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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    How to Give Away Your Money

    If you are wealthy, how do you decide what to give your money to? Is there a right way and a wrong way to do philanthropy?

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    By Madeleine Brand • Nov 12, 2015 • 1 min read

    If you are wealthy, how do you decide what to give your money to? Is there a right way and a wrong way to do philanthropy?

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    Geffen’s UCLA Gift, 'War Is Beautiful,' and How to Give Away Money
    1. 0:00Geffen’s Gift to UCLA
    2. 9:03How to Give Away Your MoneyYou’re reading this
    3. 15:41Sports Roundup: L.A.’s Bid for the 2024 Olympics
    4. 27:19'War Is Beautiful'
    5. 42:49Web Roundup: The Dark Web
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Jolie Myers

      Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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      Aaron Dorfman

      National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy

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    The full episode

    2 of 5
    Geffen’s UCLA Gift, 'War Is Beautiful,' and How to Give Away Money
    1. 0:00Geffen’s Gift to UCLA
    2. 9:03How to Give Away Your MoneyYou’re reading this
    3. 15:41Sports Roundup: L.A.’s Bid for the 2024 Olympics
    4. 27:19'War Is Beautiful'
    5. 42:49Web Roundup: The Dark Web
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