Wonking Week: Star-Crossed Lovers

    In this week’s audio newsletter, we discuss the anxieties of gift giving on Valentine’s Day. In addition, Emily Badger examines the U.S. government’s awkward relationship with cyberspace.
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    Audio portions for this week’s Wonking Week podcast were drawn from:
    - Ambient sound from our second story came from the NBA game that saw Ray Allen’s historic record-breaking three-pointer shot.
    - The outro to our second story was taken from an interview with Boston’s Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, and Ray Allen.
    - The outro to our third story was an instrumental version of Leonard Bernstein’s "I Feel Pretty" from "West Side Story."
    - The outro to our interview with Emily Badger was taken from Hilary Clinton’s Internet speech in Washington.

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