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'Crazy Ex Girlfriend' star Rachel Bloom takes the Marketplace Quiz

Jan 26, 2017
In a next life, she'd help look for aliens at SETI, because why not?
The advice Rachel Bloom wishes she received? Assume that you'll go broke.
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Chris Thile fell in love with the mandolin when he was just two years old.
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Author Jade Chang takes the Marketplace Quiz

Dec 14, 2016
Don't ask her about her favorite color.
Jade Chang is the author of "The Wangs vs. The World"
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Zooey Deschanel takes the Marketplace Quiz

Nov 25, 2016
Deschanel explains why you should stay true to yourself and perhaps purchase a coffee maker.
Zooey Deschanel with She & Him partner M. Ward.
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Sleigh Bells takes the Marketplace Quiz

Nov 11, 2016
Members Alexis Krauss and Derek Miller explain why buying Band-Aids are worth the investment.
Alexis Krauss regrets buying those cool but ultimately disappointing "Moon Shoes" when she was 9 years old.
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Anthony Bourdain takes the Marketplace Quiz

Oct 26, 2016
...And reminisces on the one burger that sent him into a spiral of self-hatred.
Bourdain's career back-up plan? Cooking brunch.
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Devendra Banhart takes the Marketplace Quiz

Oct 21, 2016
And explains why money really can buy you happiness.
In a next life Devendra Banhart would be a dried persimmon dealer.
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Mark Duplass takes the Marketplace Quiz

Oct 11, 2016
The filmmaker explains the importance of owning a blender.
Mark Duplass' latest film is "Blue Jay."
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Steve Aoki takes the Marketplace Quiz

Sep 29, 2016
And he's obsessed with his Spotify account.
Steve Aoki says to be successful in the music industry you have to think like a "chess player."
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Alton Brown takes the Marketplace Quiz

Sep 23, 2016
"90 percent of the advice that people give you is actually them expressing regret or fear."