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The Record: Monday, November 20, 2017

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Land of the free, home of the easily swayed? Studio 360 host and author Kurt Andersen will tell you how this country has always swallowed fake news, all the way back to its colonist beginnings. He's written a new book called "Fantasyland."

Could Seattle get people living on the streets into housing without spending any more money? Puget Sound Business Journal editor Emily Parkhurst talks to us about an investigation into how much the Seattle area is spending to solve homelessness.

And have you been hearing about smart cities lately? Bill Gates is investing in one. So are the founders of Google. What is a smart city, and are they more urban utopia or privacy nightmare?

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