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Austerity's Spreadsheet Error
Season 9 E 90 • 04/23/2013
Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff's 2010 debt study inspires austerity around the world, but grad student Thomas Herndon debunks the results.
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S9 E89
Toronto Terror Plot
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police thwart an Al Qaeda-inspired train attack, so Shep Smith shows Canada proper respect.
04/22/2013
00:36
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Intro - 4/22/13
Boston pulls through tragedy, the George W. Bush Library opens its doors, and Michael Pollan talks about his book, "Cooked."
04/22/2013
03:17
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S9 E89
George W. Bush Presidential Library
The George W. Bush Library features 43,000 artifacts, 200 million e-mails and a presidential "Choose Your Own Adventure."
04/22/2013
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Michael Pollan
"Cooked" author Michael Pollan explains that the most important thing about one's diet is not a nutrient -- it's an activity.
04/22/2013
00:05
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S9 E89
Sign Off - Goodnight
Stephen says goodnight.
04/22/2013
04:13
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S9 E89
Tiny Triumphs - Infrastructure & River Pollution
According to the ASCE Report Card, America can now proudly say that only 25% of its bridges are structurally deficient or functionally obsolete.
04/22/2013
00:07
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S9 E90
Sign Off - Goodnight
Stephen says goodnight.
04/23/2013
04:19
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S9 E90
Austerity's Spreadsheet Error - Thomas Herndon
Graduate student Thomas Herndon identifies little staggering omissions in a prominent academic paper, "Growth in a Time of Debt."
04/23/2013
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Eric Schmidt
Google's executive chairman discusses his book, "The New Digital Age: Reshaping the Future of People, Nations and Business."
04/23/2013
03:01
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S9 E90
Scoobygate
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie blatantly lies about his past to one of his constituents and derails his 2016 election ambitions.
04/23/2013
07:43
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S9 E90
Austerity's Spreadsheet Error
Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff's 2010 debt study inspires austerity around the world, but grad student Thomas Herndon debunks the results.
04/23/2013
00:07
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S9 E91
Sign Off - Goodnight
Stephen sends a tweet.
04/24/2013
05:20
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S9 E91
Danica Patrick
NASCAR driver Danica Patrick explains how racing is a cardio workout.
04/24/2013
08:20
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S9 E91
Bill Clinton's Twitter Lessons
Since Twitter is the Jell-O of human expression, President Clinton decides to launch his account, @BillClinton, and he take some pointers from Stephen.
04/24/2013
03:37
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S9 E91
Tiny Triumphs - NASA's Giant Penis Doodle
America takes a pristine planet 140 million miles away and scribbles on it like it's the face of a passed-out frat boy.
04/24/2013
03:28
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S9 E91
AP Twitter Hack
A group called the Syrian Electronic Army sends a fake tweet about explosions at the White House, triggering a mini flash crash.
04/24/2013
08:21
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S9 E92
Better Know a District - Pennsylvania's 17th - Matt Cartwright
Representative Matt Cartwright does not think that Crayola should rename its white crayon "Republican" but does think that everyone should have the right to marry.
04/25/2013
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S9 E92
Miranda Rights for Boston Bomber
The Boston police catch Dzhokar Tsarnaev in a landlocked boat, and Fox & Friends pundits emphasize that he was "singing like a canary" until the judge arrived.
04/25/2013
00:39
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S9 E92
Sign Off - Welcome Baby Matheson!
Stephen wishes his editor's son a long and happy life of tricking other people into doing his work.
04/25/2013
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S9 E92
Exclusive - Better Know a District - Pennsylvania's 17th - Matt Cartwright
Stephen asks Congressman Matt Cartwright about his all-of-the-above approach to enema needs.
04/25/2013
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Gene Robinson
Bishop Gene Robinson discusses how the church got it wrong about gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.
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