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"Jini Jereser" is "This is Marketplace" in Dothraki
Apr 10, 2019

"Jini Jereser" is "This is Marketplace" in Dothraki

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Khal Moro (Joe Naufahu) and Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) exchange words in Dothraki in "Game of Thrones." Macall B. Polay/Courtesy of HBO
"Game of Thrones" has spared no expense on costumes, sets and even whole languages. Today we talk with the linguist whose job it is to make them. Plus: Why rail travel is so expensive to build in the United States.

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He brought "Game of Thrones" languages to life

by Maria Hollenhorst
Apr 10, 2019
David Peterson created the Dothraki and High Valyrian tongues.
Sophie Turner as Sansa Stark in "Game of Thrones" season 8.
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Low interest rates have cost savers roughly half a trillion dollars

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Apr 10, 2019
The post-crisis financial policy has a downside.
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Why Big Tech wants to get inside your car

by Kai Ryssdal and Bennett Purser
Apr 10, 2019
A look at the data and dollars hiding behind the dashboard.
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Uber targets $100B valuation for IPO as Lyft shares slide

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Apr 10, 2019
The company has actually lowered its expectations.
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Measuring inflation isn't easy

by Mitchell Hartman
Apr 10, 2019
Month-to-month price fluctuations make it difficult for the Bureau of Labor Statistics to measure inflation accurately.
Shoppers line up to check out at a Target store in 2008 in Miami.
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Why are subways in the U.S. so expensive?

by Ben Bradford
Apr 11, 2019
American cities pay a mysterious premium for underground rail lines.
Construction workers at New York's Second Avenue subway project site in 2014. The 1.8-mile project cost an estimated $4.5 billion, an average cost of $2.5 per mile.
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Burn the Witch Radiohead
68 State Gorillaz
Ghostwriter RJD2
Pretty Pimpin Kurt Vile
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The team

Nancy Farghalli Executive Producer
Maria Hollenhorst Producer II
Sean McHenry Director & Associate Producer II

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