Oct 5, 2016

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On today's show, batting down the hatches for Hurricane Matthew, what $100,000 in student debt feels like and who on earth might buy Twitter. Plus: a conversation with Ev Williams, CEO of Medium and a co-founder of Twitter.

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Ev Williams wants to save internet comments

by Molly Wood

Oct 5, 2016

Molly Wood talks with the Medium CEO about his ongoing quest to get writing right.

Medium CEO Evan Williams speaks onstage during 'An Uneasy Marriage?Tech, Media, and Money' at the Vanity Fair New Establishment Summit at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts on October 7, 2015 in San Francisco, California.

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How "Jurassic Park" inspired one doctor

by Bridget Bodnar

Oct 5, 2016

In "Wonder Women," Sam Maggs details the accomplishments of trailblazing women. Here's one of their stories.

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Why there's almost no mortgage lending in Detroit

by Lewis Wallace

Oct 5, 2016

Houses are cheap. But banks won't make loans, especially in black neighborhoods

Getting a loan in Detroit, where median home values are still well below $50,000, has become rare.

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What would Twitter's suitors get for $20 billion?

by Annie Baxter

Oct 5, 2016

The social media company is ripe for acquisition; exactly what does it offer buyers?

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The costs of Hurricane Matthew

by Andy Uhler

Oct 5, 2016

Coastal communities in the path of the hurricane worry about costs, insurance.

A boarded up IHOP restaurant has messages to Hurricane Matthew written on the plywood as it sits closed ahead of Hurricane Matthew on Cocoa Beach, Florida on October 5, 2016. Hurricane Matthew, the Caribbean's worst storm in nearly a decade, barreled towards the Bahamas Wednesday morning after killing nine people and pummeling Haiti and Cuba.

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Yahoo doesn't deny it scanned users' emails

by Molly Wood

Oct 5, 2016

A company statement says the story is "misleading," but not inaccurate, while the New York Times gets more details.

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On today’s show, batting down the hatches for Hurricane Matthew, what $100,000 in student debt feels like and who on earth might buy Twitter. Plus: a conversation with Ev Williams, CEO of Medium and a co-founder of Twitter.

Music from the episode

Blurred Lines Robin Thicke, T.I., Pharrell Williams

The Best Day Atmosphere

Digital Love Daft Punk

Heavenly Divine Jedi Mind Tricks

The Message (feat. Melle Mel & Duke Bootee) Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, Grandmaster Melle Mel, Duke Bootee

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