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An Interview with Matt Gertken - On China, the US, & Investor

The Allan Small Financial Show - June 12, 2024 23:44 - 22 minutes
People worry about the impact of China invading Taiwan. What could this mean for the global supply of computer chips and what does this mean for the markets? Hear what our special guest Matt Gertken (Chief Strategist / Geopolitical Strategy / BCA Research) thinks. Do you have a question about ...

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Top 3 This Week: US Inflation Fed decision / Good news is good news / Are investors too confident?

The Allan Small Financial Show - June 12, 2024 23:40 - 12 minutes
Top 3 Things to Consider Over the Next 10 Business Days Do you have a question about investing? Feel free to call me at 416-332-3863 or email me at [email protected]

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The Allan Small Financial Show - June 12, 2024

The Allan Small Financial Show - June 12, 2024 23:38 - 1 hour
Listen to the full show as I discussed the latest stock market action, provided my insight on the markets and the overall economy. Do you have a question about investing? Feel free to call me at 416-332-3863 or email me at [email protected]

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National Academies Push for New Definition of Long COVID

KQED's Forum - June 12, 2024 18:51 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 595 ratings
The National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine on Tuesday called on the medical community to adopt a new, universal definition of Long COVID to help patients access better medical care and benefits and minimize skepticism and social stigma around the condition. The National Academies...

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‘Father Time’ Explores How Parenthood Alters Men’s Brains and Bodies

KQED's Forum - June 12, 2024 18:41 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 595 ratings
In her new book, “Father Time: A Natural History of Men and Babies,” primatologist Sarah Blaffer Hrdy rebuffs the idea that men don’t develop a dad instinct the way mothers do. For centuries, it was just assumed that men were not inclined to be good at caregiving and Hrdy says academic researcher...

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Sotheby's Talks – William Blake: Artist, Poet and Visionary, with Andrew Graham-Dixon and John Higgs

Intelligence Squared - June 11, 2024 23:10 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 690 ratings
With a rare first edition of William Blake’s Songs of Innocence and of Experience about to go under the hammer, in this episode a panel of experts have come together for a conversation about the poet, artist and visionary. Chair and cultural critic Shahidha Bari is joined by art historian Andrew ...

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A Fiery but Mostly Peaceful Podcast w/Adam Patrick and Coop

Year Zero - June 11, 2024 21:35 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Adam Patrick and Coop join to discuss their differing worldviews and epistemology though they hold similar politics.

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R.O. Kwon Mines Complexity of Desire, Both Romantic and Creative, in ‘Exhibit’

KQED's Forum - June 11, 2024 19:09 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 595 ratings
In her new novel “Exhibit” R.O. Kwon introduces us to Jin Han, a photographer in San Francisco who’s unsure if her transgressive infatuation for a ballet dancer activated a family curse, conjuring a ghost from her family’s past in Korea. Through Jin, Kwon explores the nature of desire — and why s...

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Generative AI is Coming to California’s Public Sector. What Now?

KQED's Forum - June 11, 2024 18:06 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 595 ratings
In a recent executive order, Governor Gavin Newsom, directed state agencies to explore the possibilities for generative AI tools with the goal of implementing them as soon as this summer. Using generative AI in government agencies could help reduce traffic jams, make roads safer and provide tax g...

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The Sunday Money Show - Interest Rate Cut & Nvidia

The Allan Small Financial Show - June 11, 2024 15:44 - 43 minutes
Listen to my Sunday Money Show podcast (June 9, 2024) as I discussed what the Bank of Canada rate cut means for investments, the 10-1 Nvidia stock split, U.S. & Canadian job reports and more. Do you have a question about investing? Feel free to call me at 416-332-3863 or email me at allan@alla...

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The FTC's Renewed Fight Against Corporate Power (with Elizabeth Wilkins)

Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer - June 11, 2024 07:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings
After decades of slow and cautious movement, the Federal Trade Commission has suddenly kicked into overdrive. You’ve likely seen headlines about the FTC challenging corporate mergers and monopolies, loosening Big Tech’s chokehold on our digital lives, and fighting power imbalances that favor big ...

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Supreme Court Set to Decide Landmark Cases Amid Ethics Controversies

KQED's Forum - June 10, 2024 21:36 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 595 ratings
With its term drawing to a close, the U.S. Supreme Court is getting ready to rule on major issues like abortion access, gun regulations, and whether former president Trump has immunity from civil litigation. Meanwhile, Justice Samuel Alito is still facing questions – and calls for recusal– over p...

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Robin Sloan’s Novel ‘Moonbound’ Expands Time, Space, and Technology

KQED's Forum - June 10, 2024 21:34 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 595 ratings
“The year is 13777. There are dragons on the moon.” That’s how Robin Sloan, author of the best-seller “Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Book Store” describes his new novel, “Moonbound.” It’s the first in an ambitious and adventurous trilogy that’s set far in the future, after AI and biotech have transforme...

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The New Colonialism of Big Tech, with Nick Couldry and Ulises A. Mejias

Intelligence Squared - June 10, 2024 16:20 - 50 minutes ★★★★ - 690 ratings
Who owns and profits from our data, both big and small, has become one of the defining issues of the post-internet age. In their new book, Data Grab, critical media theorist Ulises A. Mejias and sociologist of media and culture Nick Couldry argue that big tech companies are taking away private ci...

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The Story of the Challenger Space Shuttle Disaster, with Adam Higginbotham

Intelligence Squared - June 09, 2024 21:20 - 44 minutes ★★★★ - 690 ratings
The voyage of the space shuttle Challenger on the morning of January 28th, 1986, lasted just minutes before it broke up mid-flight. The tragic outcome for its lost crew has cast a shadow over space travel for decades since. But how did that disaster unfold? And what is its legacy for space explor...

