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Everything Everywhere Daily - Zombies (Encore)

One of the most popular forms of fiction today involves zombies. There are TV shows, movies, and books that all envision life during a zombie apocalypse. 

Zombie stories are a relatively new form of fiction. However, zombies didn’t come out of nowhere. 

They have a basis in legend, religion, and fact….. well, sort of fact. 

Learn more about zombies, their origins, and how they have been portrayed in media on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. 

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The Indicator from Planet Money - Is Obamacare doomed without extended subsidies?

Health insurance subsidies are at the center of the current government shutdown. Democrats want to extend some expiring Affordable Care Act/Obamacare subsidies. Obamacare has weathered several political storms since its inception, but how will it fair without those subsidies?

Today on the show, death spirals and the future of Obamacare.

Related episodes: 
The hidden costs of healthcare churn 
How doctors helped tank universal healthcare

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NPR's Book of the Day - Shirley Jackson’s biographer on the writer’s ability to find evil in the ordinary

With stories like “The Lottery” and The Haunting of Hill House, Shirley Jackson was one of the great horror authors of the 20th century. In 2012, Ruth Franklin wrote a biography of the writer called Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life. In today’s episode, we revisit a conversation between Franklin and NPR’s Linda Wertheimer. They talk about Jackson’s childhood, domestic life, and her unique ability to see "extraordinary evil” under the surface of ordinary life.


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Audio Mises Wire - A Brief History of the Enduring American Embargo against Cuba

For more than 60 years, the US government has enforced a trade embargo against Cuba, ostensibly to force the communist government into collapse. The only thing that has collapsed, however, is the logic in the US policy.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/brief-history-enduring-american-embargo-against-cuba

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Cato Podcast - Trump v. The Fed?

Both Republicans and Democrats pressure the Fed toward different agendas, revealing deeper institutional problems. Norbert Michel and Jai Kedia argue that broad discretion and an inflated view of the Fed's influence enable mission creep and capture regardless of who holds power. The solution? Congressional legislation establishing clear rules.

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