We Buy A Superhero 2: Loophole

Planet Money

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Business, News

4.6 • 29.8K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2021

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Marvel was not interested in selling us Doorman. But there is another way to jumpstart our superhero empire. | Find the full Planet Money Superhero series here.

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0:00.0	Hey, Christmas tree here!
0:09.7	Make a t-shirt and then file that shirt around the world as it gets made.
0:13.1	We were toxic last owners.
0:14.9	She was our pet toxic asset.
0:16.9	A hundred barrels of crude oil.
0:18.5	Three.
0:19.5	Yes we did.
0:20.5	Two.
0:21.5	One.
0:22.5	We have ignition.
0:23.5	Oh, whoa, whoa, oh my gosh.
0:25.4	This is Planet Money Studios from NPR.
0:42.5	Planet Money buys a superhero.
0:44.7	Issue number two.
0:46.6	It starts as do all great sequels with a highly edited recap.
0:53.7	Suit case full of money.
0:54.7	Check.
0:55.7	Let them know that we want to buy a superhero.
0:56.9	Yep, door man.
0:57.9	Door man.
0:58.9	Open the door man.
1:04.7	I'm confident in my know.
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