UpFront

The spectacular collapse of FTX; Plus the implications of a nationwide rail strike

A Union Pacific locomotive is pulling a train of containers southbound along the LA River basin. | Image by Downtowngal is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0

On today’s show:

0:08Stacy-Marie Ishmael (@s_m_i), managing editor for crypto at Bloomberg News discusses the spectacular collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX.

0:33 – One of the nation’s largest rail unions narrowly voted down a contract brokered by the White House, stoking fears of an economically devastating strike in the run-up to Christmas. We discuss the implications with Justin Roczniak (@who_shot_jgr), co-host of the podcast Well There’s Your Problem, a podcast about engineering disasters and systemic failures, which happens to spend a lot of time on how capitalism screws up railroads.

Playlist

Artist Song Album Label
Kraak & SmaakSqueeze MePlastic People[PIAS] Benelux Digital
EIGHTY BuggWe Three Kings (Josh One)We Three Kings (Josh One)DISTROKID
Karega BaileyNo Indictment (feat. King Keon)No Indictment (feat. King Keon)SOL DVLPMNT
Fort Knox Five,AsheruInsightRadio Free DCORCHARD - Fort Knox Recordings
RelajaciónMejora La MemoriaRelajación Al Instante Con Melodía De Jazz SaxofónBELIEVE - UMD Recordings Group
Average White BandStop the RainStop the RainWMG - Atlantic Records