• Mashup Score: 9

    For 30 years, US News & World Report has been using a secret formula to rank the best colleges and universities in the United States. As a public service to our listeners, we hack the algorithm and discover the dirty little secret of the rankings game.

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    • LOSER: U.S. News & World Report. Almost no one looks to USNWR for news or reporting. Nowadays, almost all of their revenue comes from ranking one thing or another. Loss of ranking credibility threatens their whole business model. A brief history here: https://t.co/QUmDuCFpkg

  • Mashup Score: 5

    Farzad Mostashari is the co-founder and CEO of Aledade. Farzad’s problem is this: How can we pay doctors to keep us healthy, rather than treating us after we get sick?

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    • "What's Your Problem?" @jacobgoldstein of @planetmoney fame is super skilled at getting under the hood of businesses, founders, and their core truths (I don't want to seem unhumble, but we @AledadeACO can lay claim to The Best Problem) take a listen! https://t.co/cdrKMkPi3N

  • Mashup Score: 2

    Rich people and their addiction to golf: a philosophical investigation.

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    • @jabarocas It is a challenging, wonderful sport. Great if you walk the course. Haven't played in years due to lack of time & access. But it is wasteful, expensive, and in most places the very definition of exclusionary/elitist. Highly recommend this: https://t.co/GKsVjXBqZH