Tuesday's podcasts stories
Crypto's climate conflict
Bitcoin is not environmentally friendly, due to the heavy energy demands of its mining and transaction activities.
Axios Re:Cap digs into this conflict between climate and cryptocurrencies with Axios energy reporter Ben Gemen and crypto investor Anthony Pompliano, to better understand the problem and what might be done to resolve it.
A new reality for Olympic sponsors
Companies spend hundreds of millions of dollars to be sponsors at the Olympic games — an investment that can mean big returns. But this year, the pandemic has put sponsors in a very tight spot.
- Plus, GOP leaders fight for a say in blue cities.
- And, the Delta variant in the U.S., by the numbers.
Guests: Axios' Hope King, Danielle Chemtob, and Sam Baker.
Credits: Axios Today is produced in partnership with Pushkin Industries. The team includes Niala Boodhoo, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Dan Bobkoff, Alexandra Botti, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Sabeena Singhani, Amy Pedulla, Naomi Shavin, and Alex Sugiura. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at [email protected]. You can text questions, comments and story ideas to Niala as a text or voice memo to 202-918-4893.
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What comes next for DACA and Dreamers
A federal judge in Texas last week blocked DACA, the Obama-era program that provides legal protections to undocumented immigrants who arrived in the U.S. as children. The ruling puts more than 600,000 Dreamers in a new state of legal limbo, and stops new applicants from being approved.
Axios Re:Cap talks with Axios politics reporter Stef Kight about what comes next, both in the courts and in Congress.
Simultaneous disasters in Europe
The flood waters in Germany and Belgium have started receding with more than 180 people dead. It’s the worst flooding the region has seen in decades and comes on top of a worsening COVID outbreak throughout Europe.
- Plus, why car prices are driving inflation.
- And, retailers turn to facial recognition technology.
Guests: Axios' Dave Lawler, Kim Hart and Felix Salmon.
Credits: Axios Today is produced in partnership with Pushkin Industries. The team includes Niala Boodhoo, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Dan Bobkoff, Alexandra Botti, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Sabeena Singhani, Amy Pedulla, Naomi Shavin, and Alex Sugiura. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at [email protected]. You can text questions, comments and story ideas to Niala as a text or voice memo to 202-918-4893.
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