Marketplace All-in-One
Kanaal Besonderhede
Marketplace All-in-One
Marketplace® is the leading business news program in the nation. We bring you clear explorations of how economic news affects you, through stories, conversations, newsworthy numbers and more. The Marketplace All-in-One podcast provides each episode of the public radio broadcast programs Marketplace,...
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Novel Solutions
Talk to enough experts about geoengineering and the conversation eventually turns to termination shock. That’s the idea that if we were to start cooli...
More tariff whiplash
A day after lowering tariffs on some agricultural and manufacturing machinery, the Trump administration is proposing new tariffs on 60 countries, incl...
AI bots are collecting debts — or at least trying to
If you have a debt, you may get a call, a letter or a text prodding you to pay it back. Now, that call could come from an AI agent.
The AI debt...
Inside a massive 24-hour braiding salon
At Nadine’s Hair Braiding, located in suburban Maryland, customers can walk in at 2 p.m. or 2 a.m. and find a stylist. The 10,000-square-foot salon op...
What it's like on the ground in Cuba right now
It’s been about four months since President Donald Trump threatened sanctions against countries supplying much-needed oil to Cuba. The country's econo...
Wall Street sets its sights on an AI futures market
There is growing demand for time with GPUs, the chips that power artificial intelligence. AI companies need those chips in order to keep their models...
How do athletes get paid?
Today, we’re resharing an episode from our archive that feels especially relevant as the World Cup men’s soccer tournament kicks off next week! “Milli...
The Fed's credibility is a "priceless asset"
Former Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell accepted the Profile in Courage award last night. Today, we'll delve into the role of the central bank, its...
Cheaper EVs are on the way
The Jeff Bezos-backed Slate is a super bare-bones EV that can be configured as an SUV or pickup with starting costs in the mid-$20,000s. Chevrolet, Ni...
The great AI race to Wall Street
This week, rideshare drivers in Massachusetts unionize; plus, Robinhood lets AI agents trade on behalf its customers.
But first, there’ve been h...
Inflation's heading in the wrong direction
Inflation's heating up and is well above the Federal Reserve's goal. The central bank's preferred reading on inflation came out this morning for April...
A harsh economic reality for famers
Before war in the Middle East, roughly one-third of the world’s fertilizer shipped by sea moved through the Strait of Hormuz. In the last three months...
Money can make or break your relationship, from NPR’s "It’s Been a Minute"
Today, we’re featuring an episode of NPR’s “It’s Been A Minute.” Reema Khrais joins host Brittany Luse and Wailin Wong, host of NPR’s “The Indicator,”...
What if there was only one currency in the whole world?
We’ve talked a lot about how money works and why countries have their own currencies here on “Million Bazillion.” But listener Alessio wants to know:...
Plug-in solar is gaining traction in the U.S.
Like the name suggests, plug-in solar panels can be plugged into an electrical outlet just like you would your toaster. But instead of using electrici...
Should federal workers be bound by NDAs?
The Office of Personnel Management is proposing a strict new non-disclosure agreement for federal workers, which would bar them from disclosing “non-p...
How to Dim the Sun
Could dimming the sun be the key to cooling things down before the climate crisis worsens? Some scientists say yes, that we can cool the earth by laun...
Amid AI backlash, brands are emphasizing the human side of marketing
Public backlash to content generated by artificial intelligence has pushed brands to reconsider how AI is used in their marketing.
Some companie...
How does a company buy another company?
“Million Bazillion” listener Cora wants to know: How does a company buy another company? But before Bridget and Ryan can answer, Borpo, host of “Learn...
Startups are betting on a legalized peptide market
Peptides are short chains of amino acids. GLP-1 weight loss drugs are peptides. Insulin is one, too. And there are thousands of others. Now, people ar...
A different type of college counselor
Last month, four high school seniors participated in an experiment. A Stanford economist was given a list of colleges they were accepted to, what they...
When an algorithm tells you how to do your job
HotSOS Housekeeping is an app that uses real-time data to help hotel housekeepers speed up room turnover. But the constant monitoring means the tracki...
Google search gets an AI makeover
On this week’s Marketplace Tech Bytes: Week in Review, we take a look at how college graduates do not wanna hear about AI. Plus, what we all learned f...
Big Tech's big IPOs
Some of the biggest names in tech are making moves to go public this week. SpaceX — Elon Musk’s rocket, social media, and AI company — filed for an in...
Why you should care about the global bond sell-off
Investors have been souring on bonds. To entice them back, bond yields have been rising. The yield on the 30-year bond yesterday hit 5.2%, the highest...
"How We Survive" returns May 27
The climate crisis is escalating. We have to decarbonize our economy, but we’re moving too slowly. So, what’s the backup plan?
This season of “H...
What we learned from the Canvas hack
Earlier this month, a group called ShinyHunters took responsibility for a hack on the education platform Canvas, which is used for coursework at colle...
Should home insurance companies be making this much money?
If you’re a homeowner — this is no surprise to you — property insurance can be expensive. It seems to get more and more pricey each year. Some might b...
What is the gold standard?
In this episode, Bridget and Ryan travel through the history of money in front of a live audience of kids and families (for real!) to answer Sofia’s b...
Study finds AI is making the internet more artificially happy
As of mid-2025, about a third of newly published websites were generated by artificial intelligence. That’s a massive increase from just three years b...
The spillover of higher energy prices
The U.S. and Iran remain far apart on a ceasefire, as President Donald Trump warns on social media that "the clock is ticking." The standoff is rattli...
Why you won't find horse racing bets on prediction markets
Tomorrow is the Preakness Stakes, the second event in the Triple Crown. Betting on horse racing in the U.S. has declined by more than 50% over the las...
Meta wants AI chats to be private
This week, WhatsApp is offering private chats with its AI. Plus, Princeton will now hold supervised exams after a rise in AI-fueled cheating.
Bu...
The U.S. spending spree continues
Retail sales in April were up 0.5% compared to the month before and are up 4.9% from a year ago, according to the Census Bureau. So are retail sales h...
How far would you go for a boycott?
How far would you go to participate in a boycott? Cancel your concert tickets? Spend 25% more on groceries? What about refusing to visit your family?...
Why audio deepfakes are so hard to spot
Voice cloning is the use of artificial intelligence to generate a clone of a real person’s voice, imitating the sound, when they pause and what words...
The Carbon Gold Rush (bonus episode from "Drilled")
This week, we’re sharing an episode of another podcast we like — from another journalist named Amy.
Award-winning climate journalist Amy Westerv...
What does the federal gas tax go toward?
To address pain at the pump, President Donald Trump and some Congressional Republicans are floating the idea of temporarily pausing the federal gas ta...
Raising kids in an AI-driven world
In order to write her new book “I Am Not a Robot: My Year Using AI To Do ‘Almost’ Everything," journalist Joanna Stern decided to invite artificial in...
What's behind sluggish home sales?
In late February, mortgage rates dipped below 6%, and affordability was beginning to improve. In April, people bought and sold more homes than they di...