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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    How March Got Madness

    March Madness begins today! But all the hype around the NCAA basketball tournament may never have come to be, if it weren’t for one game back in 1989. We find out how that single game changed everything.

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    By Madeleine Brand • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    March Madness begins today! But all the hype around the NCAA basketball tournament may never have come to be, if it weren’t for one game back in 1989. We find out how that single game changed everything.

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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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    3. 26:27Your Brain On Music
    4. 39:24Should Doctors Treat Unvaccinated Kids?
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