It started with a picture posted on the internet, and ended in an extravagant cryptocurrency bidding war. NFTs, or “nonfungible tokens,” have recently taken the art world by storm. Sabrina Tavernise, a national correspondent for The Times, speaks with the Times columnist Kevin Roose about digital currency’s newest frontier, his unexpected role in it and why ... Show More
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Israel, AIPAC and Difficult Questions for Democrats
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a pro-Israel lobbying group known as AIPAC, has spent a record amount of money in this year’s midterm elections to either oust or support candidates based on their support of Israel. Jonathan Mahler, a writer for The New York Times Ma ... Show More
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The Iranians Who Want More War
Fractures in Tehran are pitting a faction favoring negotiation with Washington against hard-liners who oppose making a deal with the United States. Guest: Abdi Latif Dahir, a Middle East correspondent for The New York Times, covering Lebanon and Syria. Farnaz Fassihi, the United ... Show More
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Mar 2021
The multimillion dollar NFT crypto market explained
Between Grimes, Kings of Leon and even NBA Top Shot, all of a sudden it seems like NFTs are everywhere. But what are non-fungible tokens, really? And why are they blowing up right now? CBC Business reporter Pete Evans explains. Find the links we talk about in this episode here: c ... Show More
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May 2021
What are NFTs and are they really the next big thing?
In 2005 a photo of four-year-old Zoë Roth standing in front of a burning house went viral on the internet. It became a meme known as “disaster girl”. In April 2021, the image sold for $473,000 as an NFT, or non-fungible token - that’s sort of a digital record of ownership.And the ... Show More
23m 58s
Sep 2022
FT Weekend: How NFTs shook up the art world
<p>NFTs were a big sensation, but the market for them has crashed. This week, we invited a crypto-sceptic, FT columnist Jemima Kelly, to answer all the questions you were afraid to ask<strong>.</strong> What are NFTs exactly? What happened with them? And have they changed the way ... Show More
18m 45s
Jul 2022
The NFT market: the emperor's new clothes?
As cryptocurrency values crash around the world, the NFT market is following suit and crashing as well. The two are tightly connected as NFTs are bought with cryptocurrency. The NFT market has skyrocketed since 2021, when $69m USD was paid for an NFT by hitherto-unknown artist, B ... Show More
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