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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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What did Oregon Trail teach us?

by Tony Wagner
May 8, 2017
Besides the dangers of dysentery and cholera.
A screenshot from the Apple II version of "Oregon Trail." Poor Kai. 
Screenshot via the Internet Archive
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What should the Make Me Smart book group read first?

by Tony Wagner
Apr 28, 2017
Cast your vote and get reading!
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The main differences between internet privacy in the US and the EU

by Tony Wagner
Apr 24, 2017
In Europe, privacy laws are a 'starting point' instead of a secondary principle.
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We're still unpacking Trump psychology

by Tony Wagner
Apr 13, 2017
Here's what you had to say about George Lakoff and "your brain on Trump."
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump greets the crowd at a campaign rally on October 27, 2016 in Springfield, Ohio. 
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Trump's trips are expensive. Can Congress step in?

by Tony Wagner
Mar 23, 2017
His living arrangement with the First Lady is costly too. Are taxpayers on the hook for all of it?
President Donald Trump walks down the stairs after arriving on Air Force One at the Palm Beach International Airport to spend part of the weekend at Mar-a-Lago resort on February 17, 2017 in West Palm Beach, Florida.
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A short history of Uber's many scandals

by Tony Wagner
Mar 20, 2017
The uber-rich ride-hailing company is in the middle of a perfect storm that's been brewing for years.
A man poses holding a smartphone showing the App for ride-sharing cab service Uber in London on October 28, 2016.   
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When robots get creative

by Tony Wagner
Mar 16, 2017
What happens when you let AI in the recording studio? Or the writers room? Or the kitchen?
A violin-playing robot, one in a series of humanoid robots from Toyota Partner Robot, is displayed at a robot event for children in Tokyo in 2015.
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Blog: Some economic context for the immigration debate

by Tony Wagner
Mar 9, 2017
It's an economic disruption, sure, but not a negative one.
Candidates for U.S. citizenship wave flags before being sworn in during a naturalization ceremony on Liberty Island in 2011.
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Blog: Scientists and other volunteers are banding together to save data

by Tony Wagner
Feb 16, 2017
Coders and scientists are scraping government websites on 'rescue' missions and uploading the information to repositories.
Steam and exhaust rise from different companies on a cold winter day on January 6, 2017 in Oberhausen, Germany. 
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Blog: The strange case of prison phone calls

by Tony Wagner
Feb 9, 2017
The simple phone call is caught up in economic, legal and prison reform battles.
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