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In RealityThe Saboteurs Within: University of Michigan's Barbara McQuadeFor decades, America’s foreign adversaries have used disinformation to undermine American democracy, to sow division and create confusion about what is even true. But who needs foreign adversaries when so many Americans, for whatever reason, have embraced the same tactics and same apparent goal? Today’s guest, Barbara McQuade, is a professor at University of Michigan Law School who previously served as vice chair of the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee and co-chaired its Terrorism and National Security Subcommittee. In her new book, Attack from Within: How Disinformation is Sabotaging America, she makes it clear that then s...
2024-03-2647 min
Commodities FocusEl Niño spells dire straits for shippers at the Panama CanalDraft reduction at the Neopanamax locks and limitations on daily transits at the Panamax lock system have resulted in longer wait times to transit the Panama Canal. Shipowners have been raising freight costs to seek reimbursement for higher transit and demurrage fees; lightering ships by offloading cargo before crossing; or rerouting ships via alternative but longer routes. S&P Global Commodity Insights' Barbara Troner, Americas freight senior managing editor, discusses these impacts with Americas tankers reporter Catherine Rogers, containers reporter Laura Robb, and dry bulk reporter Nikolaos Aidinis Antonopoulos. The group discusses how shipping markets have been i...
2023-09-0719 min
Just Martin - my life in soulful house music.Soul Essence - Show 260 - 18th January 2023Lexa Hill, The Young Punx - Kiss of Life (Extended Mix)
Solu Music feat. KimBlee, Eric Kupper - Fade (Eric Kupper remix)
Pat Bedeau - Always
Cafe 432, Hannah Khemoh - Buttercup (Extended Dibby Vocal Mix)
Smooth Soul , Platts - All in the Moment (Smooth Old School Mix)
Adeva - I Thank You (Love To Infinity Remix)
Tasha LaRae, DJ Spen, Michele Chiavarini - This Masquerade (DJ Spen & Michele Chiavarini Remix)
Thando1988, Chantay Savage, Seamus Haji - Never Stop (Seamus Haji Extended Remix)
Million Dolla Man - Love You (For The Rest Of My Life) (Original Mix)
Phase II, Stefano Gamma...
2023-01-181h 50
Planted with Sara Payan on Radio MisfitsPlanted – Barbara PlattsSara sits down with Barbara Platts, Editor in Chief of Sweet Jane Magazine to discuss women in cannabis, running a magazine during a pandemic and the importance of cannabis education. [EP63]
Twitter: @BarbaraPlatts @SweetJaneMag
2022-11-151h 12
Smoke To SmokeI'm In Love with Sweet Jane, She's My Main Thing: An Interview with Barbara Platts, Editor in Chief of Sweet Jane Magazine [Episode 22]Welcome back! It's Wednesday again. This week, you can tune in with Cadabra as she explores women's impact in cannabis journalism with special guest Barbara Platts of Sweet Jane Magazine. This was a very insightful conversation I got to have that gave me a look into what it's like as a woman that publicly proclaims love for the herb!
in the company's own words, Sweet Jane Magazine is the briefing on all things cannabis for women and mothers. Sweet Jane is founded and run by female journalists who believe cannabis education is the road to legalization. They...
2022-08-1745 min
LitCit: Antioch's Literary Citizen PodcastWriter Chris Feliciano ArnoldHost Barbara Platts chats with Chris Feliciano Arnold about his book The Third Bank of the River. Arnold talks about his travel and research for the book, as well as teaching and the writing life. This episode was produced and mastered by Kenzy El-Mohandes.
2022-01-281h 00Commodities FocusRed-hot container markets adopt unorthodox measuresContainer shipping markets have been tagged as red hot because base box rates have more than quintupled since the market began its steep hike north in May 2020 amid the pandemic's operational and logistical constraints. But because exorbitantly high base rates are no longer the ticket to getting a box on a ship or a guarantee of timely delivery, the market has been shaped by measures such as carriers' premium services and surcharges that can more than double base rates. S&P Global Platts Americas shipping senior managing editor Barbara Troner talks to Platts global container...
2021-08-1019 min
LitCit: Antioch's Literary Citizen PodcastWriter Wendy C. OrtizHost Lisa Locascio chats with writer and psychotherapist Wendy C. Ortiz about her books Excavation: A Memoir and Hollywood Notebook, as well as some of her personal essays, her experiences as an alumni of the Antioch MFA program, the practice of writing, writing about the self, her relationship with the City of Los Angeles, and how astrology weaves into her writing. This episode was produced and mastered by Barbara Platts with graphic design by Lisa Croce.
