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Now that an appeals court has ruled against most of Trump's emergency tariffs, we may get some sense of how the economic future is going to be managed—once the Supreme Court weighs in. But even so, the administration's hunger to take stock positions in U.S. companies poses a different kind of threat. We talk about this and about what's about to happen in Gaza. Give a listen.
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North Korean leader arrives in Beijing by armoured train to meet President Xi Jinping and the Russian president, Vladimir Putin. It's the North Korean leader's first visit to China in six years. Also: Brazil's Supreme Court begins final hearings for Jair Bolsonaro and several military officers accused of leading a coup plot to subvert the results of the 2022 election; a new test to detect memory decline years before diagnosis; and 40 years on we hear from the man who found the wreck of the Titanic.
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Our guest, Cormint CEO James McAvity, makes the case that Bitcoin’s low transaction fees should raise concerns.
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Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, James McAvity, CEO of bitcoin miner Cormint, joins us to talk about a potential, looming existential crisis for Bitcoin: low transaction fee revenue. With transaction fees at only 2% of mining revenue, McAvity argues the current model is unsustainable as rewards halve every four years.
**Notes:**
• Transaction fees: 1/50th of total block rewards
• 20GW mining capacity running 24/7 globally
• 70 basis points: current annual BTC issuance
• $30-50K: cost per gigawatt hour electricity
• 2036: block rewards drop to 8 basis points
• $20T: potential future Bitcoin market cap
Timestamps:
00:00 Start
02:32 Is mining cooked?
08:05 Interpreting Satoshi's Goals
13:17 Hot mess or solid roadmap?
20:46 Cleanspark
21:15 Fees in a money protocol
25:44 truested intermediaries
31:42 Monero attack
38:39 Longterm bearish on mining?
44:59 What to do?
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Efforts continue in remote eastern Afghanistan to rescue thousands of people hit by Sunday's earthquake, as the number of dead and injured continues to rise. We hear from a health official close to the epicentre.
Also in the programme: Brazil's Supreme Court starts the final stage of former president Jair Bolsonaro's trial on charges of plotting a coup; and an early ‘proof of concept’ study in the US shows it’s possible to identify and destroy dormant breast cancer cells in survivors with a higher risk of their cancer returning.
Plus: Klarna seeks to raise up to $1.46 billion from IPO. And Amazon plans to invest $4.4 billion in New Zealand data centers. Julie Chang hosts.
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The Trump administration is working to remove protections for more than 58 million acres of national forests. A brief public comment period is now open on a plan to rescind the federal government’s 25-year-old Roadless Rule which prohibits road construction and timber harvesting in several states. Environmental groups and leaders of Alaska Native tribes with cultural ties to the Tongass National Forest — the country’s largest national forest — are raising alarms about the plan. The vast temperate rainforest covers 17 million acres and is also the nation’s largest stand of old-growth trees, many of which are at least 800 years old. Advocates warn that road construction and increased commercial logging threaten subsistence hunting, plant harvesting, and fishing. We’ll talk with tribal leaders and others about what’s at stake in Tongass and the future of forest management.
GUESTS
Chuck Sams (Cayuse and Walla Walla), director of Indigenous Programs at Yale Center for Environmental Justice and former National Park Service director
Cody Desautel (Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation), president of the Intertribal Timber Council and the executive director of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
Mike Jones (Haida), president of the Organized Village of Kasaan
Ilsxílee Stáng/Gloria Burns (Haida), president of the Ketchikan Indian Community
Joel Jackson (Tlingit and Haida), president of the Organized Village of Kake
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Congress returns with a packed fall agenda. Chicago preparing for potential immigration crackdown. The search continues for Afghanistan earthquake survivors. Correspondent Steve Kathan has the CBS World News Roundup for Tuesday, September 2nd, 2025
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Join Cato's Alex Nowrasteh and Travis Fisher as they unpack a pivotal moment in climate policy reform. The duo explores Fisher's tenure at the Department of Energy and the groundbreaking report that could reshape the discourse on greenhouse gases.
Travis Fisher, “Why I Helped Organize the Department of Energy’s Climate Report,” Cato at Liberty (August 6, 2025)
Travis Fisher and Joshua Loucks, “The Budgetary Cost of the Inflation Reduction Act’s Energy Subsidies,” Policy Analysis (March 11, 2025)
Patrick J. Michaels, “Cato Releases Report on EPA Endangerment Finding,” News Releases (October 31, 2012)
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Just before the Labor Day weekend, a federal appeals court struck down many of the Trump administration's tariffs. The decision is on hold until mid-October, giving the White House time to appeal to the Supreme Court. This morning, we'll parse which tariffs are affected and which aren't. Plus, a lack of trade deals is weighing on American farmers, and caps on federal student loan borrowing will go into effect next year.