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September 22, 2025 SpaceX: The Crazy Plan for 1,000 Starships | Newsthink
SpaceX: The Crazy Plan for 1,000 Starships
Go to https://Stamps.com to get a special offer that includes a 4-week trial, free postage, and a digital scale. Click on the microphone at the top of the homepage and type in promo code: NEWSTHINK
Newsthink is produced and presented by Cindy Pom
https://twitter.com/cindypom
Grab your Newsthink merch here: https://newsthink.creator-spring.com
Thank you to our Patrons, including Ronil Patel, Chesky Neceski, Austin Grant, Darren Tyrell-Knights, Tom Eng, Tim Desir, Ryan Bresser, Justin Anderson, Neo Ge, Steven Bartlett, Will Lathrop
Support Cindy on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Newsthink
Sources:
Newsthink animations are not to be used without explicit permission
0:08 Photo and subsequent photos courtesy of Cosmic Perspective https://cosmicperspective.com/
0:46 @SpacePadreIsle https://twitter.com/SpacePadreIsle
2:29 XPRIZE Foundation full interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN88HPUm6j0&t=1309s
3:01 The smallstars team https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCclj1b5yzghQg1edA9TLhBg
3:31 Oil rig image by Tony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
4:43 Axel Springer award full interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF2HXId2Xhg&t=740s
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September 21, 2025 How the Richest Men in Tech Got Their Start at PayPal | Newsthink
How the Richest Men in Tech Got Their Start at PayPal
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September 21, 2025 How the Modern Computer Was Invented...By Accident | Newsthink
How the Modern Computer Was Invented...By Accident
A chance meeting between John von Neumann and Herman Goldstine led to the modern computer. Try https://brilliant.org/Newsthink/ for FREE for 30 days, and the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription
Highly recommend the book The Man from the Future: The Visionary Life of John von Neumann by Ananyo Bhattacharya: https://www.amazon.com/Man-Future-Visionary-Life-Neumann/dp/1324003995/
Newsthink is produced and presented by Cindy Pom
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Thank you to our Patrons, including Igli Laci
Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Newsthink
Select images purchased from Alamy and Associated Press
Sources:
ENIAC on display at the University of Pennsylvania: Copyright 2005 Paul W Shaffer, University of Pennsylvania
ENIAC on display at Fort Sill National Historic Landmark and Museum, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, US y Judson McCranie, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=76493820
Steve Jobs holding iPhone in 2010: Matthew Yohe at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Minneapolis Federal Courthouse: Tony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
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September 21, 2025 How Arguing Taught the Wright Brothers to Fly | Newsthink
How Arguing Taught the Wright Brothers to Fly
If Wilbur and Orville Wright didn't fight, they would have never made history. Try https://brilliant.org/Newsthink/ for FREE for 30 days, and the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription.
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Newsthink is produced and presented by Cindy Pom
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Thank you to our Patrons, including:
John & Becki Johnston
Igli Laci
Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Newsthink
Special thanks Jennifer Yang for her image of the Wright brothers’ workshop at 3:56 https://www.flickr.com/photos/pianoforte/48334416141
Sources:
0:05 Bike shop image: Sailor98, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
6:07 National Air and Space Museum, Creative Commons CCO 1.0 license
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September 21, 2025 How to Lie Your Way to $9 BILLION | Newsthink
How to Lie Your Way to $9 BILLION
Theranos' Elizabeth Holmes scammed the system. Visit https://masterworks.art/newsthink to invest in iconic artworks with Masterworks. See important Masterworks disclosures: https://mw-art.co/37WwvbD
Newsthink is produced and presented by Cindy Pom
https://twitter.com/cindypom
Grab your Newsthink merch here: https://newsthink.creator-spring.com
Thank you to our Patrons, including Ronil Patel, Chesky Neceski, Austin Grant, Tom Eng, Tim Desir, Ryan Bresser, Neo Ge, Steven Bartlett, Will Lathrop
Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Newsthink
Sources:
0:27 Elizabeth Holmes photo: @theranos on Twitter
0:31 Larry Ellison photo:
Oracle PR Hartmann Studios, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
0:35 Ruper Murdoch photo: Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
1:04 Tali Mackay at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
2:57
Magazines left to right:
Fortune, New York Times, Forbes
3:27 TechCrunch, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
3:39 Matthew Yohe at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
3:55 kellywritershouse, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
4:17 Photo by Max Morse for TechCrunch TechCrunch, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Many of the photos supplied in the story are courtesy of Alamy. Newsthink Ltd. Is a registered user.
