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Episode 32: The "Made in USA" Label Is Basically Meaningless Now
Government & Policy Emily Rask 9/20/26 Government & Policy Emily Rask 9/20/26

Episode 32: The "Made in USA" Label Is Basically Meaningless Now

Only 11% of what Americans buy is actually made here. How the Made in USA label went from an 1887 British law to a company's own invented percentage.

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Episode 25: This Is Your Brain on Drugs
Government & Policy Emily Rask 9/20/26 Government & Policy Emily Rask 9/20/26

Episode 25: This Is Your Brain on Drugs

The fried-egg ad behind the War on Drugs was built by a marketing firm, not a doctor. How one commercial turned fear into federal policy for a decade.

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Episode 21: The $3 Billion Program That Backfired
Government & Policy Emily Rask 9/20/26 Government & Policy Emily Rask 9/20/26

Episode 21: The $3 Billion Program That Backfired

In 2009 the government paid Americans to destroy nearly 700,000 working cars. The real story behind the slogan, and who paid for it quietly.

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Episode 18: Click It or Ticket
Government & Policy Emily Rask 9/20/26 Government & Policy Emily Rask 9/20/26

Episode 18: Click It or Ticket

"Click It or Ticket" didn't try to convince you seatbelts were a good idea. It just changed the math. The real history of seatbelt enforcement.

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Episode 17: Beef. It's What's For Dinner
Government & Policy Emily Rask 9/20/26 Government & Policy Emily Rask 9/20/26

Episode 17: Beef. It's What's For Dinner

A mandatory tax on every cattle sale in America built this slogan, and small ranchers were forced to fund it. How the Supreme Court called it government speech.

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Episode 10: Got Milk?
Government & Policy Emily Rask 9/20/26 Government & Policy Emily Rask 9/20/26

Episode 10: Got Milk?

The real story behind Got Milk, starting with swill milk, wartime dairy surplus, and a government that hid extra cheese in limestone caves.

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