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Episode 294Oct 8, 2020

Quick: How much toilet paper is in your home right now?

Time to stock up for winter? We’ll talk about it on this Whadda Ya Wanna Know Wednesday.

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A woman wearing a protective mask carries a toilet paper package on the street on March 13 in New York City.
A woman wearing a protective mask carries a toilet paper package on the street on March 13 in New York City.
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The coronavirus is spreading in the White House. It’s flu season, and experts are bracing for a new wave of COVID-19 cases with a vaccine still months away. So are people going to start stocking up at the grocery store again? We’ll talk it over on this week’s edition of Whadda Ya Wanna Know Wednesday. Plus: market reaction to the president’s diagnosis and the military’s role in the peaceful transition of power.

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Quick: How much toilet paper is in your home right now?