Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchThe Girl Scout Cookie queens of America
Girl Scout Cookies represent a $800 million industry. A new documentary called “Cookie Queens” follows sellers across the country, and one of those f…
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Inflation comes for back-to-school
Prices for some back-to-school supplies are up this year, alongside other essentials like groceries and gas. Shoppers aren’t just turning to cheaper …
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OpenAI to offer safety features for teens using ChatGPT
OpenAI is launching ChatGPT for Teens, which has new guardrails to steer conversations from sensitive topics like self-harm or sexual content. It’ll …
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Sec. Bessent's big plan to finance the national debt
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s buyback of long-term bonds was a bit of a letdown this week — the interest rates barely budged. The Treasury’s nex…
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Billionaires and British football
It's been a month now since the World Cup ended, but English football is back this week. The Premier League season kicks off Friday. And Jeff Bezos, …
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Why you should care about the bond market right now
In case you missed it, investor jitters about borrowing, geopolitical conflict, and inflation drove the 30-year U.S. Treasury yield up to a nearly tw…
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How does anyone afford childcare?
How much should parents budget for daycare? Does it make more financial sense for both parents to work and pay for childcare, or for one parent to st…
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Why the Trump administration plans to boost funding for subsea cables
Most of the world’s internet traffic flows through underwater cables on the ocean floor. The wires are also responsible for some $10 trillion worth o…
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Let's import some inflation
The price of imported goods, sans energy, was up 4.5% year-over-year in July. Data center buildout is driving that jump — imported computer prices we…
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The government steps in to calm the bond market
The Treasury Department announced this morning that it'll double the amount it spends on its buyback operations for longer-term government bonds. It …
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