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* [[Intrepid Reporter]]: One reporter visits [[Marvel Comics]] in person after they don’t get a response to more traditional requests to discuss Door Man. |
* [[Intrepid Reporter]]: One reporter visits [[Marvel Comics]] in person after they don’t get a response to more traditional requests to discuss Door Man. |
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* [[No Budget]]: A lack of funding leads the hosts to buy one of the cheapest and riskiest junk bonds they could find, rather than a less risky asset. |
* [[No Budget]]: A lack of funding leads the hosts to buy one of the cheapest and riskiest junk bonds they could find, rather than a less risky asset. |
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* [[Pentagon Prices]]: Discussed in a collaboration with ''[[All Things Considered]]'' [https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2014/10/01/352819369/how-a-law-from-the-civil-war-fights-modern-day-fraud here], including the history of this activity and laws that incentivize blowing the whistle on it. |
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* [[Public Domain Character]]: Micro-Face is selected as their comic book character in part due to being in the public domain, after failing to buy the rights to ''Door Man'' from [[Marvel Comics]]. |
* [[Public Domain Character]]: Micro-Face is selected as their comic book character in part due to being in the public domain, after failing to buy the rights to ''Door Man'' from [[Marvel Comics]]. |
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* [[Punny Name]]: The shell company ''Unbelizable''. |
* [[Punny Name]]: The shell company ''Unbelizable''. |
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* [[Shout-Out]]: Becky with the good yield is one to [[Beyoncé|Becky with the good hair]]. |
* [[Shout-Out]]: Becky with the good yield is one to [[Beyoncé|Becky with the good hair]]. |
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* [[Swiss Bank Account]]: The hosts discuss this as an option with their contacts in [[Belize]] in episode 390. |
* [[Swiss Bank Account]]: The hosts discuss this as an option with their contacts in [[Belize]] in episode 390. |
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* [[Xtreme Kool Letterz]]: Discussed in episode 390 when going through shell company names, most notably finding one that was "Zurine". "It’s spelled like urine, but with a Z" |
* [[Xtreme Kool Letterz]]: Discussed in episode 390 when going through shell company names, most notably finding one that was "Zurine". "It’s spelled like urine, but with a Z". |
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