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Episode 707: Brexit

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Note: This episode contains explicit language.

We woke up this morning to news that the United Kingdom had voted to leave the European Union. The tabloid newspapers in London proclaimed Independence Day. The value of the British Pound dropped to the lowest point in the last 31 years.

Stock markets dived around the world. Prime Minister David Cameron said he would resign later this year.

Today on the show: What just happened? And what's coming next?

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