Jul 22, 2019

Slack’s quest to replace email is getting more competitive

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Slack has gone public, and now boasts 10 million daily users. But is it any closer to replacing email? Plus: Marvel's plan to follow "Endgame" and why people choose #vanlife.

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Dream big, live small: Why “van lifers” are trading four walls for four wheels

by Sammy Caiola

Jul 22, 2019

A group of millennials is turning to the open road as an alternative to a 9-to-5 job and a mortgage.

Travis Wild eats breakfast with his dog, Ayla.

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Marvel's diverse new superheroes target broader box office success

by Meghan McCarty Carino

Jul 22, 2019

The new slate of Marvel films will feature the first leading Asian superhero, deaf superhero and openly gay superhero.

Natalie Portman and Tessa Thompson speak at the Marvel Studios Panel during 2019 Comic-Con International at San Diego Convention Center on July 20, 2019.

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Why your safe deposit box might not be as "safe" as you think

by Kai Ryssdal and Daniel Shin

Jul 22, 2019

Stacy Cowley, business reporter for the New York Times, says a combination of negligence and lack of regulation has led to hundreds of people losing millions of dollars in valuables.

Close up of a man putting a will in to a bank safety deposit box circa 1950.

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What is Slack?

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst

Jul 22, 2019

Slack co-founder and CEO Stewart Butterfield talked with Kai Ryssdal about how his platform changes work.

Slack co-founder and CEO Stewart Butterfield in Aspen, Colorado.

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Not much has changed since the 2017 Equifax breach

by Kimberly Adams

Jul 22, 2019

Cyber security experts warn that consumers are as vulnerable to hacking now as they were back then.

Former Equifax CEO Richard Smith prepares to testify before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee in October 2017 in Washington, DC.

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CBS pulls its programming from AT&T households

by Marielle Segarra

Jul 22, 2019

What we’re seeing is basically a game of chicken over how much AT&T owes CBS. The question is who’s going to blink first.

The CBS headquarters seen in 2013 in New York City.

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Music from the episode

Sunday Arak Balkan Beat Box

Te Amo Atlas Sound

Stay With Us Seoul

Mister Magic Grover Washington, Jr.

Old Town Road - Remix Lil Nas X, Billy Ray Cyrus

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The team

Nancy Farghalli Executive Producer

Maria Hollenhorst Producer II

Sean McHenry Director & Associate Producer II

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