Hey Smarties! Today we’re passing the mic to our friends over at “How We Survive,” Marketplace’s climate solutions podcast. Their latest season digs into the rise and fall of environmental, social and governance-based investing, or ESG. In this episode, host Amy Scott and the team dig into how one Texas law spurred a right-wing movement against ESG.
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Federalist Radio Hour - Were These American Wars Worth It?
On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, Ivan Eland, a senior fellow at the Independent Institute and director of the Independent Institute's Center on Peace & Liberty, joins Federalist Senior Elections Correspondent Matt Kittle to discuss how domestic factors affect U.S. involvement in conflicts at home and abroad and probe whether certain wars were worth the cost they had on Americans' constitutional rights.
You can find Eland's book Domestic Causes of American Wars: Economic & Political Triggers here.
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You can find Eland's book Domestic Causes of American Wars: Economic & Political Triggers here.
If you care about combating the corrupt media that continue to inflict devastating damage, please give a gift to help The Federalist do the real journalism America needs.
WSJ Minute Briefing - Kraft Heinz Is Splitting Up
Plus: Activist investor Elliott Investment Management is pushing for changes at PepsiCo. And a federal judge rules that President Trump’s deployment of troops in Los Angeles was illegal. Alex Ossola hosts.
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CoinDesk Podcast Network - Gold Hits Record $3.5K as Whales Dump Bitcoin | CoinDesk Daily
Host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the latest news in the crypto industry as gold surged to a record high of $3,500 an ounce.
Gold surged to a record high of $3,500 an ounce earlier, driven by growing expectations of Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts, a worsening fiscal outlook for major economies, and increased political pressure on central bank policies. Can bitcoin catch up to the momentum? CoinDesk’s Jennifer Sanasie hosts “CoinDesk Daily.”
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Focus on Africa - Barrier built around Sudan’s el-Fasher city
An extensive earthen wall is being built around the besieged Sudanese city of el-Fasher. Researchers from Yale University say it is intended to trap people inside.
Why is there a rapidly growing demand for solar panels in Africa?
And we meet Iris- the teaching robot in South Africa.
Presenter: Audrey Brown Producers: Charles Gitonga in Nairobi, Mark Wilberforce, Yvette Twagiramariya and Sunita Nahar in London. Senior Producer: Paul Bakibinga Technical Producer: Jonathan Greer Editors: Maryam Abdalla, Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi
Marketplace All-in-One - What role should AI play in therapy?
People are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence for therapy — raising concerns among mental health professionals. Illinois legislators have responded by banning therapists from using AI, other than for administrative tasks. Today, we’ll explore the benefits and pitfalls of generative AI tech that’s used for mental health support. But first, we'll read some market tea leaves with Julia Coronado of MacroPolicy Perspectives.
The Commentary Magazine Podcast - State Capitalism and the Tariffs
Now that an appeals court has ruled against most of Trump's emergency tariffs, we may get some sense of how the economic future is going to be managed—once the Supreme Court weighs in. But even so, the administration's hunger to take stock positions in U.S. companies poses a different kind of threat. We talk about this and about what's about to happen in Gaza. Give a listen.
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Global News Podcast - Kim Jong Un travels to China for military parade
North Korean leader arrives in Beijing by armoured train to meet President Xi Jinping and the Russian president, Vladimir Putin. It's the North Korean leader's first visit to China in six years. Also: Brazil's Supreme Court begins final hearings for Jair Bolsonaro and several military officers accused of leading a coup plot to subvert the results of the 2022 election; a new test to detect memory decline years before diagnosis; and 40 years on we hear from the man who found the wreck of the Titanic.
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The Phil Ferguson Show - 532 Wash Sale rule – Passive investing
Discussion of the Wash Sale rule. Selling stock at a loss can reduce your tax bill if you do not violate the Wash Sale Rule.
Passive Investing: I review and provide commentary on a report that warns of potential problems with the increasing use of Passive / index investing.
Personal rant about T-Mobile and getting an eSIM for travel.
Passive Investing: I review and provide commentary on a report that warns of potential problems with the increasing use of Passive / index investing.
Personal rant about T-Mobile and getting an eSIM for travel.