USC professor Elizabeth Currid-Halkett discusses the small towns across America that are thriving and, by many metrics, outperforming much larger urban centers.
Read moreHow criminals do their banking
Kurt Eichenwald discusses his reporting into sham bank accounts being opened by crime rings with real and fake identities and the large profits they make for financial institutions.
Read moreGlobal sperm counts are down. Is it time to worry?
New York magazine writer Simon van Zuylen-Wood discusses a burgeoning industry of at-home sperm testing and whether or not amping up reproduction should be a priority for our warming, resource-strapped planet.
Read moreCoal is out, batteries are in and miners still win
Journalist Nick Bowlin discusses his trip to a mining conference, which revealed an industry excited about the lithium, manganese and zinc that will be needed to fuel a clean-energy revolution.
Read moreWhen wages stagnate, so does America
UT Austin professor Michael Lind discusses the forces that curbed bargaining power for workers and why he feels restoring it is essential to the future of democracy and the nation.
Read moreSmall-town America is doing just fine, thanks
USC professor Elizabeth Currid-Halkett discusses the small towns across America that are thriving and, by many metrics, outperforming much larger urban centers.
Read moreHow a plan for hemp riches went up in smoke
Finn Murphy discusses his attempt at a Colorado hemp farm, battling the elements and a disappearing bank account, and his pivot to middleman as he pursued his American Dream.
Read moreLayoffs may not save companies money
Anne Helen Petersen, Substack newsletter writer, explains why older generations have grown used to layoffs and the case against layoffs as a cost-saving measure in the first place.
Read moreA Planet Money journalist on the man who made bond trading sexy
Mary Childs, co-host and correspondent for NPR’s “Planet Money” podcast, talks about Bill Gross, known as “The Bond King,” his rise to the top of a volatile world and his eventual undoing.
Read moreHow long could high inflation last?
Eric Leeper, a professor in economics at the University of Virginia, explains the many reasons inflation is rising, its impact on individuals and businesses, and policy options for taming it.
Read moreThe U.K. Ambassador On The Very Special Relationship
Dame Karen Pierce is British Ambassador to the U.S., and she joins us to talk about her country’s economic relationship with both Texas and the country as a whole – and we’ll hear how Britain is faring in the fight against Covid.
Read moreDallas Fed Chair Talks Post-Pandemic Economy
Robert Kaplan, President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, joins us to talk about how increased rates of vaccination and the rollback of COVID restrictions will affect the state’s economy the rest of the year.
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