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Marketplace® is the leading business news program in the nation. We bring you clear explorations of how economic news affects you, through stories, conversations, newsworthy numbers and more. The Marketplace All-in-One podcast provides each episode of the public radio broadcast programs Marketplace, Marketplace Morning Report®and Marketplace Tech® along with our podcasts Make Me Smart, Corner Office and The Uncertain Hour. Visit marketplace.org for more. From American Public Media. Twitter: @Marketplace

GDP grows more slowly than expected

Published: April 25, 2024, 11:16 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 58 seconds

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A stock pop and a stock flop

Published: April 25, 2024, 9:14 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 57 seconds

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- “Boeing failures are a case study of America’s manufacturing “dark age” from Marketplace
- “How science could disrupt the gin industry” from Marketplace
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Join us tomorrow for Economics on Tap! The YouTube livestream starts at 3:30 p.m. Pacific time, 6:30 p.m. Eastern. We\\u2019ll have news, drinks and play a round of Half Full/Half Empty.

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It was a big week for tech earnings calls. Guest host Nova Safo unpacks how they went down for Tesla and Meta, and why the stock market reacted so differently to what their CEOs had to say. Plus, what Boeing’s troubles say about the state of U.S. manufacturing. And, would you try an AI-generated gin cocktail?

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- Tesla, Inc. Q1 2024 Financial Results and Q&A Webcast
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- “Elon Musk Would Like to Talk About AI” from Heatmap News
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- Meta Q1’24 Earnings Presentation
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- “Boeing failures are a case study of America’s manufacturing “dark age” from Marketplace
- “How science could disrupt the gin industry” from Marketplace
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Join us tomorrow for Economics on Tap! The YouTube livestream starts at 3:30 p.m. Pacific time, 6:30 p.m. Eastern. We\\u2019ll have news, drinks and play a round of Half Full/Half Empty.

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Economy slows while inflation persists

Published: April 25, 2024, 8:50 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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U.S. economic growth slowed in the first three months of 2023

Published: April 25, 2024, 3:28 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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Whats up with the weak GDP growth?

Published: April 25, 2024, 3:10 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 23 seconds

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EPA aims to quash coal emissions once and for all

Published: April 25, 2024, 12:15 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 50 seconds

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Can a tax save Venice from mass tourism?

Published: April 25, 2024, 11:06 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 7 seconds

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Inside Amazons business tactics and company culture

Published: April 25, 2024, 10:08 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 23 seconds

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When Jeff Bezos left Wall Street to start Amazon in 1994, the most common question he got was “What’s the internet?” Fast-forward to today, and Amazon is, of course, the country’s leading online retailer, as well as cloud services provider. In 2022, the company controlled almost 38% of the U.S. e-commerce market. Walmart, its closest competitor, had just over 6%, according to Insider Intelligence. In her new book, “The Everything War,” The Wall Street Journal’s Dana Mattioli documents the tactics she says have enabled Amazon to dominate.

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To ban or not to ban

Published: April 25, 2024, 12:02 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 41 seconds

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Clock starts on TikTok ban

Published: April 24, 2024, 10:44 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 2 seconds

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Boeing revenue falls

Published: April 24, 2024, 8:54 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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TikTok divest-or-ban requirement is nearly law

Published: April 24, 2024, 3:10 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 20 seconds

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Manufacturing comes out of its own private recession

Published: April 24, 2024, 3:07 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 37 seconds

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Millions of Americans could get a pay bump

Published: April 24, 2024, 11:33 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 51 seconds

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Blinkens thorny China trip

Published: April 24, 2024, 10:51 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 51 seconds

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Training for the next crisis with serious games

Published: April 24, 2024, 10:04 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 53 seconds

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The dollar store dilemma

Published: April 23, 2024, 11:53 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 28 seconds

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Several American dollar store chains have been down bad these days. Dollar Tree, Family Dollar and 99 Cents Only have all recently announced store closures. On the other hand, Dollar General is poised to expand. This has us wondering: What’s going on with the dollar store business model? Has today’s inflationary economy broken it? On the show today, Sandro Steinbach, professor of agribusiness and applied economics at North Dakota State University, explains the economics behind dollar stores, how they keep prices so low, and the impact they have on different communities.

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Then, we’ll discuss privacy risks while using popular dating apps. And, what the Australian kids’ show “Bluey” can teach us about the economy.

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- Video: “How can dollar stores still sell things for a dollar?” from Marketplace
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- “Why are discounters like 99 Cents Only Stores in dire straits?” from Marketplace
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- “Here’s How Dollar General Keeps Its Prices at Rock-Bottom” from Business Insider
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- “The Dollar-Store Showdown Comes Down to Real Estate” from The Wall Street Journal
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- “Dollar store expansion and independent grocery retailer contraction” from Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy
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- “The American dollar store has fallen on hard times” from CNBC
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- “Dating apps are collecting more of your information than you think” from The Washington Post
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- “Justice Department Reaches Civil Settlement with Hundreds of Victims Abused by Lawrence Nassar” from the Department of Justice
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- “Justice Department settles with Larry Nassar victims for $138.7 million” from The Washington Post
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- “Historical U.S. Trade Deficits” from The St. Louis Fed
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The business cycle is getting less cyclical

Published: April 23, 2024, 11:02 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 1 second

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FTC bans noncompete clauses

Published: April 23, 2024, 8:35 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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Stakes are high for Teslas quarterly results

Published: April 23, 2024, 3:15 p.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 6 seconds

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A lot of Americans may have had their health data stolen

Published: April 23, 2024, 2:26 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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A venti flat white with an extra shot of labor relations, please

Published: April 23, 2024, 11:56 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 39 seconds

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U.K. approves delayed Rwanda migrant plan

Published: April 23, 2024, 11:11 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 13 seconds

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Why the Ai Pin fell flat

Published: April 23, 2024, 10:03 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 39 seconds

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How do people pay for college?

Published: April 23, 2024, 10 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 20 seconds

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Big change coming to nursing homes

Published: April 23, 2024, 12:43 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 57 seconds

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A new spin on the yard sale

Published: April 22, 2024, 11:25 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 43 seconds

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Business leaders say profit margins rise

Published: April 22, 2024, 8:46 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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Biden administration distributes $7 billion for solar power access

Published: April 22, 2024, 3:35 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 20 seconds

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Homelessness by law and by economics

Published: April 22, 2024, 1:26 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 6 seconds

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A landmark moment for the labor movement

Published: April 22, 2024, 11:57 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 8 seconds

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Relief and hope in Ukraine following U.S. aid vote

Published: April 22, 2024, 11:08 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 27 seconds

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When a senior is ill, can an algorithm decide length of care?

Published: April 22, 2024, 10:05 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 19 seconds

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Artificial intelligence has become a big part of medicine \\u2014 reading images, formulating treatment plans and developing drugs. But a recent investigation by Stat News found that some insurers overrely on an algorithm to make coverage decisions for seniors on Medicare Advantage, a Medicare plan offered by private insurers. Marketplace’s Meghan McCarty Carino spoke with Casey Ross, who co-reported the story. He said an algorithm predicted how long patients needed care and coverage was curtailed to fit that calculation.

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A revamp for Title IX

Published: April 20, 2024, 12:37 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 25 seconds

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The Joe Biden administration announced highly anticipated updates to Title IX. The new rule expands protections for LGBTQ+ students and sexual assault survivors. But it stops short of addressing the rights of trans athletes. Then, we’ll get into the outrageous hoops rich people jump through to get out of paying state taxes. Plus, we’ll weigh in on swapping seats on airplanes and more in a round of Half Full/Half Empty!

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- “How to Avoid State Taxes? New York Rich Use Private Jets” from Bloomberg
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- “New Title IX rules protect LGBTQ+ students, avoids trans athletes” from AP News
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- “New Title IX rules offer ‘comprehensive coverage’ for LGBTQ+ students and sexual violence survivors” from The 19th
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- “As drive-thrus get bigger, some cities aren’t lovin’ it” from Marketplace
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- “Make robots like Boston Dynamics\\u2019 new Atlas hairy” from The Verge
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- “Washington, D.C., is a test case for phasing out the tipped minimum wage” from Marketplace
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- “Pringles Crocs: New shoes, ankle holster and crisp flavor unveiled” from Axios
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- “The Four Most Divisive Words on a Flight: Will You Swap Seats?” from from The Wall Street Journal
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We love to hear from you. Send your questions and comments to makemesmart@marketplace.org or leave us a voicemail at 508-U-B-SMART.

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Its a good time to be an asset owner

Published: April 19, 2024, 11:03 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 45 seconds

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Fed leaders echo calls for caution

Published: April 19, 2024, 9:06 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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Raising rates is not completely off the table

Published: April 19, 2024, 4:03 p.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 53 seconds

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EPA designates forever chemicals as hazardous

Published: April 19, 2024, 2:59 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 20 seconds

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The great bitcoin halving

Published: April 19, 2024, 12:52 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 53 seconds

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Can fast-track work visas fix New Yorks hospitality sector?

Published: April 19, 2024, 11:41 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 53 seconds

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Tech Bytes Week in Review: Amazon, deepfakes & the creator economy

Published: April 19, 2024, 10:13 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 22 seconds

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What you need to know about tariffs

Published: April 18, 2024, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes

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Will AI be the dot-com bubble all over again?

Published: April 18, 2024, 10:54 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 39 seconds

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Existing home sales decline in March

Published: April 18, 2024, 9:27 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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The promise of a miracle cure

Published: April 18, 2024, 5 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 35 seconds

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Biggest U.S. homebuilder is doing brisk business

Published: April 18, 2024, 3:25 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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Most workers now entitled to unpaid time for pregnancy care

Published: April 18, 2024, 3:19 p.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 11 seconds

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Reflections on Baltimores bridge collapse from the workers who built it

Published: April 18, 2024, 12:11 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 53 seconds

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TikTok under EU scrutiny again

Published: April 18, 2024, 11:03 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 36 seconds

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How science could disrupt the gin industry

Published: April 18, 2024, 10:04 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 31 seconds

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When you think about gin, what tastes comes to mind? Pine? Maybe citrus or coriander? It can vary quite a bit because unlike some spirits, gin is very lightly regulated. Distillers can throw in all kinds of flavors and call the result “gin” as long it has some minimum requirements. In the U.S., gin is gin as long as the flavor is derived from juniper berries and alcohol by volume is at least 40%. In the European Union, the minimum ABV is 37.5%. But researchers in Edinburgh, Scotland, recently identified the exact elements that define gin using nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscropy. Think of it as something like an MRI scan that lets scientists create a flavor “fingerprint.” The new technique could have big implications for this very old industry.\\xa0Marketplace’s Lily Jamali spoke with Eve Thomas, who wrote about it for Wired, to learn more.

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A new day for labor organizing in the South?

Published: April 18, 2024, 12:31 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 1 second

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Steel tariffs deja vu

Published: April 17, 2024, 10:44 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 30 seconds

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Fed survey finds modest economic expansion

Published: April 17, 2024, 9:12 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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Biden wants to triple tariffs on Chinese steel, aluminum

Published: April 17, 2024, 3:35 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 20 seconds

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A pivotal moment for the union push in Southern states

Published: April 17, 2024, 2:52 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 49 seconds

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The Black businesses behind some of baseballs best players

Published: April 17, 2024, 11:52 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 34 seconds

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IMF: Russia to beat other advanced economies

Published: April 17, 2024, 11:17 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 10 seconds

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Scientists try to prevent forever chemicals from being a forever problem

Published: April 17, 2024, 10:04 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 30 seconds

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What we often get wrong about teens and screen time

Published: April 17, 2024, 12:17 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 59 seconds

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Then, we’ll get into the cost of a major ransomware attack for a health care company and its clients. And, the mini pencil economy and what a history professor got wrong about ancient Rome.

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- “The great rewiring: is social media really behind an epidemic of teenage mental illness?” from Nature
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- “The Phone in the Room” from The New York Times
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- “I Asked 65 Teens How They Feel About Being Online” from The Cut
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- “What the evidence really says about social media’s impact on teens’ mental health” from Vox
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- “UnitedHealth to take up to $1.6 billion hit this year from Change hack” from Reuters
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- “Change Healthcare stolen patient data leaked by ransomware gang” from TechCrunch
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- “IMF Steps Up Its Warning to US Over Spending and Ballooning Debt” from Bloomberg
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Slow and steady global growth

Published: April 16, 2024, 11:02 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 16 seconds

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Powell says recent data reduces confidence in inflation progress

Published: April 16, 2024, 9:26 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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A strong U.S. economy expected to pull up the rest of the globe

Published: April 16, 2024, 3:02 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 20 seconds

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Why do we see the online ads we see? Hard to say.

Published: April 16, 2024, 2:52 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 12 seconds

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Is a system telling landlords how much to charge for rent illegal?

Published: April 16, 2024, 11:40 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 9 seconds

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China show more signs of recovery

Published: April 16, 2024, 11:19 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 16 seconds

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How Arizona is preparing for AI-powered election misinformation

Published: April 16, 2024, 10:10 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 38 seconds

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President Joe Biden won Arizona in 2020 by a razor-thin margin, flipping the state blue for the first time in more than 20 years. As a result, Arizona became a hotbed of election misinformation and conspiracy theories, as false claims of a stolen election led to protests outside voting centers, a GOP-backed ballot audit and threats against election workers. Now, with just over 200 days until the 2024 election, experts warn that artificial intelligence could supercharge misinformation and disinformation in this year’s race. So how are election officials in a state that has already been in the trenches preparing for another battle over facts? In this episode of “Marketplace Tech\\u2019s” limited series, “Decoding Democracy,” Lily Jamali and Kimberly Adams look back at what happened in Arizona during the last presidential election and how the state became entangled in conspiracy theories. Plus, we hear from Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes about how his office plans to combat AI-charged misinformation this year.

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What are unions?

Published: April 16, 2024, 10 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 37 seconds

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The rise of the (tax) resistance

Published: April 16, 2024, 12:42 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 28 seconds

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It’s Tax Day! Millions of Americans have already filed their 2023 returns, but today we’re talking about tax protesters and the moral and ethical reasons some refuse to file their taxes or pay what they owe. Plus, the “no landing” scenario has entered the chat. And, what are we getting wrong about the cosmos?

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- “Taxes are due even if you object to government policies or doubt the validity of the 16th Amendment\\u2019s ratification” from The Conversation
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- “Taxes 2024: I stopped paying taxes a decade ago. The results shocked me.” from Slate
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- “\\u2018The 401(k) industry owns Congress’: How lawmakers quietly passed a $300 billion windfall to the wealthy” from Politico
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- “Fed Hiking Rates to 6.5% Is \\u2018Real Risk\\u2019 for UBS Strategists” from Bloomberg
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- “March retail sales data show the American consumer is still pretty strong” from Axios
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- “World\\u2019s top cosmologists convene to question conventional view of the universe” from The Guardian
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Playing an economic guessing game

Published: April 15, 2024, 10:58 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 7 seconds

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Retail sales rise in March

Published: April 15, 2024, 8:50 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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Americans keep spending, despite higher prices

Published: April 15, 2024, 3:15 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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The Worth of Water

Published: April 15, 2024, 3 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 2 seconds

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Busting the immigrants as job takers myth

Published: April 15, 2024, 1:54 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 10 seconds

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Happy Tax Day from your friendly neighborhood chatbot

Published: April 15, 2024, 11:43 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 49 seconds

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What could a wider Middle East conflict mean for Iranians?

Published: April 15, 2024, 11:21 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 7 seconds

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The 65-year-old computer system at the heart of American business

Published: April 15, 2024, 10:16 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 48 seconds

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The programming language known as COBOL turns 65 this year. We couldn\\u2019t help noticing that\\u2019s right around retirement age, but COBOL is nowhere near retirement. It remains a mainstay of IT operations at U.S. government agencies, businesses and financial institutions. Yet the programming language, which is older than the Beatles, is no longer taught at most universities. Glenn Fleishman is a freelance tech journalist who has written about this aging slab of digital infrastructure. Marketplace\\u2019s Lily Jamali asked him whether our continuing reliance on COBOL is a problem.

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Why owning a car is getting so expensive

Published: April 13, 2024, 12:44 a.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 43 seconds

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It\\u2019s hard to get around without a car these days. But in the last couple of years, owning one has become very expensive. We\\u2019ll explain the deceptive practices happening in the auto lending market. And, we’ll explain how Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s power in the Democratic Party was demonstrated by a campaign contribution. Plus, we’ll play a round of Half Full/Half Empty and weigh in on “dumbphones” and adult gap years.

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- “Ocasio-Cortez Never Steered Money to a Key Arm of Her Party. Until Now.” from The New York Times
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- “The rise of the scammy car loan” from Vox
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- “Decades later, Bonnie Tyler still finds new fans for her hit song every total eclipse” from CBC Radio
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- “Tech is supercharging pre-employment personality tests” from Marketplace
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- “The Dumbphone Boom Is Real” from The New Yorker
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- “Broadband ‘nutrition labels’ help you comparison shop for cable” from Marketplace
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- “Brands in Space: What’s behind the rush to advertise in the final frontier?” from Marketplace
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- “‘Companies are starting to realize burnout is an issue\\u2019: Meet the lucky workers taking sabbaticals and \\u2018adult gap years\\u2019 to recharge” from Fortune
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The subminimum wage for tipped workers is on the table

Published: April 12, 2024, 11:14 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 44 seconds

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JPMorgan Chase profits rise 6%

Published: April 12, 2024, 8:55 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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Big financial institutions report mixed quarterly results

Published: April 12, 2024, 2:45 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 20 seconds

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Why the unemployment gap for Black and white workers persists

Published: April 12, 2024, 2:19 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 10 seconds

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Workers are getting a smaller slice of the pie

Published: April 12, 2024, 11:22 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 48 seconds

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Chinese victims of a bitcoin scam believe the U.K. government has their money

Published: April 12, 2024, 10:43 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 4 seconds

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Tesla settles Autopilot suit, inflation spooks tech investors and Bidens CHIPS Act pledges $6.6B for domestic chipmaking

Published: April 12, 2024, 10:08 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 1 second

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The Labor Department this week confirmed what a lot of Americans have been feeling: Inflation is kind of sticking around, and higher interest rates are likely to as well. We’ll look at what that means for venture capital, which was already slow to flow. Plus, the Joe Biden administration announced a $6.6 billion deal with Taiwan-based semiconductor maker TSMC to build a third production hub in Arizona. We take a look at the ongoing rollout of the CHIPS and Science Act, which makes it all possible. But first, Tesla has settled a lawsuit in the death of a software engineer who was killed driving a Tesla while using the company’s semiautonomous driving software, Autopilot. The suit put scrutiny on Elon Musk’s claims about the software.

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Bonds, Boeing and Beyonce

Published: April 11, 2024, 11:58 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 27 seconds

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Today, we’re discussing the bond market’s big reaction to the latest inflation news and why you shouldn’t worry about it. Plus, a new Boeing whistleblower comes forward, and Beyonc\\xe9 calls out the home insurance industry.

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- “Bonds are talking to us after inflation gauge comes in above forecasts” from Marketplace
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- “US consumer prices heat up in March; seen delaying Fed rate cut” from Reuters
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- “$6.6 billion TSMC deal in Arizona the latest in the CHIPS Act’s rollout” from Marketplace
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- “TSMC: Biden to give Taiwanese company $6.6 billion to ramp up US chip production” from CNN
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- “Biden administration bets an old plant can make new chips” from Marketplace
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- “‘Benefit of the doubt running thin with Boeing’: Capt. Dennis Tajer on whistleblower claims” from CNBC
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- “Boeing whistleblower says the Dreamliner 787 could ‘break apart’ because of safety flaws, report says” from NBC
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- Beyonc\\xe9’s YA YA (Clean Version)
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- Video breaking down Beyonc\\xe9’s “YA YA” from Daryl Fairweather on X
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Join us tomorrow for Economics on Tap! The YouTube livestream starts at 3:30 p.m. Pacific time, 3:30 p.m. Eastern time. We’ll have news, drink, and play a round of Half Full/Half Empty.

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The ECB could beat the Fed to rate cuts

Published: April 11, 2024, 10:52 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 36 seconds

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Services costs push up Producer Price Index

Published: April 11, 2024, 9:42 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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The high price of cheap clothes

Published: April 11, 2024, 5 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 23 seconds

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Quarterly earnings season kicks off with some positive reports

Published: April 11, 2024, 3:24 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 20 seconds

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Unpacking the extent of this years FAFSA mess

Published: April 11, 2024, 2:36 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 24 seconds

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Meta trials a new feature to protect teens

Published: April 11, 2024, 12:02 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 46 seconds

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A death sentence for one of the biggest bank frauds in history

Published: April 11, 2024, 11:43 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 26 seconds

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The race to resurrect the dodo

Published: April 11, 2024, 10:09 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 3 seconds

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Hear that? Thats the sound of millions of Americans dusting off their ACs.

Published: April 10, 2024, 11:11 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 25 seconds

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The last mile of the inflation fight just got bumpy

Published: April 10, 2024, 10:23 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 56 seconds

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Inflation was up, sending stocks down

Published: April 10, 2024, 9:21 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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Two years left to save the world, U.N. climate chief warns

Published: April 10, 2024, 3:28 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 20 seconds

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Interest rates are not coming down any time soon

Published: April 10, 2024, 2:36 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 32 seconds

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I mean, its one home. What could it cost? A million dollars?

