Posts

Posted on

CoinDesk Podcast Network - BITCOIN SEASON 2: Comply or Die: Privacy or Palantir

Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm found guilty of operating unlicensed money transmitter. Meanwhile, Peter Thiel's fund raises $353M for surveillance-friendly stablecoin sidechain. Privacy devs criminalized while compliant chains get funded.


"Comply or Die" reality hitting crypto developers. Roman Storm of Tornado Cash was found guilty of operating an unlicensed money transmitter, while Samurai Wallet devs took plea deals. Meanwhile, Peter Thiel's Founders Fund raised $353M for Plasma - a fully compliant, surveillance-friendly stablecoin sidechain. We explore the stark contrast between privacy developers facing prison time and establishment players launching token sales with regulatory blessing.


Subscribe to the newsletter! https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com


**Notes:**

• Roman Storm faces up to 5 years in prison

• Samurai devs face $6.3M in fines each

• Plasma raised $353M in oversubscribed round

• Only 10% of Plasma tokens for public sale

• 25% token allocation goes to investors

• Legal defense funds were crowdfunded


Timestamps:

00:00 Start

00:20 Is Peter Theil the Antichrist?

03:25 Tornadocash

18:39 Peter Theil goes ICO baby!



-

👋Bitcoin Season 2 is produced Blockspace Media, Bitcoin’s first B2B publication in Bitcoin. Follow us on Twitter and check out our newsletter for the best information in Bitcoin mining, Ordinals and tech!



Enjoy the show? Check out our website and newsletter by clicking here.



Questions or want to sponsor? hello@blockspace.media



See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Posted on

Global News Podcast - The Happy Pod: How baby showers saved a rare bird

We hear how a woman helped save one of India's rarest birds by holding baby showers to celebrate the arrival of their chicks. Thousands have now joined Purnima Devi Barman's Hargila Army, which campaigns to protect adjutant storks and guards their nests. Also: a chef stranded on the cargo ship, Avontuur, for months during the pandemic says inner strength can turn a challenge into an opportunity; the volunteers helping older people feel the wind in their hair on cycle rides; the baby found at a train station who's inspired a song; and the huge range of unique moves that keep cockatoos dancing.

Presenter: Nick Miles Music: Iona Hampson.

(Picture credit: Getty Images)

Posted on

WSJ What’s News - What’s News in Markets: Apple’s Investment, Fannie and Freddie’s IPO, Crocs’ Misstep

How did Apple avoid tariffs on its chips? And are mortgage lenders Fannie and Freddie set to go public? Plus, what caused Crocs shares to plunge? Host Jack Pitcher discusses the biggest stock moves of the week and the news that drove them.

Sign up for the WSJ's free Markets A.M. newsletter.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Posted on

WSJ Your Money Briefing - What’s News in Markets: Apple’s Investment, Fannie and Freddie’s IPO, Crocs’ Misstep

How did Apple avoid tariffs on its chips? And are mortgage lenders Fannie and Freddie set to go public? Plus, what caused Crocs shares to plunge? Host Jack Pitcher discusses the biggest stock moves of the week and the news that drove them.

Sign up for the WSJ's free Markets A.M. newsletter.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Posted on

Everything Everywhere Daily - The Soviet Bomb

On August 29, 1949, the Soviet Union successfully tested its first atomic bomb.

The announcement shocked the world, especially the United States, which predicted the Soviets wouldn’t have Nuclear Weapons until the mid-1950s.

The big question was, how did the Soviets make the bomb so fast? Well, the Americans inadvertently helped them, as did the resources they captured in Eastern Europe. 

Learn more about how the Soviets got the bomb on this Episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


Sponsors

  • Newspapers.com
  • Quince
    • Go to quince.com/daily for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order!
  • Mint Mobile
    • Get your 3-month Unlimited wireless plan for just 15 bucks a month at mintmobile.com/eed
  • Jerry
    • Compare quotes and coverages side-by-side from up to 50 top insurers at jerry.ai/daily.


