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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Can San Francisco handle more millionaires as several startups go public?

    In Silicon Valley, some of the world’s biggest startups are going public. Uber already went public last week. Lyft goes public on Thursday. Slack, Postmates, Pinterest, and Airbnb are following suit in the coming weeks.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Mar 27, 2019 • 1 min read

    In Silicon Valley, some of the world’s biggest startups are going public. Uber already went public last week. Lyft goes public on Thursday. Slack, Postmates, Pinterest, and Airbnb are following suit in the coming weeks. That means hundreds of billions of dollars will flood into San Francisco in the next year, creating thousands of new millionaires.

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      Madeleine Brand

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    The full episode

    2 of 5
    Changing the language around homelessness
    1. 0:00The airline industry largely policies itself when it comes to safety, but can that change after Boeing crashes?
    2. 9:23Can San Francisco handle more millionaires as several startups go public?You’re reading this
    3. 18:41Rethinking the language around homelessness
    4. 25:53Curtis Flowers and the question of racial bias in jury selection
    5. 41:51Why Vicks VapoRub is so beloved among Latino families
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