On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, Priscilla West, researcher for the Government Accountability Institute and a chapter chair of Moms for Liberty, joins Federalist Senior Elections Correspondent Matt Kittle to unveil how diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, disguised as "social emotional learning," are sold to schools as "education" and explain how concerned parents can fight back against the collectivism controlling classrooms across the U.S.
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CoinDesk Podcast Network - THE MINING POD: Unpacking MARA’s AI Plans w/ CEO Fred Thiel
MARA’s Fred Thiel joins the Mining Pod to discuss the company’s AI and HPC plans, bitcoin, and the future of edge computing.
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Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Fred Thiel, CEO and Chairman of MARA (formerly Marathon Digital Holdings), joins us to talk about MARA's strategic pivot toward AI and HPC infrastructure, the critical importance of energy ownership over PPAs, inference at the edge computing, MARA's partnerships with MPL and Exaion in Europe, and why Bitcoin's path to $1M will be harder than most think as the asset matures and institutionalizes.
Notes:
• $1.4T AI spending planned over next 5 years
• MARA owns energy vs paying PPAs for electrons
• Many HPC contracts have strict delivery outs
• Bitcoin no longer follows 4-year cycle pattern
• 10% Bitcoin price change = $200B market move
• MARA has ~250 employees currently
Timestamps:
00:00 Start
04:05 Q3 look back
13:13 Inference at the edge
20:22 Sovereign cloud
27:13 MARA: hash cost vs hash price
29:33 Valuations not reflecting risk
33:22 MARA: value accretion
34:39 Operational deployment
37:07 Asset light vs hosting
41:47 Exaion deal
46:15 MPLX deal (natural gas )
50:22 CapEx costs
50:53 MPLX deal structure
56:23 CTO & 2PIC
1:01:28 Share dilution
1:12:31 What are you reading?
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Newshour - India PM says those behind Delhi attack ‘will not be spared’
Indian officials say at least twelve people have now died in Monday's car explosion in Delhi. Reports in the Indian media say that investigators suspect a Delhi-based Kashmiri doctor was in the driver's seat. There's also been an explosion near a crowded courthouse in neighbouring Pakistan today.
Also in the programme: voting is underway in Iraq to choose a new parliament as both Iran and the US vie for influence; the new research that suggests that speaking more than one language could delay the ageing process; and we speak to this year's Booker Prize winner.
(Picture: Security personnel and members of the forensic team work at the site of an explosion near the historic Red Fort in India. Credit: REUTERS/Adnan Abid)
Marketplace All-in-One - Tariffs to hit a dinner table favorite: Italian pasta
The Trump administration is moving to levy tariffs of over 90% on popular Italian pasta brands on “anti-dumping” grounds. We look at how the move could impact grocery prices for the pantry staple. Plus, even though we don’t have a government jobs report this month due to the shutdown, private sector numbers give us an idea of the state of the labor market. And, as New Mexico moves to provide free childcare, a look at how daycare benefits businesses.
Focus on Africa - Can Mali’s Junta withstand a jihadist blockade?
Can Mali's military junta maintain its hold on power despite a jihadist blockade? What role are mercenaries playing in Africa's current conflicts. And the genesis of a new type of Algerian rai protest music known as "Way Way" Presenter: Audrey Brown Producers: Yvette Twagiramariya, Patricia Whitehorne, Bella Hassan and Mark Wilberforce in London with, Madina Maishanu in Abuja. Technical Producer: Jack Graysmark Senior Producer: Paul Bakibinga Editor: Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi
WSJ Tech News Briefing - TNB Tech Minute: CoreWeave’s Third Quarter Revenue More Than Doubled
Plus: Microsoft says it will invest more than $10 billion to expand AI infrastructure in Portugal. And SoftBank sells its stake in Nvidia for $5.8 billion. Zoe Kuhlkin hosts.
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Cato Podcast - The Supreme Court’s $300 Billion Tariff Showdown
Can a president tax Americans at will under the guise of a national emergency? The Cato Institute's Scott Lincicome and Brent Skorup dissect the high-stakes Supreme Court battle over Trump’s “fentanyl tariffs,” the broadest assertion of trade power in modern U.S. history. They explore how the case could reshape executive authority, revive dormant constitutional doctrines, and determine whether Congress or the White House truly controls U.S. trade policy.
Show Notes:
https://www.cato.org/blog/emergency-tariff-refunds-theres-easy-way-very-hard-way
https://www.cato.org/blog/why-three-cato-trade-scholars-filed-amicus-brief-us-supreme-court
https://www.cato.org/commentary/striking-down-tariffs-wont-hurt-anybody
https://www.cato.org/legal-briefs/trump-v-vos-selections-learning-resources-v-trump
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CBS News Roundup - 11/11/2025 | World News Roundup
The Senate votes to end the shutdown. High anxiety at the airports. Several states dig out from under the first snowfall. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has those stories and more on the World News Roundup podcast.
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Marketplace All-in-One - ‘Cryptoqueen’ facing jail after huge bitcoin seizure
From the BBC World Service: A Chinese woman will be sentenced in London later for her role in a Bitcoin scam worth billions of dollars. Qian Zhimin was convicted of trying to launder more than sixty thousand bitcoins, now worth around six-and-a-half billion dollars, following Britain's largest ever seizure of cryptocurrency. We hear from some of the investors who were scammed as part of the fraud.
Marketplace All-in-One - No shutdown relief for air travel yet
The Senate passed a deal last night to end the record-setting government shutdown. But that hasn’t yet translated into relief for the beleaguered air travel industry, which has seen thousands of canceled flights in response to air traffic controller shortages. Plus, we talk with economist Peter Atwater, one of the economic researchers who first helped popularize the “K-Shaped” economy concept, about inequality in post-pandemic America.