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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 9 days 13 hours 26 minutes
episode 667: The growing popularity of Turkish television (Open to)
" Britain and the United States are the two biggest exporters of television. But the third-biggest may surprise you: Turkey. Long-running Turkish dramas have become among the most popular television shows around the world, from Chile to Bulgaria. --...
episode 666: Cracks are showing in America's real-estate racket (In the best possible light)
" Americans buy and sell millions of homes per year, and about 90 percent of transactions use a real estate agent. But agents in the U.S. charge among the highest rates in the world, thanks to their stranglehold on the listing databases. But recent...
episode 665: Will new dry 'tiles' be the future of laundry detergent? (Morph into)
" First there was powder. Then there was liquid laundry detergent. And then there were laundry ""pods,"" small capsules of pre-measured detergent. But now Proctor & Gamble, the maker of Tide, has a new way of getting laundry detergent into the...
episode 664: Gabriel García Márquez sons publish last book against author's wishes (Cloud your judgment)
" The Nobel prize-winning author Gabriel García Márquez worked on a slim novel called ""Until August"" on and off for decades. In his final years, the author determined the book was not fit for publication and ordered the drafts destroyed. Now, ten...
episode 663: Podcasting turns 20 years old (Come to mind)
" Twenty years ago, a new computer program let consumers download a feed of audio clips onto their iPod music players. Today, ""podcasting"" serves millions of listeners of all interests. Here's how podcasting has grown over the years. -- At Plain...
episode 662: Like it or not, it's Biden vs. Trump again (Pass the torch)
" Three years ago, it seemed that neither Biden nor Trump would be on the American presidential ballot in 2024. But now both are, setting up a rematch from four years earlier. Too bad it's a rematch most voters don't want. -- At Plain English, we make...
episode 661: Four questions about weight-loss drugs (Press up against)
" Weight-loss drugs look to figure prominently in the business and health landscape of the future. So today, we take a look at four questions about these drugs: How do patients' take them? Are they covered by insurance? How much do they cost? And why...
episode 660: The perils of going off weight-loss drugs (Slow down)
" Weight-loss drugs like Wegovy have become extremely popular in recent years. Recent studies confirm that patients regain much of the weight they lose if they ever stop treatment. But not everyone can afford to take these drugs for life. -- At Plain...
episode 659: How our lives are different after the pandemic (Stick with)
" Four years ago, our lives changed in an instant. As the immediate danger of the pandemic subsided, we went back to our old habits of eating indoors, gathering with friends and family, and traveling. But there are some changes that persisted, even...
episode 658: COVID predictions that never came true (Come true)
" People would never go on cruises again. They'd probably wear paper face masks in public, even after the pandemic receded. These are just two examples of predictions that did not come true. Four years after the ""novel coronavirus"" swept the world,...