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Episode 572: Jewelers, Futurists And Whistleblowers

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Dancers pose in front of the Unisphere at the 1964 New York World's Fair, jewelry on display, and Union soldiers stand in front of a cannon.
Benj Carson/Flickr, Stacey Vanek Smith/NPR

Today on the show: Stories about the secrets of jewelry stores, the problem with World's Fairs and a law signed by Abraham Lincoln that's being used today to go after the largest banks in the world.

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