Actuality

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Actuality episodes

August 07, 2015 Excessories
This Week, Actuality gorges itself on caviar to understand why the supply chain behind a luxury good is more important than ever. Also, a semi-aquatic invasive rodent may solve the "fur is murder" problem. Plus, the market in gothic poultry.
24 min
July 24, 2015 Monsnoozin’
This week, Actuality stays up past our bedtime to meet a man who slept just 4.5 hours a night for an entire year — and thrived. Then, we get soaked by the world's most economically important weather phenomenon. Plus, a Kazakh sleeping mystery.
21 min
July 10, 2015 GMOsquitoes
This week, Actuality scratches that itch with a trip to Key West, Florida, where the only prescription for an outbreak of dengue fever may be genetically altered mosquitoes. Plus, battling giant robots from the U.S. and Japan disappoint Marketplace's Sabri Ben-Achour.
22 min
June 26, 2015 The Devil Wears Nada
This week, Actuality slips on metallic jeggings to examine the dubious record of former American Apparel CEO Dov Charney, how jerk bosses thwart business success, and why women get tasked to clean up the mess. Plus, the best time to buy German erotica.
20 min
June 12, 2015 Cuba Libre
This week, Actuality goes to Cuba. We'll hear how the U.S. decision to re-open relations is affecting the island nation — in its music, its growing private sector and its underground internet. Plus, a virtual visit to a coral reef.
17 min
May 22, 2015 Island Fever for China
This week, China’s got island fever! Symptoms include building islands in seas claimed by other (irate) countries. Actuality looks at the law, and the US’s own nationalist pursuit of islands covered in bird poop. Plus, parachuting arachnids in Australia.
17 min
April 03, 2015 Popcorn Time
This week, Actuality watches movies for free. Digital piracy is simpler than ever, thanks to the torrenting app Popcorn Time. We talk to one of the app's developers and an attorney who says it is killing big budget films. Plus, Europe bans selfie sticks.
18 min

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Actuality explores the inner workings of the new global economy. Brought to you by Marketplace® and Quartz, it’s a podcast that combines the best of our economic smarts. Hosts Sabri Ben-Achour and Tim…