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The Commodity Of US National Debt

This week David McWilliams interview Brendan Greeley and they discussed an interesting viewpoint about how US Treasury bonds, aka national debt, has become decoupled from any risk assessment and can be used by America as a commodity natural resource. This has worked for decades because of the inherent trust of the market in US institutions, which is now being dismantled.

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Solving For Climate Interview with Emma Pinchbeck

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The Solving For Climate podcast recently interviewed Emma Pinchbeck, the Chief Executive of the UK’s Climate Change Committee. The excellent conversation talked about how, along with electrification of everything, that a few but very effective behaviour changes can allow climate targets to be met. Those changes being switching to a heat pump, buying an electric car when changing cars, and eating less meat.

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Blindboy & Corbyn

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Blindboy interview Jeremy Corbyn and it was great. A conversation full of hope of where politics and society can move, towards an inclusive system for everyone.

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Frank Questions About Climate Adaptation

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A recent episode of The Climate Alarm Clock podcast raises some excellent questions about why climate adaptation isn't currently being focussed on as much as climate mitigation, and why this is a bad idea.

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Where Are We Now With Climate Change?

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The excellent The Climate Alarm Clock podcast released a great summary episode describing what climate change is, what is being done and what is not being done, why it's important to work on climate action, and very importantly, why it's ok to feel a range of emotions about the situation. A great listen.

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How Bird shit Funded The 1916 Rising

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During another excellent episode of the Blindboy podcast with Manchán Magan, we learnt how the purchasing of the guns for the 1916 Rising was financed by Manchán's relative The O'Rahilly from the proceeds of selling bird shit. Listen to the end to be rewarded with this unique quirk of history.

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Map of Blindboy’s Walking Tour of Limerick City History

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There's an art in producing a consistent type of content, and then every so often doing something different that is unexpected but just as good. This week, Blindboy did an outside broadcast of his podcast as a walking tour of Limerick City history, and it is brilliant.

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Podcast of The Week: Blindboy & Lifting Stones

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A recent episode of The Blindboy Podcast featured an interview with David Keohan about the ancient tradition of lifting stones. The passion, energy, and historical focus of the episode makes it a beautiful listen.

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Podcast of The Week: Seth Godin with Tim Ferriss

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Long time readers of Found This Week will know I'm a big fan of both Tim Ferriss and Seth Godin, and as a result I was excited to listen to a recent interview with Seth Godin on The Tim Ferriss Show podcast. Seth has a unique ability to deliver wisdom wrapped up in empathy with a shot of motivation, and this interview did not disappoint.

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Podcast of The Week: Shortwave on Engineered Perennial Rice

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This fascinating Shortwave episode describes how American scientists working with Chinese farmers have successfully engineered a strand of perennial rice and harvested it over mutiple crop years. Rice usually has to be planted from seed each year, which is labour intensive and harmful to the health of farm land. This perennial rice regrows each year without having to replanted, while also rejuvenating the land.

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