Interviews referenced in video:
3:18 Tech Nation interview with Elizabeth Holmes by Dr. Moira Gunn, KQED, May 2005
Listen to the full interview here:
https://luminarypodcasts.com/listen/tech-nation-2/technation-radio-podcast/episode-18-999-unedited-2005-interview-withelizabeth-holmes-president-and-ceo-of-theranos-recorded-at-kqed-in-san-francisco/2dbb2011-f9b0-426e-8404-e2cf22930902?country=US
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September 21, 2025 Why It's Impossible to See the Change in These 2 Photos | Newsthink
Why It's Impossible to See the Change in These 2 Photos
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Special thanks to Prof. Dan Simons for permission to show his studies in our story.
Check out his YouTube channel for full videos https://www.youtube.com/c/DanielSimons
The "door" study https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWSxSQsspiQ
The gorilla experiment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJG698U2Mvo&t=19s
Newsthink is produced and presented by Cindy Pom
https://twitter.com/cindypom
Grab your Newsthink merch here: https://newsthink.creator-spring.com
Thank you to our Patrons, including Igli Laci, Ronil Patel, Austin Grant, Tom Eng
Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Newsthink
Brilliant people shaping our world.
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Disclaimer: This podcast is fan-made and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Newsthink. All content rights and trademarks belong to Newsthink. If you are the rightful owner and have any concerns, please get in touch with me directly.
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September 21, 2025 The Most Tragic Scientist in History | Newsthink
The Most Tragic Scientist in History
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September 21, 2025 The Surprising Way the Internet Travels Across the World | Newsthink
The Surprising Way the Internet Travels Across the World
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*CORRECTION: Showed the flag of New Zealand rather than Australia @ 5:07. *face palm*. Our bad.
Newsthink is produced and presented by Cindy Pom
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Grab your Newsthink merch here: https://newsthink.creator-spring.com
Thank you to our Patrons, including Ronil Patel, Chesky Neceski, Austin Grant, Darren Tyrell-Knights, Tom Eng, Tim Desir, Ryan Bresser, Justin Anderson, Neo Ge, Steven Bartlett, Will Lathrop
Support Cindy on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Newsthink
Sources:
Newsthink animations are not to be used without explicit permission
0:34 TeleGeography submarinecablemap.com
0:48 Philipp Weigell, CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
4:13 sudmike on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ex7uTQf4bQ&t=4s
5:10 Raysonho @ Open Grid Scheduler / Scalable Grid Engine, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
5:17 Raysonho @ Open Grid Scheduler / Grid Engine, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Brilliant people shaping our world.
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September 20, 2025 NVIDIA & AMD CEOs: Related! | Newsthink
NVIDIA & AMD CEOs: Related!
Did you know CEOs Lisa Su and Jensen Huang are related?
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September 20, 2025 The Strangest Mathematician in History | Newsthink
The Strangest Mathematician in History
The peculiar mind of Archimedes. Try https://brilliant.org/Newsthink/ for FREE for 30 days, and get 20% off your annual premium subscription.
I highly recommend the book Eureka Man: The Life and Legacy of Archimedes by Alan Hirshfeld: https://a.co/d/iNRTMyP
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
1:19 Archimedes’ Early Life and Education
2:01 Archimedes’ Mathematical Achievements
4:25 Archimedes and Big Numbers
5:44 Lost Works and the Palimpsest
7:31 Archimedes’ Engineering and War Machines
8:30 The Fall of Syracuse and Archimedes’ Death
9:30 Today’s Sponsor: Brilliant
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Thank you to the The Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland for supplying photos of Archimedes’ Palimpsest
Sources:
Animations of Archimedes’ famous screw and lever and earth: ZDF/Terra X/Group 5/ Susanne Utzt, Cristina Trebbi/ Jens Boeck, Dieter Stürmer / Fabian Wienke / Sebastian Martinez/ xkopp, polloq CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.de
Tomb of Archimedes: By Davide Mauro - Own work, CC BY 2.5 it, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3054538
Fields Medal: Stefan Zachow for the International Mathematical Union; retouched by King of Hearts, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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