Podcast Episodes

The K-shaped cost of holiday travel

The holiday travel period is upon us. AAA expects 122 million people will drive or fly somewhere to celebrate. Now, we have some good news and some b…

3 weeks, 4 days ago

Jim Beam freezes production at its main Kentucky distillery

From the BBC World Service: One of the most famous names in American whiskey, Jim Beam, says it will halt production at its main facility in Kentucky…

3 weeks, 4 days ago

Dr. AI will see you now

Could AI chat bots replace human doctors? Probably not, but that won’t stop people from trying.

Just as they did during the emergence of Google, docto…

3 weeks, 4 days ago

The 2025 consumer sentiment rollercoaster

Consumer sentiment really ran the gamut this year. But right now, Americans are feeling almost as bad about the economy as they were when inflation w…

4 weeks ago

How to start the caregiving conversation

Family caregivers in the United States are increasingly under mental and financial stress. Elizabeth Miller, founder of the caregiver resource platfo…

4 weeks ago

Power and politics in the Warner Bros. deal

It's a major Hollywood drama: Despite striking a deal with Netflix, the high-stakes bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery shows no sign of cooling o…

4 weeks ago

Data centers and your electric bill

Electricity prices are up 6.9% year over year — much higher than overall inflation — and costs are expected to go up even more in the future. So, how…

4 weeks ago

TikTok set to sell US assets

From the BBC World Service: The Chinese owners of TikTok have signed a deal to sell the company's ‌U.S. assets to a joint venture led by American inv…

4 weeks ago

Bytes: Week in Review - Micron's big earnings, Oracle's data center woes and "slop" is Merriam-Webster's word of the year

Building artificial intelligence tools requires a lot of graphic processing units, and those GPUs need huge amounts of ultra-fast memory to feed them…

4 weeks ago

That CPI report got a Black Friday discount

November inflation data came in lower than expected, according to the latest CPI report. But we can’t compare it to the previous month, since the BLS…

4 weeks, 1 day ago