Podcast Episodes

Which businesses should have to disclose foreign ownership?

The Treasury Department is changing the rules on which businesses have to report their ownership to the government. The Biden-era requirements were i…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Can Silicon Valley give AI good taste?

Generative AI models can produce enormous volumes of text, images and video in seconds. But without expert human instruction, the output is often gen…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

"If this is your first time being poor..."

Tight grocery budget? Try a "recession recipe." Reema talks producer Alice Wilder about her trip to meet Kiki Rough, a TikTok creator who makes hyper…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Steep inflation, meet slow wage growth

The average household’s buying power has slipped by about 0.1%, when the latest CPI report is compared to last week’s jobs numbers. In layman’s terms…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Putting the magic in Magic: The Gathering

Magic: The Gathering is considered the first modern trading card game. It's a big business, too. Hasbro reported that the game's revenue jumped to a …

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Why seniors are upsizing

Baby boomers make up the biggest share of homebuyers. Most downsize in their golden years, selling a bigger house and purchasing something smaller. B…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

TikTok excluded millions from crucial safety guardrails

This story includes discussion of suicide.

Back in 2021, TikTok tweaked its algorithm in an effort to address dangerous filter bubbles — a sort of alg…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Credit card delinquencies climb

Credit card delinquencies are sitting at 13% so far this year. It’s the highest national rate since the tail-end of the Great Recession. The aftermat…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

The mood among small businesses

We have the latest reading on how small businesses are feeling in this economy, courtesy of the National Federation of Independent Business's Small B…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

The data center job boom

Up until last year, construction workers were not in high demand. The data center construction boom has been changing that. Wage growth in the sector…

1 month, 2 weeks ago