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Flash Forward is a show about possible (and not so possible) future scenarios. What would the warranty on a sex robot look like? How would diplomacy work if we couldn’t lie? Could there ever be a fecal transplant black market? (Complicated, it wouldn’t, and yes, respectively, in case you’re curious.) Hosted and produced by award winning science journalist Rose Eveleth, each episode combines audio drama and journalism to go deep on potential tomorrows, and uncovers what those futures might re ...
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Tipping is another oddly American tradition that we all pretty universally hate. Perhaps you did not know that the modern conception of tipping arose during reconstruction as a means to not have to pay black people for their labor. We explore the origins of this strange, uniquely American tradition, why it persists, and what is probably going to make this problem much, much worse.
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- https://www.gutenberg.org/files/33170/33170-h/33170-h.htm
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- https://www.povertylaw.org/article/the-racist-history-behind-americas-tipping-culture/
- https://www.foodwoolf.com/2010/08/history-of-tipping.html
- https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20230606-how-to-tip-around-the-world
- https://www.westernunion.com/blog/en/global-tipping-guide/?cust_src=organic_search
- https://time.com/5404475/history-tipping-american-restaurants-civil-war/
- https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tip-sheet/
- https://www.paycor.com/resource-center/articles/minimum-wage-tipped-employees-by-state/
- https://www.dol.gov/general/topic/wages/minimumwage
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