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Korean pop culture has taken the world by storm. And not by accident.
Nov 18, 2021

Korean pop culture has taken the world by storm. And not by accident.

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A man walks past a commercial poster showing K-pop group BTS members at a shopping district in Seoul on October 15, 2020. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP) (Photo by JUNG YEON-JE/AFP via Getty Images) Jung Yeon-Je/AFP via Getty Images
Plus: Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic on economic recovery; the options Joe Biden has to combat rising gas prices; and a Chicago musician on a sense of normalcy regained.

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Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic: "Everything is just taking longer than I would have expected going in."

by Kai Ryssdal and Sean McHenry
Nov 18, 2021
Bostic discusses inflation, employment and trying to make sure the economic recovery brings everyone along.
Atlanta Fed President and CEO Raphael Bostic addresses an audience at an event in Athens, Georgia.
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The economy is adding more jobs than reports first reflect

by Mitchell Hartman
Nov 18, 2021
Other employment numbers have been subject to a lot of revision as well.
Many employment statistics and reports have been revised, pointing to difficulties in understanding real-time labor conditions amid the pandemic. Above, a pedestrian walks past a "help wanted" sign.
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Biden administration considers its options as gas prices rise

by Justin Ho
Nov 18, 2021
Officials are considering releasing oil from the strategic reserve. They’re also pushing the FTC to investigate possible price gouging.
There are several factors that go into why the price for gas can be so different from country to country.
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Americans didn't move nearly as much as you may've thought during the pandemic

by Amanda Peacher
Nov 18, 2021
What happened wasn't migration, it was mobility.
New Census data show surprisingly low relocation rates over the pandemic. Above, a mover places boxes in a moving truck in New York City.
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His life as a Chicago musician is starting to feel normal again

by Andie Corban
Nov 18, 2021
After more than a year and a half of working online, Seth Shulman is teaching lessons in person and back to a more regular show schedule.
People listen to music at a September festival in Brooklyn, New York.
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How Korean culture became a global phenomenon

by Kristin Schwab
Nov 18, 2021
The nation's pop culture is a government-funded export that has grown into the "Korean wave."
Rapper RM from BTS is featured on a mural in Seoul. The boy band helped build momentum for the "Korean wave."
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Music from the episode

Hard Up The Bamboos
Chosen Blood Orange
Days To Come Bonobo, Bajka
Moving On Roosevelt
It Hurts (아파) [Slow] 2NE1
Realize Matilde Davoli

The team

Nancy Farghalli Executive Producer
Maria Hollenhorst Producer II
Andie Corban Producer I
Sean McHenry Director & Associate Producer II
Richard Cunningham Associate Producer I
Dylan Miettinen Associate Digital Producer

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