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Bitcoin was supposed to be the currency of the future. But recently, it's been facing some problems.
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#708: Bitcoin Divided

Bitcoin was supposed to revolutionize the way money works. But the thing people love about it may be destroying it.

#708: Bitcoin Divided

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Brexit supporters during an April rally. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
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#707: Brexit

What just happened in the UK? And what's coming next?

#707: Brexit

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David Aaron Carpenter plays the 'Macdonald' Stradivarius viola at Sotheby's auction house for NPR in April, 2014.
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#538: Is A Stradivarius Just A Violin?

How much of a brand is real? How much is in our heads?

#538: Is A Stradivarius Just A Violin?

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Lesotho is locked into a long term deal to sell its water to South Africa. But what happens when its wells run dry?
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#706: Water's Worth

If your country's main export is water, what happens when your wells run dry?

#706: Water's Worth

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Chief Agent Jerry Flowers looks over cattle at OKC West Livestock Market in El Reno, Oklahoma on Nov. 12, 2014. Cattle rustlers will often try to sell off their stolen cows at livestock markets to make a quick profit.

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#583: Cow Noir

There is a crime wave in the West right now. Cattle rustling — stealing cattle — is on the rise. The crime is as old as America, and it's making a big comeback.

#583: Cow Noir

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Pump Bol, a workout supplement containing arginine.
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#705: The Muscle Patents

Two bodybuilders go at it over a Stanford university patent. And we dive in to make sense of it.

#705: The Muscle Patents

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A typical UPS truck is tracked by hundreds of sensors. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, file)
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#563: The Future Of Work Looks Like A UPS Truck

Technology means that no matter what job you have — whether you're alone in a truck on an empty road or sitting in a cubicle in front of a computer — your company can now track everything you do.

#563: The Future Of Work Looks Like A UPS Truck

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The offices of Chiat Day in 1995. Chiat Day, a prominent ad agency, pioneered some elements of the open office. One person who worked in the office said it was "like sitting inside of a migraine."
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#704: Open Office

This episode is for everyone who's ever had to ask their coworkers to quiet down or walk laps of the office to make a private phone call. Today on the show: We meet the man who stole your office door.

#704: Open Office

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An ATM in Yangon, Myanmar.
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#463: How To Get A Country To Trust Its Banks

It's something you can see on every day and on every block in most major cities. But in Myanmar, a country that was cut off from the rest of the world for decades, an ATM is a small miracle

#463: How To Get A Country To Trust Its Banks

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The search for the owners of Apartment 5B took investigators around the world and ended in a fruit box.
Ilya Marritz

#703: How To Hide A Million Dollars In Plain Sight

How do you secretly stash away a million dollars? One way is to hide the money in plain sight, right in the heart of New York City. Today's show: the case of who owns Apartment 5B.

#703: How To Hide A Million Dollars In Plain Sight

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