2021-06-2556 min
LitCit: Antioch's Literary Citizen PodcastWriter Francesca Lia BlockHost Lisa Locascio chats with writer Francesca Lia Block about her latest novel House of Hearts, her long, successful career in writing, going back to school to get her MFA, what she loves about teaching creative writing, the long afterlife of books, and themes in her writing like climate change, self-harm, eating disorders, and delicious food. This episode was produced and mastered by Barbara Platts with graphic design by Lisa Croce.
2021-05-2154 minCommodities FocusAre deepening shifts in Atlantic Basin clean tanker trade lanes the new normal?Are recent shifts in Atlantic Basin products arbitrages an unusual pandemic feature or the new normal for clean tanker trade? And are the 38kt US Gulf Coast-to-Brazil and 37,000 mt UK Continent-West Africa freight runs the new pacesetters of the Americas and European freight markets? S&P Global Platts Americas managing editor Barbara Troner examines the southward shift in Atlantic Basin clean tanker trade flows to Latin America- and West Africa-bound voyages with Platts experts Marieke Alsguth in Houston and Chris To in London. For free access to information on the dynamics and assessment...
2021-04-2819 minCommodities FocusFrom boom to superboom: Are Suez Canal misfortunes to blame for impending port delays?Is the recent six-day Suez Canal blockage causing a spike in container box freight? And are the canal's misfortunes the only culprit for impending port delays, or the tip of the iceberg? It may be all too easy to blame the Ever Given incident for the latest logistical issues, rate hikes and arbitrage impacts on agricultural, metals and petrochemical commodity markets. S&P Global Platts Americas shipping managing editor Barbara Troner examines the container market with Platts experts Greg Holt in Houston and George Griffiths in London.
2021-04-2319 min
LitCit: Antioch's Literary Citizen PodcastEntrepreneur Lise QuintanaHost Barbara Platts chats with writer, publisher, and software developer Lise Quintana about her eclectic range of experience in the publishing world, working as the editor-in-chief of Lunch Ticket, Antioch MFA's literary journal, launching Zoetic Press and its award-winning journal NonBinary Review, and inventing the e-reader software Lithomobilus. This episode was produced and mastered by Barbara Platts. Graphic design by Lisa Croce.
2021-02-2637 minCommodities FocusSouthwest Power Pool expects wind to lead 2020 fuel stack, storage to be a game changerSouthwest Power Pool expects wind generation to return to the top of the fuel stack and become the No. 1 fuel source for 2020, while keeping an eye on the evolution of energy storage and continuing its expansion of the Western Energy Imbalance System market. Barbara Sugg discusses her first six months as SPP president & CEO, which started with the challenges of the global coronavirus pandemic, with Kassia Micek, an editor covering North American power markets for S&P Global Platts.
2020-10-1232 minCommodities FocusPandemic oil markets have products tankers buzzingPandemic oil demand destruction has converted clean products tankers into offshore storage containers as onshore storage is approaching tank top. Forced floating storage as a result of discharge problems has the products tanker markets buzzing arguably at a faster pace at present than their larger sisters on the crude side. Barbara Troner, Marieke Alsguth and Chris To of the S&P Global Platts shipping team put their heads together with Platts' Beth Brown to explore the dynamics of current products forward pricing structures and floating storage opportunities.
2020-04-2418 minCommodities Focus'Cheap oil' takes VLCC freight for a bull ride on floating storage playThe tsunami of IMO 2020 turned into a tidal wave of cheap oil as producers flood the crude oil market and refiners cut runs amid the COVID-19 demand destruction. In the meantime crude is heading toward containment in tankers floating offshore. Catherine Wood and Barbara Troner of the S&P Global Platts shipping team put their heads together with Platts crude editor Kristian Tialios to explore the dynamics of current floating storage plays.
2020-04-0312 min
MultistorySandwell Stories: Women’s Honour AwardIn Summer 2018, Multistory and the artist Sarah Taylor Silverwood invited people from the six towns of Sandwell to nominate women who deserve to be honoured and celebrated. In the same year it was the centenary of (some) women being given the right to vote in the UK and the powerful movements taking place such as ‘Me too’ and ‘Time’s Up’, and this project, recognise and value the work that women do — equality is not a given but something we have to fight for.
We were lucky enough to spend time with many of the inspiring women who are part of the proje...
2020-04-0115 minCommodities FocusGeopolitics, coronavirus foul IMO 2020 tanker owner freight negotiationsA little over a month into the IMO 2020 switch from 3.5% to 0.5% sulfur bunker fuels, the lifting of US sanctions on COSCO-owned tankers and dented crude oil and jet fuel demand due to the coronavirus outbreak had tanker freight take a u-turn and re-open arbitrage flows from the US Gulf Coast. Marieke Alsguth, Barbara Troner and Catherine Wood of the S&P Global Platts shipping team talk about how the first 40 days of IMO 2020 have shaped up for the Americas loading tanker markets.
2020-02-1212 min