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The Tea Party is Dead (Again). What Will its Legacy Be?

KQED's Forum - June 07, 2024 19:23 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 595 ratings
Before there was a MAGA republicanism, there was the Tea Party. Founded in 2009, the movement organized around fiscal conservatism and opposition to the Affordable Care Act and government bailouts of the banking industry. But the Tea Party’s influence has waned. Only half of congressional Republi...

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SF Opera’s ‘Innocence’ Reckons with the Long Reach and Lingering Effects of Gun Violence

KQED's Forum - June 07, 2024 19:19 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 595 ratings
The highly-anticipated opera “Innocence” has made its American premiere in San Francisco. At the heart of the story is a mass shooting at an international school, and the grief and trauma of the event that lingers a decade later. We’ll talk about the San Francisco Opera production and discuss a n...

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EPIC - The Irish Emigration Museum - A Digital Experience

Ibec Podcasts - June 07, 2024 10:00 - 18 minutes
Sharon Higgins, Executive Director for Membership and Sectors, Ibec, is joined Aileesh Carew, CEO of EPIC – the Irish Emigration Museum, to explore the museum and visitor attraction sector’s role in Ireland’s Experience Economy, its economic contribution, and examine how  Government can support ...

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Archive – How I Found My Voice: Michael Palin

Intelligence Squared - June 06, 2024 23:10 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 690 ratings
This is an archive episode from 2019 from the second series of How I Found My Voice, a podcast from Intelligence Squared. Presented by the BBC journalist Samira Ahmed, the podcast explores how some of the world's greatest artists and thinkers became such compelling – and unique – communicators. I...

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Episode 246- A Fun Talk From Inside the Beltway with Justin Higgins

Richard Helppie's Common Bridge - June 06, 2024 20:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 439 ratings
Embark on an enlightening exploration of American politics with me, Rich Helppie, as I welcome Justin Higgins, the insightful host of Politics and Media 101, to dissect the complexities and undercurrents shaping our nation's political discourse. Together, we dissect the overshadowed, yet consequ...

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How to Raise Sons in ‘the Age of Impossible Masculinity’

KQED's Forum - June 06, 2024 18:54 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 595 ratings
Ruth Whippman is a feminist writer. She’s also the mother of three sons. Her new book, “Boymom,” reflects on the difficulties facing parents tasked with raising good men in an age where people on the right weaponize male concerns and people on the left dismiss them. She asks: What does it mean to...

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The Good, Bad and Annoying as Autonomous Vehicle Services Expand

KQED's Forum - June 06, 2024 18:45 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 595 ratings
It’s been almost a year since robotaxi companies Waymo and Cruise expanded their operations to offer fully driverless ride services in San Francisco. Testing human-free vehicles in urban environments has proven challenging, with incidents ranging from gaffs like a driverless car stumped by parade...

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How a cold snap almost caused an national energy crisis

When the Facts Change - June 06, 2024 17:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Bernard Hickey goes deep into the mechanics of the electricity distribution system to find out what really happened during a cold snap in May that almost caused a national energy crisis. He talks to Electric Kiwi CEO Luke Blincoe about how to solve the dry winter and cold snap problem without spe...

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284. Marcus Carter. Independent Veteran for Congress in Florida’s 9th. Trump is Guilty. Menendez Says He’s Independent—But He’s Not. Neither is Manchin. Zelensky and Biden at Normandy. D-Day 80 Years Later. Poop Balloons, Sesame Street and Pride 2024.

Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff - June 06, 2024 07:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 559 ratings
Summer is here. And it’s getting hot. In America, around the world, and in our politics. And we’re not afraid of some heat. From the Trump verdict to Menendez and Manchin claiming independence to poop balloons. Yes, poop balloons. It’s already a wild summer.  And it’s also a summer of independent...

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The Volatile Future of US Politics, with Robert Kagan

Intelligence Squared - June 05, 2024 19:10 - 57 minutes ★★★★ - 690 ratings
There's rarely a week in which Donald Trump doesn't make the headlines but the last few have been particularly potent with the former US president having been served justice in a US courtroom. One voice who has been vocal in lamenting the transformation of the Republican Party into a vehicle for ...

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How Jazz Shaped the Civil Rights Movement

KQED's Forum - June 05, 2024 19:03 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 595 ratings
In a speech written for the 1964 Berlin Jazz Festival, Martin Luther King, Jr. said, “much of the power of our Freedom Movement in the United States has come from this music.” King considered jazz music “triumphant” — and this belief is rooted in the widespread popularity of three men: Louis Arms...

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US Politics State of Play with Clifford Young

No Nonsense with Pamela Wallin - June 05, 2024 19:00 - 36 minutes
 The battle lines are long drawn in the U S. election campaign. Can anything change hearts and minds? Clifford Young on how he thinks it will play out.

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What Billionaire Miriam Adelson’s Campaign Spending Could Mean for U.S. Policy in Israel

KQED's Forum - June 05, 2024 18:59 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 595 ratings
To date, Miriam Adelson has donated over $200 million to various political campaigns. “She is effectively a queen,” reporter Elizabeth Weil writes in her New York Magazine article about the widow of casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, the richest Israeli and eighth richest woman in the world. As Trum...

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Talent Intelligence

Ibec Podcasts - June 05, 2024 10:00 - 30 minutes
Talent Intelligence is the tool that is empowering HR and Business leaders to make more informed strategic decisions on their workforce planning and talent management.  Irelands economy has performed remarkably well, despite the challenges we have faced over the last few years. This has positiv...

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Trump, Dave Smith, LP, and Elites w/Jason Mironchuk

Year Zero - June 04, 2024 19:16 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Jason from 2Bit joined me to have a meandering conversation about current events and philosophies that perpetrate the memetic tendencies of our nation.

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