Episodios

  • When a fight with your mom costs millions: acrimony at Aldi
    May 24 2025

    There are grocery stores, and then there’s Aldi. In the decades since WWII, this discounter chain has not only won over the wallets of its customers but also their hearts. Faithful Aldi customers from all walks of life wouldn’t dream of shopping anywhere else. But behind the well-oiled Aldi machine, there is also plenty of intrigue in this family-owned empire.

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    Brenda Arnold

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    8 m
  • A fortune for footwear, or my kingdom for a sneaker
    May 18 2025

    Imagine bending over to tie your shoe. Now imagine that this simple act would earn you millions of dollars. Yet this is just what Pelé did. The shoe: a Puma.

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    Brenda Arnold

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    6 m
  • How to get a stranger to show you their socks
    May 9 2025

    Eyeglasses and watches used to be mundane utilitarian accessories until designers were invited to the table. The ordinary sock has now joined in on the game and is no longer a simple stocking, but a formidable fashion statement. And, as it turns out, an opportunity to have a little fun with a perfect stranger.

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    Brenda Arnold

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    6 m
  • A knack for snacks
    May 3 2025

    When is a snack a meal? It depends on what country you’re in, as Germans discover when they go to America to find potato chips on their dinner plate. Europeans brought foods with them across the Atlantic but many of them were transformed into something new.

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    Brenda Arnold

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    5 m
  • German precision meets American vastness
    Apr 21 2025

    Germans are usually so logical, it’s hard to believe how that can make misjudge distances so badly when they visit the U.S. But to be honest, it’s kind of gratifying.

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    Brenda Arnold

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    10 m
  • Bring out the Easter eggs – the girls are coming home
    Apr 13 2025

    I first published this two years ago. COVID seems like a distant memory but reading this brings it all back.

    Just as I was getting used to not being a mother, my COVID-harassed daughters came home - left - and came home - repeatedly. Now I'm trying to remember, what was it again that I always did for Easter?

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    Brenda Arnold

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    6 m
  • My cowboy boots didn’t fool the cowboy
    Apr 6 2025

    I thought cowboy boots would help me develop my rodeo skills. An evening at the Grizzly Rose bar in Denver was enough to teach me otherwise.

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    Brenda Arnold

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    10 m
  • The French girl who wouldn't talk
    Mar 30 2025

    Language class is where you learn to speak a language, but just memorizing vocabulary and practicing dictations won’t do the trick. I found a surprising way to get our exchange student to talk.

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    Brenda Arnold

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    10 m
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