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Tony Wagner

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Tony Wagner is Marketplace's newsletter editor. He writes the daily email newsletter and edits several others, including Marketplace's Crash Courses.

Previously he was a digital producer who helped launch “Make Me Smart,” “The Uncertain Hour” and “This Is Uncomfortable.” After eight years at Marketplace headquarters in LA, he recently relocated to Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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The Uncertain Hour

Everything you didn't know you didn't know about peanut butter

by Tony Wagner
Nov 17, 2017
Is that jar of brown mush in your cupboard natural? Do you have to stir it? Ever wondered why?
Jars of Skippy peanut butter.
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Want a more diverse and younger theater audience? There's an app for that

by Jana Kasperkevic and Tony Wagner
Nov 3, 2017
Broadway looks to tech to lure millennials.
Katie Szajkovics and Christoper Huey, two of TodayTix concierges, stand outside the theater and distribute tickets to customers. 
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The Uncertain Hour

How wood got in our food, then out of it, then back into it again

by Tony Wagner
Nov 1, 2017
A look at how the government determines what ingredients are allowed in bread, and how that has changed over time.
Two members of the Women's Timber Corps do their bit for the war effort by carrying a felled log through the lumber camp at Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, 1942.
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The Uncertain Hour

Here's what you don't know about regulations

by Tony Wagner
Oct 25, 2017
Mainly, that they're everywhere.
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Make Me Smart With Kai and Molly

What you need to know about the sequester and Trump

by Tony Wagner
Sep 29, 2017
Answering the unanswered questions from our Explainathon.
The early morning sun rises behind the US Capitol Building on October 22, 2009 in Washington, DC. 
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Make Me Smart With Kai and Molly

Big Tech is spending a lot on lobbying, but it's not clear what goes toward immigration

by Tony Wagner
Sep 11, 2017
Google, Apple, Microsoft and others have loudly denounced Trump's immigration policy, but their lobbying reports tell a different story.
Immigrants and supporters march to oppose President Donald Trump's order end to DACA on Sept. 5 in Los Angeles.
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Make Me Smart With Kai and Molly

Let's take a tour of the internet's many tubes, wires and cables

by Tony Wagner
Aug 24, 2017
It's important to remember that the internet is very physical.
An operator works during the mooring of an undersea fiber optic cable at Arrietara beach near the Spanish Basque village of Sopelana in June.
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Make Me Smart With Kai and Molly

More of your bitcoin questions, answered

by Tony Wagner
Aug 11, 2017
Let's take a closer look at the cryptocurrency.
 sticker on the window of a local pub indicates the acceptance of Bitcoins for payment.
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Make Me Smart With Kai and Molly

What should Make Me Smart read next?

by Tony Wagner
Jul 28, 2017
Next on the book club: Alternate histories and search histories, ruthless dictators and assassinated presidents. It's up to you.
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The Make Me Smart book club on the psychology of politics and religion

by Tony Wagner
Jul 14, 2017
More of your thoughts on a dry, but important book for our times.
"The Righteous Mind" by Jonathan Haidt.
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