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Why won’t Joe Biden throw in the towel?
Also on the daily podcast: the treasures of Colombia’s hotly contested shipwreck and Finland’s schools court foreigners
Democrats’ worried murmurs have become public statements. Polls give Donald Trump a widening lead. Why won’t President Biden make way for a younger successor? Off Colombia’s coast a shipwreck bursting with treasures is about to be plundered, but who owns that loot is hotly contested (10:12). And why Finnish schools are trying to lure in more foreign students (17:43). Runtime: 22 min
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