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Original music for the podcast by Nicholas Zeigler-Heil and Alexandra Morancy

Sources for the episode:

https://www.cnn.com/2016/01/19/middleeast/operation-desert-storm-25-years-later/index.html

https://www.cnn.com/2013/06/10/us/ted-turner-fast-facts/index.html

http://www.museum.tv/eotv/superstation.htm

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/cnneffect.asp

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