Sports gambling ads are proliferating: In stadiums, on TV broadcasts and on apps across the internet. The multi-billion dollar industry has exploded in the past five years. So what happens when that momentum is translated into gambling on politics, culture, and even war? Clare tells Teo about the meteoric rise of sports gambling, and the way it’s changing norms about betting on real world events.

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Sources in this episode:

• US Sports Betting Revenue & Handle, Legal Sports Report
• #Sponsored: A Systematic Literature Review and Theoretical Framework of Gambling Sponsorship Research, Journal of Advertising
• The effect of television advertising on gambling behaviour: a quasi-experimental study during the 2022 Qatar FIFA World Cup, Addictive Behavior Reports
• The Financial Consequences of Legalized Sports Gambling, Conference on Economics and Computation
• Sports betting legalization: How we got here, ESPN
• Attorney General Mayes Charges Kalshi With Illegal Gambling Operation, Election Wagering in Arizona, Arizona office of the Attorney General
• Nevada Gaming Control Board Granted TRO Against Kalshi, Nevada Gaming Control Board
• Interview with Luke Burbank, co-host of TBTL
• Interview with Victor Matheson, professor of economics, editor of the Journal of Sports Economics
• Interview with Chris Louis, professor at the Boston University School of Public Health
• Superbowl advertisement for Fanatics Sportsbook, featuring Kendall Jenner
• Fans were stunned by this NFL wild card weekend, a breakdown, Jomboy Media

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Only 11 percent of rental units in the United States allow “big” dogs – but what does that mean? Is a labrador a big dog? How about a pit bull? And why does your landlord care so much, anyway? Inspired by the story of one dog who ran afoul of an HOA rule, Clare tells Teo why so many dogs end up booted from loving homes to shelters and how advocates are trying to stop it.

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Sources in this episode:

• Data on dog weights from Washington State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital
• Data analysis on pet restrictions in housing from the Pet Inclusive Housing Initiative, based on Smart Apartment Data
• 2025 State of Shelter Pet Adoption Report, The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement
• Pets & Housing Data 2025 Edition, Pet-Inclusive Housing Initiative
• Interview with Dr. Jessica Bell, Veterinarian and professor at Washington State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine
• Interview with Alexandra Alvarado, American Apartment Owner’s Association
• Interview with Ross Barker, lead of the Pet Inclusive Housing Initiative
• Interview with Tor Berg, Poochie’s dad

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Someone who has to survive without a regular place to sleep at night is vulnerable to danger, illness, and the more insidious harm of being shunned. One way to quantify the harm caused by homelessness is to understand how many people are experiencing it. How do we do that? We try to count them, and one city is leading the charge on a new approach. Teo tells Clare how it could change our view of our unhoused neighbors.

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Sources in this episode:

• Annual Homelessness Assessment Report, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 2024
• Full Point-in-Time Counts, Housing, Infrastructure, and Communities Canada
• Point-in-Time Count Underway, King County Regional Homelessness Authority
• Point-in-Time Count presentation, King County Regional Homelessness Authority
• Evaluation of Respondent-Driven Sampling prevalence estimators using real-world reported network degree, Lisa Avery and Michael Rotondi, Sage Journal
• Point-in-Time Count: Volunteer training, Texas Homeless Network, 2020
• Point-in-Time Count standards and methodologies training, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 2018
• Interview with Maria Arnes, PIT volunteer, 2026
• Interview with Jack Almquist, University of Washington, 2026
• Interview with William Towey, King County Regional Homelessness Authority, 2026
• Interview with Ann Oliva, National Alliance to End Homelessness, 2025

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