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Culture keepers and historians are closely watching President Donald Trump’s review of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) and other institutions to eliminate what he calls derisive or partisan narratives. It’s among eight museums that receive federal funding are that are currently under review. NMAI’s exhibits include Native American perspectives on historical documents and events that include treaties, Indian Boarding Schools, the Termination Era, the American Indian Movement, and the Indian Child Welfare Act, among many others. Those watching are concerned Trump’s directive could permanently alter how those topics are presented to the public. NMAI also develops educational curricula that counters incomplete instruction on historical events, like Thanksgiving. We’ll hear from those who were instrumental in NMAI’s founding, as well as get perspective on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s announcement that soldiers that took part in the Wounded Knee Massacre would retain their Medals of Honor.
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Dr. Suzan Shown Harjo (Cheyenne and Hodulgee Muscogee), president of the Morning Star Institute, a founding trustee of NMAI, and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Rick West Jr. (Cheyenne and Arapaho), CEO emeritus of the Autry Museum of the American West and founding director of NMAI
OJ Semans Sr. (Rosebud Sioux), co-executive director of Four Directions Vote
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Break 2 Music: Fancy Dance (Song) Yellow Hammer (artist) Yellow Hammer (album)
Eli Ben-Sasson announces StarkNet's Bitcoin initiative: native BTC staking, 100M STRK token allocation for lending, and why zero-knowledge proofs are essential for Bitcoin to achieve Satoshi's original vision of peer-to-peer transactions without intermediaries.
Eli Ben-Sasson, co-founder of StarkNet and Zcash, announces StarkNet's major Bitcoin news: native Bitcoin staking on StarkNet. Starknet has 100 million STRK tokens allocated for competitive Bitcoin lending rates and Bitcoin yield strategies. Eli explains why zero-knowledge proofs are the scalability solution Bitcoin needs, how StarkNet enables self-custodial Bitcoin DeFi, and why OP_CAT could be the nine lines of code that save Bitcoin from becoming just another store-of-value asset for the wealthy.
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# Notes:
• Bitcoin staking now live on StarkNet
• 100M STRK tokens for Bitcoin lending incentives
• 500M+ STRK already staked in protocol
• 21-day unstaking period for Bitcoin
• $1M research fund for OP_CAT development
• ZK-STARKs verify million transactions for one cost
• RS7 launching Bitcoin yield strategies
00:00 Start
01:46 Bitcoin staking is now live
03:08 What is Bitcoin Staking?
06:07 History of Zero Knowledge Proofs
08:00 ZK & scaling
09:05 How scaling would work
10:57 Covenants (OPCAT, CTV)
11:55 STRK token
14:12 PoW vs PoS
16:09 Practical benefits from staking
20:26 Staking curve & rates
21:57 100M STRK tokens
24:14 Why start with lending?
25:29 Re7 Capital
28:31 Re7 function
36:08 Consensus for covenants
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Lady Gaga is a singer, songwriter, producer, and actress from New York. She’s one of the biggest artists in the world. She’s also won 14 Grammys, 2 Golden Globes, and an Oscar. And in March 2025, she released her sixth album, Mayhem. For this episode, I talked to her about a song from that album called “Abracadabra.” She co-wrote it and co-produced it with Andrew Watt and Cirkut, and they recorded it in Rick Rubin’s studio, Shangri-La. That’s also where we recorded the interview for this episode.
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The slow-moving train wreck we've been watching unfold for a week, has indeed wrecked: the government officially shutdown at midnight. Hundreds of thousands of federal workers will be furloughed, and the Trump administration is threatening to fire others. Later in the show, Marketplace's Sabri Ben-Achour sits down with Susan M. Collins, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. They'll discuss tariffs, a cooling labor market and how the central bank is affected by a government shutdown.
962. Laura reviews strategies to reduce or avoid debt during the last quarter of the year and still have a bright holiday season.
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Government shutdown begins. The impact of the stoppage is expected to be widespread. New tariffs on prescription drugs. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has those stories and more on the World News Roundup podcast.
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Plus: The White House withdraws its nominee to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics. And, European pharmaceutical stocks jump after President Trump unveils a government-run website for consumers to buy drugs directly from manufacturers. Kate Bullivant hosts.
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From the BBC World Service: Eighteen sunscreen products have been pulled from shelves in Australia because of safety concerns; testing showed they did not offer the SPF protection claimed. As the U.S. tightens its H-1B visa scheme, China hopes it will gain from the launch of a new program to attract foreign talent. And can the United Arab Emirates become an AI superpower?
A.M. Edition for Oct. 1. The federal government has shut down for the first time in nearly seven years, after lawmakers failed to reach a deal that could keep the government funded. WSJ Washington coverage chief, Damien Paletta explains how this shutdown is different to previous ones. Plus, a federal judge rebukes the Trump administration’s efforts to deport pro-Palestisinian activists. And, the U.S. pulls the plug on a trade program that helped sustain Haiti’s last big industry. Caitlin McCabe hosts.
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