Subscribe to the podcast! 

https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/

--------------------------------

Executive Producer: Charles Daniel

Associate Producers: Austin Oetken & Cameron Kieffer

 

Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere


Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily

Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip

Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ 


Disce aliquid novi cotidie

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Posted on

NBN Book of the Day - Paul Thagard, “Bots and Beasts: What Makes Machines, Animals, and People Smart?” (MIT Press, 2021)

Octopuses can open jars to get food, and chimpanzees can plan for the future. An IBM computer named Watson won on Jeopardy! and Alexa knows our favorite songs. But do animals and smart machines really have intelligence comparable to that of humans? In Bots and Beasts: What Makes Machines, Animals, and People Smart? (MIT Press, 2021), Paul Thagard looks at how computers (“bots”) and animals measure up to the minds of people, offering the first systematic comparison of intelligence across machines, animals, and humans.

Thagard explains that human intelligence is more than IQ and encompasses such features as problem solving, decision making, and creativity. He uses a checklist of twenty characteristics of human intelligence to evaluate the smartest machines—including Watson, AlphaZero, virtual assistants, and self-driving cars—and the most intelligent animals—including octopuses, dogs, dolphins, bees, and chimpanzees. Neither a romantic enthusiast for nonhuman intelligence nor a skeptical killjoy, Thagard offers a clear assessment. He discusses hotly debated issues about animal intelligence concerning bacterial consciousness, fish pain, and dog jealousy. He evaluates the plausibility of achieving human-level artificial intelligence and considers ethical and policy issues. A full appreciation of human minds reveals that current bots and beasts fall far short of human capabilities.

Galina Limorenko is a doctoral candidate in Neuroscience with a focus on biochemistry and molecular biology of neurodegenerative diseases at EPFL in Switzerland. To discuss and propose the book for an interview you can reach her at galina.limorenko@epfl.ch.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/book-of-the-day

Posted on

The NewsWorthy - Special Edition: Phones in School Debate – Policies, Impact & What’s Next

Dozens of states are cracking down on student phone use — but is banning them completely the right call? Brinleigh Murphy-Reuter of the Digital Wellness Lab at Boston Children’s Hospital joins us to explain what teens really think about phone rules in schools, how strict policies can sometimes backfire, and what parents can do to help their kids build healthy digital habits. Plus — the research on phones, mental health, and how tech companies should (or shouldn’t) design for kids.

Join us again for our 10-minute daily news roundups every Mon-Fri! 

Learn more about our guests: https://www.theNewsWorthy.com/shownotes 

Become an INSIDER for ad-free episodes: https://www.theNewsWorthy.com/insider

Get The NewsWorthy MERCH here: https://www.theNewsWorthy.com/merch

This episode is sponsored by 

Give yourself the luxury you deserve with Quince. Go to Quince.com/newsworthy for FREE shipping on your order and 365-day returns!

You can get an additional 15% off their 90-day subscription Starter Kit by going to fatty15.com/NEWSWORTHY and using code NEWSWORTHY at checkout.

To advertise on our podcast, please reach out to ad-sales@libsyn.com

Posted on

CBS News Roundup - 08/09/2025 | Weekend Roundup

On the "CBS News Weekend Roundup", host Stacy Lyn has the latest on a plan Israel has approved that could lead to the military occupation of the Gaza Strip. CBS's Debora Patta reports from East Jerusalem. And a meeting between President Trump and Russian President Putin could happen next week, as we hear from Weijia Jiang, at the White House. And on the Kaleidoscope segment, New York just opened a first in the nation homeless shelter for transgender people. CBS's Stacy Lyn talks with Sean Ebony Coleman, the founder and CEO of Destination Tomorrow, a non-profit that will manage the shelter.

To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Posted on

Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - Who Gets Left Out of Originalism?

The official history of America’s founding is often told as a whites-only story, a heroic tale of wealthy white men forging a new nation—with no mention of the people they excluded, displaced, or oppressed. But who gets left out of the story that “originalists” like to tell about the law? This week Mark Joseph Stern talks with Maggie Blackhawk, professor at NYU School of Law, and Gregory Ablavsky, a professor at Stanford Law School, about Native nations at the time of the founding, some of which were very much on the scene as the Constitution was being debated and ratified. What did they think about it? And does asking that question obscure a much more complicated—but more accurate—examination of the founding?


Want more Amicus? Join Slate Plus to unlock weekly bonus episodes with exclusive legal analysis. Plus, you’ll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the Amicus show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/amicusplus to get access wherever you listen.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices