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18. “Insurance Is Sexy.” Discuss.
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17. Samin Nosrat Always Wanted to Be Famous
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14. Why Do Most Ideas Fail to Scale?
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12. “This Didn't End the Way It’s Supposed to End.”
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11. The Mom Who Stole the Blueprints for the Atomic Bomb
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10. Check the Data: It’s a Man’s World
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