Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchPandemic grocery shopping trends
From curbside pickup to home delivery to wiping down your shopping cart handle with hand sanitizer, grocery shopping habits were turned on their head…
4 years, 10 months ago
Is another Bernie Madoff possible? The king of the Ponzi scheme and how the US prosecutes fraud
Bernie Madoff died in prison this week at the age of 82. He was the mastermind of a ridiculously large ponzi scheme that defrauded thousands of peopl…
4 years, 10 months ago
When you give people money they spend it: Season 2
Retail sales went through the roof after the most recent round of stimulus from the federal government. Turns out when you give people money, they wi…
4 years, 10 months ago
Yes, you're probably experiencing burnout. But here's what that actually means
We've been living and working in a pandemic for more than a year. And a lot of people are feeling burnout creeping up on them. Whether it's anxiety, …
4 years, 10 months ago
Parents are optimistic about the future for their kids, with some big asterisks
There was some fascinating research recently released by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation about how parents feel about the future for their kids. A…
4 years, 10 months ago
What happened to the COVID app? 'They did a lot of things right... but there are questions I can't figure out.'
Since the early days of this pandemic, health officials have said that one of the keys of containing this virus would be contact tracing. If you test…
4 years, 10 months ago
Dr. Paul Offit: J&J vaccine, blood clots, what you need to know
The U.S. is recommending a pause for distribution of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to investigate reports of potentially dangero…
4 years, 10 months ago
The mental health consequences of the coronavirus pandemic, one year later
We have spent more than a year now in a pandemic. It's been a challenge for everyone’s mental health, regardless of how much COVID has affected you d…
4 years, 10 months ago
Bad jobs news, why billionaires got richer, and fingers crossed for infrastructure
A year plus into the pandemic and some cold unemployment water got thrown on the jobs party last week. What's behind the unemployment ups and downs? …
4 years, 10 months ago
What happened when colleges changed how they look at standardized testing
The majority of colleges and universities have temporarily eliminated the standardized testing requirement for admission because of the pandemic. Thi…
4 years, 10 months ago