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Consider This from NPR - Adding Racial Equity To The Business Of Legal Weed

In about the last 10 years, the legalized cannabis industry has grown into a $32 billion business. Today, in 21 states, and the District of Columbia, you can legally purchase recreational marijuana if you are 21 or older. And 37 states have legalized medical marijuana programs.

While it's easy to feel that cannabis has come a long way from the scare tactics of Reefer Madness, since 1970's Controlled Substance Act, marijuana has been classified as a drug on par with cocaine and heroin - dramatically increasing penalties for possession, sale, and distribution. Those penalties were enforced in ways that continue to disproportionately target people of color, especially black people.

While the same states that once prosecuted the sale of weed are now regulating and taxing it, will those most affected by the punitive frameworks of the past be able to profit too?

Host Michel Martin speaks with Devin Alexander, owner of the cannabis delivery business, Rolling Releaf, based in Newton Massachusetts. And we hear from Tauhid Chappell, President of the Philadelphia CannaBusiness Association.




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The Gist - BEST OF THE GIST: Whale Watch Edition

In this installment of Best Of The Gist, whales abound. We start by listening back to a Gist “Whale Watch” segment from February 24, 2016, then we revisit our most recent Monday Spiel, in which Mike talks high seas treaties. 

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - THE HASH: Headlines – Top Stories of the Week 03-06-23

A roundup of the week’s most valuable crypto stories for Saturday, March 11, 2023. 

Missed any episodes of “The Hash” this week? Today’s recap episode will get you caught up.

“Hash Headlines” rounds up this week’s headline stories, including:

  • Voyager Denies SEC Claims VGX Token Is a Security
  • Bitcoin Briefly Dips Below $22K on Powell's Inflation Comments
  • Bitcoin Hovers Around $22K as Fed's Powell Softens Tone
  • Crypto Industry's Banking Crisis


Links to the headlines:  

Voyager Denies SEC Claims VGX Token Is a Security as Binance.US Decision Looms

Voyager Digital's Reward Program Lost $58M in 2022: Court Filing

Voyager Bankruptcy Judge Says He Is ‘Absolutely Shocked’ by SEC Objection to Binance.US Deal

Bitcoin Price Slides to $22K as Powell Warns on Inflation

Federal Reserve’s Powell: We Don’t Want to Strangle Crypto Innovation, but Sector Is a Mess

Fed Chair Powell's Comments Shift Rate Projections; Bitcoin Holds Warily

Crypto.com Struggles to Maintain Fiat On-Ramps in the Face of Crypto Banking Crisis

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Motley Fool Money - Is Investing a Game?

In everyday life, your value system is complicated and rich. Games make that system simple, and you know exactly how well you’ve done. 

C. Thi Nguyen is a philosophy professor at University of Utah and author of the book Games: Agency As Art. Motley Fool co-founder David Gardner caught up with Nguyen to discuss:  - The bright and dark sides of gamification  - How Twitter changed the way we communicate  - Good, bad, and evil games

Today’s conversation comes from a recent episode of David's weekly podcast, Rule Breaker Investing. To hear the entire show, click here: https://www.fool.com/podcasts/rule-breaker-investing/2023-02-15-from-twister-to-twitter-games-and-c

Host: David Gardner Guest: C. Thi Nguyen Producer: Ricky Mulvey Engineer: Rick Engdahl

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The Daily Signal - BONUS | Orthodox Rabbi Debunks Claim That Conservatives Want to Force ‘Christian Values’ Down America’s Throat

Some on the Left claim that it violates the separation of church and state to be pro-life or pro-family, Rabbi Yaakov Menken says. His organization, the Coalition for Jewish Values, demonstrates that conservative values have a broad appeal beyond Christians. The coalition represents Orthodox Jews who often feel rejected by Jewish organizations that adopt the Left's agenda.


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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Where To Find The Best Hot Chocolate In Chicago

Some folks — much of the Reset team included — can’t get their day started without a strong cup of coffee. But host Sasha-Ann Simons is not one of those people. In fact, her morning go-to is hot chocolate. So to feed the anti-coffee host’s sweet tooth, and to get folks through this chilly season, Reset is on the hunt to find the best hot chocolate in Chicago with some help from listener recommendations.
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CoinDesk Podcast Network - BREAKDOWN: The Government Game Plan: Call Ether a Security, Tax the Crap Out of Bitcoin Mining

The assault on crypto comes into greater focus. 


What a week. On this edition of the “Weekly Recap,” NLW updates on the Silicon Valley Bank situation, discusses the New York Attorney General’s lawsuit against KuCoin that claims ether is a security and looks at the Biden Administration’s plan to lay a 30% excise tax on energy used for crypto mining. 


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Everything Everywhere Daily - A Brief History of Paper

Four things are considered to be the Great Inventions of Ancient China: gunpowder, the compass, the printing press, and paper. 

Despite the incredible impact that all four things have had on the world, the greatest cultural and social impact might be paper.

Even in a world awash in digital information, paper can still be found all around us for a wide variety of uses.

Learn more about paper and how it changed the world on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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