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232. A New Nobel Laureate Explains the Gender Pay Gap (Replay)

Claudia Goldin is the newest winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics. We spoke with her in 2016 about why women earn so much less than men — and how it’s not all explained by discrimination.

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  Extra: Why Is 23andMe Going Under? (Update)

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  585. A Social Activist in Prime Minister’s Clothing

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  584. How to Pave the Road to Hell

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  Extra: The Men Who Started a Thinking Revolution (Update)

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  Why Are There So Many Bad Bosses? (Update)

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  583. Are We Living Through the Most Revolutionary Period in History?

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  Extra: How Much Do You Know About Immigration?

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  582. Why Is Everyone Moving to Canada?

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  581. What Both Parties Get Wrong About Immigration

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  Extra: Madeleine Albright’s Warning on Immigration

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  580. The True Story of America’s Supremely Messed-Up Immigration System

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  579. Are You Caught in a Social Media Trap?

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  Extra: What Is Sportswashing — and Does It Work? (Update)

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  578. Water, Water Everywhere — But You Have to Stop and Think

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  Is Google Getting Worse? (Update)

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  Extra: Mr. Feynman Takes a Trip — But Doesn’t Fall