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Should London's pedicabs be regulated? (Draw the line)
Episode 647
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Pedicabs -- bicycles with fancy carriages on the back -- are popular in London's West End and SoHo. Due to a quirk in London's taxi law, they opera…
2 years, 4 months ago
Ecuador is living a drug-fueled nightmare (Fill a vacuum)
Episode 646
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Ecuador, nestled between Peru and Colombia on South America's Pacific coast, was once one of the safest countries in the Americas. But now, the it'…
2 years, 4 months ago
The new six-figure job: prompt engineer (Scratch the surface)
Episode 645
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If you have a knack for writing the perfect prompt in ChatGPT, then you might want to become a ""prompt engineer."" That's the new job title for pe…
2 years, 4 months ago
Meet the new neighbor: he's a grizzly bear (Pass down)
Episode 644
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The grizzly bear population has grown in the western United States, after successful conservation efforts. But that means the bears, which can weig…
2 years, 4 months ago
Ikea is heading to the city center (Pick out)
Episode 643
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Ikea stores are known for being very big and far from the city center. For many shoppers, a trip to Ikea is a full-day event. But now the Swedish f…
2 years, 5 months ago
The southern accent is fading away (Fade away)
Episode 642
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One of the most distinctive English accents is the ""southern accent,"" popular in American states from Texas to Virginia. But younger people are l…
2 years, 5 months ago
'Golden Bachelor' shows a new kind of reality: dating over 60 (Angle for)
Episode 641
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""The Golden Bachelor"" is a spinoff of the popular ""Bachelor"" reality dating franchise. The show features 72-year-old Gerry Turner and 22 women …
2 years, 5 months ago
The backlash against too much tipping (Once in a while)
Episode 640
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It can be hard to know when to tip in any culture. But tipping has increased in the United States since the pandemic. New touch-screen payment syst…
2 years, 5 months ago
Theft at the British Museum (Go missing)
Episode 639
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When a private dealer of gems and jewels noticed a great bargain on eBay, he had no idea that it would eventually lead him to uncover a major scand…
2 years, 5 months ago
New York gets serious about its trash (Get rid of)
Episode 638
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It's an all-too-common sight on the streets of New York City: piles of black garbage bags on the sidewalks, waiting to be collected. America's larg…
2 years, 5 months ago