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When The Sun Erupts

We are at the height of the Sun's activity in its eleven year cycle, known to astronomers as the solar maximum. This means that over the next several months there's going to be a lot of solar activity. It's got us thinking back to 1859. That's when astronomer Richard Carrington was studying the Sun when he witnessed the most intense geomagnetic storm recorded in history. The storm, triggered by a giant solar flare, sent brilliant auroral displays across the globe causing electrical sparking and fires in telegraph stations. This encore episode, Regina talks to solar physicist Dr. Samaiyah Farid about what's now known as the Carrington event and about what may happen the next time a massive solar storm hits Earth.

Want to hear us cover other parts of the solar system? Email the show at shortwave@npr.org to let us know!

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Short Wave

en-usFebruary 21, 2024

Why markets had a stellar November

Washington is aiming to halve Russia’s oil and gas revenues by the end of this decade, and markets turned things round and had a great November. Plus, the FT’s Nicholas Megaw explains how investors use AI to decode what executives say on earnings calls.

Mentioned in this podcast:

US aims to halve Russia’s energy revenues by 2030, says official

Investors use AI to glean signals behind executives’ soothing words

Markets in 2024: Investors bet on déjà vu all over again

The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help by Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Monica Lopez. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music.

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com

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enDecember 01, 2023

TPP458: The best of 2021!

The top five(ish) episodes of 2021!

As we’re well and truly settling into the festive period, we didn’t want to dive into anything too heavy...

So, we thought we’d give Rob & Rob the difficult challenge of picking their top five episodes of the year!

With 2021 being the BEST year of the podcast yet and so many important topics covered, it’s no wonder they struggled to narrow it down.

But if you find yourself with some spare time and you want to get prepped for 2022, you can work your way through Rob & Robs top five(ish) episode below:

Let’s get social

We’d love to hear what you think of this week’s Property Podcast over on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. You might even have a topic you’d like us to cover in the future - if so, pop us a message on social and we’ll see what we can do.

Make sure you’ve liked and subscribed to our YouTube channel where we upload new content every week!

If that wasn’t enough, you can also join our friendly property community on the Property Hub forum.

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enDecember 23, 2021

TPP411: The best places to invest in 2021

Where are the best places to invest in 2021?

It’s one of our favourite podcast episodes of the year... where should you invest in property 2021?

We do it every year - and this year is no different. Rob & Rob are sharing their best places to invest in property in 2021 and there’s even a few surprises thrown in there.

Here’s what to expect on this week’s property podcast episode

We’re doing things a tad differently this year.

We usually unveil the top five cities we believe investors should be investing in. But this year, we’re giving you what we think are four safe bets and four outside picks, just to keep things interesting.

So here they are:

Safe bets:

Nottingham
Liverpool
Leeds
Greater Manchester

Outside picks:

Home counties
Sheffield
Belfast
Derby

We recommend particular areas through thorough research and due diligence. And while we’ll be focusing our own investment efforts here and sourcing deals for our Property Hub Invest clients in these locations, that doesn’t mean they’re the right places for you.

We recommend that you do your own research before committing to any investment.

So, there you have it. Make sure you tune into the podcast to find out why Rob & Rob have chosen these locations to invest in this year.

In the news

This week’s news story comes from Rightmove saying, ‘housing market sees busiest ever start to a year’.

Even despite the stamp duty holiday, this is still very impressive with Rightmove recording a 30% increase in just website visits compared to last year.

Not to mention people contacting estate agents about a property to buy is also 11% higher than at the start of 2020, and those enquiring about a property to rent is up by 22%.

Certainly a very encouraging sign for the housing market at the beginning of a year.

Hub Extra

If today’s podcast episode on where to invest in 2021 wasn’t enough for you then you’re in luck.

We’ve also got a YouTube video sharing our 2021 hotspots and The Robs have covered them in a slightly different way - and there’s plenty of people getting involved in the comments.

So make sure you go give that a watch as well.

