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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    What to Do with All That Matzo

    The Seders are over, but Passover is not. Observant Jews will continue to avoid eating leavened bread until the holiday ends on Tuesday night, and that means a whole lot more matzo for a whole lot of people over the next few days. And let’s face it, it’s not the most... interesting food to eat.

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    By Madeleine Brand • May 10, 2014 • 1 min read

    The Seders are over, but Passover is not. Observant Jews will continue to avoid eating leavened bread until the holiday ends on Tuesday night, and that means a whole lot more matzo for a whole lot of people over the next few days. And let’s face it, it’s not the most... interesting food to eat. But we’re here to help ease the monotony of a week’s worth of edible cardboard.

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    The full episode

    3 of 5
    Science of Humor, Matzo, and Rent Is Too Damn High
    1. 0:00The Rent Is Too Damn High
    2. 8:42The Ellis Act: How to Kick Out Rent Control Tenants
    3. 18:04What to Do with All That MatzoYou’re reading this
    4. 26:32The Humor Code
    5. 40:46Alidaba: The Biggest Company You've Never Heard Of
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