International, Bad Luck Biden & Democrat’s ICE Insurrection | May 14, 2025

President Trump is making big news in Saudi Arabia, his first stop on his first major foreign trip of his second term. 


The bad news cycle for former President Joe Biden just gets worse. (Bad News Biden)


And a Republican Lawmaker is trying to hold Democrat lawmakers accountable for allegedly storming an ICE facility with protestors in New Jersey. 


I am not Tony Kinett, but Bradley Devlin, Politics Editor for The Daily Signal and Host of The Signal Sitdown.


Today is May 14, 2025, and here is your Top News in 10:


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Native America Calling - Wednesday, May 14, 2025 – Troubling rise in persistent diseases in animals and humans

Tribal wildlife officials are trying to get a handle on the seemingly unstoppable increase in chronic wasting disease among large game animals. Now in at least three dozen states, the disease is always fatal for the deer, elk, and moose that contract it. Some public health officials are also cautioning about the potential for it to make the jump to humans. At the same time, measles cases have jumped over 1,000 in the United States. Decades after the highly contagious and easily preventable disease was all but eradicated, measles comes at at time when skepticism of scientifically proven vaccines is at an all time high. We’ll find out what wildlife managers and public health officials say about the threats from these two illnesses.
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CoinDesk Podcast Network - BITCOIN SEASON 2: What the Samourai Case Means for the Future of BTC Privacy

Seth for Privacy breaks down the Samurai Wallet legal case, Bitcoin's current privacy limitations, and solutions like Silent Payments and Payjoin V2. He discusses the government's attack on privacy tools and why Monero offers better privacy by default.


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Seth for Privacy, VP at Cake Wallet, joins us to discuss the ongoing Samurai Wallet legal case and its implications for Bitcoin privacy. Seth explains how the DOJ's prosecution of Samurai developers threatens the entire crypto privacy landscape, despite FinCEN's admission that self-custodial wallets shouldn't be regulated as money services. He breaks down Bitcoin's current privacy limitations, highlighting promising technologies like Silent Payments and Payjoin V2, while candidly addressing why Monero offers superior privacy by design. Are we re-living through the same cryptography battle we fought in the 90s?


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Notes:

- Samurai indicted April 24, 2024, despite self-custody

- 98% conviction rate in Southern District of NY

- DOJ hid key FinCEN evidence from defense

- Silent Payments gives one reusable static address

- Payjoin V2 coming to Cake Wallet this week

- Bitcoin privacy tools fighting transparent design


Timestamps

00:00 Start

01:04 Samurai wallet legal case

06:30 Jurisdiction & charges

11:59 How significant is this case?

16:28 Arch Network

17:00 Current privacy on BTC

19:47 Silent payments

21:54 Payjoin V2

24:43 Privacy tech limits of BTC

27:42 Privacy soft forks

32:51 Future of oh-chain privacy

37:31 OP_RETURN debate

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