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Back to Search77. Hand Models
Episode 77
You can be a top model and still not get recognized on the street — as long as you keep your cuticles healthy and your moons white. Zachary Crockett …
1 year, 8 months ago
76. Hotel Art
Episode 76
A watercolor of a harbor? A black-and-white photo of a pile of rocks? Some hotels are trying to do better. Zachary Crockett unpacks.
SOURCES:Melanie …
1 year, 8 months ago
75. Butchers
Episode 75
Before beef ends up at your favorite steakhouse, it passes through the hands of a trained specialist with an encyclopedic knowledge of bovine anatomy…
1 year, 8 months ago
Pistachios (Replay)
Episode 24
How did a little green nut become a billion-dollar product, lauded by celebrities in Super Bowl ads? Zachary Crockett cracks open the story.
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1 year, 9 months ago
Cashmere (Replay)
Episode 11
Once a luxury good, the soft fiber is now everywhere — which has led to a goat boom in Mongolia. Zachary Crockett tugs at the thread.
SOURCES:Myagmar…
1 year, 9 months ago
74. Fonts
Episode 74
Behind almost every character you see displayed on a page or a screen, there’s a complex — and sometimes lucrative — web of licensing deals. Zachary …
1 year, 9 months ago
73. Used Bookstores
Episode 73
Americans throw away 320 million books every year. How do some of them find a second life? Zachary Crockett is just browsing.
SOURCE:Francisco Herna…
1 year, 9 months ago
Greeting Cards (Replay)
Episode 29
The tradition of sending cards to loved ones was in decline — until it was rescued by a new generation. But millennials have their own ideas about wh…
1 year, 10 months ago
72. Helium
Episode 72
It’s unreactive, lighter than air, and surprisingly important to the global economy. Zachary Crockett goes up an octave.
SOURCES:Sophia Hayes, profes…
1 year, 10 months ago
Stadium Names, from The Indicator
How did Florida International University’s new football stadium come to be named after the rapper and singer Pitbull? Adrian Ma and Wailin Wong of Th…
1 year, 10 months ago