Published: April 10, 2024, 11:53 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 30 seconds

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The rise of AI fashion models

Published: April 10, 2024, 11:33 a.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 30 seconds

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South Korea goes to the polls

Published: April 10, 2024, 10:59 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 6 seconds

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The EV markets growing pains

Published: April 9, 2024, 11:54 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 46 seconds

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Copper prices are climbing

Published: April 9, 2024, 10:46 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 48 seconds

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A mixed day on Wall Street

Published: April 9, 2024, 9:40 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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Small business owners are in a sour mood

Published: April 9, 2024, 2:48 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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Attention Walmart shoppers: You may be entitled to compensation

Published: April 9, 2024, 2:42 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 11 seconds

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Local news outlets are struggling. What are some solutions?

Published: April 9, 2024, 11:37 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 7 seconds

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Europes green tech concerns

Published: April 9, 2024, 11:05 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 29 seconds

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How are cars made?

Published: April 9, 2024, 10 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 3 seconds

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The hidden meanings of the AI industrys favorite words

Published: April 9, 2024, 9:40 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 15 seconds

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A new round of student debt relief

Published: April 8, 2024, 10:37 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 29 seconds

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Messaging matters

Published: April 8, 2024, 10:31 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 57 seconds

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Eclipse boosts tourism along path

Published: April 8, 2024, 9:04 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 4 seconds

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The solar eclipse economy is outshining Aprils past

Published: April 8, 2024, 3:39 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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When college costs $100,000 a year

Published: April 8, 2024, 1:29 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 46 seconds

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Women pay more for health care. It adds up.

Published: April 8, 2024, 11:40 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 17 seconds

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Brazil judge launches Musk inquiry

Published: April 8, 2024, 11:14 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 47 seconds

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Facial recognition part of Israels arsenal in Gaza war

Published: April 8, 2024, 10:03 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 26 seconds

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It’s been six months of war in the Gaza Strip since Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7. The destruction and death have been profound, and nearly every aspect of life in the roughly 140-square-mile territory has been upended. The New York Times recently reported that the Israeli military is using facial recognition artificial intelligence to monitor Palestinians in Gaza. The government hasn’t publicly acknowledged it, but reporter Sheera Frenkel spoke to Israeli intelligence officers, military officials and soldiers who confirmed that the technology was being used for mass surveillance. Marketplace’s Meghan McCarty Carino spoke with Frenkel about facial recognition’s role in the conflict, starting with the story of a Palestinian poet, Mosab Abu Toha, who reportedly was arrested and beaten by Israeli forces.

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Lets talk about earthquakes and the economy

Published: April 6, 2024, 12:22 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 45 seconds

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Today, we’re talking earthquakes! First, our East Coast-based hosts react to the shaking on their side of the country. Then, we’ll examine how earthquake preparedness in Taiwan saved lives and prevented a big problem for the global tech economy. Later, we’ll weigh in on restoring blue check marks on X, New York earthquake memes and solar eclipse tourism in a round of Half Full/Half Empty!

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- “Elon Musk’s X restores free blue check marks. Here’s what it means.” from The Washington Post
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Cool your jets! Hold your horses! Slow your (manufacturing) roll!

Published: April 5, 2024, 10:56 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 18 seconds

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Economy adds 303,000 jobs in March

Published: April 5, 2024, 8:39 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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The economy added a lot more new jobs than expected last month

Published: April 5, 2024, 4:02 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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A lot of businesses want to use AI to cut staff

Published: April 5, 2024, 3:22 p.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 51 seconds

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Checking in on a crew stranded in the Port of Baltimore

Published: April 5, 2024, 11:33 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 13 seconds

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McDonalds to buy back its Israeli restaurants

Published: April 5, 2024, 10:53 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 55 seconds

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The FCC tackles net neutrality, Google commits to voiding billions of data records and Jon Stewart spills about working with Apple

Published: April 5, 2024, 10:09 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 9 seconds

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The economic ripple effects of the Baltimore bridge collapse

Published: April 4, 2024, 10:52 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 24 seconds

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The right to disconnect

Published: April 4, 2024, 10:43 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 41 seconds

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Imports, exports rise in February

Published: April 4, 2024, 9:21 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 2 seconds

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No more panic shopping

Published: April 4, 2024, 5 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 30 seconds

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Disneys streaming service to crack down on password sharing

Published: April 4, 2024, 3:10 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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The drama of Disney and the activist shareholder

Published: April 4, 2024, 2:56 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 14 seconds

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A legacy to protect

Published: April 4, 2024, 11:58 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 53 seconds

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Yellen to press China on cheap green tech

Published: April 4, 2024, 11:21 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 7 seconds

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Why are fake obituaries cluttering Google and upsetting loved ones?

Published: April 4, 2024, 10:10 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 5 seconds

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Fake obituaries have become an online trend. They exploit tragedy for profit and have raised concerns about the reliability of search engines. Marketplace\\u2019s Lily Jamali discussed the problem with reporter Mia Sato of The Verge. Her investigation uncovered a network of websites generating this content using search engine optimization, or SEO, tactics. Sato also covered the story of Brian Vastag, a journalist who experienced this abuse when he read his own fake obituary along with that of his ex-wife, who did actually pass away.

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A rough time for startups

Published: April 3, 2024, 10:38 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 59 seconds

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Its the end of an era for giant GE

Published: April 3, 2024, 9:38 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 48 seconds

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General Electric is breaking up! The megacorporation is splintering off into three separate companies. We’ll get into what that means for one of America’s biggest industrial conglomerates. Also, guest host Amy Scott joins us to discuss the dangers of humanitarian work in times of war. And dynamic pricing is coming for checked luggage. We’ll get smart (and angry!) about airline baggage fees.

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Private sector adds 184,000 jobs in March

Published: April 3, 2024, 8:49 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 4 seconds

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Send us your climate questions!

Published: April 3, 2024, 7:15 p.m.
Duration: 42 seconds

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What high interest rates, say car shoppers?

Published: April 3, 2024, 3:27 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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Why Temu prices are so low

Published: April 3, 2024, 3:15 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 57 seconds

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The financial wisdom of having multiple generations under one roof

Published: April 3, 2024, 11:44 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 58 seconds

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Who should pay to rebuild Gaza?

Published: April 3, 2024, 10:58 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 49 seconds

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Why theres no TikTok in China

Published: April 3, 2024, 10:06 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 48 seconds

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This is the time to be a saver

Published: April 2, 2024, 11:13 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 26 seconds

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Job openings unchanged in February

Published: April 2, 2024, 8:51 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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The water technology our future might depend on

Published: April 2, 2024, 6:03 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes

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It’s spring break for a lot of you. So, today we’re taking you on a little road trip (sort of) to the Southwest. Water is running really low there. As part of the latest season of “How We Survive,” Marketplace’s climate solutions podcast, host Amy Scott traveled across the region to dig into the water tech solutions that are helping communities adapt. So buckle up and get ready to get smart about the water crisis in the West.

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General Electric ends its run as an industrial conglomerate

Published: April 2, 2024, 2:55 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 33 seconds

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A bond market in a funk

Published: April 2, 2024, 2:48 p.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 49 seconds

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This time, its scammers beware

Published: April 2, 2024, 12:12 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 4 seconds

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India braces for heat waves

Published: April 2, 2024, 11:18 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 55 seconds

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Million Bazillion is back April 9!

Published: April 2, 2024, 10 a.m.
Duration: 1 minute 46 seconds

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Hey Million Bazillionaires! Get ready for another season of “Million Bazillion” coming to your feeds April 9.

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This season, Bridget and Ryan will be answering your questions about labor unions, the different ways to pay for college, bankruptcy, the gold at Fort Knox and so much more. They’ll be getting up to hijinks in factories, consorting with magical beings, and even \\u2026 consulting experts!

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Can deepfakes be used for the greater good?

Published: April 2, 2024, 9:59 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 59 seconds

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Ultimately, the jokes on Gmail rivals

Published: April 1, 2024, 10:38 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 8 seconds

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How much does the stuff we buy actually cost?

Published: April 1, 2024, 10:01 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 41 seconds

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Starting today, many fast-food workers in California will be paid $20 an hour under a new minimum-wage law. It’s time for a Kimberly rant! We’ll get into the subsidization of low-wage work, the reals costs behind all the stuff we buy \\u2014 from burgers to clothes \\u2014 and who’s picking up the tab. Plus, guest host Reema Khrais reminisces about the early years of Google as the company celebrates 20 years of Gmail.

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Manufacturing sector expands in March

Published: April 1, 2024, 9:08 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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Coast Guard to open alternate channel into Baltimores port

Published: April 1, 2024, 3:24 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 19 seconds

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Has legislation to stop surprise medical bills worked?

Published: April 1, 2024, 2:33 p.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 46 seconds

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The public school enrollment conundrum

Published: April 1, 2024, 11:47 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 42 seconds

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China could be on the road to economic recovery

Published: April 1, 2024, 10:57 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 57 seconds

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Who benefits from a national AI program?

Published: April 1, 2024, 10:07 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 56 seconds

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A steel industry tug of war

Published: March 30, 2024, 12:39 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 9 seconds

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Carmakers are keeping a close eye on the steel industry. A bidding war over U.S. Steel, an iconic American manufacturer, is brewing, and car companies are concerned about antitrust issues and what that could mean for the auto business. We’ll get into it and explain our new theory about why the economy feels so precarious at the moment. Plus, we’ll weigh in on side hustles, raising the retirement age and Beyonce’s rendition of Dolly Parton’s “Jolene” in a round of Half Full/Half Empty!

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Hard to say where interest rates will settle, Fed chair says

Published: March 29, 2024, 10:08 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 50 seconds

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Inflation continues to cool down

Published: March 29, 2024, 9:07 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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A closely watched inflation index rises

Published: March 29, 2024, 3:35 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 33 seconds

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More money doesnt always mean more votes

Published: March 29, 2024, 3:07 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 59 seconds

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Much more than just checking a box

Published: March 29, 2024, 11:45 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 13 seconds

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Easter in Israel and the West Bank is missing a crucial element: visitors

Published: March 29, 2024, 11:21 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 7 seconds

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Florida bars kids from social media, EV charging tips to make your money go farther and AI ambitions at Apples developer fest

Published: March 29, 2024, 9:37 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 43 seconds

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How our feelings about the economy are shaping the election

Published: March 28, 2024, 11:11 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 43 seconds

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Even though the economy is going strong, many Americans are still pessimistic about it. We’ll get into how feelings and beliefs about the economy are playing into the 2024 presidential election. Plus, guest host Matt Levin joins us to discuss the latest AI news, including a new state law \\u2014\\xa0known as the ELVIS Act \\u2014\\xa0focused on protecting artists’ voices. And he’ll explain why he has the song “Barbie Girl” (Johnny Cash’s version) stuck in his head.

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Feelings versus facts

Published: March 28, 2024, 10:41 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 32 seconds

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Consumer sentiment rises in March

Published: March 28, 2024, 9:02 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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The bias we dont talk about

Published: March 28, 2024, 5 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 51 seconds

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GDP revised up for the fourth quarter

Published: March 28, 2024, 3:34 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 15 seconds

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One bridge, thousands of jobs affected

Published: March 28, 2024, 3:14 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 42 seconds

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Sports betting platforms attempt to encourage safer gambling

Published: March 28, 2024, 11:49 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 13 seconds

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China lifts Australian wine tariffs

Published: March 28, 2024, 11:33 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 21 seconds

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Government pressures tech behind the scenes, says former Facebook employee. Its called jawboning.

Published: March 28, 2024, 10:03 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 26 seconds

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Boeing and the glass cliff

Published: March 27, 2024, 11:59 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 2 seconds

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Immigrants fill high-risk jobs that U.S.-born workers dont

Published: March 27, 2024, 10:55 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 42 seconds

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Transportation Secretary says rebuilding effort will not be quick

Published: March 27, 2024, 9 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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The Baltimore bridge collapse will affect some sectors more than others

Published: March 27, 2024, 3:01 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 33 seconds

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Why Americans are drowning in medical debt

Published: March 27, 2024, 2:45 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 53 seconds

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$1 billion in relief for Americas child care crisis

Published: March 27, 2024, 11:46 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 10 seconds

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Chinas aging population problem

Published: March 27, 2024, 11:18 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 30 seconds

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What a privacy organization and Big Techs lead lobbying group think about internet regulation

Published: March 27, 2024, 10:05 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 54 seconds

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Baltimore bridge collapse a jolt to commerce

Published: March 26, 2024, 10:32 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 23 seconds

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The political and economic power of white evangelicals

Published: March 26, 2024, 9:43 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 41 seconds

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Supply chains start to readjust after Baltimore bridge collapse

Published: March 26, 2024, 8:56 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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U.S. consumer remains downcast about the short-term economic outlook

Published: March 26, 2024, 3:43 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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The latest on the Baltimore bridge collapse

Published: March 26, 2024, 2:34 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 41 seconds

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DJT comes to the Nasdaq

Published: March 26, 2024, 11:41 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 3 seconds

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Critical aid still not getting into Gaza

Published: March 26, 2024, 11:17 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 46 seconds

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Africas gaming market is expected to top $1 billion in 2024

Published: March 26, 2024, 10:04 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 34 seconds

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All in on clean energy

Published: March 25, 2024, 10:31 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 53 seconds

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The trickle-down effects of the Dobbs abortion decision

Published: March 25, 2024, 10:18 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 38 seconds

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Energy Department funds industrial decarbonization effort

Published: March 25, 2024, 9:06 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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Biden administration is investing $6 billion to reduce carbon emissions in manufacturing

Published: March 25, 2024, 3:30 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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As Boeings CEO steps down, union negotations ramp up

Published: March 25, 2024, 3:19 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 33 seconds

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As Trump Media goes public, Nordstrom attempts to go private

Published: March 25, 2024, 11:45 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 38 seconds

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Could reshoring hurt global trade?

Published: March 25, 2024, 10:54 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 19 seconds

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Why crypto has made a comeback in the Philippines

Published: March 25, 2024, 9:47 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 50 seconds

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Immigration and U.S. economic growth

Published: March 23, 2024, 12:28 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 50 seconds

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Since the Congressional Budget Office last released its long-term outlook for the federal deficit and strength of the U.S. economy, things have become a teeny bit better. Why? The CBO points to increased immigration and last year’s spending deal struck between Congress and President Joe Biden. And, we’ll get into the looming commercial real-estate reckoning. Plus, we’ll weigh in on tote bags, Free Blockbuster libraries and more in a round of Half Full/Half Empty!

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“PRP Pays $323M For Market Square, D.C.’s Largest Sale In 18 Months” from Bisnow

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“Budget Office report credits immigration and spending deals with improved outlook despite huge debt” from AP News

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“The Long-Term Budget Outlook: 2024 to 2054” from the CBO

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“How the tote bag became the hottest fashion accessory around” from Marketplace

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“Tired of Streaming? Free Blockbuster Libraries Offer an Alternative.” from The New York Times

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“Encyclop\\xe6dia Britannica is eyeing a $1 billion valuation in its IPO, report says” from Quartz

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“I Pizza A | Voodoo Ranger” from Voodoo Ranger

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“Walmart Is Luring Wealthy Shoppers With Blazers and Duck Breast” from Bloomberg

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Bring on the drama, Jay Powell

Published: March 22, 2024, 11:20 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 45 seconds

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House passes $1.2T spending bill

Published: March 22, 2024, 9:11 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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House bill would require labeling of AI-generated content

Published: March 22, 2024, 3:41 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 33 seconds

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Greedflation is a thing, the FTC says

Published: March 22, 2024, 2:45 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 12 seconds

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The spending bill is also kind of a border security bill

Published: March 22, 2024, 11:54 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 17 seconds

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The German national soccer team puts Adidas on the bench

Published: March 22, 2024, 10:50 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 14 seconds

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Lawsuits, fines and the tech at the heart of it all

Published: March 22, 2024, 10:04 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 55 seconds

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Weekly jobless claims fall

Published: March 21, 2024, 11:16 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 21 seconds

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Government shutdown deja vu

Published: March 21, 2024, 9:55 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 2 seconds

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DOJ sues Apple for monopolizing smartphone market

Published: March 21, 2024, 9:07 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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How do I stop overspending?

Published: March 21, 2024, 5 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 34 seconds

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More public service workers get student loan debt relief

Published: March 21, 2024, 3:09 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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Reddit finally goes public

Published: March 21, 2024, 2:58 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 15 seconds

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Expect rate cuts just not quite yet

Published: March 21, 2024, 12:09 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 11 seconds

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Kosovo urged to drop Serbian cash ban

Published: March 21, 2024, 11:28 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 57 seconds

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What it means for nations to have AI sovereignty

Published: March 21, 2024, 9:47 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 40 seconds

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Why are Americans so unhappy?

Published: March 21, 2024, 12:03 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 52 seconds

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Our happiness is slipping. According to Gallup, the U.S. has dropped out of the cohort of 20 happiest countries. What gives? Guest host Matt Levin joins Kimberly Adams to discuss some of the possible economic explanations. Plus, the Joe Biden administration’s efforts to expand women’s health research, and menopause might need more looking into. And, our growing obsession with houseplants.

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The Feds evolving data diet

Published: March 20, 2024, 10:50 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 37 seconds

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Fed holds interest rates steady

Published: March 20, 2024, 10:39 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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U.S. to provide $8.5 billion for Intel chip plants

Published: March 20, 2024, 2:57 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 29 seconds

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Turns out we dont scream for ice cream

Published: March 20, 2024, 2:46 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 20 seconds

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About investing in climate resilience

Published: March 20, 2024, 11:30 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 4 seconds

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China and Australias rocky trading relationship

Published: March 20, 2024, 11:02 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 57 seconds

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AI manipulation and the liars dividend

Published: March 20, 2024, 10:08 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 28 seconds

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Food, glorious food!

Published: March 19, 2024, 10:54 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 11 seconds

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Housing starts jump in February

Published: March 19, 2024, 9:08 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 4 seconds

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Americas news deserts and the 2024 election

Published: March 19, 2024, 7:25 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 18 seconds

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Today, we’re bringing you a special series from “Marketplace Morning Report” that explores how communities are impacted by the absence of local news coverage, especially in a big election year. As part of the “Democracy in the Desert” series, host David Brancaccio travels to “news deserts” in Texas, North Carolina and Virginia to learn how various business models are struggling to inform voters, and where newspaper economics went wrong.

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Congressional leaders announce government funding deal

Published: March 19, 2024, 2:41 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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Why Sports Illustrateds buyer is keeping the print magazine around

Published: March 19, 2024, 2:32 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 22 seconds

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The chips behind artificial intelligence are getting more powerful

Published: March 19, 2024, 11:37 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 20 seconds

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Japan finally raises interest rates

Published: March 19, 2024, 11:18 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 15 seconds

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What Redditors think about the Reddit IPO

Published: March 19, 2024, 10:05 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 39 seconds

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Gazas food crisis

Published: March 19, 2024, 12:41 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 2 seconds

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- “Commentary: Eclipsenomics: April\\u2019s solar eclipse will be the most profitable 22 minutes in Texas history” from San Antonio Express-News
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Who pays real estate agents?

Published: March 18, 2024, 11:31 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 2 seconds

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Home builder confidence increases

Published: March 18, 2024, 9:03 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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AstraZeneca to cap out-of-pocket costs for inhalers

Published: March 18, 2024, 3:04 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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Whos winning the dollar store wars?

Published: March 18, 2024, 2:16 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 40 seconds

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A video game where the only violence is in the economics

Published: March 18, 2024, 11:54 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 36 seconds

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Putin retains Kremlin power

Published: March 18, 2024, 10:53 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 13 seconds

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Makers of electric roasters pitch carbon cutting in coffee making

Published: March 18, 2024, 10:24 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 40 seconds

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Our annual cherry blossom episode

Published: March 16, 2024, 12:06 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 6 seconds

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On today’s edition of Economics on Tap, we’ll get into some news while celebrating cherry blossom season in Washington, D.C. The National Association of Realtors agreed to settle a slew of lawsuits and change its rules on commissions. We’ll discuss how the fallout could impact the way we buy and sell homes in the United States. And, an usual political money phenomenon is the hot new thing in political strategy. Plus, we’ll play a blossom-themed round of This or That!

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A labor market paradox

Published: March 15, 2024, 11 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 35 seconds

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NAR agrees to change rules on agent commissions

Published: March 15, 2024, 9:08 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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What could be the biggest change to real estate in a century

Published: March 15, 2024, 3:27 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 52 seconds

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Wall Street opens lower

Published: March 15, 2024, 2:54 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 31 seconds

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Where did all of D.C.s federal workers go?

Published: March 15, 2024, 11:38 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 34 seconds

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Russia goes to the polls

Published: March 15, 2024, 10:58 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 21 seconds

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TikTok faces the hammer, Sam Altman returns to OpenAIs board, and Waymos driverless taxis come to Los Angeles

Published: March 15, 2024, 10:14 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 28 seconds

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Spring is coming, and so are higher gas prices

Published: March 14, 2024, 11:33 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 39 seconds

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Reddit, meme stocks and an IPO

Published: March 14, 2024, 9:31 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 58 seconds

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Reddit, a somewhat untamed fixture of the internet, is launching an initial public offering of its shares. We’ll get into why the company’s culture could become an obstacle to profitability and whether Reddit might get the meme stock treatment its users famously dished out in the past. And, the TikTok creators who’d be most affected by a nationwide ban are the social media company’s greatest lobbyists. Plus, the impact Family Dollar store closures could have on food deserts and an incredible feat by American sailor Cole Brauer.

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Energy costs push up producer price index

Published: March 14, 2024, 9:29 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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So, whos gonna pay for this?

