Plus: Opendoor’s meme frenzy continues after its new CEO is named. And the immigration raid at Hyundai Motor’s Georgia battery plant will delay construction by months, CEO says. Julie Chang hosts.
This country has too many guns and too many crazy people. And the social media oligarchs are fanning the flames of violence by constantly trying to piss people off. The Kirk assassination highlights just how dangerous a moment we are living in. America is not free if people are too afraid to speak their minds. Plus, parenting and the surprising gap in what Gen Z women and men think are the highest priorities in life. Crooked Media's Erin Ryan joins Tim Miller.
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This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie. “CoinDesk Daily” is produced by Jennifer Sanasie and edited by Victor Chen.
Anger on the streets across France, the National Rally's Trump problem, and a Danish political scientist's plan to fix "democracy's back door." Then: Lithuania steps up its border controls and an island special on Corsican autonomy, the Outer Hebrides' demographic struggle, and Greenland's tourism.
Plus: Consumer prices in the U.S. were up 2.9% in August from a year earlier. The European Central Bank leaves its key deposit rate at 2% for the second consecutive meeting. Pierre Bienaimé hosts.
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A huge manhunt is underway after the assassination of US conservative activist Charlie Kirk. President Trump says it’s a “dark moment” for America. We'll have reaction to the killing.
Also on the programme: what's happened to Syria's missing children taken from political prisoners under the Assad regime; and South Korea's president warns other companies may be reluctant to invest in the US after the Hyundai row.
(Photo: Charlie Kirk, Turning Point USA founder, puts on a MAGA hat during the AmericaFest 2024 conference. Credit: Reuters)
HR prompts an exploration of the world's internet -- and what happens when it fails. Dale pitches the concept of Anunnaki Pirates. Moose shares some insight into cat conversations. All this and more in this week's listener mail segment.
Unionized Starbucks workers are still without a contract after more than a year of bargaining. Both the company and the union say it’s the other side holding up negotiations at the bargaining table. Today, we'll hear from a founding member of the union representing workers there. Plus, consumer inflation is moving the wrong way. The consumer price index released this morning showed prices up 2.9% annually in August. We'll discuss.
Noah Rothman joins us to talk about political violence and the cultural atmosphere that helped lead to the assassination of a 31 year-old man in the open air of a Utah college campus. Give a listen.