Curious City - Who’s Behind The CTA Holiday Train? Santa And The Elves!
The CTA Holiday Train started from humble beginnings. Then a holiday celebrity and his helpers turned it into a Chicago tradition.
The Indicator from Planet Money - Trump’s contradictory trade policies
President-elect Donald Trump has called for a weaker dollar given it would be good for American exporters. But tariffs, a staple of his economic policy, would actually strengthen the dollar. Today on the show, we explain tariffs and currencies by following one bag manufacturer from New Jersey.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2951: Going To Sea
Episode: 2951 Scurvy, Vitamin C, and the Origins of the Modern Clinical Trial. Today, we go to sea.
Cato Daily Podcast - The Human Freedom Index 2024: A Decade of Tracking Human Freedom Across the Globe
The Human Freedom Index is now in its tenth year. What have we learned about the state of and trends in human freedom? Author Ian Vasquez explains.
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The Indicator from Planet Money - Do job references matter?
In the not-so-distant past, serving as someone's job reference meant answering a few questions over the phone. Nowadays, that process is often more involved, with prospective employers asking references for written responses or to fill out a form online. What's behind this shift? On today's show, we check in on reference checks, and ask whether they still matter.
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Ghost jobs (Apple / Spotify)
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Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2367: Georgie Clark
Episode: 2367 Georgie Clark and the invention of white-water rafting. Today, let's go whitewater rafting.
Cato Daily Podcast - State Powers vs. Central Bank Digital Currency
How would states respond to the threat posed by central bank digital currency? Niklas Kleinworth of the Idaho Freedom Foundation has considered how states have and should respond to the looming possibility of a federal CBDC.
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The Indicator from Planet Money - There are a lot of billionaires in Trump’s coming administration
President-elect Donald Trump's administration picks are shaping up to be a very affluent bunch. If all are confirmed, Trump's incoming administration would be the wealthiest in the nation's history with a combined net worth upwards of $300 billion.
Today on the show, we talk to a few experts about how massive amounts of wealth in high levels of government can impact policy.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1299: Stability of Pagodas
Episode: 1299 The improbable earth-quakeproof Japanese pagoda. Today, pagodas and earthquakes.
Audio Mises Wire - The Complex Legacy of George Orwell
While most of us know George Orwell as an authoritative critic of totalitarianism, few people know he was a committed socialist and a lifelong defender of communist Leon Trotsky. While he understood totalitarianism, he never understood socialism.
Original article: The Complex Legacy of George Orwell