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PODCAST: Exploding student debt

Exploding student debt, movies marketed to teens, and innovation in making soccer balls

With student loans at an alltime high, President Obama is expected to push for qualifying more people for income-based repayment plans. Plus, the new tear-jerker “The Fault in Our Stars” had a huge weekend at the box-office, making a case for the newest blockbuster demographic: teenage girls. Also, hear how a tiny town in Pakistan served as a testing ground for why technology takes so long to adopt into industry

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