Published: March 14, 2024, 5 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 49 seconds

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Economic data suggests the Fed may wait longer before cutting rates

Published: March 14, 2024, 3:33 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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Americans are opting to stay put

Published: March 14, 2024, 3:13 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 1 second

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Where does TikTok go from here?

Published: March 14, 2024, 11:44 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 25 seconds

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TikTok responds to ban bill

Published: March 14, 2024, 11:38 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 31 seconds

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What a TikTok ban would mean for free speech and data privacy

Published: March 14, 2024, 10:04 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 20 seconds

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Betting on mother nature

Published: March 13, 2024, 10:48 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 14 seconds

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Thoughts on TikTok

Published: March 13, 2024, 10:15 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 23 seconds

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Dollar Tree announces plans to close stores

Published: March 13, 2024, 8:58 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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The European Union approves AI regulations

Published: March 13, 2024, 3:05 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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Inside Chiles plan to shorten the workweek

Published: March 13, 2024, 1:30 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 25 seconds

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What working from home does to commercial construction

Published: March 13, 2024, 11:26 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 1 second

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Argentinas inflation rate finally falls

Published: March 13, 2024, 11:15 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 20 seconds

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The Biden administration hasnt had a CTO. Why?

Published: March 13, 2024, 10:03 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 55 seconds

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Boycotts, buycotts and the rise of consumer activism

Published: March 12, 2024, 11:01 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 59 seconds

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Boycotts have been making headlines lately, from the movement to boycott Israel over the war in Gaza, which has hit companies like Starbucks and McDonald’s, to a new right-wing boycott of Doritos over the brand’s decision to partner with a trans influencer. Consumer boycott campaigns are frequently tossed around in the news cycle. But do they really make a difference in the long run? On the show today, Brayden King at the Kellogg School of Management explains why boycotts don’t usually affect a company’s bottom line, where boycotts actually do make an impact and how social media has changed the way these campaigns work. Plus, the difference between boycotts and buycotts.

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A higher-than-expected CPI

Published: March 12, 2024, 10:48 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 54 seconds

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Inflation picks up in February

Published: March 12, 2024, 9:24 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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IRS launches free tax e-filing in 12 states

Published: March 12, 2024, 3:04 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 33 seconds

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Millennials will be worse off than their parents, right? Maybe not.

Published: March 12, 2024, 2:55 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 29 seconds

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Wages have been outpacing inflation but theres a catch

Published: March 12, 2024, 11:33 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 34 seconds

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Haitis leader resigns

Published: March 12, 2024, 10:48 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 35 seconds

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States and schools are learning how to manage AI in education

Published: March 12, 2024, 10:04 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 35 seconds

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Class, income and a shift in American politics

Published: March 12, 2024, 7:02 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 22 seconds

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Not too hot, not too cold

Published: March 11, 2024, 11:02 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 54 seconds

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Consumer spending expectations rise in February

Published: March 11, 2024, 9:01 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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U.S. wants stronger trade with Thailand, Philippines

Published: March 11, 2024, 2:52 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 33 seconds

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The clock may be ticking for TikTok

Published: March 11, 2024, 2:42 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes

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Will safety issues at Boeing seriously impact air travel?

Published: March 11, 2024, 11:35 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 36 seconds

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Chinas National Peoples Congress comes to a close

Published: March 11, 2024, 11:05 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 44 seconds

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AI cant handle the truth when it comes to the law

Published: March 11, 2024, 10:10 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 50 seconds

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What happened to Apples car?

Published: March 9, 2024, 1:48 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 59 seconds

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Apple has abandoned its effort to make an autonomous electric vehicle. We’ll get into why the company’s venture flopped and what it says about the supply chain for electric vehicle parts. Then, we’ll explain how a Texas federal judge’s ruling is upending race-based aid for businesses. And, guest host Sabri Ben-Achour tells us how he created a flower. Plus, we’ll play a round of Half Full/Half Empty!

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Spacial awareness

Published: March 8, 2024, 11:35 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 9 seconds

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Job growth holds steady in February

Published: March 8, 2024, 9:45 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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Stocks open higher

Published: March 8, 2024, 4:13 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 33 seconds

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Signs of a still hot but cooling job market

Published: March 8, 2024, 3:49 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 40 seconds

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An economics-infused State of the Union address

Published: March 8, 2024, 1:08 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 53 seconds

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The U.K. has no credible plan to fund armed forces

Published: March 8, 2024, 12:06 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 41 seconds

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EU fines Apple over competition, Change Healthcare cyberattack drags on, and Max will join the crackdown on password sharing

Published: March 8, 2024, 11:05 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 58 seconds

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The EU cracks down on Big Tech

Published: March 7, 2024, 11:51 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 20 seconds

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Powell says the Fed is not far from rate cuts

Published: March 7, 2024, 10:41 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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The recession thats always six months away

Published: March 7, 2024, 9:39 p.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 50 seconds

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You used to be so pretty

Published: March 7, 2024, 6 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 26 seconds

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The State of Union speech tonight will be heavy on economic issues

Published: March 7, 2024, 4:23 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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Companies need to calculate risks as the climate changes

Published: March 7, 2024, 3:25 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 18 seconds

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When your barber is also your banker

Published: March 7, 2024, 1:06 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 14 seconds

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Womens shifting roles in the Irish economy

Published: March 7, 2024, 12:26 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 55 seconds

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The San Francisco Fed chief says Silicon Valley is thriving, but in transitional waters

Published: March 7, 2024, 11:04 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 22 seconds

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Super Tuesday aftermath

Published: March 7, 2024, 12:26 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 28 seconds

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The Federal Reserves political independence matters

Published: March 6, 2024, 11:59 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 54 seconds

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New York Community Bank receives more than $1B in investment

Published: March 6, 2024, 10:46 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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Digital gatekeepers are forced to make big changes

Published: March 6, 2024, 4:28 p.m.
Duration: 2 minutes 3 seconds

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This elections big trust issue (maybe not the one youre thinking of)

Published: March 6, 2024, 4:04 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 41 seconds

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Its a great time to be out in the burbs

Published: March 6, 2024, 1:14 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 23 seconds

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iPhone sales slide in China

Published: March 6, 2024, 11:50 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 36 seconds

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One year after all hell broke loose at Silicon Valley Bank

Published: March 6, 2024, 11:04 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes

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The global rise of right-wing populism

Published: March 6, 2024, 12:50 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 42 seconds

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It’s Super Tuesday, and we’re talking about something that’s on the ballot in many nations around the world: populism. Right-wing populist movements have been gaining popularity in democracies like Hungary, Italy, India and the United States, to name a few. On the show today, sociologist Bart Bonikowski breaks down what populism is, how it shows up on the left and right, why right-wing populism seems to be catching foothold in so many countries and the economic factors at play. Plus, why this year could be a test for global democracy.

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Record oil output with fewer rigs

Published: March 5, 2024, 11:52 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 25 seconds

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Services sector continues to expand

Published: March 5, 2024, 10:08 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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A new edition of Million Bazillion Academy!

Published: March 5, 2024, 6:01 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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Most credit card late fees to be limited to $8 or less

Published: March 5, 2024, 4 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 30 seconds

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Explaining a major health care ransomware attack

Published: March 5, 2024, 3:56 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 13 seconds

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Its not just nurses in short supply

Published: March 5, 2024, 12:42 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 32 seconds

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China sets ambitious economic target for 2024

Published: March 5, 2024, 12:10 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 6 seconds

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Deepfakes and the 2024 election season

Published: March 5, 2024, 11:06 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 22 seconds

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Audio deepfakes have become shockingly convincing in the last few years. A deepfake robocall impersonating President Joe Biden encouraging voters to stay home for the New Hampshire primary was one recent example of how far the technology has advanced. That’s why “Marketplace Tech” is launching a limited series called “Decoding Democracy.” Marketplace’s Lily Jamali will be joined by other Marketplace reporters, experts and researchers to discuss what election mis- and disinformation is out there, how to spot it and how it impacts our democracy. In this first episode of \\u201cDecoding Democracy,\\u201d Marketplace senior correspondent Kimberly Adams joins Jamali to delve into the latest on audio deepfake technology and how to protect yourself from being fooled by one.

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Whats left out of the inflation calculation

Published: March 5, 2024, 12:04 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 48 seconds

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Whos gonna win an Oscar this year?

Published: March 4, 2024, 11:28 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 33 seconds

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EU regulators fine Apple

Published: March 4, 2024, 10:41 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 4 seconds

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How writers and actors strikes shape what we watch

Published: March 4, 2024, 4 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 15 seconds

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EU fines Apple $2 billion over its streaming music practices

Published: March 4, 2024, 3:25 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 33 seconds

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What to make of New York Community Banks material weaknesses

Published: March 4, 2024, 12:30 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 12 seconds

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Can becoming a book town help rural communities?

Published: March 4, 2024, noon
Duration: 8 minutes

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Spotting tech-driven disinformation isnt getting easier

Published: March 4, 2024, 11:05 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 15 seconds

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The clash of two tech titans

Published: March 2, 2024, 2:12 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 54 seconds

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Who can afford to buy a home these days?

Published: March 2, 2024, 12:10 a.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 43 seconds

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Manufacturing sector contracts in February

Published: March 1, 2024, 10:01 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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Special: Democracy in the Desert

Published: March 1, 2024, 6:43 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 26 seconds

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IRS plans to crackdown on high earners who dont file returns

Published: March 1, 2024, 4:47 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 47 seconds

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60 years since the Civil Rights Act, racial wealth gaps persist

Published: March 1, 2024, 4:27 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 9 seconds

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The life and death of a Virginia newspaper

Published: March 1, 2024, 1:10 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 3 seconds

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Germany heads toward more rail strikes

Published: March 1, 2024, 12:44 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 1 second

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A boost for data privacy policy, Nvidias chip shortage eases and Apple steers away from electric cars

Published: March 1, 2024, 11:13 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 13 seconds

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Whaddya wanna know about inflation?

Published: March 1, 2024, 1:23 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 44 seconds

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Personal incomes rose in January

Published: Feb. 29, 2024, 11:49 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 28 seconds

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Inflation remains above the Feds target

Published: Feb. 29, 2024, 10:14 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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Are rich people bad? From Classy

Published: Feb. 29, 2024, 6 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 12 seconds

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Inflation is getting close to the Federal Reserves target rate

Published: Feb. 29, 2024, 4:17 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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$8.5 billion for 750 million sets of eyes

Published: Feb. 29, 2024, 4:09 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 26 seconds

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Democracy in a desert near D.C.

Published: Feb. 29, 2024, 1:05 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 8 seconds

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Striking South Korean doctors threatened with arrest

Published: Feb. 29, 2024, 11:55 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 48 seconds

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Voting precincts are steadily moving away from paperless machines

Published: Feb. 29, 2024, 11:01 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 8 seconds

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“DRE” is the acronym in election-speak. It stands for direct-recording electronic voting machines … the kind that record votes directly into a computer’s memory, often with no paper trail. In an effort to boost security and ensure more reliable counting of ballots across the country, officials have been replacing them with voting machines that produce a paper backup. And there has been noticeable progress on this front. According to a recent report from the nonprofit organization Verified Voting and the Brennan Center for Justice, in 2016 about 22% of registered voters were in jurisdictions that used DREs. By 2020, that figure had fallen to 9% and could drop considerably further this year. Marketplace’s Lily Jamali spoke with Megan Maier, co-author of the Verified Voting report, about replacing what’s left of these outdated machines and bringing that number down to zero.

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McConnell to end reign as Senate Republican leader

Published: Feb. 29, 2024, 1:45 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 20 seconds

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Mitch McConnell announced he’s stepping down as leader of Senate Republicans this year. The longest-serving Senate leader revealed the decision amid ongoing negotiations over Ukraine funding and a looming government shutdown. We’ll look back on his historic tenure. Plus, why some corporations should learn to read the room. And, the legacy of “Soul Train,” the iconic TV dance show. Here\\u2019s everything we talked about today:

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GDP keeps climbing

Published: Feb. 29, 2024, 12:13 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 33 seconds

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Economic growth revised down slightly

Published: Feb. 28, 2024, 10:24 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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New sanctions target those disrupting global shipping

Published: Feb. 28, 2024, 4:13 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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Extra day, extra pay?

Published: Feb. 28, 2024, 4 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 38 seconds

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From news desert to election do-over

Published: Feb. 28, 2024, 12:43 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 49 seconds

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Creditors file to liquidate Chinas largest property developer

Published: Feb. 28, 2024, 11:50 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 53 seconds

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DOEs Granholm drives campaign to make EV batteries a U.S. industry

Published: Feb. 28, 2024, 10:56 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 26 seconds

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Why anime is everywhere all at once

Published: Feb. 28, 2024, 1:51 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes

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Anime seems to be just about everywhere these days: film,\\xa0music videos, the NFL and big streaming services like Netflix and Hulu.

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- “Anime Is Booming. So Why Are Animators Living in Poverty?” from The New York Times
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Do modern-day starter homes exist?

Published: Feb. 27, 2024, 11:47 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 10 seconds

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Consumer confidence dips in February

Published: Feb. 27, 2024, 10:28 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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A safety audit finds confusion among Boeings rank and file

Published: Feb. 27, 2024, 3:48 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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Teaching teens personal finance has long-term payoffs

Published: Feb. 27, 2024, 3:40 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 57 seconds

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The last local news outlet in town

Published: Feb. 27, 2024, 1:05 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 14 seconds

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Nigeria protests hunger and hardship

Published: Feb. 27, 2024, 12:10 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 44 seconds

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Will we remember any of the fast-paced trendbait slang on TikTok?

Published: Feb. 27, 2024, 10:47 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 14 seconds

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The race to coin new words and phrases is on \\u2014 on TikTok. They range from “first time cool syndrome,” to “the weekend effect,” and “dinner and couch” friend. Keeping track of all this can feel like a wild goose chase, to use an expression credited to William Shakespeare, who introduced countless words and phrases to the English language. But unlike the Bard’s phrases, TikTok slang doesn’t seem to have much staying power. Marketplace’s Lily Jamali spoke with Rebecca Jennings, senior correspondent for Vox, on the TikTok “trendbait,” as she calls it \\u2014 terms invented by content creators who seem like they’re trying a little too hard \\u2014 and what’s driving it all.

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The work that awaits Congress in March

Published: Feb. 27, 2024, 12:11 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 42 seconds

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Credit card fee feud

Published: Feb. 26, 2024, 11:50 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 44 seconds

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U.S. economic outlook improves

Published: Feb. 26, 2024, 10:08 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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The U.S. economic outlook continues to improve

Published: Feb. 26, 2024, 4:01 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 32 seconds

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A sunny outlook, courtesy of American business economists

Published: Feb. 26, 2024, 3:38 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 24 seconds

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A news desert in the desert

Published: Feb. 26, 2024, 12:59 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 22 seconds

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Boeing delays could hit ticket prices in Europe

Published: Feb. 26, 2024, 12:23 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 26 seconds

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How NetChoice became Big Techs ally against social media regulation

Published: Feb. 26, 2024, 10:57 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 18 seconds

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Economic sanctions vs. boycotts

Published: Feb. 24, 2024, 1:03 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 38 seconds

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It’s been two years since Russia invaded Ukraine, and the U.S. is imposing new sanctions on Russia in an attempt to weaken the Kremlin. But sanctions aren’t proving to be all that effective. We’ll get into some research weighing how well government sanctions work compared to consumer-driven boycotts. And, Instagram is a popular news destination, whether the social media operation likes it or not. Plus, we’ll play a round of Half Full / Half Empty!

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- “25 leap year activities to celebrate February’s bonus day” from Today
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- “Amazon Wants You to Pay With Your Palm. It\\u2019s a Sneak Attack on Apple and Google.” from The Wall Street Journal
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- “This economy is feeling like the ’90s” from Marketplace
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A not-so-happy anniversary to Silicon Valley Bank

Published: Feb. 23, 2024, 11:59 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 38 seconds

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Stocks close mixed

Published: Feb. 23, 2024, 9:57 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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Wall Streets momentum continues

Published: Feb. 23, 2024, 4:16 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 32 seconds

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When cost of living is a major voting blocs biggest concern

Published: Feb. 23, 2024, 3:42 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 33 seconds

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Bethann Hardison on breaking barriers in fashion

Published: Feb. 23, 2024, 1:21 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 15 seconds

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IMF: Ukraine needs timely support from donors

Published: Feb. 23, 2024, 12:25 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 9 seconds

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Amazon to join the Dow, VCs steer away from Chinas startups, and Rivians cold EV winter

Published: Feb. 23, 2024, 11:05 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 57 seconds

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Biden hopes sustainable aviation fuel production could take flight soon

Published: Feb. 22, 2024, 11:30 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 36 seconds

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Nvidias AI chips are the hot new thing

Published: Feb. 22, 2024, 9:57 p.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 9 seconds

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Nvidia’s fourth quarter results blew past analysts’ expectations with a revenue of $22.1 billion. We’ll get into what sizzling hot demand for the chip maker’s products says about the larger generative AI boom. And, we’ll discuss the threat AI-generated misinformation poses to the 2024 election, and what states are doing to combat it. Plus, experiencing sticker shock at the grocery store lately? Kellogg suggests trying cereal for dinner.

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- “Nvidia Sales Reach New Heights as Company Forecasts Bigger AI Boom” from The Wall Street Journal
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- “It\\u2019s Been 30 Years Since Food Ate Up This Much of Your Income” from The Wall Street Journal
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Nvidia revenue hits record

Published: Feb. 22, 2024, 9:47 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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Money talks, love listens

Published: Feb. 22, 2024, 6 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 25 seconds

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About these regional bank-commercial real estate concerns...

Published: Feb. 22, 2024, 3:29 p.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 11 seconds

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Good news on the emissions front

Published: Feb. 22, 2024, 1:25 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 20 seconds

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Japans Nikkei hits record high thanks to chips

Published: Feb. 22, 2024, 12:41 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 25 seconds

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When cellphones fail, landlines are still a lifeline

Published: Feb. 22, 2024, 11:01 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 22 seconds

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Is spying really happening at U.S. ports?

Published: Feb. 22, 2024, 1:41 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 36 seconds

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Neel Kashkari and the Feds inflation fears

Published: Feb. 22, 2024, 12:44 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 26 seconds

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Fed leadership concerned over rate cut timing

Published: Feb. 21, 2024, 10:05 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average is making a change

Published: Feb. 21, 2024, 4:14 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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An invidious moment for Nvidias stock

Published: Feb. 21, 2024, 4:02 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 10 seconds

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Is diversity a fad in fashion?

Published: Feb. 21, 2024, 12:55 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 8 seconds

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Whos going to pay to rebuild Ukraine?

Published: Feb. 21, 2024, 11:44 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 39 seconds

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Want to quit your smartphone?

Published: Feb. 21, 2024, 11:04 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 29 seconds

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NATOs place in the global economy

Published: Feb. 21, 2024, 1:13 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 20 seconds

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After former President Trump’s recent digs at NATO, officials at a global security conference in Munich over the weekend weighed what European countries would do if Trump were re-elected and abandoned the United States’ treaty commitments. On the show today, Kathleen McInnis, senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, discusses the history and future of NATO and why it matters to the global economy. We’ll also share our takeaways from Fani Willis’ testimony.\\xa0Plus, a former NASA astronaut was wrong about what we (earthlings) gain from going to space.

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- “Trump didn\\u2019t quit NATO, but a potential second term alarms allies” from The Washington Post
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- “The life and testimony of Fani Willis\\u2019s father, John Floyd III” from The Washington Post
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- “DA Fani Willis testified she paid cash during trips with top prosecutor. One winery host remembers her paying in paper bills” from CNN Politics
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- “How the Freedman’s Bank failure still impacts Black Americans” from Marketplace
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- “Elon Musk\\u2019s SpaceX Forges Closer Ties With U.S. Spy and Military Agencies” from The Wall Street Journal
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Whats in your wallet?

Published: Feb. 21, 2024, 12:02 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 10 seconds

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Capital One plans to acquire Discover Financial Services

Published: Feb. 20, 2024, 10:07 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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Two big retailers expect consumers to slow down

Published: Feb. 20, 2024, 4:18 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 20 seconds

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Background on that Capital One-Discover deal

Published: Feb. 20, 2024, 3:45 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 13 seconds

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One less credit card company, one more giant bank. Maybe.

Published: Feb. 20, 2024, 12:57 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 22 seconds

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China unveils its first domestically produced passenger jet

Published: Feb. 20, 2024, 12:37 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 11 seconds

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Would you trust a cancer screening by artificial intelligence?

Published: Feb. 20, 2024, 10:57 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 52 seconds

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As consumers, we’ve all been subjected to the “upsell,” or pressure to pay a little more for a product that’s slightly better. It’s one thing if you’re buying, say, a car or a piece of clothing. The ethical questions get a lot more complicated in health care. Some providers have started integrating artificial intelligence in diagnostic procedures, including screenings for breast cancer. The tools may be available for an additional cost, and questions about their accuracy have been raised. Marketplace’s Lily Jamali spoke with Meredith Broussard, a journalism professor at New York University, about integrating AI into mammograms and her personal experience grappling with the tech.

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Can we break out of the mortgage lock-in effect?

Published: Feb. 19, 2024, 9:11 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 19 seconds

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A radio host walks into a nudist colony

Published: Feb. 19, 2024, 2:46 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 7 seconds

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Cash? Credit? Check? Or palm?

