Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchMass deportations don’t lead to more jobs for Americans. Why does the myth persist?
The labor force participation rate in the U.S. has fallen to the lowest level it’s been since 1977 (aside from the during the height of the pandemic)…
4 hours ago
Clearing the path to homeownership for renters
The Trump administration announced a big change in how people's credit is assessed when applying for mortgages. Instead of only using FICO scores to …
7 hours ago
The haves and the have nots of energy
Maybe it’s hoarding, or protectionist, or human nature. Whatever you want to call it, some countries have plenty of oil right now — especially wealth…
11 hours ago
What it costs to leave the U.S.
As the U.S. immigration crackdown intensifies, some undocumented people are choosing to leave the country. But what’s the financial and emotional cos…
13 hours ago
Anti-AI data center sentiment is becoming a political issue
Lawmakers around the U.S. are moving to restrict data center development. Maine, for example, recently passed what's being called the country's first…
13 hours ago
Boeing bounces back
Boeing posted strong Q1 earnings Wednesday, and executives breathed a sigh of relief. The aircraft manufacturer survived several years of significant…
1 day ago
Fearing the "black hole" of graduating without a job
We're less than a month away from graduation ceremonies at college campuses across the country. But the job market college grads are entering is an u…
1 day, 8 hours ago
Will you have enough to comfortably retire?
New research shows more than a third of workers and retirees don’t think they will have enough money for their retirement years — that’s the highest …
1 day, 11 hours ago
When do tech companies need to be consistently profitable?
The social media company Snap recently announced it’s laying off about 1,000 workers — 16% of its employees. The company said these changes will redu…
1 day, 13 hours ago
Agentic AI anxiety
Haven’t you always wished for robots to do menial labor? That’s sort of what agentic artificial intelligence is — rather than existing solely in a ch…
2 days ago