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Articles of Interest - American Ivy: Chapter 4

Ivy starts to go out of style, thanks to the counterculture (with a lot of help from corporate America). But Ivy finds an unlikely savior in a Jewish college dropout from the Bronx.

To see images, notes, and full transcripts, go to articlesofinterest.substack.com

Articles of Interest is made by Avery Trufelman

Edited by Kelly Prime

Mixed and Mastered by Ian Coss

Album art by Helen Shewolfe Tseng and photography by Matty Lynn Barnes

Theme songs are by Sasami, with additional music from Rhae Royal

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60 Songs That Explain the '90s - “Return of the Mack”—Mark Morrison

Rob reminisces on his first days working in a newsroom and watching ‘ThunderCats’ outtakes, all while riding on the sleek R&B roads of memory lane when looking back at Mark Morrison’s big hit “Return of the Mack,” along with other hip-hop-influenced '90s R&B songs.

Host: Rob Harvilla

Guest: Justin Charity

Producer: Justin Sayles

Associate Producer: Jonathan Kermah

Additional Productional Support: Kai Grady

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More or Less: Behind the Stats - Bonus Episode: Understand the Economy

Tim Harford brings you the first episode of his new podcast, Understand the Economy. If you?ve been missing his dulcet tones, here?s a chance for you to have a preview of Tim Harford?s latest podcast, in which he offers really simple explanations to help make sense of the economy today. If you enjoy it, you can find the rest of the series on BBC Sounds or wherever you get your podcasts.

In this episode, inflation. What is inflation, why does it matter, and is someone to blame if it goes up? Understanding inflation will help you understand why your shopping is getting more and more expensive and why prices rarely seem to go down. Tim Harford explains why the inflation figure you see on the TV might not reflect the price rises you?re experiencing and economic historian Victoria Bateman tells us why having a boat load of silver coins isn?t always a good thing.

Everything you need to know about the economy and what it means for you. This podcast will cut through the jargon to bring you clarity and ensure you finally understand all those complicated terms and phrases you hear on the news. Inflation, GDP, Interest rates, and bonds, Tim Harford and friends explain them all. We?ll ensure you understand what?s going on today, why your shopping is getting more expensive or why your pay doesn?t cover your bills. We?ll also bring you surprising histories, from the war hungry Kings who have shaped how things are counted today to the greedy merchants flooding Spain with Silver coins. So if your eyes usually glaze over when someone says ?cutting taxes stimulates growth?, fear no more, we?ve got you covered.

Producer: Phoebe Keane

Researcher: Drew Hyndman

Editor: Clare Fordham

Find all the episodes here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001dwr7

A BBC Long Form Audio Production for BBC Radio 4

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More or Less: Behind the Stats - Improving the numbers in the news

How can journalists improve their use of statistics in their reporting of the world around us? It?s a question US academics John Bailer and Rosemary Pennington tackle in their new book Statistics Behind the Headlines. They join Tim Harford to talk about how journalism can be improved by asking the right questions about numbers and using them in the wider context of a story. Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: Jon Bithrey Editor: Simon Watts Production Coordinator: Jacqui Johnson Sound Engineer: Graham Puddifoot

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