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396: #1 Party School 12.18.09
This year, The Princeton Review named Penn State the #1 Party School in America. It's a rotating crown—last year it was University of Florida, before that it was West Virginia University. So we...- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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395: Middle of the Night 11.27.09
Stories of people who are up while the rest of us are sleeping—some for work, some for play, and some for a free sandwich. Including the story of a woman walking alone at night, who encounters...- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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394: Bait and Switch 11.6.09
Stories about people who take the bait, and those who place it. Including the story of man who tries to investigate a neighborhood crime and ends up in jail himself. And the story of the pitfalls of...- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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393: Infidelity 10.30.09
Stories of cheating, cheaters and the cheated. Writer James Braly with a story about temptation (performed and recorded at The Moth), Dani Shapiro on being the mistress, and more.- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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392: Someone Else's Money 10.16.09
This week, we bring you a deeper look inside the health insurance industry. The dark side of prescription drug coupons. A story about Pet Health Insurance, which is in its infancy, and how it is...- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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391: More Is Less 10.9.09
An hour explaining the American health care system, specifically, why it is that costs keep rising. One story looks at the doctors, one at the patients and one at the insurance industry.- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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390: Return To The Giant Pool of Money 9.25.09
In which we mark the anniversary of the economic collapse and the anniversary of Planet Money: Recapping some of the original episode, The Giant Pool of Money, and finding out what's happened to all...- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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389: Frenemies 9.11.09
This week we bring you stories about friends. Or wait, enemies? How about both? Tales of estranged sisters, BFFs breaking up and making up and breaking up, and how reality stars walk the fine line...- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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388: Rest Stop 9.4.09
Nine radio producers. Two days. One rest stop on the New York State Thruway. In this show, we'll bring you stories of people who are just passing through, and people who are at the rest stop every...- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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387: Arms Trader 2009 8.7.09
The U.S. government spent two years on a sting operation trapping an Indian man named Hemant Lakhani, whom they suspected of being an illegal arms dealer.- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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386: Fine Print 7.24.09
Stories where the fine print changes everything, whether you read it or not.- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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385: Pro Se 7.10.09
It's tempting to act as your own lawyer, to argue your own cause. Who better to defend your position than you? This week, stories of pro se defenses: Some brilliant, some disastrous.- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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384: Fall Guy 6.26.09
Sometimes when things go wrong, parsing out who all is to blame and taking them to task is just too complicated and haaaard! What's easy is pinning it all on one person and watching them go down in...- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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383: Origin Story 6.19.09
This week we bring you little-known and surprising stories of how all sorts of institutions—from a controversial legal precedent to a Hollywood teen dance flick—began.- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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382: The Watchmen 6.5.09
Since Congress hasn't held 1930's-style hearings into the causes of the financial crisis, we stage one of our own.- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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381: Turncoat 5.22.09
A well-known activist—an anarchic, revolutionary activist—is accused of spying on other activists for the FBI. The strangest thing about the rumor is, it's true. How Brandon Darby transformed from...- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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380: No Map 5.15.09
Stories of people who find themselves in situations far from the beaten path, where there are no guidelines and no useful precedents, including the return of Squirrel Cop.- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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379: Return To The Scene Of The Crime 5.1.09
A live episode of the radio program, including stories told on stage by Dan Savage and Mike Birbiglia. You can watch videos of Joss Whedon's song or Chris Ware's Quimby The Mouse, or buy a DVD.- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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378: This I Used to Believe 4.17.09
Stories of people forced to let go of their firmly held beliefs. When the daughter of a pro-choice activist concludes that abortion is murder, her mother goes to extraordinary lengths to persuade her...- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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377: Scenes From a Recession 3.27.09
The economy works in mysterious ways. This week, we highlight the unusual circumstances our economic drought has left us in, and the newly hatched plans being made to survive it.- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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376: Wrong Side of History 3.13.09
Bernie Epton went down in history as the Other Guy: the white opponent who almost defeated the first black mayor of Chicago. But what's the real story of someone who ended up on the wrong side of...- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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375: Bad Bank 2.27.09
The collapse of the banking system explained, in just 59 minutes.- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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374: Somewhere Out There 2.13.09
Of all the 6 and a half billion people in the world, what are the odds that any two people are a real match? Stories from people who know they've beat the odds, and the lengths they've gone to do it.- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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373: The New Boss 1.30.09
Stories about what happens when someone new takes over—someone with a vision of how things ought to be. Including international economics correspondent Adam Davidson of the Planet Money podcast on...- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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372: The Inauguration Show 1.16.09
On the eve of Barack Obama's inauguration, we sent reporters out all over the country to talk to people about how they're feeling about this new president. Do they believe things will change? Do they...
