Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchA "starter" home for $1 million?
A typical starter home in nearly 250 U.S. cities is now worth $1 million or more, according to Zillow. Is that even a starter home anymore? In this e…
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An AI-fueled Amazon Prime Day
Amazon Prime Day starts today and runs through Friday. Consumers are expected to spend $26 billion over those four days, and they’ll have plenty of h…
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Why the affordable housing supply has dried up
Last night, the Senate passed the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, a bill aimed at making it easier to build housing and bring down the cost of both…
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Why this Silicon Valley priest wants to teach AI right from wrong
In late May, Pope Leo XIV released Magnifica Humanitas. His first papal encyclical is an appeal for a more human-centered approach to artificial inte…
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Inflation is moving the wrong way
The last time Austan Goolsbee voted in an FOMC meeting, he was one of two policymakers opposed to cutting interest rates. Six months later, he doesn’…
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A remembrance of Alan Greenspan
Former Federal Reserve Chair Alan Greenspan died today. He was 100. Greenspan served under four presidents in his five terms as central bank chair. T…
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Institutional investors versus average homebuyers
Congress is working on a bipartisan bill to address housing affordability by, among other things, making it easier to construct homes. One provision …
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Nurses want a seat at the table when it comes to AI in healthcare
Nurses have a tough job. AI tools promise to take care of some of the more mundane and repetitive tasks that eat up so much time and, by extension, m…
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The Rural Healthcare Crisis
With midterm elections just months away, the top economic concern for voters is the cost of healthcare. That's according to a recent poll from the he…
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From "Marketplace Morning Report": The Rural Healthcare Crisis
“Marketplace Morning Report” host Kimberly Adams is back in the “Make Me Smart” podcast feed to share some reporting from a trip to southwest Alabama…
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