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Navigating the delicate balance between selflessness and self-interest. From the evolutionary roots of altruism to its modern-day manifestations.

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Today's lesson is altruism. This week, we hear a story about a young man who finds a 20-dollar bill in a Cracker Barrel parking lot. What he decides to do with it is priceless.

Stephen Blauner (P.J. Byrne) wants to do something similar, though his girlfriend Roz (Jaime Ray Newman, underused) is tiring ...