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The Indicator from Planet Money - How to avoid scammers after a natural disaster
When people lose their homes to wildfire, hurricanes or flooding, they're eager to rebuild. But scammers are also ready to take advantage. On today’s show, the lucrative business of contractor fraud and advice on how to avoid them.
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Selling safety in the fight against wildfires
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The Commentary Magazine Podcast - The Saudis Come Calling
We talk about the remarkable new relationship developing between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia, the remarkable developing hostility between the U.S. and Venezuela, and the remarkable breakup journalism of Olivia Nuzzi and Ryan Lizza. Give a listen.
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Audio Mises Wire - Government Intervention, Not BlackRock, Is To Blame For The Housing Crisis
The rent is too high. However, government interference into rental markets has been the main reason rents are so high in the first place.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/government-intervention-not-blackrock-blame-housing-crisis
Audio Mises Wire - Why I Won’t Be Mourning Dick Cheney
Cheney was an architect of both Iraq wars, and he was a perennial supporter of the American surveillance state, torture, and more.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-i-wont-be-mourning-dick-cheney
Audio Mises Wire - Origins of the Welfare State in America
We must realize that the two most powerful motivations in human history have always been ideology and economic interest, and that a joining of these two motivations can be downright irresistible.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-daily/origins-welfare-state-america
Pod Save America - What’s the Story We’re Telling? + Sen. Ruben Gallego (Crooked Con)
Live from Crooked Con, Jon Favreau talks to Jen Psaki, Faiz Shakir, Lis Smith, Rebecca Katz, and Adam Jentleson about the narrative we’re pitching—not just about why Trump and the MAGA loons are bad, but why Democrats are good. Then, Sen. Ruben Gallego joins Jon Lovett to talk about how Democrats can win on immigration and how to run a localized race when all politics feels national.
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The Indicator from Planet Money - Looking for love in the auto supply chain
To avoid costly tariffs, they gotta buy American. But … How does one meet those suppliers? How do you build a new relationship with them?
The answer: Speed dating.
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Tariffs: What are they good for?
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Risky Business with Nate Silver and Maria Konnikova - Will The Epstein Files Sink Trump?
After months of resistance, President Trump made a striking reversal on the Epstein files this week, signaling he would sign legislation to release them. Nate and Maria discuss whether this is the start of a “lame duck” spiral for Trump, and whether (or to what extent) it will impact his tenure if the files do finally come to light.
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