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Everything Everywhere Daily - Moving Day in New York

Since the year 1790, New York City has been the largest city in the United States. Given the population density of the city, the vast majority of the people there rent apartments. Now imagine if everyone in New York who switched apartments had to do so on the exact same day every year. Well, this was the reality in New York for over a century. Learn more about moving day in New York City on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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Byzantium And The Crusades - The Third Crusade Episode 4 “Richard the Lionheart”

In this episode, we hear about the journey of the English and French Kings to the Holy Land to try to save the last Crusader states from Saladin. The English King was Richard the Lionheart, who has passed into history as one of the most heroic of all the Kings of England. He is also central to the folk story of Robin Hood, the legendary English outlaw, that has featured in so many films. But what was he really like? Find out in this episode.

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - BREAKDOWN: Crashes, Rallies and Stimulus – A Normal Week for 2021 Bitcoin

The second full business week of January has demonstrated many trends that NLW argues will shape bitcoin and crypto throughout the year.

This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io.

On “The Breakdown’s” Weekly Recap, NLW argues that this week is exemplary of a set of trends that will define 2021, including:

  • Market volatility
  • Macro tailwinds 
  • Convergence of crypto and traditional finance
  • Regulatory battles and opportunities
  • Strange categories of FUD


This week on The Breakdown:

Monday | Did This Bitcoin Cycle’s FUD Phase Just Begin?

Tuesday | Is China Poised to Nationalize Alibaba?

Wednesday | A New SEC Chair Who Actually Understands Bitcoin and Crypto?

Thursday | The Definitive Breakdown of All Bitcoin FUD, With Dan Held

Friday | Will Mayor Suarez’s Miami Be the First Major City to Buy Bitcoin?

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Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - The Domestic Terror Arm of MAGA

Dahlia Lithwick is joined by Juliette Kayyem, former assistant secretary at the Department of Homeland Security under President Barack Obama, currently serving as the faculty chair of the homeland security program at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, to look at the violent extremist elements of the MAGA movement and how counterterrorism tools can inform the response to the attack on the Capitol and President Trump’s “stochastic terrorism.”


In our Slate Plus segment, Mark Joseph Stern joins Dahlia to discuss developments in the judiciary in North Carolina and Pennsylvania, the high court’s decision to greenlight more federal executions in the last days of the Trump administration, and the first abortion case of the Amy Coney Barrett era. 


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The NewsWorthy - Special Edition: Home Trends with HGTV Stars & Zillow Expert

Today we’re telling you all about the housing market, including what home prices are doing (and why), what popular trends are expected in 2021, and tips for buying, selling and renovating.

Plus, you’ll get a behind-the-scenes look at the popular HGTV show, “100 Day Dream Home” with Brian and Mika Kleinschmidt.

But first, we talk with Zillow’s home trends expert, Amanda Pendleton, about what everyone should know about real-estate right now.

Be sure to tune-in again each weekday (M-F) for our regular episodes to get quick, unbiased news roundups in ~10 minutes! 

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The Gist - Senate hopeful John Fetterman talks incarceration, gun control, and Trump voters

On the Gist, the QAnon Shaman’s lawyer.

In the interview, John Fetterman, also known as Lieutenant Governor Stone Cold, talks to Mike about his potential Senate run. The Pennsylvania native talks about his origin story from son of teenagers to Harvard graduate, his thoughts on gun control and incarceration, and the woes of being six-foot-nine. (Not enough suits.)

In Remembrances of Things Trump: so many Seans, so little time.

In the spiel, supposed contradictions of pro-free speech.

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Podcast production by Margaret Kelley, Cheyna Roth, and Jasmine Ellis.

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - WBEZ’s Weekly News Roundup

WBEZ’s Weekly News Roundup takes you inside the biggest local and state stories of the past 7 days. This week on the roundup we’re joined by Amanda Vinicky, longtime statehouse reporter for WTTW, and David Greising, president of the Better Government Association.

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For more about the program, head to the WBEZ website or follow us on Twitter at @WBEZreset.