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Aug 13, 2018

Fax me, beep me, if you wanna reach me

Fax machines, once the height of telecommunications tech, have mostly gone the way of the beeper. Some offices still fax occasionally, via those big industrial copiers, which new research shows are very vulnerable to hacking. We’ll talk through today’s cybersecurity and yesterday’s tech, but first: What you need to know about Zimbabwe’s election and Turkey’s currency crisis. Plus: A new book explores what it’s like growing up in a company town when the company is the U.S. government.

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Georgia experiments with food stamp work training program
by Susanna Capelouto
Susanna Capelouto for Marketplace
But state's training program spends much more per person than the figure Congress might allocate if it decides to pass a SNAP work requirement
Zimbabwe’s contested election muddles its pitch for foreign investment
by Tracey Samuelson
JEKESAI NJIKIZANA/AFP/Getty Images
Questions about promised reforms also hang over the country's economic future, one expert says.
What growing up in a company town is like when the company is the U.S. government
by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
J.R. Eyerman/Getty Images
In her new memoir, Karen Piper details growing up near the China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station.
Turkey’s new debt problem
YASIN AKGUL/AFP/Getty Images
Because of the country’s falling currency, its foreign debt just got a lot more expensive.

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Fax me, beep me, if you wanna reach me

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Segments From This Episode

Georgia experiments with food stamp work training program

Zimbabwe’s contested election muddles its pitch for foreign investment

What growing up in a company town is like when the company is the U.S. government

Turkey’s new debt problem

Music from the episode