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Thursday, October 8 2015

Potential Peace Prize Picks; Decriminalizing Sex Work; Broadway's Boom and Bust October 8, 2015

Nobel Peace Prize front-runners; the multibillion-dollar fantasy sports industry; Clinton opposes the TPP; the case to decriminalize sex work; and the history of Broadway. (episode)

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- Nobel Peace Prize Pre-Game October 8, 2015
  
  Joshua Keating of Slate talks about potential Nobel Peace Prize winners.
- Fantasy Sports Fumble October 8, 2015
  
  Joshua Brustein, tech writer for Bloomberg Businessweek, talks about fantasy sports, how the house always wins and the industry's recent scandal.
- Clinton Weighs in on the TPP October 8, 2015
  
  Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton doesn’t support the Trans-Pacific Partnership. We take your calls on how her announcement informs your voting inclinations.
- Time to Decriminalize Sex Work? October 8, 2015
  
  Should sex work be decriminalized? Alison Bass, professor of journalism, at West Virginia University discusses.
- From Damon Runyon to Disney October 8, 2015
  
  Broadway is an economic powerhouse. Michael Riedel of the New York Post explains how that came to be.