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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 23 days 22 hours 42 minutes
#288: Manufacturing The Song Of The Summer
The story of the secret battle to create the song of the summer — the music industry's holy grail.
#637: The Last Euro In Greece
Greece's monetary system is in crisis right now, and the government is closing the financial pipes. The effects are widespread and weird.
#363: Why People Do Bad Things
We sit down with a psychologist and a mortgage broker who committed large-scale fraud to try to figure out why respectable people commit fraud.
#636: Yes Or No
What do you do when your country's future is put in your hands? On today's show: The referendum in Greece.
#635: Trade Deal Confidential
Big trade deals like the Trans-Pacific Partnership are often negotiated in secret. On today's show, trade negotiators tell us what happened when they were locked in a hotel for days on end, and told to hash out a deal.
#478: The Raisin Outlaw
A farmer wanted to sell all his raisins, but the federal government said no. So he took it to the Supreme Court.
#634: Worst Case Scenario
We ask three economists: Is there some falling anvil that's about to crush the economy?
#633: The Birth And Death Of The Price Tag
The price tag is a fairly recent invention. And it's already on its way out.
#632: The Chicken Tax
How the American auto industry is built on a trade dispute over frozen chicken parts.
#631: The Long Run
Stories about a $50,000 loophole, what neighborhoods mean for kids, and what the Six Million Dollar Man would cost today.