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As anti-US sentiment increases across Europe, one retailer is giving shoppers a way to avoid American products. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hannah Selinger’s ‘Cellar Rat’ is full of fascinating intel on the business of selling wine, plus petty grievances against the hospitality world. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Americans of all political affiliations will miss the checks and balances that Trump is trying to dispense with. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The island’s sledding championship is taking on added cultural — and political — importance. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As devastated communities struggle to kick-start rebuilding, some experts warn that officials aren’t thinking enough about the bigger picture. By Laura Bliss See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What would happen to a city if one company owned most of it? Exhibit A: Irvine, California. By Michael Waters and John Gittelsohn. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ben Stiller’s twisty office horror show draws on a long cinematic history and exposes our deepest fears about work. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A history of The Onion provides some clues of how American comedy can rise to the second Trump term See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As nightclubs and karaoke bars go out of business in China, big brewers are changing their game plan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The company is overhauling its $200 billion money machine before everyone abandons it for ChatGPT. By Julia Love and Davey Alba See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rapid expansion made TD Bank a household name in the US but left it vulnerable to criminals—and billion in fines.   By Christine Dobby, Ari Altstedter, David Voreacos and Tom Schoenberg   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

They’re getting smarter, deadlier and more indispensable, and almost all of them  come from China. One Silicon Valley company wants to change that. By Drake Bennett and Ashlee Vance. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Unfazed by talk of trade wars, buyers at a Miami car show paid record prices for rare autos. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The calculus on renting versus buying a home in the US has gotten much more complex since the 1960s See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Two recent books examine the dark side of capitalism’s effect on urban development. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What began as a Korean specialty market four decades ago is now a billion-dollar grocery empire with an obsessive foodie following. By Adam Chandler See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The act of putting something aside is an exercise in remembering See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hailed worldwide as an exemplar of restorative justice, Nelson Mandela's Truth and Reconciliation Commission left many crimes unpunished. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Attempts to preserve the natural world might feel noble, but they’re stifling our chance of a decarbonized future. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How tropical travel and nights on the town helped First Trust sell funds with high fees.  By Emily Graffeo and Max Abelson See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A UK program is giving people the opportunity to get acquainted with the technology before they commit. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

America’s founding fathers had the luxury of secrecy. Modern attempts to write constitutions are bedeviled by polarization and hyper-scrutiny. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A new book argues that liberal America's deference to expertise morphed into intolerance for dissenting views. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The tech ‘canon’ of books and ideas over-indexes on great men and celebrates small teams that changed the world. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The India-Pakistan game in Dubai will showcase cricket's fiercest rivalry, and the UAE's influence on a sport few locals play. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.