Jen Schwartz, an expert on what’s known as blockchain technology, joins us to explain how Bitcoin works and to talk about if it’s here to stay.
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Doing Well (And Feeling Bad About It)
Sociologist Rachel Sherman joins us to talk about well-off Americans who really struggle with the moral questions that come with great wealth.
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How A Basic Income Could End Poverty
Jesse Walker joins us to talk about how the concept of a universal basic income could work – and about how some thinkers from across the political spectrum are intrigued by the idea.
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Big Politics, Big Money
This hour, we’ll talk about where big cash for political campaigns comes from and what’s really being bought with Nick Penniman, co-author of “Nation on the Take: How Big Money Corrupts Our Democracy and What We Can Do About It.”
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The Fight For The Fed
This hour, we’ll talk about why the Founding Fathers were adamantly opposed to centralized banking – and about why later politicians had a change of heart.
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Inside The Market Match
This hour, we’ll talk to Nobel Prize-winning economist Alvin E. Roth about compatible markets — like employment and college admission — in which money is only one factor in making a connection.
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Real World Economics
This hour, we’ll talk to Stephen J. Dubner of “Freakonomics” fame about his new book, “When to Rob a Bank.”
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Money Talks
When cash talks, what does it say? Kabir Sehgal, author of “Coined: The Rich Life of Money and How Its History Has Shaped Us” would say that the history of money reveals truths about human nature. This hour, we’ll talk with Sehgal about money, money, money.
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Oil And Politics: A History
This hour, we’ll learn how money and politics became fast friends in the Texas sun with Alan Peppard of The Dallas Morning News. His three-part series, “Islands of the Oil Kings,” concludes in this Sunday’s paper.
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Texas Embraces Bitcoin
We’ll talk this hour about why the Lone Star State is so open to Bitcoin with Loren Steffy, who writes about the topic in the August issue of Texas Monthly.
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North Texas' Startup Boom
We’ll talk this hour to a trio of local entrepreneurs who’ve successfully navigated the start-up world to learn about the advantages our area has to offer.
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A Dose Of Disparity
Hour 2: Americans spend the most on health care, but not effectively. Why?
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