Published: Feb. 19, 2024, 12:25 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 11 seconds

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Seven weeks after Japans earthquake, residents struggle to rebuild

Published: Feb. 19, 2024, 11:52 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 39 seconds

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Vibrating suits offer a new way to experience music

Published: Feb. 19, 2024, 10:59 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 9 seconds

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Thoughts on Navalnys death

Published: Feb. 17, 2024, 1:58 a.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 52 seconds

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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, a fierce critic of Vladimir Putin, has died in a Russian penal colony. We’ll reflect on Navalny’s impact and what it means to push back against the slow creep of political change. Plus, more evidence that plastic recycling is a myth pushed by the plastics industry. And, we’ll weigh in on the romance novel revival and landline phones in a round of Half Full/Half Empty!

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Vacant office buildings are making city budgets vulnerable

Published: Feb. 16, 2024, 11:44 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 20 seconds

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Producer prices rise in January

Published: Feb. 16, 2024, 10:31 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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When Xbox games dont require an Xbox

Published: Feb. 16, 2024, 3:52 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 18 seconds

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Wholesale prices rose in January

Published: Feb. 16, 2024, 3:36 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 30 seconds

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The FCC takes aim at AI robocalls

Published: Feb. 16, 2024, 12:42 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 35 seconds

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Airbus boss says theyre too slow going green

Published: Feb. 16, 2024, 12:04 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 7 seconds

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A $7 trillion chips moonshot, AI-fueled cyberattacks, and Disneys bet on gaming

Published: Feb. 16, 2024, 11:08 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 26 seconds

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Why so many layoffs in a hot labor market?

Published: Feb. 15, 2024, 11:51 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 15 seconds

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Biden is entering his TikTok era

Published: Feb. 15, 2024, 10:15 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 22 seconds

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Joe Biden\\u2019s re-election campaign launched a meme-heavy TikTok account in an effort to reach young voters. But considering national security concerns related to the platform, will the move pay off? We’ll get into it. Plus, strikes by Uber and Lyft drivers across the country are once again highlighting the distinction between contractors and employees. And, we’ll get into Bitcoin’s rebound and Beyonc\\xe9’s venture into country music.

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Retail sales decline in January

Published: Feb. 15, 2024, 9:50 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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The death of social media as we know it

Published: Jan. 10, 2024, 1:40 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 10 seconds

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After Elon Musk’s gut renovation of Twitter, now known as X, other platforms like TikTok and Mastodon attempted to take its place as the new hub. But as users flock to various apps and algorithms replace follower-based feeds, the very core of social media is changing. On the show today, The Atlantic’s Charlie Warzel explains the silo-ification of social media, what it means to go viral on today’s internet and how the changing medium might impact the 2024 elections. Plus, a potential upside to the fragmented social media landscape.

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What are we gonna do with all this empty space?

Published: Jan. 10, 2024, 12:10 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 36 seconds

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Biden Administration issues new employee classification rule

Published: Jan. 9, 2024, 10:34 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 4 seconds

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Gig workers gain new job protections

Published: Jan. 9, 2024, 4:10 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 34 seconds

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More people are carrying more debt for longer

Published: Jan. 9, 2024, 3:47 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 43 seconds

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German farmers blockade Berlin with tractors

Published: Jan. 9, 2024, 2:01 p.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 53 seconds

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Boeings latest accident might not ground business

Published: Jan. 9, 2024, 12:46 p.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 37 seconds

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What to watch for at CES

Published: Jan. 9, 2024, 11:04 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 10 seconds

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According to my Magic 8 Ball ...

Published: Jan. 9, 2024, 12:19 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 51 seconds

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Lets talk about privilege in the workplace

Published: Jan. 8, 2024, 11:34 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 23 seconds

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Consumer debt rises in November

Published: Jan. 8, 2024, 10:36 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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Boeing drags down the Dow

Published: Jan. 8, 2024, 3:41 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 34 seconds

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Grumpy, grouchy and cranky

Published: Jan. 8, 2024, 3:32 p.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 55 seconds

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What needs to happen before we see interest rate cuts

Published: Jan. 8, 2024, 12:42 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 11 seconds

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China clamps down on weapons sales to Taiwan

Published: Jan. 8, 2024, 11:47 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 41 seconds

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Women still hold just a third of clean energy jobs, Fuller Project says

Published: Jan. 8, 2024, 11:05 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 55 seconds

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In? Ice cream. Out? Cookies.

Published: Jan. 5, 2024, 11:27 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 26 seconds

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Job growth steady in December

Published: Jan. 5, 2024, 10:14 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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The economy added 2.7 million jobs in 2023

Published: Jan. 5, 2024, 4:35 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 34 seconds

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Happy jobs day to all who celebrate!

Published: Jan. 5, 2024, 3:35 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 9 seconds

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What should reparations look like?

Published: Jan. 5, 2024, 12:38 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 10 seconds

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Carrefour to halt Pepsi sales over price hikes

Published: Jan. 5, 2024, 12:11 p.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 51 seconds

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From Million Bazillion: Whats a recession?

Published: Jan. 5, 2024, 11 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 8 seconds

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Tesla updates driver assistance software, Apples rocky start to the year and the personal tech to keep an eye on in 2024

Published: Jan. 5, 2024, 10:52 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 17 seconds

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This isnt the old normal

Published: Jan. 4, 2024, 11:39 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 31 seconds

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Services sector employment picks up in December

Published: Jan. 4, 2024, 11:20 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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Bankruptcies rose last year, and more increases are expected

Published: Jan. 4, 2024, 4:37 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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Putting all this job data together

Published: Jan. 4, 2024, 3:35 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 39 seconds

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As California mulls reparations, who should be eligible?

Published: Jan. 4, 2024, 12:47 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 12 seconds

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Radical reforms in Argentina derailed by judges

Published: Jan. 4, 2024, 12:11 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 7 seconds

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Is Big Tech using philanthropy to influence universities?

Published: Jan. 4, 2024, 11:05 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 11 seconds

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After incarceration, inclusion matters

Published: Jan. 3, 2024, 11:48 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 52 seconds

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Job openings still higher than pre-pandemic levels

Published: Jan. 3, 2024, 10:07 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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U.S. employers are still trying to fill a lot of open positions

Published: Jan. 3, 2024, 4:01 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 34 seconds

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An optimistically cautious forecast for the year ahead

Published: Jan. 3, 2024, 3:41 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 3 seconds

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What might reparations look like? California could find out.

Published: Jan. 3, 2024, 12:23 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 14 seconds

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More vessels avoid the Red Sea

Published: Jan. 3, 2024, 12:03 p.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 49 seconds

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The ins and outs of reporting on Facebook

Published: Jan. 3, 2024, 11:03 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 28 seconds

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How will the markets fare in 2024?

Published: Jan. 3, 2024, 12:12 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 47 seconds

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Construction spending up in November

Published: Jan. 2, 2024, 10:15 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds

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Apple stock gets a downgrade for the new year

Published: Jan. 2, 2024, 4:20 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 34 seconds

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Afghan women grapple with the Talibans university ban, one year on

Published: Jan. 2, 2024, 3:43 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 28 seconds

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Japan Airlines plane bursts into flames at Tokyo airport

Published: Jan. 2, 2024, 1:27 p.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 56 seconds

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Expect drug price hikes this month

Published: Jan. 2, 2024, 12:41 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 18 seconds

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Using the internet to connect users to queer-owned spaces around the world

Published: Jan. 2, 2024, 11:06 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 1 second

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The new in-space economy (rerun)

Published: Jan. 2, 2024, 11 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 37 seconds

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New year, new minimum wage

Published: Jan. 1, 2024, 8:18 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 44 seconds

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What a difference a year makes

Published: Jan. 1, 2024, 3:25 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 17 seconds

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Checking our economic crystal ball for 2024

Published: Jan. 1, 2024, 12:49 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 56 seconds

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What will 2024 bring for U.S.-China relations?

Published: Jan. 1, 2024, noon
Duration: 8 minutes 29 seconds

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Bias in facial recognition isn’t hard to discover, but it’s hard to get rid of

Published: March 22, 2021, 9:44 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 8 seconds

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What this country thinks of women

Published: March 20, 2021, 12:59 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 30 seconds

We’ll start out this episode talking about the viral video of the, let’s say, different facilities for men and women inside the March Madness bubble, and quickly take the 30,000 foot view. Plus, the pot crackdown in the Biden White House and another round of Half Full/Half Empty.

Here are links to everything we talked about today:

“Biden White House Sandbags Staffers, Sidelines Dozens for Pot Use” from Politico

“NCAA vows to improve conditions at women’s basketball tournament, as outcry continues” from The Washington Post

“NCAA president Mark Emmert says no risk difference between men’s, women’s COVID-19 tests” from USA Today

“House votes to reauthorize Violence Against Women Act” from CBS News

“IRS will delay tax filing due date until May 17” from Associated Press

“Uber to give U.K. drivers minimum wage, retirement plan and more” from “Marketplace Morning Report”

“Amazon says it will offer employers telemedicine services” from “Marketplace Morning Report”

“Toys R Us, under new ownership, plans to open stores” from “Marketplace Morning Report”

“Next on Democrats’ agenda, a “holistic” infrastructure bill” from “Marketplace”

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Turning an economic corner?

Published: March 19, 2021, 10:38 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 14 seconds

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Debt relief for some student loan borrowers

Published: March 19, 2021, 2:42 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 28 seconds

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Now hiring: Restaurants and bars

Published: March 19, 2021, 12:24 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 33 seconds

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France heads for another lockdown

Published: March 19, 2021, 11:47 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 35 seconds

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The FTC had a monopoly lawsuit against Google in its sights, and it blinked

Published: March 19, 2021, 9:52 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes

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It’s been a long year. You deserve a nap.

Published: March 19, 2021, 12:27 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 40 seconds

We’re learning all about “pandemic trauma and stress experience” today, and why it’s a good reason to cancel your plans and rest a bit. But first, we’ll talk about the giant corporations trying to hold one another accountable, and Kai gets a lesson in British phraseology.

Here’s a list of what we talked about today:

“NBC breaks silence on Golden Globes controversy, acknowledging its role in ‘necessary changes’” from the LA Times

“NAACP to NFL: Don’t ‘fund Fox News’ hatred, bigotry, lies and racism‘” from USA Today

“Biden plans to send COVID shots to Mexico, Canada” from the Associated Press

“It’s not just you: Why everyone is super exhausted right now” from Salon

Join us on YouTube Friday at 3:30 p.m. Pacific time/6:30 p.m. Eastern for our live happy hour episode! Subscribe to our channel and sign up for notifications so you don’t miss it.

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What ever happened to the U.S.-China trade war?

Published: March 18, 2021, 10:24 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 10 seconds

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A new tax deadline for the entire country

Published: March 18, 2021, 3:20 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 3 seconds

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A move in health care by Amazon

Published: March 18, 2021, 12:04 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 2 seconds

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China-North America relations back in spotlight

Published: March 18, 2021, 11:45 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 47 seconds

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Fever-screening devices used in many places are not helping control the pandemic

Published: March 18, 2021, 10:32 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 3 seconds

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Where does the money for stimulus checks come from?

Published: March 18, 2021, 12:58 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 34 seconds

Stimulus payments are hitting bank accounts all over the country. Before they go out and spend that stimmy, one listener is wondering where the money for those $1,400 checks came from. We’ll explain, plus talk about the inflationary implications. Plus: a crash course on Big Tech antitrust and leprechaun traps.

Here’s everything we talked about today:

“U.S. bond auction will test if yields are high enough to attract buyers” from Marketplace
“If Google’s a monopoly, who is harmed by its market power?” from the Associated Press
“Who is Google’s market power hurting?” from The Verge
“Life after the vaccine in Israel” from The Daily
“How to make a leprechaun trap for St. Patrick’s Day” from IrishCentral

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We know what Jay Powell is thinking

Published: March 17, 2021, 10:21 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 37 seconds

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Inside baseball

Published: March 17, 2021, 5:28 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes

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Uber to classify U.K. drivers as “workers”

Published: March 17, 2021, 2:16 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 40 seconds

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Check your bank accounts

Published: March 17, 2021, 11:28 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 40 seconds

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U.K. Uber drivers to get minimum wage and more

Published: March 17, 2021, 11:22 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 6 seconds

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Our experiment in remote schooling could improve education, if we do it right

Published: March 17, 2021, 9:31 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 18 seconds

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The changing face of America’s unions

Published: March 17, 2021, 1:04 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes

Here are links to everything we talked about on the show today:

“Unions take on Amazon and Alphabet. Big tech watch out” from the Economist
“Labor movement targets Amazon as a foothold in the South” from the Associated Press
“The PRO Act may protect workers even if it doesn’t pass” from Marketplace
“The government’s lawyers saw a Google monopoly coming. Their bosses refused to sue.” from Politico
“Xi Warns Against Tech Excess in Sign Crackdown Will Widen” from Bloomberg

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A look at post-pandemic travel

Published: March 16, 2021, 10:41 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 53 seconds

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The latest on opioid epidemic settlement money

Published: March 16, 2021, 3:02 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 49 seconds

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“Nomadland”: Life going from one Amazon warehouse to the next

Published: March 16, 2021, 12:11 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 55 seconds

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China’s tech giants face tougher regulation at home

Published: March 16, 2021, 11:39 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 42 seconds

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AT&T says wireless won’t be a last-mile replacement for fiber

Published: March 16, 2021, 9:55 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 39 seconds

We’re looking back on a year of life under the pandemic, and it’s clear that the internet remains everything. As long as you have access. The year showed us just how much that infrastructure could use some improving. We called one of the country’s biggest internet and wireless providers, AT&T, which has been criticized for rolling out high-speed fiber to only about 30% of the homes in its 21-state territory. The company says it’s investing heavily in 5G. It just spent $23 billion on wireless spectrum. The person in charge of building out these networks is AT&T Communications CEO Jeff McElfresh. He told Molly Wood that AT&T plans to keep expanding fiber to 3 million more customers this year and that wireless won’t be the last-mile solution in place of fiber.

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3 feet? 6 feet? Why are COVID rules still changing?

Published: March 16, 2021, 12:54 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 40 seconds

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What “full employment” means in a pandemic-ravaged economy

Published: March 15, 2021, 10:40 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 42 seconds

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A tax refund for the unemployed? We explain.

Published: March 15, 2021, 3:16 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 33 seconds

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$1.9 trillion relief plan includes help for food insecurity

Published: March 15, 2021, 11:49 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 36 seconds

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U.K. vaccine rollout gives reasons for economic optimism, says Bank of England

Published: March 15, 2021, 11:05 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 44 seconds

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One result of one year into the pandemic: Privacy might be dead

Published: March 15, 2021, 9:23 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 57 seconds

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Joe Biden, Ronald Reagan and the “Great Society”

Published: March 13, 2021, 2:22 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes

We’re revisiting a forgotten Ronald Reagan speech on today’s show. As President Biden’s new COVID-19 relief bill rolls out, Reagan’s 1966 “The Myth of the Great Society” speech is making Kai think some big thoughts on government programs and time. Plus, we talk about Netflix password-sharing, virtual conferences and Reese’s all-peanut-butter cups in another round of “Half Full/Half Empty.”

Here’s everything we talked about today:

“Google Says Microsoft’s Stance on News Is Effort to Distract From Hack” from The Wall Street Journal
“Microsoft, Google trade barbs during congressional hearing on news industry” from CNET
Reagan’s “The Myth of the Great Society” speech
“Is a virtual SXSW worth the price of admission?” from Marketplace
“Netflix is checking up on password sharing practices” also from Marketplace
“Roblox goes public and is instantly worth more than $45 billion” from CNN
“Reese’s New Peanut Butter Cup Is (Almost) All Peanut Butter” from The New York Times

Thanks to everyone who joined us live on YouTube today! We go live every Friday at 3:30 p.m. Pacific time/6:30 p.m. Eastern. Subscribe to our channel and sign up for notifications so you don’t miss it.

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Goldman Sachs to invest $10 billion in Black women

Published: March 12, 2021, 11:28 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 34 seconds

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Is the Netflix password sharing free-for-all in danger?

Published: March 12, 2021, 3:37 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 41 seconds

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Asia’s tech giant Grab could be the biggest SPAC so far

Published: March 12, 2021, 1:16 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 33 seconds

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Sen. Warren on taxing the ultrawealthy

Published: March 12, 2021, 12:35 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 1 second

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White House signals that antitrust enforcement is on its agenda

Published: March 12, 2021, 10:56 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 11 seconds

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Facebook is cigarettes

Published: March 12, 2021, 1:20 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes

How else to think about a massive company that knows its products cause harm but can’t do anything about it without undercutting its business interests (not to mention the addiction factor)? Today, we’ll talk about the parallels between Facebook’s AI and Big Tobacco. Plus: Kai and Molly in spaaaace!

Here are links to everything we talked about today:

“Massive camera hack exposes the growing reach and intimacy of American surveillance” from The Washington Post
“How Facebook got addicted to spreading misinformation” from MIT Technology Review
“The Pentagon condemns Tucker Carlson’s sexist remarks about women in the military” from the New York Times, plus one vet’s experience
Infrastructure week actually yielded a bill? (PDF)

Join us live on YouTube Friday at 3:30 p.m. Pacific time/6:30 p.m. Eastern for our live happy hour episode! Subscribe to our channel and sign up for notifications so you don’t miss it.

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A year into the pandemic, a look back at unemployment numbers

Published: March 11, 2021, 11:14 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 28 seconds

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Early signs of hiring to come this spring?

Published: March 11, 2021, 3:46 p.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 31 seconds

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“Hoop Dreams”: A lesson on money and basketball

Published: March 11, 2021, 12:49 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 35 seconds

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Mexico could become one of the largest legal cannabis markets

Published: March 11, 2021, 12:29 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 6 seconds

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Sex workers pivoted to OnlyFans, but there are a lot of amateurs there, too

Published: March 11, 2021, 11:12 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 30 seconds

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How worried should you be about the Microsoft email hack?

Published: March 11, 2021, 1:53 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 35 seconds

With so many high-profile data breaches in the news — Solar Winds wasn’t that long ago, neither were the settlements for Equifax — it can be hard to know how concerned to get, and easy to sort of numb out until it directly affects you. Today, we’ll sort through all that and answer listener questions about the child tax credit, container ships and more.

Here’s everything we talked about today:

“Microsoft was warned months ago — now, the Hafnium hack has grown to gigantic proportions” from The Verge
“Four new hacking groups have joined an ongoing offensive against Microsoft’s email servers” from Technology Review
“L.A.’s latest traffic jam: Dozens of container ships waiting to be unloaded” from Marketplace
“Exporters Take Unusual Steps to Ease Container Shortage” from Bloomberg
“Costco is running out of some cheese. The reason why is complicated” from CNN

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How fast can the federal government get $1.9 trillion out the door?

Published: March 10, 2021, 11:11 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 3 seconds

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Big Boss, Little Boss

Published: March 10, 2021, 5:04 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 28 seconds

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What the COVID relief package allocates for vaccines

Published: March 10, 2021, 3:55 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 22 seconds

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$40 billion for child care

Published: March 10, 2021, 1:26 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 37 seconds

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WTO considers calls to suspend COVID vaccine patents

Published: March 10, 2021, 1:06 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 59 seconds

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China wants to go carbon neutral by 2060, which could mean kicking out some tech

Published: March 10, 2021, 11:36 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 32 seconds

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Is this finally the moment Americans get universal child care?

Published: March 10, 2021, 1:27 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 3 seconds

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Will an expanded child tax credit solve the “she-cession”?

Published: March 9, 2021, 11:35 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 8 seconds

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Could the U.S. get back to pre-pandemic economic growth soon?

Published: March 9, 2021, 3:35 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 51 seconds

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Policymakers try to turn the page on this pandemic economy

Published: March 9, 2021, 12:38 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 48 seconds

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Vaccine rollouts should help global economic growth beat expectations

Published: March 9, 2021, 12:14 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 20 seconds

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The U.S. could manufacture batteries, but it’s a dirty business

Published: March 9, 2021, 10:36 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 10 seconds

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Why aren’t more women in charge at the Pentagon?

Published: March 9, 2021, 1:16 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes

We talked a bit last month about the Pentagon slow-walking some promotions of female generals over fears then-President Donald Trump would quash them. Now, President Joe Biden appears poised to place women on the Joint Chiefs of Staff. On this, International Women’s Day, we’ll talk about it. But first: More on vaccine misinformation and the new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines, plus the best New York-style bagels in America.

Here’s everything we talked about today:

“‘Russia is up to its old tricks’: Biden battling COVID-19 vaccine disinformation campaign” from USA Today
“Russian Disinformation Campaign Aims to Undermine Confidence in Pfizer, Other Covid-19 Vaccines, U.S. Officials Say” from The Wall Street Journal
“Vaccinated Americans may gather indoors in small groups but should still wear masks in public, the C.D.C. says” from The New York Times
“Biden Nominates Two Women To Lead Combatant Commands” from Defense One
“MacKenzie Scott Married a Nice Science Teacher” from The Cut
“The Best Bagels Are in California (Sorry, New York)” from The New York Times

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A different kind of traffic jam in Los Angeles

Published: March 8, 2021, 11:44 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes

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What the Senate’s COVID relief provides to those most vulnerable

Published: March 8, 2021, 3:48 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 22 seconds

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One step closer to a new COVID relief package

Published: March 8, 2021, 1 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 48 seconds

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Oil prices rise on reports of a drone attack in Saudi Arabia

Published: March 8, 2021, 12:59 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 28 seconds

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Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky says post-pandemic, cities might actually want the company around

Published: March 8, 2021, 10:43 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 19 seconds

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Do we dare buy MLB tickets?

