Whaling was, in the words of one scholar, “early capitalism unleashed on the high seas.” How did the U.S. come to dominate the whale market? Why did whale hunting die out here — and continue to grow elsewhere? And is that whale vomit in your perfume? (Part 1 of “Everything You Never Knew About Whaling.”)
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70. Eating and Tweeting
69. The Hidden Cost of False Alarms
68. The Power of the President -- and the Thumb
67. The Patent Gap
66. Show and Yell
65. It’s Not the President, Stupid
64. The Days of Wine and Mouses
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56. Why Is “I Don’t Know” So Hard to Say?
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54. How Is a Bad Radio Station Like Our Public-School System? (Encore)
53. How American Food Got So Bad
52. Weird Recycling
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