Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchSome brands say their jeans are eco-friendly. Here’s how to find a pair that’s actually sustainable
Your favorite pair of jeans may have traveled around the world through cotton farms, dye houses, wash facilities, and factories before ending up in y…
4 months, 1 week ago
Ohio suspends data center tax break as tech firms face pressure to pay the cost to power AI
Ohio, one of the nation's data center destination hot spots, is suspending a tax break that has been critical to its competition with other states to…
4 months, 1 week ago
Clothing rental services promise a sustainable alternative to fast fashion. Experts say it depends
For weddings, vacations, or other special occasions, more consumers are turning to clothing rental services instead of buying something new. These s…
4 months, 1 week ago
What tastes like a Korean pancake and is purple all over? An Oreo inspired by K-pop group BTS
Oreo is teaming up with K-pop supergroup BTS for a bit of marketing dynamite that capitalizes on consumers' growing interest in global flavors. Mond…
4 months, 1 week ago
Lasers and robots: how U.S. farmers are tackling a declining workforce with automation
America has been called the “breadbasket of the world” due to its export of food products across the globe. Now, with the U.S. agriculture industry g…
4 months, 1 week ago
New York may ban flour used in thousands of pizzerias and bagel shops
After more than a decade of mixing and kneading dough in his family’s Brooklyn pizzeria, Salvatore Lo Duca recently made a distressing discovery: a k…
4 months, 1 week ago
Trump eases refrigerant rule in a bid to address surging grocery costs
The Trump administration loosened federal rules requiring grocery stores and air-conditioning companies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from cooli…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Heat wave empties roads and markets in north India as some farmers turn to nighttime work
Roads and markets have emptied during afternoons, and some farmers have switched to nighttime work to avoid scorching temperatures as a heat wave gri…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
A Latino grocery store in Delaware turns its produce aisle into a music stage
A neat stack of 79-cent bananas and rows of colorful fruit flanked the bilingual alternative pop band Luna Luna as they performed for a small audienc…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
The “balikbayan” box: The way Filipino Americans have sent love all the way back home
Beginning in the 1970s, just about every Filipino household in America was either hauling balikbayan boxes in person or mailing them to relatives bac…
4 months, 2 weeks ago