Segments From This Episode

• What does the Fed chair actually do?

  by Sabri Ben-Achour

  There's a lot of noise about who's going to be the next chief of the Federal Reserve. We're more interested in what the Fed chair actually can do for the economy.

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• The economics of pay-per-view

  by Queena Kim

  Boxing's mainstream glory days pretty much ended when Don King and Mike Tyson got involved. Networks no longer wanted any part of it. So, in many ways, boxing owes its survival to pay-per-view, which has allowed it to tap a small but dedicated audience for a high price.

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• Unprepared for rain, Colorado pays the price

  by Krissy Clark

  Colorado is equipped to deal with all sorts of natural disasters, from raging fire to heavy snow. But this torrential rain has caught Colorado off guard.

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• Washington can get back to fixing the economy now

  by Kai Ryssdal

  Now that a nomination fight over Larry Summers has been avoided, Washington can get back to work fixing the economy.

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• When you’re the first to go to college

  by Amy Scott

  Last spring, Raven Gribbins was the first in her family to graduate from high school. Now she begins the next chapter — as a college student.

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• ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’: The newest workplace comedy

  by Kai Ryssdal

  Workplace comedies have had a good run in the last few years. Now, two of the minds behind "The Office" and "Parks and Recreation" team up for a new cop show — that's a far cry from "Law & Order."

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