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1. 1

   The Hundred-Dollar Week

   In this episode: Why American diners now spend $100 a week eating out — and the workarounds they've found to keep doing it; One year after the $7,500 EV tax credit ended: how buyers are rewriting the math on going electric; What the money desk is watching next: the Fed's first rate hike since 2023 and what it costs you

2. 2

   Three Crises at Once

   In this episode: Diesel hits another record — $6.53 a gallon, the fourth weekly high of September — and the inflation the Fed is fighting is made of it; The bond market, oil, and AI: three crises at once, and how they're connected; How the AI buildout is actually financed — and why rising rates threaten it

3. 3

   How We Count

   In this episode: UCR vs. NCVS: America counts crime twice, two different ways — and why that disagreement is the point; How NOAA builds a hurricane season outlook — and the one thing it can't tell you; Inside the NFL's five-phase concussion protocol: how a player actually gets back on the field

4. 4

   The Table

   In this episode: Americans want marriage again — but only on their own terms. What the research actually shows; Why you're kinder to strangers than to family — and what that says about the people closest to you; Mel Robbins brings Jay Shetty on for the conversations couples avoid

5. 5

   Power, Played

   In this episode: The Senate blocks the Stop Insider Trading Act 53-47 as Democrats demand a full ban; Mexico nears an interim deal with the U.S. to cut auto, steel, and aluminum tariffs; Pennsylvania returns $190,000 to drivers charged for repairs they never got — how the Mavis Tire settlement worked

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