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The Indicator from Planet Money - How Fortnite brought Google to its knees

In August 2020, Epic Games launched a legal assault against both Google and Apple, alleging that their mobile app stores are illegal monopolies. Almost four years later, Epic could be close to forcing Google to make major changes to its Play Store.

Today, we explain the legal battle behind Epic v. Google and why the outcome could have major implications for where consumers get their apps and how they pay for them.

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The Commentary Magazine Podcast - The Defense Rests

Has Donald Trump's hush-money trial hurt him yet? While in court, he expanded his lead across the electoral map. But why aren't Trump's imitators enjoying the same good fortune? Meanwhile, the Biden bloopers pile up daily. And why hasn't any aid dropped at the American-built pier reached Gazans? Give a listen. 

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More or Less: Behind the Stats - MP misconduct, NHS waiting lists and gold (gold)

Is it going to take 685 years to clear NHS waiting lists in England?

Are 10 per cent of MPs under investigation for sexual misconduct?

How does gold effect the UKs export figures?

What does it mean to say that a woman has 120% chance of getting pregnant?

Tim Harford investigates some of the numbers in the news.

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Everything Everywhere Daily - The Rise and Fall of Yugoslavia

From 1929 to 1992, several governments ruled over the Balkans, all of whom used the name “Yugoslavia.”

Yugoslavia was a country that began with a dream but was born out of war and ultimately ended in war. 

While the nation of Yugoslavia no longer exists, Its legacy can still be felt in the countries that formerly compromised it. 

Learn more about Yugoslavia, its rise, and its fall on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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NPR's Book of the Day - ‘The Paris Novel’ revels in a good meal, a beautiful dress and a romantic city

A plane ticket to Paris, a vintage Dior dress and a spectacular first-ever oyster — these three things upend the life of Stella, the sheltered, cautious protagonist at the heart of The Paris Novel, a coming-of-age story about losing all inhibitions in one of the world's most romantic cities. In today's episode, author Ruth Reichl speaks with NPR's Scott Simon about indulging in life's simple pleasures, writing in honor of her late editor and choosing to set her story in the Paris of the 1980s.

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The Indicator from Planet Money - AI Tupac and the murky legality of digital necromancy

With a few clicks of AI software, anyone can conjure the voice or visual likeness of a dead celebrity — or really anyone. This new world has opened up a bunch of new legal questions about the rights of people and their heirs to control digital replicas of themselves. Today on the show, how a Drake diss track featuring the voice of Tupac made it into the Congressional record, and how it may lead to more regulation of AI.

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