Published: March 6, 2021, 1:45 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes

California theme parks and sports stadiums could reopen with limited attendance as early as next month. Between that and the new Johnson & Johnson vaccine, is it too early to let ourselves get excited for baseball season and a trip to Disneyland? We’ll discuss. But first, a bit more on Johnson & Johnson hesitancy and an update on the Texas power grid situation. Plus, as always, another round of Half Full/Half Empty.

Here’s everything we talked about today:

“Texas Opts Not to Fix $16 Billion Power Overcharge” from The Wall Street Journal
“Detroit mayor declines Johnson & Johnson allotment, saying the other vaccines are better” from CNN
“Pressure grows on Biden to end the filibuster” from The Washington Post
“When Amazon Raises Its Minimum Wage, Local Companies Follow Suit” from The New York Times
“California theme parks, stadiums can reopen as soon as April 1 under revamped COVID-19 rules” from the Los Angeles Times
“GameStop: The movie. And the TV show. And the documentary …” from “Marketplace”
“You can now own “authenticated” digital artwork. Is that a good thing?” from “Marketplace Morning Report”
“Why are people spending so much money on NFTs?” from “Marketplace”
“Survey finds that the reported exodus of tech companies from San Francisco’s Bay Area is ‘greatly exaggerated’” from Insider
“Cadbury Creme Eggs Now Come in Beer Form” from Food & Wine

Thanks to everyone who joined us today for Economics on Tap, our live happy hour on YouTube. We do it every Friday at 3:30 p.m. Pacific time/6:30 p.m. Eastern. Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications so you don’t miss the next one.

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Long-term unemployment hits highest level in 9 years

Published: March 5, 2021, 11:49 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 47 seconds

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Some of those huge Texas electricity bills were a mistake?

Published: March 5, 2021, 3:58 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 47 seconds

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Guess what’s back? China’s economic growth target.

Published: March 5, 2021, 2:15 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 56 seconds

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Here’s what you need to know about SPACs

Published: March 5, 2021, 1:06 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 38 seconds

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Online vaccine misinformation is big business for creators

Published: March 5, 2021, 10:23 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 44 seconds

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Don’t overthink it: Get the COVID-19 vaccine

Published: March 5, 2021, 1:56 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 31 seconds

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What it’s like to run a microbusiness in the pandemic economy

Published: March 4, 2021, 11:08 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 25 seconds

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Texans deal with exorbitant electricity bills

Published: March 4, 2021, 3:58 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 27 seconds

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Austria plans to develop COVID vaccines with Denmark and Israel

Published: March 4, 2021, 1:45 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 58 seconds

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The status of new stimulus checks

Published: March 4, 2021, 1:18 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 40 seconds

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Google is changing the way ad tracking works

Published: March 4, 2021, 10:38 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 9 seconds

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Paramount+ launches tomorrow. How many streaming services is too many?

Published: March 4, 2021, 1:32 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 20 seconds

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The jobs recovery might be running out of gas

Published: March 3, 2021, 11:47 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 18 seconds

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The unmasking of Texas and Mississippi

Published: March 3, 2021, 3:37 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 21 seconds

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Blaming the Fed

Published: March 3, 2021, 12:46 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 40 seconds

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What’s inside the U.K.’s big red budget box?

Published: March 3, 2021, 12:40 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 47 seconds

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We’re using tech to solve all our problems. But plenty of people still have problems with the tech.

Published: March 3, 2021, 11 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 1 second

Part of the problem with the COVID-19 vaccine is that the tech to get it isn’t accessible to the people who need it most. Online-only appointment systems are leaving out people without internet access or devices, and clunky, buggy websites are testing everyone’s digital literacy. For Nicol Turner Lee, a fellow at the Brookings Institution, it’s part of a bigger problem that needs a big solution. We’ve got tech that’s unevenly distributed, plus a struggling economy that needs to transition to the digital age. So Turner Lee proposes that big solution in a recent piece for Brookings: a Tech New Deal and a paid civilian corps of tech-savvy people to do building, training and outreach. The idea is that maybe the next big disaster solution won’t leave people behind.

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To catch a chicken

Published: March 3, 2021, 11 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 56 seconds

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People, at scale

Published: March 3, 2021, 1:54 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 41 seconds

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A seat at the table for workers

Published: March 3, 2021, 12:01 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 30 seconds

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Artwork value in a world of infinite copies

Published: March 2, 2021, 4:01 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 37 seconds

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France reverses course, will let those over 65 get AstraZeneca vaccine

Published: March 2, 2021, 1:22 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 39 seconds

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An alert on the rise of cryptocurrencies

Published: March 2, 2021, 12:55 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 36 seconds

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The chip shortage is a manufacturing problem that won’t be easy to solve

Published: March 2, 2021, 10:27 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 46 seconds

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How much do we really “need” sports?

Published: March 2, 2021, 2:24 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 41 seconds

For a year now, the national pastime has been baking bread, watching Netflix and muting/unmuting in Zoom. If you’re lucky, anyway. The major sports teams would tell you they’re a balm in “these unprecedented times” but the numbers don’t really bear that out. On today’s show, we’ll talk about the interesting Jemele Hill piece in The Atlantic, “America Didn’t Need Sports After All.” Plus: When does a cyberattack become a war crime?

Here’s everything we talked about today:

Some COVID death analysis on the TL

“America didn’t need sports after all” from The Atlantic

“China Appears to Warn India: Push Too Hard and the Lights Could Go Out” from The New York Times

“Biden works to unify Senate Democrats on $1.9 trillion relief bill” from The Washington Post

“First vaccine to fully immunize against malaria builds on pandemic-driven RNA tech” from the Academic Times

Social studies and civics education guidance from The Washington Post

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The pandemic is affecting states unequally, too

Published: March 1, 2021, 11:33 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 50 seconds

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Back to the future, in China

Published: March 1, 2021, 3:50 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 16 seconds

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Tech demand boosts Asia’s factories, but less so in China

Published: March 1, 2021, 1:09 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 16 seconds

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The science of “Zoom fatigue”

Published: March 1, 2021, 12:52 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 4 seconds

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As telecoms spend billions on wireless, where does that leave the wired?

Published: March 1, 2021, 10:36 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 14 seconds

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We already know what happens in 2024

Published: Feb. 27, 2021, 1:45 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 56 seconds

After watching some of the news out of CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Conference, Kai Ryssdal thinks he has a pretty good idea of where the Republican Party and the U.S. government are headed in the next few years. Today, we’ll kick the tires on that prediction and talk a bit more about the SEC and Elon Musk. The “S” stands for “stonks.” Plus, like we do every Friday, a round of “Half Full/Half Empty.”

Here’s everything we talked about today:

“3 key takeaways from Friday’s CPAC event: Speakers stand behind Trump” from ABC News

“U.S. SEC suspends trading in 15 securities due to ‘questionable’ social media activity” from Reuters

Some other “questionable activity”

“Fed and Treasury chart path back to ‘full employment’” from “Marketplace”

“California can enforce its net neutrality law, judge rules” from “Marketplace Morning Report”

“Wearable tech shows promise for early COVID-19 detection” from “Marketplace”

“Twitter announces paid Super Follows to let you charge for tweets” from The Verge

Thanks to everyone who joined us live on YouTube! We tape our Friday episode there every week at 3:30 p.m. Pacific time/6:30 p.m. Eastern. Subscribe to our channel and sign up for notifications so you don’t miss it.

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A return to the service economy?

Published: Feb. 26, 2021, 11:34 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 54 seconds

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Biden expands federal unemployment aid eligibility

Published: Feb. 26, 2021, 3:42 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 28 seconds

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Selling Amazon rainforest illegally on Facebook Marketplace

Published: Feb. 26, 2021, 1:16 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 29 seconds

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Is it wrong to miss a store?

Published: Feb. 26, 2021, 12:26 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 45 seconds

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Does Clubhouse owe its Black users for the platform’s success?

Published: Feb. 26, 2021, 10:50 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 56 seconds

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Honest pay for honest work … or something

Published: Feb. 26, 2021, 1:56 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 12 seconds

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Ready to release some pent-up demand

Published: Feb. 25, 2021, 11:27 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 6 seconds

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What if you could test for COVID at home for $5?

Published: Feb. 25, 2021, 4:01 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 21 seconds

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China claims it’s eliminated extreme rural poverty

Published: Feb. 25, 2021, 2:44 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 53 seconds

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A closer look at U.S. reliance on overseas supply chains

Published: Feb. 25, 2021, 12:47 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 55 seconds

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Shopify is taking on e-commerce giants

Published: Feb. 25, 2021, 10:44 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 54 seconds

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What those huge Texas power bills and Bitcoin mining have in common

Published: Feb. 25, 2021, 1:32 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 55 seconds

Texans are being hit with massive electric bills after last week’s winter storm knocked out much of the state’s grid, which is primarily powered by natural gas. You might not know that many of the data centers mining for cryptocurrency in this country also run on natural gas. On today’s Whadda Ya Wanna Know Wednesday, we’re digging into Texas’ unregulated energy market and Bitcoin’s carbon footprint. Plus your questions about stock trading and stonktails.

Here’s everything we talked about today:

“Can Texans protect themselves from their sky-high energy bills?” from Marketplace

“Texas Electric Bills Were $28 Billion Higher Under Deregulation” from The Wall Street Journal

“GameStop Mania Highlights Shift to Dark Trading” from The Wall Street Journal

“Tesla’s $1.5 billion bitcoin purchase clashes with its environmental aspirations” from The Verge

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on her Bitcoin doubts

A couple pieces on Bitcoin and natural gas

“We try your “GameStonk”-inspired cocktails” from “Make Me Smart”

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The future of this country’s competitive edge

Published: Feb. 24, 2021, 11:32 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 34 seconds

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The liquid workforce

Published: Feb. 24, 2021, 6:02 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 26 seconds

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Illinois is ending bail to get out of jail

Published: Feb. 24, 2021, 3:52 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 19 seconds

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Ghana receives world’s first COVAX vaccine delivery

Published: Feb. 24, 2021, 2:06 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 43 seconds

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California cleared to enforce its open internet law

Published: Feb. 24, 2021, 12:37 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 26 seconds

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Could Australia’s antitrust enforcement break the way the web works?

Published: Feb. 24, 2021, 10:55 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 27 seconds

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What can Texas teach us about climate adaptation?

Published: Feb. 24, 2021, 1:25 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 32 seconds

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How new PPP eligibility requirements are hurting some small businesses

Published: Feb. 23, 2021, 11:24 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 54 seconds

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Connecticut switches to age-based system for COVID vaccines

Published: Feb. 23, 2021, 3:54 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 39 seconds

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Facebook “has refriended Australia,” will reverse news ban

Published: Feb. 23, 2021, 1:17 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 58 seconds

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Hardening U.S. utility systems

Published: Feb. 23, 2021, 12:57 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 29 seconds

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You need to have secure ingredients to have a secure product

Published: Feb. 23, 2021, 10:47 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 47 seconds

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500K dead from COVID is a worst-case scenario

Published: Feb. 23, 2021, 2:19 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 24 seconds

It’s not the absolute worst worst-case, but 500,000 dead from COVID-19 is more than what some experts painted as the worst-case scenario back when the pandemic started, and about a third of the way to the death toll if the country had taken no action at all. Today, we’ll do the numbers. Plus: The bond market gains and NASA’s new Martian probe.

Here’s everything we talked about today:

“US surpasses 500,000 COVID deaths” from USA Today

Some looks at COVID modeling from The New York Times and New York Magazine

President Biden’s moment of silence at the White House today

“Technology Stocks Drop Amid Rising Bond Yields” from the Wall Street Journal

Zoom etiquette

“Watch new dramatic videos from NASA’s Perseverance rover landing on Mars” from The Verge

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How making federal jobless benefits automatic would work

Published: Feb. 22, 2021, 11:25 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 57 seconds

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Troubles with another Boeing plane

Published: Feb. 22, 2021, 3:55 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 25 seconds

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Biden set to roll out PPP loan changes

Published: Feb. 22, 2021, 12:40 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 42 seconds

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Japan airlines ground some Boeing 777s following United flight engine failure

Published: Feb. 22, 2021, 12:36 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 9 seconds

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How a crafty creator took her business online while Broadway’s dark

Published: Feb. 22, 2021, 10:57 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 48 seconds

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We try your “GameStonk”-inspired cocktails

Published: Feb. 20, 2021, 1:44 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 29 seconds

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Where did hazard pay go?

Published: Feb. 20, 2021, 12:07 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 30 seconds

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GameStop saga spills over onto Capitol Hill

Published: Feb. 19, 2021, 4:03 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 31 seconds

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Biden’s first G-7 summit as president

Published: Feb. 19, 2021, 12:43 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 20 seconds

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U.K. Supreme Court rules Uber drivers are workers, not independent contractors

Published: Feb. 19, 2021, 12:37 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 12 seconds

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Filling the archives with stories from Black Silicon Valley

Published: Feb. 19, 2021, 11:40 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 32 seconds

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What’s going on in Texas is a humanitarian crisis

Published: Feb. 19, 2021, 2:15 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 17 seconds

Like a lot of people, we’ve spent some time today watching this story about Sen. Ted Cruz’s scuttled trip to Cancún, Mexico, but don’t take your eye off the ball. Today, we’ll talk about the crisis brought on by cold weather and infrastructure failures in Texas. Plus, what it takes for a woman to be promoted to general and the Mars rover Perseverance.

Here’s everything we talked about today:

“Sen. Ted Cruz faces storm of controversy for flying to Cancun as Texas grapples with power outages caused by severe weather” from The Washington Post

“Texas blackouts during deep freeze highlight grid challenges” from Marketplace

“How Texas weather disruptions will ripple through oil supply chain” from Marketplace

“Running an online business … when the power goes out” from Marketplace

“Deep freeze has Texas ranchers concerned about food, water for cattle” from Marketplace

“Promotions for Female Generals Were Delayed Over Fears of Trump’s Reaction” from The New York Times

“A Grim Measure of Covid’s Toll: Life Expectancy Drops Sharply in U.S.” from The New York Times

Redditors want to know: Where is AOC?

“NASA Lands the Perseverance Rover on Mars” from Wired

“New Zealand to Roll Out Free Period Products to All Students” from The New York Times

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What you need to know about Biden’s immigration bill

Published: Feb. 19, 2021, 12:12 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes

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Reddit, Robinhood and hedge funds face Congress

Published: Feb. 18, 2021, 3:49 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 19 seconds

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Facebook bans news in Australia

Published: Feb. 18, 2021, 12:49 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 26 seconds

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A slow news day in Australia … for those reading it on Facebook

Published: Feb. 18, 2021, 12:47 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 33 seconds

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Gig companies have the upper hand. So why are they still negotiating?

Published: Feb. 18, 2021, 11:20 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 34 seconds

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Congress considers putting pork back in its diet

Published: Feb. 18, 2021, 1:37 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes

Guest host Kimberly Adams mentioned the return of earmarks yesterday, and a listener wants to know more about the “currency of compromise.” To help answer that one, we called up Laura Blessing, a senior fellow at the Government Affairs Institute at Georgetown University. Plus, Kimberly and Kai Ryssdal answer more of your questions about the 10-year Treasury note, women in postsecondary education and, uh, campaign promises.

Here’s everything we talked about today:

“Can Pork Bring Back Bipartisanship?” from Cook Political Report

“10-year Treasury yield marks biggest daily jump in over three months” from MarketWatch

“Fed’s Esther George says she is not concerned about Treasury-yield spike” also from MarketWatch

“Mortgage demand falls further as rates rise at the fastest pace in months” from CNBC

“Household Debt Climbs to Record in U.S. Amid Surge in Mortgages” from Bloomberg

“Few Positives in Final Fall Enrollment Numbers” from Inside Higher Ed

A little additional research

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How short selling works (and what it does to the economy)

Published: Feb. 17, 2021, 11:29 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes

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“To suffer or permit to work”

Published: Feb. 17, 2021, 6:05 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 59 seconds

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Do vaccine incentives actually work?

Published: Feb. 17, 2021, 3:23 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 52 seconds

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Bill Gates’ solutions for climate change

Published: Feb. 17, 2021, 1:12 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 32 seconds

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Between Brexit and COVID, British pig farmers face a backlog

Published: Feb. 17, 2021, 12:48 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 45 seconds

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Could more women-led tech companies make the internet less awful?

Published: Feb. 17, 2021, 10:16 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 39 seconds

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Why are so many migrant families still separated?

Published: Feb. 17, 2021, 1:25 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 49 seconds

The Biden administration is working to repair norms and rollback policies covering so much from the Trump era. So where does immigration sit in the priority list? The White House already rescinded the “zero-tolerance” policy that separated migrant families, but unwinding rules and reuniting those families are very different things. Today, we’ll talk with The Atlantic’s Caitlin Dickerson about the reunification effort and the lasting impact on families.

Here are links to everything we talked about on the show today:

Dickerson’s piece from The New York Times last year: “Three Years After Family Separation, Her Son Is Back. But Her Life Is Not.”

“Trump and Aides Drove Family Separation at Border, Documents Say” also from The New York Times

“Biden signs executive orders on family separation and asylum” from Politico

Another interview with Dickerson on MSNBC about how Biden is taking steps to tackle the root of immigration from Central America

“Biden faces questions about commitment to minimum wage hike” from the Los Angeles Times

“CEOs of Reddit and Robinhood and ‘Roaring Kitty’ slated to testify in GameStop hearing” from The Verge

“Democrats Want To Bring Back Earmarks” from HuffPost

“Restoring Earmarks Is Probably a Good Thing” from Bloomberg Opinion

This billboard a listener sent in

Finally, how to send us a voice memo

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Why Texas’ power grids couldn’t meet demand

Published: Feb. 16, 2021, 11:21 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes

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Bitcoin tops $50,000 for the first time

Published: Feb. 16, 2021, 3:52 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 10 seconds

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Are India’s COVID vaccine exports seeking to counter Chinese influence in Asia?

Published: Feb. 16, 2021, 2:04 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 46 seconds

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Nearly half of the U.S. population is under winter weather alert

Published: Feb. 16, 2021, 1:03 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 37 seconds

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Should every B.A. include some AI?

Published: Feb. 16, 2021, 10:44 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 21 seconds

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Biden administration reopens ACA exchange

Published: Feb. 15, 2021, 11:01 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 38 seconds

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For parents balancing work and school-from-home, “holidays” don’t feel too different

Published: Feb. 15, 2021, 4:22 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 15 seconds

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Google agrees to pay for some news content in Australia, but …

Published: Feb. 15, 2021, 1:45 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 31 seconds

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Bare arenas becoming a sore sight for sports, entertainment sponsors

Published: Feb. 15, 2021, 12:45 p.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 36 seconds

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Banks are getting interested in big data to figure out their climate risk

Published: Feb. 15, 2021, 11:32 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 7 seconds

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Yes, Louis DeJoy is still postmaster general

Published: Feb. 13, 2021, 2:02 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes

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The especially stressful tax season ahead

Published: Feb. 12, 2021, 11:40 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 52 seconds

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Will robots try to cut in line for COVID vaccinations?

Published: Feb. 12, 2021, 3:50 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 17 seconds

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Britain’s economy saw its largest decline on record

Published: Feb. 12, 2021, 2:26 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 40 seconds

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Savings, checking … and now cryptocurrency accounts

Published: Feb. 12, 2021, 1:04 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 25 seconds

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Maybe some critical infrastructure shouldn’t be hooked up to the internet

Published: Feb. 12, 2021, 10:33 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 31 seconds

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One thing is still bugging us about GameStop

Published: Feb. 12, 2021, 1:35 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes

GameStop closed at $51.10 a share today. We’re far away from the heady days of, uh, two weeks ago. But something has still been nagging at us: Why didn’t the beleaguered video game retailer jump on the opportunity to sell some shares and pay down its debt? Today we finally got an answer, and we’ll take some time to explain. Plus: a little talk about the impeachment trial so far, vaccines and Bitcoin.

Here’s everything we talked about today:

“Microsoft: U.S. should consider Aussie law vexing Facebook, Google” from Axios
“Exclusive: How GameStop missed out on capitalizing on the Reddit rally” from Reuters
“Angry customers show up at Robinhood’s headquarters in the wake of GameStop trading chaos” from CNBC
“Reddit user says post on $800M Tesla bitcoin buy was a hoax” from the New York Post
“Biden says U.S. will have enough vaccine for 300 million people by end of July” from The Washington Post

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Making a career change in the middle of a pandemic

Published: Feb. 11, 2021, 11:23 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 12 seconds

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Individual investor frenzy focuses on cannabis stocks

Published: Feb. 11, 2021, 4:07 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 51 seconds

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The history of an office rebellion

Published: Feb. 11, 2021, 1:10 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 35 seconds

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Amsterdam takes London’s crown as Europe’s stock-trading hub

Published: Feb. 11, 2021, 1 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 27 seconds

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New antitrust legislation would check the power of tech giants

Published: Feb. 11, 2021, 10:56 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 22 seconds

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Why is Tesla buying so much bitcoin?

Published: Feb. 11, 2021, 2:16 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 18 seconds

Well, Elon Musk has been tweeting again. Specifically, he’s been tweeting about how much he loves bitcoin, right after his automaker Tesla bought up $1.5 billion worth of it. Is this a distraction from the company’s China troubles? A scheme running afoul of the SEC? An epic bacon win for all the lulz, good sir? Maybe all three? We try and get into Musk’s head on today’s show. Wish us luck. Plus, your questions about minimum wage, interest rates and mRNA.

