My guest today is my friend Samin Nosrat, the author of the bestselling, award-winning cookbook Salt Fat Acid Heat, and the host and executive producer of the hit Netflix show that's based on it. Her second cookbook comes out this fall, and it's called Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share With People You Love.
Back in March 2020, Samin and I started a podcast together called Home Cooking, where we answered people's anxious questions about cooking in the time of the pandemic and lockdown. And we're bringing that podcast back later this year.
Samin is one of my closest friends. We've been there for each other for all of the most important moments of our lives over the years that we've known each other. But with a total lack of consideration to our friendship, it turns out Samin’s had important moments in her life from before we met. But we're going to make up for lost time, and she's going to talk to me about one of them today.
Eliana Johnson joins us today from the Washington Free Beacon to discuss the Trump-Harvard fight, Steve Witkoff's walk-back on Iran, and the firebombing of Gov. Josh Shapiro's house on the first night of Passover. Give a listen.
In a landmark ruling, the UK Supreme Court says the legal definition of a woman refers to biological sex. Also: BBC gets rare access to a torture cell in Bangladesh, and the unexpected popularity of a slow TV moose show.
This week we have on Zephyr Teachout, Professor at Law at Fordham University and columnist at the Nation, for a long talk about protectionism, neoliberalism, and how to capture the spirit of the country. Can liberals just sell free market capitalism and off-shoring to an angry public? Or will there have to be seem change in messaging that will allow the left to define the future of work in this country? We also talk a lot about corruption — Zephyr wrote a book about it — and the unprecedented corruption that we’re seeing now in the White House.
Enjoy!
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An American pastor who was kidnapped by armed men during a church service in South Africa last week has been rescued following a "high-intensity shoot-out". Police say three people were killed. Josh Sullivan was found unharmed in the township in Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape province. Why is South Africa facing a rise in kidnappings?
Also, why are women still dying during pregnancy and childbirth in West Africa?
And why is India carrying out naval exercises along the East African coast?
Presenter: Audrey Brown
Technical Producer: Nick Randell
Producers: Bella Hassan and Sunita Nahar
Senior Journalist: Karnie Sharp
Editors: Alice Muthengi and Andre Lombard
Pierre Rochard discusses Bitcoin bonds, his speculative attack thesis, corporate adoption trends, on-chain vs custodial usage, soft fork proposals, and how Bitcoin led to his spiritual journey. A comprehensive look at Bitcoin's present and future.
Pierre Rochard, one of the OG voices in Bitcoin discourse, joins us to discuss his new Bitcoin Bond Company as the continuation of the speculative attack thesis that he wrote about a decade ago. Pierre shares insights on corporate Bitcoin adoption trends, the trade-offs between on-chain transactions vs custodial services, and why he's more open to soft forks than many Bitcoin maximalists. The conversation takes a personal turn when Pierre explains how Bitcoin's shift away from materialism created space for his spiritual journey back to Catholicism.
Follow our guests: @BitcoinPierre
Notes:
- Bitcoin bonds enable borrowing weak currencies
- MicroStrategy uses convertible bonds for Bitcoin
- Transaction fees crashed during bear markets
- ETFs reduce on-chain Bitcoin footprint
- Corporate adoption mainly from struggling companies
- Pierre has cataloged 22 soft fork proposals
Timestamps:
00:00 Start
01:36 Who's Pierre Rochard?
03:27 What's a speculative attack?
09:24 Current market outlook
11:48 Starkware interview reaction
20:45 Priced out of on-chain access
26:40 Arch
27:14 Corporate influence over protocol development
36:39 Corps buying BTC
39:34 Degens & speculation
46:05 Religion & faith
49:44 The virtues of soft forks
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A fresh effort to get a mistakenly deported Maryland man returned. A wild Marjorie Taylor Greene townhall. And an abducted American missionary is freed in South Africa. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has those stories and more on the World News Roundup podcast.
A federal judge in Maryland questioned the Trump administration about its continued refusal to retrieve a mistakenly deported man from an El Salvador prison, President Trump signed an executive action that aims to lower drug prices for Americans, and the President threatened to remove Harvard's tax exempt status.
Today's episode of Up First was edited by Anna Yukananov, Scott Hensley, Steven Drummond, Janaya Williams and Mohamad ElBardicy. It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Nia Dumas and Christopher Thomas. We get engineering support from Arthur Laurent. And our technical director is David Greenburg.
Grace Shao is a Hong Kong-based writer and analyst, and author of AI Proem on Substack newsletter. She joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss China's rise in artificial intelligence, and whether (and how) it can be a global player. Tune in to hear how China's AI startups are rapidly productizing cutting-edge tech, why it keeps developing open-source models, and why it's surging in robotics. We also cover AI agents like Manus, chip shortages, and the entrepreneurial resurgence transforming Chinese tech culture. Hit play for an essential conversation on China’s AI ambitions and their global implications.
