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Our editors bring you the most interesting reporting from this week in the world of business, finance, tech, and politics.
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Our editors bring you the most interesting reporting from this week in the world of business, finance, tech, and politics.
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English
Episodes
Sextortion
4/15/2024
Criminal gangs are posing as flirty girls on Instagram and Snapchat to torment high school boys, drain their bank accounts and push them to the edge.
By Olivia Carville
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Duration:00:35:52
How Matzo Is Made
4/10/2024
At Streit’s matzo factory, production follows strict Jewish law. But the meaning of the Passover staple is still up for debate. By Deena Shanker
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Duration:00:08:17
Bluey, Take a Bow
4/2/2024
The Australian kids’ show has swept the world. But its future is in doubt
By Devin Leonard
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Duration:00:31:23
An Empire Divided
3/19/2024
General Electric was in dire straits. The only way to save America’s quintessential
conglomerate was to break it up. By Brooke Sutherland & Ryan Beene
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Duration:00:21:39
The Vincuñas and the $9,000 Sweater
3/8/2024
Thirty years of providing the world's finest wool to the fashion house Loro Piana has done almost nothing for the indigenous people of the Peruvian Andes.
By Marcelo Rochabrun
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Duration:00:14:48
Everywhere All at Once
2/21/2024
A24 has an indie cult following and a $2.5 billion valuation. Can the film company scale its brand of hipster cringe?
By Felix Gillette
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Duration:00:28:36
Can AI Unlock the Secrets of the Ancient World?
2/6/2024
Almost 2,000 years ago, a volcano preserved Herculaneum’s vast library of
scrolls but left them unreadable. A volunteer army of nerds has been racing
to decipher them. By Ashlee Vance and Ellen Huet
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Duration:00:23:06
That New Contract Smell
1/23/2024
Fresh off his historic victory in Detroit, UAW chief Shawn Fain is taking on Elon Musk, Donald Trump and labor’s green future.
By Josh Eidelson and Gabrielle Coppola
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Duration:00:32:48
Pausing Menopause
12/19/2023
Scientists and startups are trying to figure out how to control a woman’s biological clock. If they do, it could also unlock the key to aging. By Kristen V. Brown
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Duration:00:26:43
The Legal Netherworld of Deepfakes
11/28/2023
On New Year’s Eve 2020, young women from a Long Island town were horrified
to learn their photographs had been manipulated and posted online. When the law failed them, they tracked down the culprit themselves.
By Olivia Carville and Margi Murphy
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Duration:00:30:18
Master of the Deep
11/15/2023
For years the world’s greatest deep-sea shipwreck hunter has battled governments and rivals over the ocean floor’s riches. He’s kept his identity a secret, until now.
By Kit Chellel, Olivia Solon and Jonathan Browning
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Duration:00:37:09
Elon Musk's Brain Implant Startup Is Ready to Start Surgery
11/7/2023
The world’s richest person, boldest entrepreneur and most controversial CEO is moving forward with his grand ambitions for neural implants. Is he the one we want messing with our heads? By Ashlee Vance
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Duration:00:27:11
Foxconn's EV Drive
11/2/2023
Can the company that makes most of the world’s iPhones pivot to building electric cars in Ohio? By Reed Stevenson
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Duration:00:24:58
The Swiss Solution
10/18/2023
Sergio Ermotti is back at the helm of UBS—and looking to capitalize on the deal of
a lifetime. By Marion Halftermeyer, Myriam Balezou and Alessandro Speciale, with Max Reyes
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Duration:00:14:23
How to Build the Next BTS
10/11/2023
With K-pop’s biggest boy band on hiatus, the South Korean music mogul behind the group is turning to the US to find its successor. Or something close to it.
By Lucas Shaw & Sohee Kim
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Duration:00:23:32
Continental Rift
10/4/2023
How a murder in a nondescript Canadian suburb triggered an international crisis.
By Matthew Campbell, Ari Altstedter, Brian Platt and Sudhi Ranjan Sen
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Duration:00:24:18
Law Enforcement’s Most Troubling Shortcut Is Google
9/26/2023
How a certain search engine became an investigative tool of first resort.
By Julia Love and Davey Alba
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Duration:00:24:10
Is Working Here the Worst Retail Job in America?
9/19/2023
No one has more US stores than Dollar General. There are costs. By Josh Eidelson and Brendan Case
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Duration:00:27:08
Bankman, Fried & Son
9/13/2023
Mom and Dad are renowned legal scholars. Their son is on trial in one of the world’s biggest fraud cases. By Max Chafkin and Hannah Miller
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Duration:00:33:52
Another Shot
8/23/2023
Lyme disease has grown explosively in the two-plus decades since the last vaccine was pulled from the market. How enthusiastic will the reception be for a new one?
By Kristen V. Brown and Nacha Cattan
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Duration:00:19:14