Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi
Stories
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Psychedelic religious groups blur the line between business and spirituality
The largest psychedelic church in America has signed up more than 135,000 members who donate various amounts of money entitling them to corresponding amounts of psychedelics.
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How Russia's shadow fleet of oil tankers evades western sanctions
The U.S. and other western countries have issued sanctions on Russian oil exports since 2022. The Planet Money team explains how the country's shadow fleet of aging oil tankers evades policing.
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The Parable of Peanut the meme coin: How a real-life squirrel became a cryptocurrency
In just 7 years, Peanut the Squirrel went from being an anonymous street rodent, to a famous influencer, to a billion dollar cryptocurrency. His story is a parable of the modern attention economy.