From the BBC World Service: U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is the latest political leader to visit China for trade talks. Chinese President Xi Jinping told Starmer that Beijing is ready to develop a long-term strategic partnership. Since President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on most imports, countries around the world have been scrambling to sign new trade deals. Plus, as South Africa has been grappling with 30% U.S. tariffs, farmers there are also looking to China.
WSJ Minute Briefing - FBI Seizes Fulton County Ballots as Trump Reignites Election Challenge
Plus: Gold has hit another record - topping the $5,500 mark for the first time - as the rush to precious metals continues. And demand for chips sends Samsung earnings to new highs. Luke Vargas hosts.
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WSJ What’s News - Meta’s AI Spending Pays Off
A.M. Edition for Jan. 29. Investors are rewarding Meta after the company’s latest earnings showed massive AI investments translating into a jump in digital-ad revenues. State Street’s Altaf Kassam gives his take on the AI boom’s early winners and losers. Plus, WSJ deputy finance editor Quentin Webb gives us the backstory on the metals rally that just won’t quit. And FBI agents search a Georgia election office as part of a broader push to re-examine Trump’s 2020 loss. Luke Vargas hosts.
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Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders - S12 Bonus: Dmytro Ovcharenko, Alcor
Dmytro Ovcharenko lives in Palo Alto, CA. He graduated from Berkeley in 2015 - not as an engineer, but as a lawyer. His first connection to tech was in his first role, as an attorney at a tech company. But outside of technology, he loves good sushi and burgers. In addition, he does a bit of hiking - some for fun, but also some for business. He's been known to take a meeting or two on the hiking trail.
Dmytro very much enjoyed working at his prior company. But he noticed the large gap between what his business was charging, and what the engineers themselves received. He thought he could close this gap, to provide a better wage for the workers while saving businesses money.
This is the creation story of Alcor.
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Marketplace All-in-One - A recycling startup joins the AI boom
Marketplace’s Meghan McCarty Carino takes a tour of Redwood Material’s new R&D Lab with CTO Colin Campbell. Redwood, an EV battery recycling startup, is now offering off-grid, renewable energy grids to AI data centers and it’s looking to scale up its operations in this AI boom.
Marketplace All-in-One - What it costs to pass down a language
Author and journalist Aymann Ismail wants his kids to grow up with a real connection to their Egyptian roots, including speaking Arabic. For his family, that means committing to a private Islamic school -- and figuring out how to afford tuition.
Reema sits down with Aymann as he walks through his family budget and the financial trade-offs that decision requires. They talk about what’s at stake for him, financially and culturally, and why holding onto Arabic feels especially urgent right now.
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Omnibus - Second Missouri Compromise (Entry 1122.MA0624)
In which Linus Chan explores American citizenship, the law, and the long shadow of the Missouri Compromise. Certificate #24581.
Bay Curious - The Ukrainian Rebel Priest of Hayward
High in the Hayward Hills, Ukraina marks the farm and grave of Ukrainian dissident priest Agapius Honcharenko, who fled Russian authorities and settled here with his wife, Albina. These days, his farmstead is marked by a historical placard that caught the eye of our question asker, Tony. Today on the show, we explore the thrilling and noble life of Honcharenko, who life is still celebrated with an annual ceremony.
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Headlines From The Times - Challenger Explosion 40th Anniversary and Amazon Layoffs
Forty years ago today, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after taking off at Cape Canaveral's Kennedy Space Center; New Hampshire Public Radio spoke to people who knew Christa McAuliffe, who was going to be the first teacher in space. Meanwhile, the Federal Reserve voted to keep interest rates unchanged on Wednesday, despite heavy pressure from the White House to lower borrowing costs. Also, new data shows median rent in LA dropped to about $2,100 in December, the lowest in four years. And for the first time since the pandemic, California's population has stalled. In business, California Covered enrollees may see higher premiums now that pandemic-era health insurance subsidies have expired, and Amazon says it will layoff 16,000 workers and shut down its brick-and-mortar stores. Read more at LATimes.com.
Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - Listener Mail: The Nature of Intuition, Canadian Citizenship, Manhole Michelangelo and More
Chai and Zachsquatch provide crucial feedback on the recent episode about intuition and time travel. Murt shares the story of Iowa's "Manhole Michelangelo," and EJW breaks down Canada's new citizenship laws. Plus the 'Board of Peace' and a special rutabaga song. Join Ben, Matt and Noel as they explore these stories -- and much more -- in this week's listener mail segment.
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