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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Uncle Sam Wants to Protect Your Data

    Host Madeleine Brand looks at news, culture and emerging trends through the lens of Los Angeles, weekdays at noon.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Jun 3, 2014 • 1 min read

    Host Madeleine Brand looks at news, culture and emerging trends through the lens of Los Angeles, weekdays at noon.

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    Obama, Big Data, Gerrymandering, Angelou and Waffles
    1. 0:00What’s Obama’s Foreign Policy?
    2. 8:21Uncle Sam Wants to Protect Your DataYou’re reading this
    3. 16:55Gerrymandering
    4. 25:36Maya Angelou Remembered
    5. 40:44America’s Relationship With the Belgian Waffle
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Christian Bordal

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      Matt Holzman

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    The full episode

    2 of 5
    Obama, Big Data, Gerrymandering, Angelou and Waffles
    1. 0:00What’s Obama’s Foreign Policy?
    2. 8:21Uncle Sam Wants to Protect Your DataYou’re reading this
    3. 16:55Gerrymandering
    4. 25:36Maya Angelou Remembered
    5. 40:44America’s Relationship With the Belgian Waffle
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