Podcast Episodes

Here's what kept GDP climbing last summer

Revised GDP data for this past summer shows the U.S. economy grew faster than we initially thought. A few key parts of the private services sector pr…

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What is media capture?

President Trump has routinely sought to influence the business dealings of U.S. media companies, including Netflix and Paramount’s fight over the fut…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

How would a credit card interest rate cap even work?

President Donald Trump acknowledged yesterday that he'll need help from Congress to cap credit card interest at 10%. He also talked about this at the…

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What's next for Cuba after Venezuela?

Following the president's intervention in Venezuela, the Trump administration is escalating threats against several sovereign nations. Now, Cuba is s…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Stocks rally in Europe as relations thaw in Davos

From the BBC World Service: The world has been reacting to President Donald Trump's announcement of a vague framework agreement over the future of Gr…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Help! My coworker wants a copy of my house key!

Ever wrestled with an unusual work problem and didn’t know where to turn? In our recurring advice column, “Work Drama,” we try to find answers to you…

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Unraveling the complex knot of an AI-generated hoax

In the era of AI, sometimes a story is really just too good to be true, even if the initial evidence suggests otherwise.

And as artificially engineere…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

The EU owns $8 trillion in Treasurys

The EU owns $8 trillion in Treasurys. Sure, Eurozone governments probably won’t use ‘em as leverage in the Trump-Greenland situation — and even if th…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump, Davos, and markets

On Wednesday, President Donald Trump spoke in front of international leaders in Davos, Switzerland. There, he touted his use of tariffs to disrupt th…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Worlds apart on generative AI use

People around the world are using AI more than Americans, a new poll finds. About 40% of adults in the U.S. told pollsters that they used generative …

1 month, 2 weeks ago