Let’s get social

Make sure you’ve liked and subscribed to our YouTube channel where we upload new content every week!

If that wasn’t enough, you can also join our friendly property community on the Property Hub forum.

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enJanuary 28, 2021

How Traders Used Google Searches To See The Economic Recovery In Real Time

The use of so-called "alternative data" has been gathering attention for some time. Investors have been looking at things like credit cards or satellite photos of Walmart parking lots for insights into businesses before earnings or official government numbers come out. But during this crisis, alternative data has really come into its own. The speed of the crash and recovery happened so fast, it was clear that traditional numbers weren’t timely enough to get a read on what was going on. On this week's episode, we speak with Ben Breitholtz of Arbor Data Science, who explains how he's been able to monitor thousands of different categories of Google Search queries to know instantly when the recovery started to happen and what sectors of the economy were leading the way.

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enSeptember 17, 2020

The Sam Harris Debate

There’s a lot of backstory to this podcast, most of which is covered in this piece. The short version is that Sam Harris, the host of the Waking Up podcast, and I have been going back and forth over an interview Harris did with The Bell Curve author Charles Murray about a year ago. In that interview, the two argued that African-Americans are, for a combination of genetic and environmental reasons, intrinsically and immutably less intelligent than white Americans, and Murray argued that the implications of this “forbidden knowledge” should shape social policy. In response, Vox published a piece by three respected academic specialists on genes and IQ who argued Murray and Harris got both the science and its implications very wrong. Harris felt slandered by the piece we published and publicly demanded I debate him. After failing to get Harris to debate the authors of the Vox piece instead, I agreed. Over email, he then revoked his invitation to debate me. Harris’s defenders published a few pieces, our authors published a second piece, and everyone moved on. That’s where things sat for months. Then, a few weeks ago, Harris reopened the discussion with me on Twitter, I published a piece on the subject in response, and he published all the private emails we’d sent each other along the way. As you’ll hear him say, that backfired, so he decided, at last, to debate me. Whew. So here we are. For all that, I think this discussion — which is also being released on Harris’ podcast — is worth listening to. Harris’s view is that the criticism he and Murray have received is a moral panic driven by identity politics and political correctness. My view is that these IQ tests are inseparable from both the past and present of racism in America, and to conduct this conversation without voices who are expert on that subject and who hail from the affected communities is to miss the point from the outset. So that’s where we begin. Where we go, I think, is worthwhile: these hypotheses about biological racial difference are now, and have alway been, used to advance clear political agendas — in Murray’s case, an end to programs meant to redress racial inequality, and in Harris’s case, a counterstrike against identitarian concerns he sees as a threat to his own career. Yes, identity politics are at play in this conversation, but that includes white identity politics. To Harris, and you’ll hear this explicitly, identity politics is something others do. To me, it’s something we all do, and that he and many others simply refuse to admit they’re doing. This is one of the advantages of being the majority group: your concerns get coded as concerns, it’s everyone else who is playing identity politics. Even if you’re not interested in the specifics of our debate, I think this discussion goes to some important questions in American life — questions that drive our culture and politics today. I hope you enjoy it. A few links mentioned in the discussion: My piece on this whole debate, which links all the relevant articles. Harris and Murray's original podcast Vox's original response piece The Haier piece Harris wanted us to publish defending him Our authors' response to various criticisms The emails between me and Harris Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

enApril 09, 2018

Which pension policies will get your vote?

Airlines return to the skies - but they're flying in the face of the law when it comes to compensating passengers. Which pension policies will get your election vote? And is the feeling mutual? We ask whether savers with mutual societies should protest about executive pay.

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Money Clinic with Claer Barrett

enApril 21, 2010

Motley Fool Money: 12.04.2009

What do better-than-expected employment numbers mean for investors? Does Bernanke deserve another term? Will Comcast win the battle for the living room? In this installment of Motley Fool Money, we tackle those questions, share three stocks on our radar, and discuss the future of the Tiger Woods brand. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

enDecember 04, 2009