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Looking to 2021
Dec 31, 2020

Looking to 2021

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The 2021 New Year's Eve numerals are lit up after arriving in Times Square in New York on Dec. 21. Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images
On today's show: We look back at year that was, and how the problems of 2020 — the pandemic, politics and the economy — will continue in 2021. 

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COVID-19

Will the relief package boost consumer spending in 2021?

by Marielle Segarra
Dec 31, 2020
Ultimately, this money is a bridge until the virus is under control.
Women carry shopping bags while walking in Georgetown on Dec. 23, 2020, in Washington, D.C.
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Elections 2020

Small radio stations in Georgia benefit from big spending on U.S. Senate races

by Susanna Capelouto
Dec 31, 2020
From classic rock to gospel, even music stations are seeing a bump in ad revenue from the Senate runoffs.
A supporter holds a sign during a campaign rally for Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jon Ossoff on Dec. 3, 2020 in Kennesaw, Georgia.
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It turns out 2020 may have been a good year for the anime industry

by Kimberly Adams and Sean McHenry
Dec 31, 2020
Between a recording-breaking animated movie and growing popularity around the world, the anime industry saw plenty of wins in 2020.
In Tokyo, pedestrians walk past a poster promoting "Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train," which became the biggest box-office hit in Japan after its release this fall.
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"Great Gatsby" and other classics enter public domain Jan. 1

by Jasmine Garsd
Dec 31, 2020
Copyright protections run out for books, songs and other works published in 1925. They will become free for anyone to use.
Want to put on a royalty-free production of "The Great Gatsby"? You can do that after midnight.
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Reopening after 2 hurricanes and a pandemic

by Rose Conlon
Dec 31, 2020
How one Louisiana family-owned bakery rebuilt its business in the wake of hurricanes Laura and Delta.
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Music from the episode

Sweet Georgia Brown Sidney Bechet
Chosen Blood Orange
Manhattan Carmen Cavallaro
Maria También Khruangbin

The team

Nancy Farghalli Executive Producer
Maria Hollenhorst Producer II
Sean McHenry Director & Associate Producer II

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