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Pay Your Taxes: A Cautionary Tale

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Pay Your Taxes: A Cautionary Tale

When IRS agents raided the house of rapper Young Buck, they seized all his things: his white leather dining chairs, his watches, his craps table, his tattoo kit. Now, they're being put up for auction.

Pay Your Taxes: A Cautionary Tale

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Manufacturing The Song Of The Summer
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Manufacturing The Song Of The Summer

On today's show, we tell the story of a secret battle that's been going on for more than a year: The fight to create the song of the summer, the music industry's holy grail.

Manufacturing The Song Of The Summer

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The Club Behind Omaha's $100 Million Creative Boom

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The Club Behind Omaha's $100 Million Creative Boom

A couple college friends decided Omaha needed a music venue. The community they created led developers to remake a whole neighborhood.

The Indie-Rock Club Behind Omaha's $100 Million Creative Boom

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Management Secrets Of The Treadmill Video Guy

Damian Kulash is the lead singer of OK Go, the band that made that treadmill video somebody forwarded you a few years back. On today's Planet Money, Kulash talks about the sinking ship that is the music business.

Management Secrets Of The Treadmill Video Guy

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