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Matt Ochoa is the owner of Jefferson Packing House, a cannabis business in Oregon. Amanda Aronczyk/NPR hide caption

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How one Oregon entrepreneur is trying to sell marijuana out of state, legally

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As head of the FTC, Lina Khan is bringing a case against Amazon that echoes her law school paper on the tech company's monopoly power. Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi/NPR hide caption

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SAN FRANCISCO - MAY 28: Genna Dubrob (L) and Manuel Ordonez (R) move a finished mattress at McRoskey Mattress May 28, 2009 in San Francisco, California. New orders for US durable goods rose 1.9 percent in April, the biggest monthly gain since December 2007. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption

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Europe vs. US economies... and a dime heist

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Tuesday

GRAND ISLE, LA - AUGUST 24: Brown pelicans, the state bird of Louisiana, fly overhead as a fishing trawler moves through the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Grand Isle, Louisiana on August 24, 2019. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption

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Monday

Former IBM CEO Thomas J. Watson Jr. sits at one of the electronic data processing machines made by his company, May 24, 1956. (AP Photo) ASSOCIATED PRESS hide caption

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Friday

A woman uses a laptop on April 3, 2019, in Abidjan. According to the figures of the platform of the fight against cybercrime (PLCC) of the national police, nearly one hundred crooks of the internet, were arrested in 2018 in Ivory Coast, a country known for its scammers on the web (Photo by ISSOUF SANOGO / AFP) (Photo by ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP via Getty Images) ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Thursday

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What could convince Egypt to take in Gaza's refugees?

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A trucker hat mystery, the curse of September and other listener questions

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Friday

There's a turf war going on over where Hollywood strikers can picket

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LEFT: Bill Wolkoff is a strike captain for the Writers Guild of America, coordinating the picket at the Television City lot. Prior to the strike, Wolkoff wrote for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. RIGHT: Sara Bibel is a writer picketing at Television City. She spent 13 years working at The Young and the Restless. Dave Blanchard/NPR hide caption

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The secret entrance that sidesteps Hollywood picket lines

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Sometimes, it can seem like economists — especially macroeconomists — don't really understand the economy at all. But that stereotype isn't entirely fair, according to Emi Nakamura. She's a professor at UC Berkeley who is pioneering clever ways to clear up some of the deepest mysteries in macroeconomics. Genevieve Shiffrar/Courtesy of Emi Nakamura hide caption

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Wednesday

The Planet Money team held a special evening of music, costumes, and econ at the Warren Miller Performing Arts Center in Big Sky, Montana. Josh Newell/NPR hide caption

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Planet Money Live: Two Truths and a Lie

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Wednesday

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A time ball on a rooftop in Boston, Massachusetts in 1881. Winslow Upton and William Babcock Hazen/United States War Department, Washington D.C. 1881 hide caption

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The Day of Two Noons (Classic)

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Wednesday

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Two innovation market indicators

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Wednesday

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The battle for Puerto Rico's beaches

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Wednesday

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A Great Recession bank takeover

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Wednesday

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CBOhhhh, that's what they do

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Tuesday

People wait in line this week at the U.S. Supreme Court. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption

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The 26 Words That Made The Internet What It Is (Encore)

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Wednesday

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Two Indicators: Inside the Fed, then and now

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Wednesday

Groundhog handler John Griffiths holds Punxsutawney Phil after he saw his shadow predicting six more weeks of winter during 128th annual Groundhog Day festivities on February 2, 2014 in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Jeff Swensen/Getty Images) Jeff Swensen/Getty Images hide caption

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