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Rebuilding Foster Care From The Ground Up Aug 25, 2017

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Judy Cockerton saw a problem and decided to do something about it. At 48, she shut down her toy store and created a village of sixty homes. The catch? They were reserved for seniors and families with foster kids. We visited Cockerton's village to learn how she built it.

Full Show: Trust No One Aug 18, 2017

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We’re hardwired to trust people, luck matters a lot more than you think, and the lead crisis is so much bigger than Flint. That’s this week’s Innovation Hub.

Full Show: Empathy And Its Consequences Aug 11, 2017

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The case against empathy, the case for technocrats, and a look at the birth of PR. That’s all in this week’s Innovation Hub.

Why The Next China Is Africa Aug 04, 2017

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Manufacturing jobs may have moved to China… but not all of them have stayed there.

Full Show: Making Trades Aug 04, 2017

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America thinks of itself and its companies as exceptional. And because of that, we’ve ignored the pitfalls of globalization. For decades, blue-collar American jobs have moved to China. Why some of those same jobs are now moving to Africa. Julia Child was a chef, author, TV star... and coder? How expanding our definition of coding helps us look at the world in a whole new way.

Switching Gears In The Global Economy Aug 04, 2017

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The global economy is getting more competitive. What can the U.S. do to keep up?

How Code Runs Our Lives Aug 04, 2017

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It’s impossible to imagine the modern world without code. But according to Philip Auerswald, we might all be coders - without even realizing it.

Imagining A Hopeful Dystopia Jul 28, 2017

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The Walking Dead. The Hunger Games. The Handmaid’s Tale. Why is so much of our most popular science-fiction bleak and depressing?

The Rise Of Big Philanthropy Jul 28, 2017

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Big philanthropists like Bill Gates and the Koch Brothers are reshaping our society. But, we don’t really have much of a say as to how. We look at the rise of big philanthropy.

How to Fix America's Broken Tax System Jul 28, 2017

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Americans spend a lot of time, money and energy filing taxes every year, and yet our tax system is both less fair and less efficient than other systems around the world. Author T.R. Reid says the U.S. government should look to other countries’ tax models to fix our own.

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