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    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    With more natural disasters, insurance companies withdraw from high-risk areas

    In Redding, California, firefighters are still battling the large Mountain Fire that broke out late Thursday morning. Californians usually want to move back and rebuild after fires are put out.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Aug 23, 2019 • 50m Listen

    In Redding, California, firefighters are still battling the large Mountain Fire that broke out late Thursday morning. Californians usually want to move back and rebuild after fires are put out. But now, more and more insurers won’t sell policies to people in areas prone to fires, hurricanes, and floods.

    In this episode

    4 stories
    1. 0:00

      Trump's war against Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell

      Jerome Powell gave a highly anticipated speech today about monetary policy. President Trump apparently wanted him to announce that he would slash interest rates.

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      10 min
    2. 9:42

      Remembering David Koch and his family's political influence

      David Koch, one of the wealthiest men on the planet and an influential libertarian political force, has died at age 79. Along with his brother Charles, the Koch brothers expanded their father’s empire into a global behemoth.

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      16 min
    3. 26:08

      With global warming comes more disasters, and insurance companies are pulling out of risky areas

      In Redding, California, firefighters are still battling the large Mountain Fire that broke out late Thursday morning. It's not far from where the Carr Fire burned more than 200,000 acres last year.

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      11 min
    4. 37:20

      'Brittany Runs a Marathon:' classic makeover movie?

      Our critics review "Angel Has Fallen," the third movie following "Olympus Has Fallen" and "London Has Fallen," starring Morgan Freeman as the President of the United States and Gerald Butler as his favorite Secret Service agent; "Brittany Runs a…

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      13 min
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Associate producer

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    In this episode

    4 stories
    1. 0:0010 min

      Trump's war against Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell

    2. 9:4216 min

      Remembering David Koch and his family's political influence

    3. 26:0811 min

      With global warming comes more disasters, and insurance companies are pulling out of risky areas

    4. 37:2013 min

      'Brittany Runs a Marathon:' classic makeover movie?

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