In this episode, Niki, Natalia, and Neil discuss the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank.
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Here are some links and references mentioned during this week’s show:
· Fueled by social media panic, depositors ran to withdraw from Silicon Valley Bank this month. Neil drew on this institutional history of the bank at Medium. Niki recommended historian Margaret O’Mara’s book The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America, and Natalia referenced this POLITICO piece in which she is quoted. Natalia drew on this Derek Thompson Atlantic article and referenced this Wall Street Journal opinion piece.
In our regular closing feature, What’s Making History:
· Natalia recommended Chavie Lieber’s Wall Street Journal article, “How Young Women Fight Loneliness –Walking Together in the Park by the Hundreds.”
· Neil shared about Maria Clara Cabo’s New York Times article, “’Phantom’ Ends. For Musicians, So Does the Gig of a Lifetime.”
· Niki discussed Susan Salai’s Washington Times piece, “War on Government: ‘Sovereign Citizens’ Bring Surge of Violence.”
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Episode 226: The Lockdown Protests
Episode 225: Vote-by-Mail and USPS
Episode 224: Hydroxychloroquine
Episode 223: Tiger King
Episode 222: School Closings
Episode 221: Cabin Fever
Episode 220: Quarantines
Episode 219: Plastic Bag Bans
Episode 218: Fat Activism
Episode 217: COVID-19 and Protective Face Masks
Episode 216: A Proposal to "Make Federal Buildings Beautiful Again"
Episode 215: The 2020 Iowa Caucuses
Episode 214: Moderate Republicans
Episode 213: Little Women
Episode 212: Jeopardy!
Episode 211: The Australian Bushfires
Episode 210: U.S. Embassy Attack in Baghdad
Episode 209: The "OK" Sign, Black Israelites, and CIA Disguises
Episode 208: Cockfighting, Athletic Doping, and Didone
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