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Native America Calling - Wednesday, July 23, 2025 – Language revitalization: apps, games, and classroom lessons help keep Native languages vital

Education advocates are launching a multi-year program to develop a game and to teach the Denaakk’e language in schools. That and another language teaching apps come at a time when almost all federal funding for language revitalization is eliminated. We’ll also talk with a man about his personal journey learning the Cherokee language, an undertaking that inspired him to learn more about his tribal language’s history and importance in maintaining culture.

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Joel Isaak (Dena’ina Athabascan), director of language and culture for the Kenaitze Indian Tribe

Mariah Pitka (Louden Tribe), executive director for the Doyon Foundation

Dr. Benjamin Frey (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians), assistant professor of Cherokee language and culture at the University of North Carolina–Asheville

Jamie Jacobs (Tonawanda Seneca), managing curator for the Rock Foundation collections at the Rochester Museum and Science Center

 

Break 1 Music: Siyo, Siyo (song) Paula Nelson (artist) C.H.A.N.T. Cherokee Hope And New Traditions (album)

Break 2 Music: Steamboat Akalii Song (song) Jay Begaye (artist) Horses Are Our Journey World (album)

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - BITCOIN SEASON 2: Bitcoin Isn’t Changing And That’s A Bad Thing

James O'Beirne discusses Bitcoin development challenges, the CTV soft fork controversy, and why protocol upgrades have stalled. He explains the community response to his developer letter and Bitcoin's ossification risks.


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Bitcoin developer James O’Beirne joins us to talk about the current state of Bitcoin development, the controversial CTV (OP_CheckTemplateVerify) soft fork proposal, and why he organized a letter signed by 66+ prominent Bitcoin developers requesting Bitcoin Core focus on protocol upgrades. We dive deep into Bitcoin's development culture, the post-SegWit era challenges, and the growing concern about Bitcoin's ossification.


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**Notes:**

• 66 developers signed CTV support letter

• 96% of Bitcoin value uses non-taproot outputs

• 19% of global hashrate supports CTV proposal

• 5+ years of CTV development and testing

• 5 Bitcoin bounty offered for CTV bugs found

• 16.5 years since Bitcoin's initial release


Timestamps:

00:00 Start

01:55 Jame's work

08:33 History of BTC development

12:37 Culture & the block size war

16:34 Code change process

24:29 The CTV letter origin

33:53 Reception of the letter

38:33 Why is there resistance?

40:53 Alternative proposal

48:20 Upgrade Hooks

50:36 Future outlooks for changes

54:49 Reasons for optimism



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Marketplace All-in-One - An AI summit meets in Washington

At an artificial intelligence summit in Washington today, we'll learn more about the Trump administration's plans for guardrails to keep a potentially dangerous technology in line. Other topics likely to be addressed include the federal government's use of AI, energy-hungry data centers, loosened export controls on AI chips, and what the administration perceives as anti-conservative bias in tech. Also: what to make of Trump's trade deal with Japan, and what to expect from Tesla's Q2 results.

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The Indicator from Planet Money - When Uncle Sam owned banks and factories

The quintessential American economic myth is that the free market picks winners and losers. But the federal government has long had a role in this equation, from the current administration all the way back to the Great Depression. Today on the show, we uncover the history of the country's national investment bank, which shaped the relationship between the government and the market in ways that are still felt today.

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Marketplace All-in-One - U.S. and Japan agree to “massive” trade deal

From the BBC World Service: President Donald Trump has announced a deal with the world's fourth-largest economy. After weeks of tense negotiations, the U.S. will cut its import tax on Japanese cars and parts from 25% to 15%. The U.S., in return, will get $550 billion of investment from Japan. Plus, two former bank traders in the U.K. who allegedly manipulated interest rates have had their convictions overturned, and locals in Spain's Andalusia region are celebrating Sherry with a special competition.

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Bye Bye, Damen Silos

The Damen Silos in McKinley Park on Chicago’s Southwest side serve as a visual reminder of the city’s history as an agrarian trading center. But the process to demolish the silos is now underway. Reset speaks with Kate Eakin, executive director of McKinley Park Development Council, and Chicago journalist Robert Loerzel about the role the silos played in early 20th-century Chicago and what lies ahead for the site and the surrounding neighborhood. For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.