Here’s everything we talked about today:

“Tesla buys $1.5 billion in bitcoin, plans to accept it as payment” from CNBC

“Why did Tesla buy bitcoin?” from MarketWatch

“‘Big Short’ investor Michael Burry calls Tesla’s $1.5 billion bet on Bitcoin a distraction – and says Dogecoin’s record price signals a massive bubble” from Business Insider

“Low U.S. Rates Exacerbate Racial Wealth Gap, Paper Shows” from Bloomberg

“The next act for messenger RNA could be bigger than covid vaccines” from MIT Technology Review

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The plan to close the output gap

Published: Feb. 10, 2021, 11:34 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 2 seconds

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Yet more evidence of a “K-shaped” economic recovery

Published: Feb. 10, 2021, 4:12 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 10 seconds

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European Commission chief admits underestimating difficulty of vaccine efforts

Published: Feb. 10, 2021, 2:18 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 36 seconds

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When essential workers may not be employees

Published: Feb. 10, 2021, 12:34 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 29 seconds

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Who’s the boss?

Published: Feb. 10, 2021, 11 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 52 seconds

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How the history of Blackness on the internet was erased

Published: Feb. 10, 2021, 10:46 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 57 seconds

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Let’s do the numbers on a $15 minimum wage

Published: Feb. 10, 2021, 1:34 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 15 seconds

Here are links to everything we talked about on the show today:

You can read more about Dube here: “The Burger Flipper Who Became a World Expert on the Minimum Wage” from Bloomberg

“Even a divided America agrees on raising the minimum wage” from Brookings

The CBO’s latest analysis of a minimum wage hike, and one from 2019 (be warned: both are PDFs)

“No Quick Fix for Auto Chip Shortage” from The Wall Street Journal

“Biden: Yellen needs a ‘Hamilton’ musical. Dessa: Here you go.” from “Marketplace.” You can also hear “Who’s Yellen Now?” on YouTube and all the streaming services.

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Why Biden’s economic team would rather go “too big” on COVID relief

Published: Feb. 9, 2021, 11:32 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 14 seconds

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How raising the minimum wage would affect the U.S. economy

Published: Feb. 9, 2021, 3:53 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 51 seconds

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New stimulus checks could be here by March

Published: Feb. 9, 2021, 12:56 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 5 seconds

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Nearly 1 million Venezuelans find refuge from economic crisis in Colombia

Published: Feb. 9, 2021, 12:48 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 9 seconds

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$1 billion toward better tribal broadband is just a down payment

Published: Feb. 9, 2021, 10:48 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 13 seconds

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Our infrastructure is only as good as our cyber infrastructure

Published: Feb. 9, 2021, 1:49 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 59 seconds

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How “pooled testing” can help keep schools open

Published: Feb. 8, 2021, 11:32 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 54 seconds

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Increasing the child tax credit

Published: Feb. 8, 2021, 3:48 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 17 seconds

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Which carmaker is going to partner with Apple?

Published: Feb. 8, 2021, 12:27 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 20 seconds

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Questions swirl about the effectiveness of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine

Published: Feb. 8, 2021, 11:49 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 25 seconds

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Some tribes are getting help narrowing the digital divide

Published: Feb. 8, 2021, 11:03 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 37 seconds

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Stop talking about how great moms are and help them instead

Published: Feb. 6, 2021, 2:03 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes

We’ve been covering COVID’s impact on women in the workforce for a while, and this New York Times profile of three moms “on the brink” hit close to home. Today, we take a step back and look at how these women and their struggles are being framed and reckoned with. Plus: More SPAC news, Valentine’s Day plans and the coverage of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.

Here’s everything we talked about today:

“Marjorie Taylor Greene harangues Democrats, the media, some GOP after getting booted off committees” from NBC News
And the other view of that presser
“Three American mothers on the brink” from The New York Times
Our episode from September, “Coronavirus is pushing women out of work“
“DNA-testing firm 23andMe to go public through Branson-backed SPAC in a $3.5 billion deal” from CNBC
“U.S. falls out of top 10 in measure of innovation” from Marketplace
And a book recommendation: “Kill Switch” by Adam Jentleson

Thanks to everyone who joined us for the live happy hour taping on YouTube! Join us next Friday at 3:30 p.m. Pacific time/6:30 p.m. Eastern —subscribe to our channel and sign up for notifications so you don’t miss it.

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The most important 4-letter word in this economy: jobs

Published: Feb. 5, 2021, 11:38 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 57 seconds

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What regulators came up with when they met about market volatility

Published: Feb. 5, 2021, 4:06 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 2 seconds

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Today’s the day for an update on jobs and pandemic relief

Published: Feb. 5, 2021, 1:02 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 54 seconds

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Kuaishou makes a splash as Hong Kong’s biggest IPO since 2019

Published: Feb. 5, 2021, 12:49 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 51 seconds

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Amazon is getting a new CEO. Will that mean big change or status quo?

Published: Feb. 5, 2021, 11 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 34 seconds

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The 2020 election is over, but the lawsuits are just starting

Published: Feb. 5, 2021, 1:51 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 5 seconds

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Even consumer confidence is partisan now

Published: Feb. 4, 2021, 11:15 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 12 seconds

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Surprise! You weren’t an employee after all.

Published: Feb. 4, 2021, 3:23 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 55 seconds

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A new tool to give workers the upper hand over automation

Published: Feb. 4, 2021, 1:11 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 54 seconds

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Could mixing and matching COVID-19 vaccines speed up economic recovery?

Published: Feb. 4, 2021, 11:53 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 50 seconds

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Social media was supposed to give everyone a voice. It didn’t.

Published: Feb. 4, 2021, 10:36 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 20 seconds

For Black History Month, we’re looking at the history of Blackness on the internet. Through most of that history, Black women in particular have been disproportionately harassed and abused. And then ignored when they tried to report that abuse or point out how tech might be misused to further oppress people online and offline. Ignored by tech companies and, it must be said, by journalists, too. Researcher and writer Sydette Harry wrote about this in Wired in a piece called “Listening to Black Women: The Innovation Tech Can’t Figure Out.” Molly asked her: “What could the internet look like right now if we had listened to Black women all along?”

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What exactly is going on with Jeff Bezos and Amazon?

Published: Feb. 4, 2021, 1:49 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 58 seconds

Amazon, the so-called “everything store,” is increasingly becoming the “everywhere store.” Why would the largest online retailer pivot so hard into brick and mortar? And, oh yeah, what’s up with Jeff Bezos stepping down as CEO? Also on tap for this Whadda Ya Wanna Know Wednesday: Are we headed for a COVID baby bust? What about a recession? And before our Friday happy hour episode: What’s a hazy IPA?

Here’s everything we talked about today:

“Amazon’s delivery speed is facing increasing competition from rivals with a fleet of stores” from MarketWatch
“The recession may be over — technically” from the Washington Post
“Pandemic Baby Boom Turned Out to Be Bust Despite Lockdown” from Bloomberg
More from beer reporter Kate Bernot

Speaking of happy hour: Join us live on YouTube this Friday at 3:30 Pacific/6:30 Eastern! Subscribe to our channel and sign up for notifications so you don’t miss it.

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What is an “executive chair,” and how is it different from a CEO?

Published: Feb. 3, 2021, 11:24 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 41 seconds

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Financial regulators plan to meet over market volatility

Published: Feb. 3, 2021, 3:41 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 18 seconds

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Succession at Amazon

Published: Feb. 3, 2021, 12:38 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 27 seconds

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Will Italy level up and make “Super Mario” its next prime minister?

Published: Feb. 3, 2021, 12:37 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 24 seconds

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Congratulations! You’re an entrepreneur now

Published: Feb. 3, 2021, 11:01 a.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 5 seconds

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Facebook shouldn’t be surprised its groups were overrun with conspiracies

Published: Feb. 3, 2021, 10:59 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 39 seconds

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SPACs are turning Wall Street into Silicon Valley

Published: Feb. 3, 2021, 2:17 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes

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Getting back to the pre-pandemic economy

Published: Feb. 2, 2021, 11:24 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 45 seconds

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Will antitrust lawsuits affect Google’s earnings?

Published: Feb. 2, 2021, 3:27 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 55 seconds

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Wearing a good mask is now a hard-and-fast federal rule

Published: Feb. 2, 2021, 12:51 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes

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Myanmar faces a battle for democracy and an economy that hangs in the balance

Published: Feb. 2, 2021, 12:45 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 10 seconds

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The power of transferring technology for climate adaptation

Published: Feb. 2, 2021, 10:48 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 16 seconds

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Let’s make like pandas and have a snow day

Published: Feb. 2, 2021, 2:09 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 49 seconds

We can’t lie y’all, we’re fighting off The Dark Place today. On the docket: extremism in Facebook groups, how quickly we’re aging and all the poor folks losing money in “stonks.” Maybe you can listen while you watch these pandas in the snow?

Here are links for everything we talked about:

“Facebook Knew Calls for Violence Plagued ‘Groups,’ Now Plans Overhaul” from The Wall Street Journal

“How Facebook Groups Are Being Exploited To Spread Misinformation, Plan Harassment, And Radicalize People” from BuzzFeed News, back in 2018

Some disturbing “Wonder Years” math

“U.S. Hits Pandemic Milestone With More Vaccinated Than Cases” from Bloomberg

IsTheSqueezeSquoze.com

“‘Black Panther’ Helmer Ryan Coogler Stakes His Proximity Media Banner To 5-Year Exclusive Disney Television Deal; Wakanda Series In Works For Disney+” from Deadline

“Big step forward for Dr. Martens as shares jump in $5 billion London debut” from Reuters

“Pandas at National Zoo play in snow” from CNN

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Caught in the unemployment benefits gap

Published: Feb. 1, 2021, 11:29 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 8 seconds

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The future of online shopping, after the pandemic

Published: Feb. 1, 2021, 3:47 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 32 seconds

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Silver is surging. What’s fueling the price increase?

Published: Feb. 1, 2021, 1:38 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 35 seconds

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Is silver the new GameStop?

Published: Feb. 1, 2021, 12:47 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 24 seconds

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When you need to figure out how to deal with water, go to the experts

Published: Feb. 1, 2021, 10:56 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 48 seconds

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The fallout from GameStop and Wall Street’s wild week

Published: Jan. 30, 2021, 1:53 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes

We just can’t look away from these stonks! The whole affair around GameStop, r/WallStreetBets, Robinhood and the rest is like a car crash — a 20-car pileup of money, power, technology, regulation and more. It’ll be with us for a bit longer here. Today we start assessing the fallout. Plus: We play “Half Full/Half Empty” with outdoor dining, buying American and more.

Here’s everything we talked about today:

“After GameStop Backlash, Citron Research Will Stop Publishing Short-Seller Reports” from The Wall Street Journal

“Some businesses may struggle to follow Biden’s ‘Buy American’ rules” from Marketplace

“Outdoor dining returns to L.A. County with new COVID-19 rules: TVs off, no more than 6 per table” from the Los Angeles Times

Thanks to everyone who joined us live on YouTube! To have a drink with Kai Ryssdal and Molly Wood and hear some extra chatter, subscribe so you don’t miss the next one!

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We’ve had a little bit of everything this week

Published: Jan. 29, 2021, 11:25 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 6 seconds

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Too much success for online trading platforms?

Published: Jan. 29, 2021, 4:47 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 27 seconds

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Is it legal to put the brakes on an online stock frenzy?

Published: Jan. 29, 2021, 12:30 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 32 seconds

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Vaccine rollout woes, GameStop saga send European markets down

Published: Jan. 29, 2021, 12:25 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 8 seconds

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Lawmakers call for regulation after Robinhood halts trading

Published: Jan. 29, 2021, 10:39 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 40 seconds

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Here’s how Robinhood (and short selling GameStop) actually work

Published: Jan. 29, 2021, 1:47 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 56 seconds

Two things you need to know about the situation with GameStop, WallStreetBets and that whole mess today: First, retail traders aren’t actually the customers at Robinhood, the stock-trading app that many of those retail traders are mad at. Second, while the potential losses of retail stock buyers max out at 100%, if a hedge fund is selling short, as they often do, the losses can be infinite. We’ll fill you in on what you need to know — or you could just watch this.

Here’s everything we talked about today:

“WeWork in Talks to Combine With SPAC or Raise Money Privately” from The Wall Street Journal

“Robinhood’s Customers Are Hedge Funds Like Citadel, Its Users Are the Product” from Vice

And, one more time, this “stonks” explainer

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It’s time for better face masks

Published: Jan. 28, 2021, 11:18 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 19 seconds

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The U.S. economy did indeed shrink in 2020

Published: Jan. 28, 2021, 3:52 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 54 seconds

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Gamifying investing can have real-life consequences

Published: Jan. 28, 2021, 12:53 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 6 seconds

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Are we ready for the largest vaccine distribution operation ever?

Published: Jan. 28, 2021, 12:46 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 7 seconds

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The GameStop-stock market story is absurd

Published: Jan. 28, 2021, 10:41 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 29 seconds

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GameStop isn’t a scam or a penny stock — we’ll explain

Published: Jan. 28, 2021, 1:39 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 51 seconds

The Reddit- and Discord-fueled explosion of GameStop’s stock isn’t over. In fact, a bunch of other companies are seeing their stock prices inch closer to their ’90s and 2000s glory days, befuddling hedge funds and raising questions about who gets to manipulate the market. A bunch of listeners have written in with questions about “stonks,” so we’ll spend a little time on one today. Plus, we’ll get a little wonky and take you behind the scenes of why we do “The Numbers.”

Here’s everything we talked about today:

“What exactly is going on with GameStop?” from Marketplace

“The GameStop stock frenzy, explained” from Vox

A few heartwarming investor stories

“What the heck is reconciliation?” from Marketplace

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What exactly is going on with GameStop?

Published: Jan. 27, 2021, 11:28 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 8 seconds

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For-profit prisons fall out of favor

Published: Jan. 27, 2021, 3:57 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 54 seconds

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How hard it can be to keep college costs down

Published: Jan. 27, 2021, 12:42 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 23 seconds

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A standoff in Europe over vaccine distribution intensifies

Published: Jan. 27, 2021, 12:32 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 13 seconds

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‘The Uncertain Hour’ is back!

Published: Jan. 27, 2021, 11:01 a.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 15 seconds

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The EU doesn’t trust its citizens’ data in the hands of the U.S.

Published: Jan. 27, 2021, 10:44 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 59 seconds

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The state of the union is … not great

Published: Jan. 27, 2021, 1:45 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes

In just the past three Wednesdays we’ve seen an insurrection, a (second!) impeachment and an inauguration. Coming off this not-so-peaceful transition of power and months of election conspiracies, President Joe Biden declared in his inauguration speech, “Democracy has prevailed.” Has it, though? Sure, the insurrection failed, but that doesn’t mean our democracy is in particularly good shape after these four years, or even the past 40 years. On today’s show, MIT economist Daron Acemoglu, author of “How Nations Fail,” tells us how the health of our democracy affects the economy, and vice versa.

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Letting the economy run hot

Published: Jan. 26, 2021, 11:41 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 38 seconds

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Picking (and paying for) the right college

Published: Jan. 26, 2021, 3:41 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 14 seconds

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Organized crime is draining unemployment

Published: Jan. 26, 2021, 12:55 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 17 seconds

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In Italy, you can resign as prime minister and still come back as the next leader

Published: Jan. 26, 2021, 12:19 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 29 seconds

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The Biden administration is inheriting working COVID-19 hospital data

Published: Jan. 26, 2021, 10:37 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 32 seconds

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How GameStop became a “meme stock”

Published: Jan. 26, 2021, 1:59 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 31 seconds

We looked at GameStop’s ballooning share price Friday, and since then things have … progressed. Today, we’ll look at what happened between the beleaguered video game retailer and r/WallStreetBets with “numb fascination.” Plus: contrasting Twitter and Facebook’s rules around misinformation and — one more time — Janet Treasury-Secretaryin’.

Here’s everything we talked about today:

“A Fight Over GameStop’s Soaring Stock Turns Ugly” from Wired

“Twitter launches ‘Birdwatch,’ a forum to combat misinformation” from NBC News

“Trump Wants Back on Facebook. This Star-Studded Jury Might Let Him.” from The New York Times

“Budweiser skips Super Bowl ads in favor of vaccine education campaign” from Axios

“Senate Confirms Yellen as Treasury Secretary as Stimulus Talks Loom” from The New York Times

One more time, here are all the links to listen to Dessa’s song “Who’s Yellen Now?”

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The presidential promise to “buy American”

Published: Jan. 25, 2021, 11:33 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 40 seconds

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China passes U.S. in the fast lane

Published: Jan. 25, 2021, 3:39 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 47 seconds

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It could take poorer countries more than a decade to recover from COVID-19

Published: Jan. 25, 2021, 1:14 p.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 21 seconds

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Biden’s “Buy American” plan

Published: Jan. 25, 2021, 12:38 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 13 seconds

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Investment in climate tech is also economic stimulus

Published: Jan. 25, 2021, 10:28 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 56 seconds

Climate change is high on President Joe Biden’s agenda. Last week, on his first day in office, the United States rejoined the Paris climate accord. Reuters reports he’s expected to announce a climate order that will introduce new regulations and make climate change a national security priority. And Biden has tied economic recovery to climate investment — new jobs, new infrastructure and new funding. Molly spoke with Jay Koh, managing director of the private equity firm Lightsmith Group, which is focused on climate adaptation technology.

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Peloton? AYFKM

Published: Jan. 23, 2021, 1:55 a.m.
Duration: 25 minutes

A Rolex watch and Peloton coverage topped the list of presidential “scandals” Kai Ryssdal and Molly Wood were none to happy to read about this week. They dive into why the media (ahem) shouldn’t be spending so much time on this kind of coverage. Later in the show, they’ll finally share their very specific predictions for 2021 and pay tribute to the late home run king, Hank Aaron. Plus, a short round of “Half Full, Half Empty.” Have a great weekend! Here’s everything we talked about today:

“Is That a Rolex on Biden’s Wrist?” from The New York Times

“Biden Has a Peloton Bike. That Raises Issues at the White House.” also from The New York Times

“People Are So, So Mad at GameStop Investors and FinTok Influencers” from Vice

“GameStop soars nearly 70%, trading briefly halted amid epic short squeeze” from CNBC

“Hank Aaron, Home Run King Who Defied Racism, Dies at 86” from The New York Times

“Pandemic drives backyard ice rink boom” from Marketplace

“Instacart is firing every employee who voted to unionize” from The Verge

Finally, here are all the links to listen to Dessa’s song “Who’s Yellen Now?”

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The challenges of a short-staffed bureaucracy

Published: Jan. 22, 2021, 11:32 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 46 seconds

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OSHA directed to strengthen workplace safety rules

Published: Jan. 22, 2021, 3:48 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 16 seconds

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Google threatens to pull its search engine out of Australia

Published: Jan. 22, 2021, 2:27 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 23 seconds

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Some fresh pandemic relief from the White House

Published: Jan. 22, 2021, 1:24 p.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 53 seconds

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President Biden called for an end to disinformation. Will the internet hear him?

Published: Jan. 22, 2021, 12:52 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 18 seconds

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Meet the new COVID-19 variant, CAL.20C

Published: Jan. 22, 2021, 2:02 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 19 seconds

Just as we were getting used to the idea of a European COVID-19 mutation spreading to the states, scientists in California have found a new, domestic mutation of the virus: CAL.20C. We’ll talk about it, plus Parler fallout, Clubhouse and fireworks.

Here’s everything we talked about today:

“New California Variant May Be Driving Virus Surge There, Study Suggests” from The New York Times

“Judge refuses to reinstate Parler’s Amazon account” from The Verge

“Facebook Refers Trump Account Suspension to Oversight Board” from The Wall Street Journal

And, of course, this ode to Janet Yellen

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“It only took a couple centuries, the first female secretary of the treasury”

Published: Jan. 21, 2021, 11:44 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 34 seconds

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Biden’s eviction moratorium

Published: Jan. 21, 2021, 3:28 p.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 28 seconds

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Google, French news publishers reach deal on paying for content

Published: Jan. 21, 2021, 1:24 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 55 seconds

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On Day 2, Biden takes aim at COVID

Published: Jan. 21, 2021, 12:35 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 16 seconds

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The failed Plaid-Visa merger is interesting fintech tea

Published: Jan. 21, 2021, 11:08 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 59 seconds

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Who pays for the inauguration?

Published: Jan. 21, 2021, 1:25 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 45 seconds

Speeches were made, the parade’s all done and President Joe Biden got to work this afternoon, signing 17 executive orders and other memos. But who pays for all the festivities on Inauguration Day, especially with the heightened security just two weeks after the pro-Trump siege at the Capitol? That’s just one of the questions we’re answering on this Whadda Ya Wanna Know Wednesday. Plus: Clubhouse and Section 230.

Here’s everything we talked about today:

“Will Capitol attack hike security costs for Biden inauguration?” from Marketplace

“How Much Will the Inauguration Cost, and Who’s Paying?” from the New York Times

“Speech on the internet: The First Amendment and Section 230 are different” from Marketplace

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President Biden’s first order of business

Published: Jan. 20, 2021, 11:32 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 29 seconds

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Outgoing Trump administration embraces lobbying

Published: Jan. 20, 2021, 3:48 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 14 seconds

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What Biden plans to do and undo right away

Published: Jan. 20, 2021, 1:13 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 33 seconds

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Europe welcomes “new dawn” in U.S. ahead of inauguration

Published: Jan. 20, 2021, 12:41 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 8 seconds

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Are pro-Trump extremists’ messages more dangerous if they’re encrypted?

