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The laws of the office revisited
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If something is going wrong in your workplace, there's probably a law that explains why. Meetings always seem long, …
1 month ago
Planet Money vs. the NBA’s tanking problem
What do we want from sports? The very best athletes competing as hard as they know how, putting all their effort and training and natural ability to …
1 month, 1 week ago
The Business of Heated Rivalry
Heated Rivalry, the steamy hockey romance show, was made for about $2 million per episode. That is remarkably cheap for an hour-long drama.
Today on …
1 month, 1 week ago
Don't hate the replicator, hate the game
The world of science has been stuck in an existential crisis over whether we actually know the things we thought we knew. Re-running an old study tod…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
The ICE hiring boom
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ICE is scaling up, with rapid new hiring. So we ask, has training new officers changed? At what cost?
Also, the Tru…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
The Supreme Court struck down a bunch of Trump's tariffs. Now what?
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The Supreme Court has spoken. Those big, sweeping tariffs that President Trump imposed early last year? They’re ille…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
How to get what Greenland has, with permission
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Greenland has said it is not for sale. Denmark has said it can’t even legally sell Greenland. And at a security confer…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Betty Boop, Excel Olympics, Penny-isms: Our 2026 Valentines
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An iconic cartoon character liberated from copyright, journalism from the world of competitive spreadshe…
2 months ago
The Invention Invention
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Today, the story of three inventions. The first, the sewing machine, was created by a selfish and ambitious invent…
2 months ago
Iran, protests, and sanctions
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The recent protests in Iran are about so many things. Human rights, corruption, freedom. But this time – they are …
2 months, 1 week ago