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A Playmobil toy figure is covered with plastic granules at the playmobil toy factory in Dietenhofen on November 12, 2013 in Dietenhofen, Germany.  Timm Schamberger/Getty Images

Today's episode goes inside Verizon's American call centers and inside the heads of American consumers. Plus: Only about half of welfare funding actually goes to cash assistance, work or child care. What happens to the rest?

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How an oil shortage in the 1970s shaped today's economic policy

by Kai Ryssdal
May 31, 2016
Meg Jacobs details the effects of U.S. dependency on foreign oil in her new book.
An attendant at a Texaco petrol station on 1st Avenue and 37th Street, New York, during a fuel shortage in June 1979.  
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Why do welfare funds go to marriage counseling?

by Krissy Clark
May 31, 2016
Our new podcast, "The Uncertain Hour" looks at the sometimes surprising places welfare cash ends up.
Instructors Cynthia Rayford and Scott Roby conduct a marriage counseling class in Oklahoma. 
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Consumer spending surged in April. Why?

by Mark Garrison
May 31, 2016
Is it pent-up demand or confidence in the economy? Either way, it's surprising.
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Verizon's deal puts more U.S. call centers to work

by Kimberly Adams
May 31, 2016
The company's bringing 1,400 new jobs to the East Coast, and there are some advantages to running call centers in the U.S.
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It was very easy to hack North Korea's Facebook clone

by Kai Ryssdal
May 31, 2016
Child's play, really.
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Today’s episode goes inside Verizon’s American call centers and inside the heads of American consumers. Plus: Only about half of welfare funding actually goes to cash assistance, work or child care. What happens to the rest?

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Bloom ODESZA
It’s Alright Matt and Kim
Palace Chalice Mux Mool
We Could Forever Bonobo
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