This week the International Criminal Court sentenced two commanders of a civilian militia in the Central African Republic to a total of 27 years in prison. One of them, Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona, had formerly been the head of the country’s football federation. What was the conflict that engulfed CAR a decade ago, and what were the crimes that led to the ICC convictions?
Also in this episode, the impact that continuing aid cuts are having on women and girls in Somalia.
And we uncover the melodic contributions of Congo's queens of rumba music.
Presenter: Audrey Brown
Producers: Tom Kavanagh, Yvette Twagiramarya, Sunita Nahar and Tanya Hines in London
Technical Producer: Jonathan Greer
Senior Producer: Patricia Whitehorne
Editors: Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi
Israel says it will allow Jordan and the UAE to resume aid airdrops over the Gaza Strip. Meanwhile, Thailand evacuates 100,000 as clashes with Cambodia escalate. Also: sci-fi fans descend on San Diego for Comic-Con.
Plus: Profits in LG Electronics slip as the company weighs tariff impacts. And, a failed Microsoft security patch led to a new China-linked hack. Ariana Aspuru hosts.
Are the COMMENTARY podcasters afraid of me? Did Henry II eat a turkey leg? Why won't Trump solve the entitlement crisis? Why don't liberals love America for what it is? We take up these and other questions in a special letters-to-the-podcast episode. Give a listen.
Modern psychology has been at odds with the praxeology of the Austrian School, as psychologists have tended to see humans as passive and reactive, while Austrians view human action as purposeful. Recent developments in the field might change that narrative.
What miners need to know about tax changes in the Big Beautiful Bill, plus a 4.5 GW update on Project Stargate and last week’s record $4.39 billion inflows into BTC and ETH exchange-traded products.
Get the headlines that matter, right when they hit the wire: Join our Telegram group for market moving news on top Bitcoin equities like $MSTR, $MARA, $RIOT, $CLSK, and more: https://t.me/blockspacenews
Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Will, Colin, and Matt discuss Antalpha’s CEO becoming the chair of Cango, how the Big Beautiful Bill affects bitcoin miners, OpenAI and Oracle’s 4.5GW datacenter plans, last week’s record crypto ETF inflows of $4.39B, and Joe McCann's Solana treasury SPAC.
29:10 SoftBank and OpenAI’s $500 Billion AI Project
36:33 Joe Mcann’s fails after 80% drop
👉 Fractal Bitcoin, Is Bitcoin’s most active scaling solution already here?
Fractal’s rapid hashrate growth and transaction growth suggest it might be. A new report by Blockspace Media breaks down Fractal Bitcoin. Read the full report here.
👉 Luxor, Leaders In Bitcoin Mining and Compute Power!
Get game-changing mining results with Luxor Firmware. Boost hashrate, cut energy costs, protect your hardware, and maximize mining profits with LuxOS.
Pick from 6 different filtration brands from MERV 8 pleats to HEPA filters. Get your mine in top shape before the heat and dust of this summer comes! Contact sales@coloradoairfilter.com
Published twice weekly, "The Mining Pod" interviews the best builders and operators in the Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining landscape. Subscribe to get notifications when we publish interviews on Tuesday and a news show on Friday!
In an awkward visit to the Federal Reserve building, which is under construction, President Donald Trump continued to push for lower interest rates. But even if Trump had a compliant Fed, he wouldn’t necessarily get the lower borrowing costs he wants, because the central bank doesn’t directly control the rates the president is concerned about. We'll learn more. Also, we'll provide an explainer on what tariffs on products versus countries mean for the economy.
In Syria the damage is done, and future generations will continue to suffer from the cruel folly of those convinced they know how to run everyone else’s lives.
