Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchA year later, is Trump’s investment in Intel… a win-win?
Intel’s sales jumped by 25% last quarter, the largest increase in over a decade — making the U.S. government’s stake in the company around $40 billio…
2 months ago
What's driving early retirements?
The reasons for premature retirement are plentiful: Companies downsize or go bust, partners get sick, kids need childcare help. A new survey finds th…
2 months ago
A new round of tariffs on just about everything
A new batch of tariffs went into effect overnight. And there’s more to come as the Trump administration attempts to rebuild the tariff wall torn down…
2 months ago
OpenAI model unintentionally hacks another company's system
OpenAI revealed this week that two of its advanced AI models escaped containment and hacked into the systems of AI company Hugging Face, which had th…
2 months ago
Unemployment filings hit a 55-year low
Sounds rosy, right? Not if you’re long-term unemployed, underemployed, or a new grad. In this episode, the labor market’s low-hire, low-fire status q…
2 months ago
PlayStation to nix physical discs
PlayStation announced in June that it would stop selling physical copies of games by 2028. Soon, when you buy a game, you’ll just be renting the digi…
2 months ago
Flood-prone areas are losing residents
Last year, counties with high flood risk had a net loss of over 60,000 residents — more than double the year before, according to a recent analysis f…
2 months ago
A modern-day odyssey through AI chatbot hellscape
A missing package can easily ruin a day, but chasing where that package went — or even a refund — is like following Odysseus on his treacherous journ…
2 months ago
Help! I put in two months' notice… two years ago!
Is a frustrating dynamic in your workplace keeping you up at night? In our recurring advice column, “Work Drama”, we try to find answers to your stic…
2 months ago
What's driving up the 30-year Treasury yield?
The yield on a 30-year Treasury bond has been hovering above 5% for a couple weeks — the longest stretch since the Great Recession. One reason is Tre…
2 months ago