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Marketplace Weekend

English, Finance, 1 season, 50 episodes, 1 day, 10 hours, 12 minutes
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Marketplace Weekend® has concluded production as of July 2018. The show was hosted by Lizzie O’Leary and told powerful stories from economies both large and personal.
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The economics of disability (encore)

Roughly one in five Americans has a disability. Those numbers increase with age and vary across race and gender, but every single one of those people is carving out an economic life. In this hourlong special, we focused on three pillars of the economy: education, work and health care.
8/10/201849 minutes, 29 seconds
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Our favorite Marketplace Weekend stories (encore)

This week, we are revisiting a bunch of our favorite stories from over the past few years. The average woman earns about 80 cents for every dollar the average man makes. So how can we move toward pay equality? Then, our health. Changes in health care affect society’s most vulnerable citizens — children. We’ll take a look back at our visit to a pediatric hospital in Southern California. Plus, dogs. Rescue dogs make our hearts melt AND teach us lessons about supply and demand! The business of rescuing, transporting and adopting puppies is complicated, so we break it down. We also talk with Ask a Manager’s Alison Green about what to wear in the office.
8/3/201849 minutes, 42 seconds
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The stories you "liked" the most (encore)

This week, we are revisiting the stories listeners engaged with the most. You yelled at them, you talked about them, you tweeted them and you “liked” them. We take a look back at a range of pieces, including why we’ve fallen out of love with chain restaurants, what’s happening to America’s coal mines and what living on minimum wage looks like across the country.
7/27/201849 minutes, 44 seconds
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Three mayors, three economies (encore)

Back in 2017, we visited three cities: Dalton, Georgia; