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How Athletic Brewing helped create a whole new category of drink: nonalcoholic beer  that actually tastes ... good?  By Andrew Zaleski See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The news business is facing its next enormous challenge. Here are eight reasons to be both optimistic and paranoid. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fighting for a Share of a $1 Trillion Market in Borneo’s Jungle See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chick-fil-A's Lemon-squeezing Robots Are Saving 10,000 Hours of Work See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Books and podcasts about the past are surging in popularity, making them increasingly profitable. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The luxury brand’s incoming CEO will have to reverse a sales slump, but Gucci’s history shows the company is no stranger to dramatic turnarounds. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Firms are so desperate for graduates they’re paying off student loans and offering cheap housing. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

US bike sales never recovered after the recession. To figure out why, a new citizen put an American tradition to the test. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The internet’s biggest recreation zone for kids is fighting to keep predators away, and it’s not always winning. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

America’s weight-loss drug capital isn’t Hollywood or Manhattan. It’s Bowling Green, Kentucky. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brady Corbet’s new film aims to reframe our understanding of Brutalist architecture — and the American dream. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As K-dramas take the world by storm, tourists in South Korea are donning the traditional robes for sightseeing. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The limits of government intervention are evident in Zhengzhou, where home prices keep falling. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Finding and onboarding new suppliers is a time-consuming process for procurement staff. Dun & Bradstreet has partnered with IBM to apply artificial intelligence to the process, enabling staff to query its databases in plain English to find suppliers who fit the criteria they need. The result is a simpler, faster process that is saving companies time and money. This episode is sponsored by IBM....

Chilis Are Losing Their Heat as the World Gets Warmer See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Citizenship Looks More Like a Privilege Than a Right See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Syrian Refugees Are Conflicted About Returning Home See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The human egg is a precious resource, exchanged in markets open, gray or black. To tell its story, we follow a teenage girl in India, lured into selling her eggs; a model in Argentina whose genetic makeup is prized; a mother in Greece, told by police that her eggs were stolen; and two “egg girls” from Taiwan who have put themselves at risk to earn money in the US. By Natalie Obiko Pear...

Before You Write a Wall Street Memoir, Listen to This See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

‘I Don’t Want to Go Back’: When Ozempic Insurance Coverage Runs Out See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Problem with the Portfolio Career See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Coaches routinely violate rules meant to protect injured players at football powerhouse.  By Peter Robison and Noah Buhayar See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

By Jason Gale See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

AI’s early adopters are disproportionately men, a disconnect that could stands to exacerbate the gender pay gap See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In 'Box Office Poison,' Tim Robey looks for lessons in a century of Hollywood failures. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.