Coming up on today’s show:
Bitcoin reached another all-time high on Friday. The cryptocurrency has risen more than 1,700 percent since the start of the year, raising concerns about a bubble. Izabella Kaminska, editor of the Alphaville blog at The Financial Times, discusses how Bitcoin works, what accounts for the price rise, and what the future of the currency is.
The NFL has been slow to adopt new guidelines to prevent and help identify concussions, but the NFL’s neighbor to the north, the Canadian Football League, is taking a different approach. Dave Zirin, sports editor for The Nation magazine and host of “The Edge of Sports” podcast, analyzes what the CFL is doing.
As sea level rise and more powerful storms begin to affect a growing number of areas along U.S. coasts, how can coastal communities plan and prepare for what lies ahead? Nicholas Kusnetz, a reporter with Inside Climate News, explains.
This episode is hosted by Todd Zwillich
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