Published: Jan. 20, 2021, 10:38 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 28 seconds

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For COVID-19 vaccines, “no one seems to think that we have a plan”

Published: Jan. 20, 2021, 2:03 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 8 seconds

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3 states, 3 economies. What can they tell us?

Published: Jan. 19, 2021, 11:06 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 2 seconds

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Rigging a game of Monopoly to illustrate economic inequality

Published: Jan. 19, 2021, 3:32 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 45 seconds

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Trump, Biden go back and forth on U.S. travel restrictions

Published: Jan. 19, 2021, 1:33 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 31 seconds

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Europe’s car industry sees record 2020 decline — and it’s short on chips

Published: Jan. 19, 2021, 12:48 p.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 52 seconds

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Taking down content is not censorship. It’s business.

Published: Jan. 19, 2021, 10:06 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 41 seconds

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Will rent relief come soon enough?

Published: Jan. 18, 2021, 11:12 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 3 seconds

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Samsung vice chairman is back in prison

Published: Jan. 18, 2021, 3:16 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 56 seconds

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The Keystone XL pipeline’s new fate

Published: Jan. 18, 2021, 12:46 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 6 seconds

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Is China the pandemic-busting economy?

Published: Jan. 18, 2021, 12:33 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 11 seconds

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Social media has been radicalizing people for years

Published: Jan. 18, 2021, 10:53 a.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 51 seconds

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Wait, what happened to that vaccine stockpile??

Published: Jan. 16, 2021, 1:51 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 49 seconds

Given the state of the democracy right now, you’d be forgiven for taking your eye off the COVID-19 vaccine ball. Today, we’ll catch you up on how the rollout is going — or, uh, not going. Plus: what MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell was doing at the White House.

Here’s everything we talked about today:

“Vaccine reserve was exhausted when Trump administration vowed to release it, dashing hopes of expanded access” from the Washington Post
“Covid-19 Vaccine Leaders Waited Months to Approve Distribution Plan” from The Wall Street Journal
“Photos capture notes from Trump ally leaving the White House on Friday” from The New York Times
This Defense Department transcript of a press gaggle with acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller
“Atomic Blonde”

Finally: We’re approaching our four-year anniversary of doing this show. On that very first episode, we heard from voters on both sides of the political aisle. And so, we want to hear from you again: What do you want people on the other side to know about you? Depending on your politics, feel free to define the “other side” however you like. Send us your answer — voice memo is best — at makemesmart@marketplace.org.

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Biden’s $1.9 trillion plan for the economy

Published: Jan. 15, 2021, 11:26 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 24 seconds

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Pressuring banks on social change just got harder

Published: Jan. 15, 2021, 3:14 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 17 seconds

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Biden’s wish list for economic relief

Published: Jan. 15, 2021, 12:32 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 13 seconds

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Google blocks some news sites in Australia

Published: Jan. 15, 2021, 12:15 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 36 seconds

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Will “cancel culture” come for us all?

Published: Jan. 15, 2021, 10:32 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 52 seconds

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Let’s talk about accountability

Published: Jan. 15, 2021, 1:48 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 45 seconds

No, not for the president, but his supporters who filmed themselves charging into the Capitol and posted it online. Do they have a “right to be forgotten”? What about accountability for Facebook, where some of those extremists planned the Jan. 6 insurrection? And, oh yeah, what about for the officials at the helm when the water was poisonous in Flint, Michigan? We’re talking about all those stories today, plus Jerome Powell’s Zoom background and the Secret Service’s $3,000 toilet.

Here’s links to everything we talked about today:

“Nine People, Including The Former Michigan Governor, Were Charged For Their Role In The Flint Water Crisis” from BuzzFeed News
“Facebook’s Sandberg deflected blame for Capitol riot, but new evidence shows how platform played role” from the Washington Post
“Ex-Olympic swimmer Klete Keller faces 3 federal charges for participation in U.S. Capitol riots” from ESPN
“Bellingcat breaks stories that newsrooms envy — using methods newsrooms avoid” from the Washington Post
“The $3,000-a-month toilet for the Ivanka Trump/Jared Kushner Secret Service detail” from the Washington Post
Jay Powell’s Zoom setup, which Room Rater says is just as good as Kai’s (see above)

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Economic recovery: one step forward, several steps back

Published: Jan. 14, 2021, 11:23 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 54 seconds

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People flock by the millions to smaller encrypted messaging competitors

Published: Jan. 14, 2021, 3:52 p.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 37 seconds

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Security costs after last week’s Capitol attack

Published: Jan. 14, 2021, 1 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 7 seconds

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A tiny political party threatens the collapse of Italy’s government

Published: Jan. 14, 2021, 12:45 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 52 seconds

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Archiving posts from the Capitol attack has value for police and researchers

Published: Jan. 14, 2021, 11:10 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 18 seconds

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Parler’s attempted comeback

Published: Jan. 14, 2021, 1:47 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 58 seconds

The right-wing social media app Parler has been banned by the major app stores and online hosting services over fears of more violence in the lead-up to President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration. Still, it’s looking like the company is trying to restart itself, and we have a listener wondering what’s next. We’ll talk about it on this Whadda Ya Wanna Know Wednesday. Also on the docket: savings rates, stagflation, and “Ted Lasso.”

Here’s everything we talked about today:

“Why Stagflation Is Back on Some Traders’ Radars” from the Washington Post
“Consumer inflation surges in December on higher gas prices, CPI finds” from MarketWatch
“Gasoline pushes U.S. consumer prices higher in December” from CNBC
“Parler Registers Domain With Epik Hosting Service” from TheWrap
“Parler Accuses Amazon of Breaking Antitrust Law in Suspending Hosting Services” from The New York Times
More on Parler in this Twitter thread
Kai’s interview with Fed President Jay Powell from 2018

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How those $600 checks are being spent

Published: Jan. 13, 2021, 11:21 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 24 seconds

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Hazard pay during COVID

Published: Jan. 13, 2021, 4:21 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 19 seconds

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List of companies cutting off political donations is growing

Published: Jan. 13, 2021, 12:37 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 3 seconds

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Amid Trump “techlash,” Brazil’s president pushes supporters to Telegram

Published: Jan. 13, 2021, 12:35 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 28 seconds

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Another fear after Capitol attack: information security

Published: Jan. 13, 2021, 10:15 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 18 seconds

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“Disinformation laundering” got us here

Published: Jan. 13, 2021, 1:50 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 57 seconds

Here’s everything we talked about today:

Jankowicz’s latest for Foreign Affairs: “The Day the Internet Came for Them”

And her last appearance on Make Me Smart

“Disinformation’s big win” from Axios

“Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal Has Tested Positive for COVID” from The Cut

“Republicans Weigh Trump Censure, Impeachment” from The Wall Street Journal

“Fox News to Add Another Hour of Right-Wing Talk as Biden Takes Office” from The New York Times

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Businesses big and small aren’t feeling great about the state of things

Published: Jan. 12, 2021, 11:26 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 55 seconds

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Impeachment weighed against Biden’s economic agenda

Published: Jan. 12, 2021, 3:51 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 53 seconds

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Parler is suing Amazon

Published: Jan. 12, 2021, 12:36 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 9 seconds

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Why is trade tangled up in Northern Ireland?

Published: Jan. 12, 2021, 12:20 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 52 seconds

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One effect of the Instagrammed insurrection: FOMO

Published: Jan. 12, 2021, 10:57 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 59 seconds

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“Hydra is still inside of SHIELD”

Published: Jan. 12, 2021, 1:25 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 3 seconds

Here’s everything we talked about today:

“FBI memo warns law enforcement across U.S. of possible armed protests at 50 state capitols” from NBC News

“Coca-Cola Suspends Political Donations After Capitol Violence” from Bloomberg

“Officer resigns as Army investigates her involvement in Washington rally that led to U.S. Capitol riot” from CBS News

“JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs join U.S. corporations halting political donations after Capitol riot” from CNBC

Molly has been searching “No fly list” on Twitter

And finally, this video.

Correction: This episode describes viral videos taken out of context. The videos do not necessarily depict people who are on a no fly list. Additionally, one of the videos appears to be recirculated from 2018.

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Corporate America is standing up to Trump

Published: Jan. 11, 2021, 11:11 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 6 seconds

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Corporations halt donations to some politicians

Published: Jan. 11, 2021, 3:49 p.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 24 seconds

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Will India’s Supreme Court step in over controversial farming laws?

Published: Jan. 11, 2021, 1:11 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 47 seconds

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The next round of PPP loans

Published: Jan. 11, 2021, 12:46 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 9 seconds

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Surveillance tech is not accomplishing the things it’s supposed to

Published: Jan. 11, 2021, 10:51 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 52 seconds

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Can Twitter end a presidency?

Published: Jan. 9, 2021, 1:57 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes

We were planning to come back anyway, honestly. After pro-Trump insurrectionists broke into the Capitol, egged on by the president, we decided to cut short our holiday break. Then about five minutes before today’s taping, Twitter announced it was banning Donald Trump from his preferred platform. This whole week was a collision of the things we’ve talked about for years: disinformation radicalizing social media users, the offline consequences of online behavior, the peril of private companies acting as a check on a norm-shredding president. It’s been a huge week, and on today’s show, you’ll hear our raw reaction to it.

By the way, here’s the Twitter thread Kai mentioned today.

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Jobs, jobs, jobs

Published: Jan. 8, 2021, 11:26 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 36 seconds

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The jobs recovery is over for now

Published: Jan. 8, 2021, 3:33 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 13 seconds

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Speeding up vaccine delivery

Published: Jan. 8, 2021, 12:33 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 23 seconds

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Travelers to the U.K. need a negative COVID test starting next week

Published: Jan. 8, 2021, 12:21 p.m.
Duration: N/A

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Social media companies block Trump, but where’s the bigger reckoning with hate speech?

Published: Jan. 8, 2021, 10:57 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 23 seconds

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A series of disconnects

Published: Jan. 7, 2021, 11:19 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 53 seconds

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What a Democratic Senate means for economic policy

Published: Jan. 7, 2021, 4:06 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 56 seconds

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“The deeper structural ills of the American political system”

Published: Jan. 7, 2021, 12:45 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 2 seconds

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The social media president can’t tweet right now

Published: Jan. 7, 2021, 12:30 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 12 seconds

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Insurrection could be a turning point for social media

Published: Jan. 7, 2021, 10:59 a.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 58 seconds

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The ramifications of Trump supporters storming the U.S. Capitol

Published: Jan. 6, 2021, 11:50 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 26 seconds

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Tracking donations for Georgia’s runoff election

Published: Jan. 6, 2021, 4:02 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 15 seconds

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How much does Trump’s ban on Chinese payment apps matter?

Published: Jan. 6, 2021, 12:43 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 13 seconds

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How markets are reading Georgia election results

Published: Jan. 6, 2021, 12:35 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 9 seconds

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Apple’s privacy labels show which apps collect the most data. Will people care?

Published: Jan. 6, 2021, 10:39 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 42 seconds

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Small businesses are figuring out the year ahead

Published: Jan. 5, 2021, 11:54 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 53 seconds

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A vote for the ERA was long overdue, but it might be too late (rerun)

Published: Jan. 5, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 59 seconds

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New evidence of how hard it is to change U.S. health care

Published: Jan. 5, 2021, 3:32 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 20 seconds

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How pharmacies must prepare for vaccine distribution

Published: Jan. 5, 2021, 12:41 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 43 seconds

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All aboard: the first women hired to drive Moscow’s Metro in 40 years

Published: Jan. 5, 2021, 12:36 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 43 seconds

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Algorithms for vaccine distribution have a weakness: the people behind them

Published: Jan. 5, 2021, 10:45 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 34 seconds

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Pandemic wage gains were just a fluke

Published: Jan. 4, 2021, 11:21 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 27 seconds

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Markets are watching the Georgia Senate elections

Published: Jan. 4, 2021, 3:46 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 40 seconds

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Making mental health care more available and affordable

Published: Jan. 4, 2021, 12:39 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 37 seconds

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Medical experts warn Indian COVID vaccine approval was “rushed”

Published: Jan. 4, 2021, 12:20 p.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 37 seconds

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Telehealth is here to stay

Published: Jan. 4, 2021, 10:39 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 10 seconds

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What we might see in the new year

Published: Jan. 1, 2021, 10:55 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 6 seconds

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How has COVID-19 affected those New Year’s resolutions?

Published: Jan. 1, 2021, 3:20 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 55 seconds

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A new era for post-Brexit Britain

Published: Jan. 1, 2021, 1:06 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 49 seconds

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Minimum wage gets a boost in 2021

Published: Jan. 1, 2021, 12:48 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 45 seconds

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How the Gates Foundation’s values shape the world

Published: Jan. 1, 2021, 10:20 a.m.
Duration: 3 minutes 43 seconds

This episode originally aired on Sep. 17, 2020.

All this week, we’re revisiting some of our shows from 2020. That includes an interview Molly did with Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which is trying to eradicate polio and malaria globally. He created a billion-dollar climate investment fund. He’s funded multiple factories to find a vaccine for COVID-19 and played matchmaker to companies around the world to get that vaccine distributed. Gates is in the position to do all this because he is one of the world’s richest people. So Molly asked Bill Gates how his philanthropy ends up doing so much of the work of government. He said some of it is mission creep.

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Looking to 2021

Published: Dec. 31, 2020, 11:36 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 51 seconds

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ICU beds are scarce in California

Published: Dec. 31, 2020, 4:12 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 21 seconds

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Goodbye, 2020

Published: Dec. 31, 2020, 2:20 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 22 seconds

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Wage war continues for NFL cheerleaders

Published: Dec. 31, 2020, 12:47 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 38 seconds

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Mapping internet access: No clear data on haves and have-nots

Published: Dec. 31, 2020, 10:13 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 52 seconds

This episode originally aired on Jun. 23, 2020.

All this week on, we’re revisiting some of our shows from 2020 that touch on issues we think will continue to be pivotal in the year ahead. Chief among those is the internet. It now touches pretty much every part of our lives, but not everyone has access to good service. Earlier this month, the FCC announced the results of a $9 billion auction to provide high-speed broadband to homes and businesses that don’t have it. The money comes from something called the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund, and this is just the first chunk of money to come from it. The FCC is planning to allocate billions more. But the data the FCC is using to map where broadband is most needed is wildly inaccurate, even by the agency’s own admission. Molly speaks with Nicol Turner Lee, who researches technology access as a fellow in the Center for Technology Innovation at the Brookings Institution. She says the coronavirus pandemic has made the mapping problem even more obvious.

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Relief checks are starting to arrive

Published: Dec. 30, 2020, 11:41 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 49 seconds

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How COVID-19 could have a positive impact on the art industry

Published: Dec. 30, 2020, 3:49 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 41 seconds

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Research helps detect financial vulnerability in seniors

Published: Dec. 30, 2020, 1:07 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 10 seconds

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Approval of cheaper Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine could accelerate global immunizations

Published: Dec. 30, 2020, 12:16 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 12 seconds

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For-profit online schools are getting a second look from parents

Published: Dec. 30, 2020, 9:59 a.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 6 seconds

This episode originally aired on Sep. 21, 2020.

This week, we’re taking a look back at some of the shows from 2020 that deal with issues that continue to be, shall we say, challenging. That includes education and the complexities of dealing with remote school every day. With parents trying to figure out the best remote-schooling options, enrollment in alternative online schools rose significantly this fall. Some of these are for-profit schools that get public money from states or public school districts for each student that they enroll, and have been around for years. Molly speaks with Jennifer King Rice, a professor of education at the University of Maryland, who’s studied for-profit virtual schools. She says you shouldn’t assume that having experience in remote learning means the school is better.

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How those $600 checks are likely to be spent

Published: Dec. 30, 2020, midnight
Duration: 26 minutes 30 seconds

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Maybe Modern Monetary Theory is an answer to the COVID-19 economic crisis (rerun)

Published: Dec. 29, 2020, 5 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 16 seconds

Here are links to what we talked about today:

“The Economist Who Believes the Government Should Just Print More Money” in the New Yorker

“Is modern monetary theory nutty or essential?” in The Economist

“Stephanie Kelton: ‘They’re going to have massive deficits. And it’s fine’ ” in the Financial Times

“Dr. Fauci says NFL season is feasible” in the L.A. Times

“Twitter Will Allow Employees To Work At Home Forever” in BuzzFeed

“Uber Technologies Makes Takeover Approach to Grubhub” in The Wall Street Journal

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COVID-19 is just the start of Biden’s upcoming economic challenges

Published: Dec. 29, 2020, 4:10 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 44 seconds

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Airlines get a boost from the COVID-19 relief package

Published: Dec. 29, 2020, 12:47 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 7 seconds

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China and EU investment deal nears finish line after seven years

Published: Dec. 29, 2020, 12:11 p.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 10 seconds

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With all this new tech in remote schooling, what are the privacy implications?

Published: Dec. 29, 2020, 9:50 a.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 36 seconds

This episode originally aired on Sep. 14, 2020.

If your kids are going to school online, then one thing you’re probably concerned about is the data that’s being collected about them, and how it’s being stored and used. Well, there are some rules — actually, lots of them. You’ve probably heard of COPPA, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, and perhaps FERPA, the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. Those are both federal laws governing data collection and kids. And, in the last six years, states have passed dozens more student privacy laws. But the problem is not everyone knows about them. Molly talks about it with Amelia Vance of the nonprofit Future of Privacy Forum.

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Trump finally signs the relief bill, but the delay is causing confusion

Published: Dec. 28, 2020, 11:41 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 40 seconds

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Let’s do some math on the stimulus checks

Published: Dec. 28, 2020, 3:44 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 20 seconds

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Does the pandemic relief package signal help for renters?

Published: Dec. 28, 2020, 1:04 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 51 seconds

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South Africa tops one million COVID-19 cases as virus variant spreads

Published: Dec. 28, 2020, 12:28 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 24 seconds

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Making sure climate solutions don’t make more problems

Published: Dec. 28, 2020, 10:56 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 41 seconds

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Working from home? Take a break … if you can

Published: Dec. 25, 2020, 10:20 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 8 seconds

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What the Brexit trade deal left out

Published: Dec. 25, 2020, 2:38 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 45 seconds

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If people are working remotely, should they be taxed remotely?

Published: Dec. 25, 2020, 12:30 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 50 seconds

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Financial services caught in Brexit limbo

Published: Dec. 25, 2020, 11:12 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 23 seconds

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Refocusing climate change as a human problem

Published: Dec. 25, 2020, 10:10 a.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 27 seconds

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Still in limbo

Published: Dec. 24, 2020, 11:35 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes

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Four years later, Brexit crosses the finish line

Published: Dec. 24, 2020, 4:55 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 42 seconds

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Democrats’ 11th-hour bid for $2000 relief payments

Published: Dec. 24, 2020, 12:48 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 27 seconds

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Negotiators haggle over who can fish where and when in post-Brexit talks

Published: Dec. 24, 2020, 12:28 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 30 seconds

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Making datasets inclusive from the ground up

Published: Dec. 24, 2020, 11:05 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 30 seconds

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Where does the economy go from here?

Published: Dec. 23, 2020, 11:38 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 9 seconds

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Walmart pharmacies and opioid addiction

Published: Dec. 23, 2020, 3:56 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 20 seconds

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Trump’s COVID relief package criticism

Published: Dec. 23, 2020, 12:36 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 11 seconds

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France opens U.K. border, but COVID testing challenges remain

Published: Dec. 23, 2020, 11:58 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 21 seconds

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A possible life raft for small businesses selling online

Published: Dec. 23, 2020, 11:23 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 31 seconds

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Is Congress just kicking the can down the road?

Published: Dec. 22, 2020, 11:33 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 19 seconds

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A higher ed crisis is a terrible thing to waste (rerun)

Published: Dec. 22, 2020, 5:44 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 47 seconds

Here’s a list of everything we talked about today:

“Here’s a List of Colleges’ Plans for Reopening in the Fall” from the Chronicle of Higher Education

“What the Shift to Virtual Learning Could Mean for the Future of Higher Ed” from Harvard Business Review

“The Coming Disruption,” Galloway’s recent piece for New York magazine

“Goldman Sachs says a national mask mandate could slash infections and save economy from a 5% hit” from CNBC

“Is it safe to send kids back to school?” from MIT Technology Review

“A Look Back On Shirley Chisholm’s Historic 1968 House Victory” from NPR

Finally, this painting by Rhonda Brown

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Expanded eligibility for COVID relief money to support households

Published: Dec. 22, 2020, 4:16 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 18 seconds

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What you need to know about the COVID relief bill

Published: Dec. 22, 2020, 12:50 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 14 seconds

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More than 1,000 truck drivers are stuck in England, headed for Europe

Published: Dec. 22, 2020, 12:39 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 26 seconds

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A game store owner takes on e-commerce, reluctantly

Published: Dec. 22, 2020, 10:27 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 5 seconds

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Finally, some relief (probably)

Published: Dec. 21, 2020, 11:32 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 11 seconds

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Bad COVID news appears to outweigh the good for investors

Published: Dec. 21, 2020, 3:37 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 25 seconds

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Where money from the COVID relief agreement will flow

Published: Dec. 21, 2020, 12:40 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 19 seconds

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Travel bans isolate U.K. after COVID mutation discovered

Published: Dec. 21, 2020, 12:32 p.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 57 seconds

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Small businesses are getting a crash course in e-commerce

Published: Dec. 21, 2020, 10:34 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 46 seconds

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How We Survive: Adapting to climate change

Published: Dec. 19, 2020, 5 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 33 seconds

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See you next year!

