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Colorado Sun Health and Environment Reporter Michael Booth joined us to discuss the Front Range’s struggle to control ozone and the Swift effect on Denver’s economy.

For the fifth straight year, whether marveling at Taylor Swift's capacity for surprise or trying to figure out what to type during the combined 37 minutes of Bruno Mars performances, Linda Holmes and Stephen Thompson live-blogged the ceremony in an effort to serve your reading-along needs.

After several years spent releasing his own music and booking his own tours, the British singer-songwriter now has a Grammy nomination and an opening spot on Taylor Swift's U.S. tour.

On today's show: Four Planet Money stories that aired on the radio but haven't yet made it into the podcast.

Taylor Swift's new album sold more than a million copies in its first week — a rare feat these days. She did it by answering a surprisingly complex question: What's the best way to sell an album?

At 22, Swift is one of the biggest commercial forces in pop music. She tells NPR's Guy Raz that she's stopped worrying about whether her songs are too personal: "If I let my fans into my life and my feelings," she says, "it turns out they have all those things, too, and it kind of connects us."

Find out what Taylor Swift's new album means for the worlds of pop and country, the industry at large, and the singer herself — and meet a cigar-chomping, meat-loving German jazzman.