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Plus: Scientists make a surprisingly small discovery that may explain what puts the world’s strongest humans over the top. Also: Cryptocurrency invades the U.S. election; back-to-school is on hold in fire-stricken Jasper, Alberta; advocates say it’s still too easy for abusers to access firearms; and we remember Phil Lewis, whose life in 1980s London during the AIDS crisis helped inspire the TV show It’s A Sin.   

Plus: “That’s where the problem is for us”. A descendant of Gustave Eiffel has thoughts about a plan to keep the Olympic rings on the tower, forever. Also: We remember legendary investigative journalist Stevie Cameron; and a local biker gang steps in after a thief makes off with $40 from a Virginia family’s lemonade stand.

Plus: “Just trying to get a head in this world”. Investigating a statue decapitation mystery in Manitoba. Also: Catastrophic flooding in Bangladesh; Ben Smith from Semafor and the Mixed Signals podcast breaks down a bonkers summer in Presidential politics and looks ahead to the fall.