As good as gold?
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US treasury secretary Scott Bessent has threatened "economic D-Day" against
any country doing business with Iran.
We hear from a retailer worried that he...
206: Somewhere in the Arabian Sea
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The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln has been in the news over an
extra-long deployment that's taking a toll on its crew. Back in 2002, we
explored l...
Long Live the Art of Shoe-Leather Reporting!
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This summer the state of New Mexico sued the Justice department for access
to unredacted files related to Jeffrey Epstein. On this week’s On the
Media, a...
Getting entrepreneurial in Korea (Summer School)
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This week’s stop on our world tour - Korea. A country divided into two very
different power structures since the end of WWII. Today South Korea is the
make...
Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World
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Japan is the forge of the world’s fantasies: karaoke and the Walkman, manga
and anime, Pac-Man and Pokémon and Hello Kitty, online argots like selfies
and ...
News Post: Underground Tour
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Tycho: When I was pulling up our Gran Turismo 7 video to link it, I ended
up skipping through a few parts of it to appreciate just how otherworldly
some as...
How to Do Cross Product Calculator
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The vector thing, or cross thing, of two vectors is a vector. If C is the
vector consequence of An and B, we form
Imagine a repairman turning a wrench t...
Mix: The Best of Shibuya-kei, Volume One
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The time has been right for a new mix that showcases, celebrates, and
reintroduces the best tracks from Shibuya-kei’s peak years: dj david, mon
amour - “Th...
15.11.42
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Church bells rung this morning – in celebration of the victory in Egypt.
[1] The first time that I have heard them in over two years. [1] Following
the att...
Capitol Crimes
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With disgraced lobbyist back in the news and on the big screen in Alex
Gibney's new film, CASINO JACK, we re-present Bill Moyers 2006 in-depth
exploration ...
Obama the Sphinx
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President Obama officially launched his push for peace in the Middle East
yesterday, sending his new envoy George Mitchell to the region and
declaring his ...
Why Do Americans Still Hate Welfare?
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"Welfare" remains a charged word in the American lexicon, even though it's
rarely talked about as a political issue any more. But why?
Dmitry and Brian
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Things in Russia played out very predictably last week. On May 7, Dmitry
Medvedev, the former pipeline CEO and presidential aide who Vladimir Putin
had chr...