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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    American ISIS

    The FBI is looking into reports that two more Americans have been killed while fighting for the group known as the Islamic State. This news comes days after San Diego resident Douglas McArthur McCain was killed in Syria while fighting for the group.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Aug 29, 2014 • 1 min read

    The FBI is looking into reports that two more Americans have been killed while fighting for the group known as the Islamic State. This news comes days after San Diego resident Douglas McArthur McCain was killed in Syria while fighting for the group. Intelligence officials believe at least 140 Americans have gone to fight in Syria and Iraq so far, and that number seems to be growing exponentially.

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    Welcome to the 47-Hour Work Week
    1. 0:00What Happened to the 40 Hour Work Week?
    2. 9:55LA’s “Made in America” Festival
    3. 17:48American ISISYou’re reading this
    4. 26:54Pierce Brosnan, Found Footage, and Retelling Exodus
    5. 42:00Hackers Hit U.S. Banks
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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    The full episode

    3 of 5
    Welcome to the 47-Hour Work Week
    1. 0:00What Happened to the 40 Hour Work Week?
    2. 9:55LA’s “Made in America” Festival
    3. 17:48American ISISYou’re reading this
    4. 26:54Pierce Brosnan, Found Footage, and Retelling Exodus
    5. 42:00Hackers Hit U.S. Banks
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