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1 week ago | 
wrvo.org | Wailin Wong |Adrian Ma |Corey Bridges |Kate Concannon
Last month, Eric Trump, executive vice president at The Trump Organization, attended a ceremony in Vietnam to break ground on a $1.5 billion residential development and golf course. This comes as Vietnam's government is in trade talks with the administration of Eric's father, President Donald Trump. Today on the show, we look at how the Trump family's business projects in Vietnam are raising red flags when it comes to government ethics.
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1 week ago | 
wrvo.org | Adrian Ma |Wailin Wong |Corey Bridges |Ella Feldman
Nintendo has been a titan in the video game industry for decades, but that wasn't always the case. At its very core, Nintendo sees itself as a toy company which is evident in its products from the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) to the Nintendo Switch 2. Today on the show, we explore Nintendo's history and examine how a small playing card company in Japan became a multimedia giant.
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3 weeks ago | 
wrvo.org | Darian Woods |Wailin Wong |Paddy Hirsch |Corey Bridges
Today on the show – our crypto president. Just before President Donald Trump began his second administration in January, he and his business partners launched the $TRUMP coin. It's a memecoin that quickly raked in hundreds of millions of dollars. And there's a lot of earning potential still left on the table. Is that even legal? We bring you two stories from our daily show, The Indicator about President Trump and his ties to crypto. First, the Trump coin.
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1 month ago | 
wrvo.org | Darian Woods |Wailin Wong |Corey Bridges |Kate Concannon
Just before Trump began his second administration in January, he and his business partners launched the $TRUMP coin. It's a meme coin that quickly raked in hundreds of millions of dollars. And there's a lot of earning potential still left on the table. Is any of this legal? Today on the show, we examine how the $TRUMP coin works and talk to an expert about how the president's meme coin gambit interacts with the Foreign Emoluments Clause of the Constitution.
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1 month ago | 
npr.org | Darian Woods |Wailin Wong |Corey Bridges |Kate Concannon
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1 month ago | 
wrvo.org | Brittany Luse |Corey Bridges |Neena Pathak
The leftward shift of Gen Z women is one of the most dramatic political trends happening right now. Polling data from Gallup found that 40% of young women aged 18-29 self-describe as liberal compared to 28% of the same demographic at the beginning of the century. So what's causing a new generation of young women to move to the left? Brittany is joined by founder of the Up and Up Newsletter, Rachel Janfaza, and New York Times reporter, Claire Cain Miller.
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1 month ago | 
npr.org | Brittany Luse |Corey Bridges |Neena Pathak
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1 month ago | 
wrvo.org | Brittany Luse |Jason DeRose |Corey Bridges |Neena Pathak
Have you been feeling a little Conclave-pilled lately? Well, you're not alone. In the aftermath of of Pope Francis' passing, the world is buzzing at the eligible bachelors who could lead the Catholic Church. So what should we expect for the real-life Conclave? And why does it matter even if you're not Catholic? Brittany is joined by Jason DeRose, NPR's Religion Correspondent, Antonia Cereijido, host of the LAist's Imperfect Paradisepodcast.
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1 month ago | 
capradio.org | Brittany Luse |Jason DeRose |Corey Bridges |Neena Pathak
Have you been feeling a little Conclave-pilled lately? Well, you're not alone. In the aftermath of of Pope Francis' passing, the world is buzzing at the eligible bachelors who could lead the Catholic Church. So what should we expect for the real-life Conclave? And why does it matter even if you're not Catholic?<br><br>Brittany is joined by <a href="https://www.npr.org/people/102966497/jason-derose">Jason DeRose</a>, NPR's Religion Correspondent, <a href="https://laist.com/people/antonia-cereijido">Antonia Cereijido</a>, host of the LAist's <a href="https://laist.com/podcasts/imperfectparadise"><em>Imperfect Paradise</em></a><em> </em>podcast. Together they discuss how the Conclave works and what impact Pope Francis' legacy will have on the direction of a church with over 1.4 billion followers worldwide.<br><br>Follow Brittany on socials <a href="https://www.instagram.com/bmluse/?hl=en">@bmluse</a>
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2 months ago | 
tpr.org | Brittany Luse |Corey Bridges |Neena Pathak
Body modifiers like Ozempic and other weight loss drugs have gotten attention for how skinny they can make you. But what if you're a boy who wants to get BIGGER? For young men, there's another drug getting more and more popular: steroids. Fit and muscular bodies get celebrated on social media, and many men turn to steroids to match what they see. But with that comes the rise of "muscle dysmorphia," a kind of body dysmorphia where a person feels that their muscles aren't big enough.
