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The Infernal Machine

The unexpected story of how Alfred Nobel’s invention of dynamite—designed to build the world—was co-opted by anarchists to bring about its destruction.

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  How the World Ran Out of Everything

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  Spirit Halloween

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  The Power Broker #10: Clara Jeffery

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  Trompe L'oeil

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  Brilliantly Boring

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  Christiania

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  Cue the Sun!

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  The Power Broker #9: Majora Carter

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  Planet Money: Zombie 2nd Mortgages

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  Medellin, Revisited

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  Not Built For This #6: Maximum Temperature

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  Not Built For This #5: The Little Levee That Could

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  Not Built For This #4: Unbuilding the Terrace

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  Not Built For This #3: The Price is Wrong

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  Not Built For This #2: The Ripple Effect