Published: Dec. 19, 2020, 2:03 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 46 seconds

This is our last episode of the year! After nine months of daily episodes, we’re gonna take a short break. We can’t thank you enough for hanging with us every day, sending voicemails and questions, and chipping in to support us. This show doesn’t work without all of you. Before we go though, we have one more edition of “Economics on Tap” where we’ll talk about vaccine algorithms, media consolidation and, yes, Space Force.

Here’s links to everything we covered today:

“Only Seven of Stanford’s First 5,000 Vaccines Were Designated for Medical Residents” from ProPublica

“Biden’s Transition Team Protests Pentagon’s Halt in Briefings” from Bloomberg

“From BuzzFeed to Axios, Digital Media Players Prepare for Deal Frenzy” from The Wall Street Journal

“Pence announces Space Force members will be called ‘guardians’” from Politico

Thanks again everyone, and don’t forget to pick up a newly restocked KaiPA pint glass and help us hit our $500,000 goal. Once it hits midnight on New Year’s Eve they’re gone!

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The pandemic’s toll on doctors

Published: Dec. 18, 2020, 11:15 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 52 seconds

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Ingredients for a disorderly day on Wall Street

Published: Dec. 18, 2020, 3:46 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 15 seconds

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How Robinhood makes its money

Published: Dec. 18, 2020, 12:42 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 24 seconds

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Brazil’s Supreme Court says vaccine can be mandatory

Published: Dec. 18, 2020, 12:31 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 29 seconds

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Russia is likely to launch the disinformation version of nukes

Published: Dec. 18, 2020, 10:37 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 54 seconds

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All the ICUs in Southern California are full

Published: Dec. 18, 2020, 2:22 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 26 seconds

In what feels like a flashback to New York in March, field hospitals are sprouting up around Southern California as the region hit an alarming milestone: ICU capacity at 0%. It’s a grim reminder that even with one approved COVID-19 vaccine and more on the way, we are still in the darkest days of this pandemic. We hope you’re staying home and staying safe for the holidays. But before we talk about that, Molly Wood will break down the latest about that huge, probably Russian hack into the U.S. government. Plus, your chance to implode President Donald Trump’s Atlantic City casino.

Here’s everything we talked about today:

“More Hacking Attacks Found as Officials Warn of ‘Grave Risk’ to U.S. Government” from The New York Times

“I Was the Homeland Security Adviser to Trump. We’re Being Hacked.” from The New York Times

“Bar complaint filed against Trump attorneys in Arizona” from 12News

“ICU availability in Southern California at 0% amid deluge of COVID-19 patients” from the Los Angeles Times

“In New York City, snowfall tops all of last winter’s.” from The New York Times. Check out that photo!

“Win a Chance to Destroy Trump’s Casino Like He Destroyed Our Country” from Rolling Stone

Here’s the link to that auction

“In Historic Move, Biden To Pick Native American Rep. Haaland As Interior Secretary” from NPR

This beautiful, musical Christmas dispatch from Camp Davids

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Productivity won’t save you

Published: Dec. 17, 2020, 11:56 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 24 seconds

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Even with another relief package, economic recovery is gonna take awhile

Published: Dec. 17, 2020, 11:10 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 20 seconds

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Grim forecast if Congress can’t come up with new pandemic relief

Published: Dec. 17, 2020, 3:46 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 29 seconds

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Just like that, extra vaccine

Published: Dec. 17, 2020, 1:18 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 25 seconds

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U.K. and U.S. in talks over mini trade deal

Published: Dec. 17, 2020, 12:29 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 30 seconds

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We hardly ever talk about YouTube and disinformation. Not anymore.

Published: Dec. 17, 2020, 11 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 42 seconds

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Eggnog by the gallon

Published: Dec. 17, 2020, 1:26 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes

We’ve got some really memorable calls from listeners today, y’all. There’s the guy who’s staring down a huge milestone in his life, but can’t stop thinking about eggnog. There’s the listener who asked us to stop and reflect on this crazy year. And, of course, there’s a question about vaccines. We’ll talk about it all on this, our last Whadda Ya Wanna Know Wednesday of the year.

Here’s everything we talked about today:

“Hospitals Discover a Surprise in Their Vaccine Deliveries: Extra Doses” from The New York Times
“What if the US just pays everyone $1,000 to take the Covid-19 vaccine?” from Vox
“Why Paying People to Be Vaccinated Could Backfire” from The New York Times

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A look at the state of retail, as holiday shopping wraps up

Published: Dec. 16, 2020, 11:42 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 12 seconds

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COVID is making it hard for people to spend during the holidays

Published: Dec. 16, 2020, 3:30 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 21 seconds

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Progress for federal pandemic relief prospects

Published: Dec. 16, 2020, 1:05 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 19 seconds

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Australia threatens to take China to WTO

Published: Dec. 16, 2020, 12:53 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 34 seconds

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The common theme with the biggest tech companies: walled gardens

Published: Dec. 16, 2020, 10:28 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 25 seconds

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The student loan system has “layers and layers of dysfunction”

Published: Dec. 16, 2020, 1:58 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes

As President-elect Joe Biden mulls forgiving $10,000 in student loan debt — and leading Democrats and others on his left push for more — one of our listeners wants to know: What would that do to the economy, and is it even possible for the White House to do it on its own? To find out, we called University of Michigan public policy, education and economics professor Susan Dynarski. She helps us look beyond the obvious micro-economic benefits and inject some nuance into the conversation about what it actually takes to get out of this $1.6 million hole.

Here’s everything we talked about today:

“Student Loan Cancellation Sets Up Clash Between Biden and the Left” from The New York Times

“Would canceling $10,000 in student debt really help that much?” from Marketplace

An interactive map of debt in America

“Americans want to cancel student loans — but not all of them” from Vox

“The student loan trap” from Marketplace’s podcast “This Is Uncomfortable”

“Google CEO delays office return to next September, but axes idea of permanent remote work” from CNBC

“USPS ‘gridlocked’ as historic crush of holiday packages sparks delays” from The Washington Post

“Is Louis DeJoy’s XPO Logistics divestiture a sham?” from Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

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How we’re getting through the pandemic

Published: Dec. 15, 2020, 11:47 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 26 seconds

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Clearing the way for another vaccine approval

Published: Dec. 15, 2020, 3:36 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 53 seconds

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A tool for deciding who gets vaccinated when

Published: Dec. 15, 2020, 12:53 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 39 seconds

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How soon some parts of the country get 5G depends on what the Biden administration does

Published: Nov. 23, 2020, 10:37 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 4 seconds

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Please, please stay home this Thanksgiving

Published: Nov. 21, 2020, 1:34 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 40 seconds

No matter who you are — even, say, a New York Times columnist — it’s so important that you stay safe at home this Thanksgiving, because your bubble is likely bigger than you think. Also, the hospitals are already straining ahead of a long winter. We’ll talk about it, plus our favorite Thanksgiving sides in another round of “Half-Full or Half-Empty.”

Here’s a list of everything we talked about today:

Some background info on Kimberly’s cocktail today

“I Traced My Covid-19 Bubble and It’s Enormous” from The New York Times Opinion

“One in Five U.S. Hospitals Face Staffing Crises Within a Week” from Bloomberg

“Dolly Parton & Friends Set for Live Holiday Special With Pandora” from Billboard

Thanks to everyone who joined us live on YouTube today! We’re off next Friday, and planning to be back in December. Subscribe so you don’t miss it!

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Why the Treasury wants its money back

Published: Nov. 20, 2020, 11:32 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 17 seconds

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Recent data does not tell the full story of the COVID economy

Published: Nov. 20, 2020, 3:42 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 3 seconds

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Food emojis are fun, but they can also flex economic muscle

Published: Nov. 20, 2020, 1:10 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 17 seconds

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U.S. Treasury tells the Fed it wants some of its money back

Published: Nov. 20, 2020, 12:59 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 8 seconds

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Parler lets anything happen on its platform — what if nobody else cares?

Published: Nov. 20, 2020, 10:42 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 27 seconds

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This is American exceptionalism

Published: Nov. 20, 2020, 2:18 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 10 seconds

Here’s a list of everything we talked about today (if these links don’t work on your device, try our episode page at makemesmart.org):

“The coronavirus risk for a big Thanksgiving dinner in your community” from The Washington Post

“Don’t rely on a negative test result to see your family for Thanksgiving” from CNN

“Treasury moves to end several crisis-era programs, drawing pushback from the Fed” from CNBC

“Federal Reserve’s Emergency Loan Programs at Center of Political Fight” from The New York Times

“Dog at Delaware SPCA for 866 days finds forever home” from Fox 29 Philadelphia

This Twitter exchange between Chef José Andrés and Chris Krebs, the recently fired director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

Kai’s interview with Andrés from 2018

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It’s about to get even harder for renters

Published: Nov. 20, 2020, 12:36 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 43 seconds

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The student loan trap

Published: Nov. 19, 2020, 9:45 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes

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Many full-time workers still have incomes low enough to qualify for Medicaid, SNAP

Published: Nov. 19, 2020, 4:07 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 42 seconds

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A deeper look at 2020 election polling and what went wrong

Published: Nov. 19, 2020, 1:06 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 28 seconds

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AstraZeneca shares get a boost from positive Oxford vaccine data

Published: Nov. 19, 2020, 12:42 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 26 seconds

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Twitter is finally thinking about accessibility first

Published: Nov. 19, 2020, 11:04 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 23 seconds

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We’re on a ‘Groundhog Day’ loop

Published: Nov. 19, 2020, 1:47 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 13 seconds

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Can unemployment insurance be fixed?

Published: Nov. 18, 2020, 11:20 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 10 seconds

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Vaccine news continues to boost health and business prospects

Published: Nov. 18, 2020, 3:51 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 50 seconds

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U.S. expected to allow Boeing’s 737 Max back into the air

Published: Nov. 18, 2020, 12:47 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 28 seconds

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Britain to ban sales of new gas and diesel cars by 2030

Published: Nov. 18, 2020, 12:28 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 23 seconds

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The battle over Chinese tech might not change under a Biden administration

Published: Nov. 18, 2020, 10:54 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 12 seconds

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The war on drugs lost this election. Now what?

Published: Nov. 18, 2020, 12:24 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 12 seconds

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The U.S. is excluded from a giant new trade deal

Published: Nov. 17, 2020, 11:44 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 31 seconds

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The racial disparities in remote schooling

Published: Nov. 17, 2020, 3:41 p.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 26 seconds

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Organized labor and the Biden presidency

Published: Nov. 17, 2020, 12:42 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 31 seconds

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Hungary and Poland could delay EU’s COVID-19 recovery fund

Published: Nov. 17, 2020, 11:51 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 45 seconds

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Post-election purge hits cybersecurity

Published: Nov. 17, 2020, 11:26 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 39 seconds

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Would you take a coronavirus vaccine? What if it came from Dolly Parton?

Published: Nov. 17, 2020, 1:06 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 12 seconds

With the promise of another coronavirus vaccine from Moderna, in addition to last week’s blockbuster news from Pfizer, we were inspired to go back and do the numbers: Once there’s a vaccine for COVID-19, who’s actually going to take it? The answer is … not ideal. Also on the docket for today: high-stakes content moderation, low-stakes voter fraud and, yes, Dolly Parton’s own efforts to fund a coronavirus vaccine.

Here’s a list of everything we talked about today (if these links don’t work for you, check out our episode page at makemesmart.org):

“Facebook Has A Rule To Stop Calls To Arms. Moderators Didn’t Enforce It Ahead Of The Kenosha Shootings.” from BuzzFeed News

“Why Obama fears for our democracy” from The Atlantic

“Second coronavirus vaccine, from Moderna, shows promise” from Marketplace

“U.S. Public Now Divided Over Whether To Get COVID-19 Vaccine” from Pew Research Center

“Voter fraud alleged in New Zealand bird of the year contest” from The Washington Post

“Renowned philanthropist Dolly Parton donates a million to COVID-19 vaccine effort” from PinkNews

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Another round of lockdowns

Published: Nov. 16, 2020, 11:28 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 25 seconds

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Moderna says its vaccine is more than 94% effective

Published: Nov. 16, 2020, 3:51 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 22 seconds

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Asia signs a trade deal without the U.S.

Published: Nov. 16, 2020, 1:17 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 53 seconds

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The “Zoom boom” lifts Japan out of recession

Published: Nov. 16, 2020, 12:11 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 29 seconds

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It’s time to talk about voting technology. No, not that kind of voting.

Published: Nov. 16, 2020, 11:45 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 57 seconds

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Half full or half empty?

Published: Nov. 14, 2020, 1:45 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes

We’re trying out a new game on the show today, where Kai Ryssdal and Molly Wood say whether they’re “half full” or “half empty” on a bunch of stuff in the news. It’s our first try at this, so let us know what you think! Before that, we’ll talk about Nancy Pelosi’s leadership, Charles Koch’s new self-reflection and why Elon Musk is “a boob.” TGIF!

Here’s a list of everything we talked about today (if these links don’t work, check out our episode page at makemesmart.org):

“Pelosi & House Dems, GOP Slammed for Indoor Freshmen Dinner” from Mediaite

“Charles Koch Says His Partisanship Was a Mistake” from The Wall Street Journal

Kai’s full interview with Koch from 2015

“Mr. McNamara’s War” from The New York Times

“Elon Musk says he’s tested positive and negative for COVID-19” from The Verge

And the topics we talked about in our new game, “half full or half empty”:

“Will a ‘skinny’ coronavirus relief package help those who need it most?” from Marketplace

“How the election certification process works, and why it matters” from Marketplace

“Flying soon? That middle seat might be occupied” from Marketplace

“In this time of comfort-at-home fashion, Crocs are having a moment” from Marketplace

Thanks to everyone to tuned into our livestream this evening! Subscribe here so you don’t miss the next one.

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Who’s in charge of the U.S. economy right now?

Published: Nov. 14, 2020, 12:16 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 31 seconds

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Home prices are up almost everywhere

Published: Nov. 13, 2020, 3:46 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 39 seconds

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Trump’s cutting off more Chinese companies from American investment

Published: Nov. 13, 2020, 12:56 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 37 seconds

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China congratulates Biden, questions remain about future relationship

Published: Nov. 13, 2020, 12:37 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 59 seconds

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Election misinformation is still spreading

Published: Nov. 13, 2020, 10:43 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 8 seconds

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No, Virginia, Santa can’t get coronavirus

Published: Nov. 13, 2020, 1:36 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 46 seconds

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A “taste of normalcy” for some Baltimore students

Published: Nov. 12, 2020, 11:36 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 17 seconds

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How the WNBA drove Loeffler into overtime

Published: Nov. 12, 2020, 8:27 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 24 seconds

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Is the economic fuel tank down to just fumes?

Published: Nov. 12, 2020, 3:32 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 24 seconds

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Another update on the business of vaccines

Published: Nov. 12, 2020, 1:13 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 36 seconds

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China is about to sign the world’s largest trade deal

Published: Nov. 12, 2020, 12:41 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 38 seconds

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The H-1B visa program is about to get another reboot

Published: Nov. 12, 2020, 10:40 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 49 seconds

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Here’s how presidential transitions are supposed to work

Published: Nov. 12, 2020, 2:21 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes

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Eight months in, hospitals are struggling with staffing

Published: Nov. 11, 2020, 11:26 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 26 seconds

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Where the coronavirus is most likely to spread

Published: Nov. 11, 2020, 3:47 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 18 seconds

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A proposal to cut workplace safety funding during COVID-19

Published: Nov. 11, 2020, 12:38 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 24 seconds

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What do new rules from China mean for the Big Tech behind Singles’ Day?

Published: Nov. 11, 2020, 12:36 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 24 seconds

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Let’s get antisocial

Published: July 29, 2020, 1:32 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 6 seconds

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What’s holding up more coronavirus relief?

Published: July 28, 2020, 10:55 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 55 seconds

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The next benchmark for the 2020 U.S. economy

Published: July 28, 2020, 3:23 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 42 seconds

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The White House and Congress negotiate, but the economy won’t wait

Published: July 28, 2020, 11:47 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 35 seconds

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The duo behind Britain’s first magazine for Black girls

Published: July 28, 2020, 11:41 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 33 seconds

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Negotiation is a super important skill

Published: July 28, 2020, 10:01 a.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 34 seconds

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Viruses don’t discriminate, but health care often does

Published: July 28, 2020, 9:50 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 33 seconds

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Let’s just call this year a wash

Published: July 28, 2020, 12:25 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 26 seconds

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A gold rush means nothing good for this economy

Published: July 27, 2020, 10:38 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 39 seconds

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The White House takes on drug prices

Published: July 27, 2020, 2:20 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 31 seconds

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What to do about those $600? That’s still the question.

Published: July 27, 2020, 12:10 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 42 seconds

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Another record gold price. What’s up with investors?

Published: July 27, 2020, 10:59 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 55 seconds

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The tech behind the search for a COVID-19 vaccine

Published: July 27, 2020, 9:40 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 22 seconds

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Be nice to someone this weekend

Published: July 25, 2020, 12:35 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 44 seconds

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Get ready for a wave of evictions

Published: July 24, 2020, 10:32 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes

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What a delay in coronavirus relief means for the economy

Published: July 24, 2020, 3:04 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 50 seconds

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How China’s national security law is trickling into everyday life

Published: July 24, 2020, 11:47 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 28 seconds

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China’s demand to close a U.S. consulate sends markets skidding

Published: July 24, 2020, 10:35 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 28 seconds

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Social media takes baby steps in dealing with hate speech. Time to grow up?

Published: July 24, 2020, 10:15 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 21 seconds

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So you’re out of work. How’s 70% of your old salary sound?

Published: July 24, 2020, 12:14 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 4 seconds

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When the U.S. sneezes…

Published: July 23, 2020, 10:34 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 56 seconds

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Jobless claims are up again, for the first time since March

Published: July 23, 2020, 2:48 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 16 seconds

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There’s a week left to come up with another round of unemployment relief

Published: July 23, 2020, 12:37 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 19 seconds

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Corporate giants urged to drop Chinese suppliers over labor abuse concerns

Published: July 23, 2020, 10:44 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 7 seconds

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What do Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google have in common? One big congressional hearing.

Published: July 23, 2020, 9:51 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 34 seconds

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Why hasn’t Congress extended jobless benefits yet?

Published: July 23, 2020, 12:10 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 43 seconds

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What happens when you take billions out of the economy overnight?

Published: July 22, 2020, 10:39 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 40 seconds

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What are second-quarter results from companies telling us so far?

Published: July 22, 2020, 3:19 p.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 25 seconds

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U.S. accuses China of working with hackers to steal trade secrets, research

Published: July 22, 2020, 12:08 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 27 seconds

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Why are stock markets reaching pre-pandemic highs?

Published: July 22, 2020, 11:29 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 17 seconds

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It’s a lot harder to get out the vote during a pandemic

Published: July 22, 2020, 10:13 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 10 seconds

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U.S.-China relations are bad, but are they ‘new Cold War’ bad?

Published: July 22, 2020, 1:23 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 10 seconds

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Pod save America?

Published: July 21, 2020, 10:43 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 35 seconds

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Senators vote today on a controversial choice for the Fed

Published: July 21, 2020, 3:45 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 18 seconds

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Where did money come from?

Published: July 21, 2020, 12:55 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 37 seconds

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The latest roadblocks in the way of a pandemic relief bill

Published: July 21, 2020, 12:10 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 20 seconds

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European leaders leave marathon meeting with COVID-19 rescue plan in hand

Published: July 21, 2020, 11:22 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 23 seconds

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An Instagram account is exposing influencer inequality

Published: July 21, 2020, 9:36 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 12 seconds

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This is the whole ballgame, folks

Published: July 21, 2020, 12:34 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 53 seconds

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What will out-of-work Americans do without that extra $600 per week?

Published: July 20, 2020, 10:53 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes

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All eyes are on the next COVID-19 relief package

Published: July 20, 2020, 3:37 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 35 seconds

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What will the next COVID-19 relief package look like?

Published: July 20, 2020, 11:27 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 35 seconds

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Mars mission could be key in UAE’s post-oil economy

Published: July 20, 2020, 10:39 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 3 seconds

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The pandemic has been a chance to sell the cloud

Published: July 20, 2020, 10:18 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 46 seconds

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What’s happening to protesters in Portland?

Published: July 18, 2020, 12:34 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 33 seconds

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The coronavirus vaccine economy

Published: July 17, 2020, 10:25 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes

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One town shows what summer tourism looks like in the COVID-19 era

Published: July 17, 2020, 2:53 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 23 seconds

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More companies are hiring people of color. Keeping them is another matter.

Published: July 17, 2020, 11:56 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 22 seconds

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Can European leaders finally agree on a COVID-19 economic rescue package?

Published: July 17, 2020, 11:08 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 27 seconds

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The global economy relies on sharing data across borders. An EU decision could disrupt that.

Published: July 17, 2020, 10:36 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 40 seconds

The European Court of Justice in Luxembourg ruled that the way thousands of companies share personal data between the U.S. and Europe. They use something called “Privacy Shield,” which isn’t an app. It’s a set of legal rules to moving information back and forth. But the court ruled that doesn’t do enough to protect European’s data from the U.S. government. I spoke with Adam Satariano, a European technology correspondent at The New York Times. He says it’s hard to tell exactly what happens next.

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Published: April 24, 2020, 6:03 p.m.
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