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The 'Crypto Wizard' vs. Nigeria
Feb 11, 2025The trip that changed Tigran Gambaryan's life forever was supposed to be short — just a few days. When he flew to Nigeria in February of 2024, he didn't even check a bag. Tigran is a former IRS Specia...
The fight for a legendary shipwreck's treasure
Feb 07, 2025The San Jose was a marvel of 17th century technology. The Spanish galleon weighed more than a thousand tons, was made of wood reinforced with iron, and featured three masts and 64 cannons. In its carg...
How the scratch off lottery changed America
Feb 05, 2025Americans spend more on scratch lottery tickets per year than on pizza. More than all Coca-Cola products. Yet the scratch ticket as a consumer item has only existed for fifty years. Not so long ago, t...
How DeepSeek changed the market's mind
Feb 01, 2025On Monday, the stock market went into a tizzy over a new AI model from Chinese company DeepSeek. It seemed to be just as powerful as many of its American competitors, but its makers claimed to have ma...
Re-imagining the energy grid ... through batteries (Two Indicators)
Jan 29, 2025When it comes to solar and wind power, renewable energy has always had a caveat: it can only run when the wind blows or the sun shines. The idea of a battery was floated around to make renewables ava...
The "chilling effect" of deportations
Jan 25, 2025After being sworn into office, President Trump signed a whole host of executive actions and orders that affirm his campaign promise to crack down on immigration. Trump's border czar has said Chicago ...
After the fires
Jan 23, 2025The fires in Los Angeles are almost out. Residents are starting to trickle back into their burned-out neighborhoods. When they get to their houses, they face a series of almost impossible questions: D...
Tariffs, grocery prices and other listener questions
Jan 17, 2025Donald Trump is just about to begin his second presidency. And it may be safe to say that every single person in America has at least one question about what's to come in the next four years. So, we ...
The Land of the Duty Free (classic)
Jan 15, 2025(Note: This episode originally ran in 2018.) Is it really cheaper to shop at an airport Duty Free store? And why are so many of them alike? In the 1940s, if you were flying from New York City to Lon...
The case for Fed independence in the Nixon tapes
Jan 11, 2025You know Watergate, but do you know Fedgate? The more subtle scandal with more monetary policy and, arguably, much higher stakes. In today's episode, we listen back through the Nixon White House tape...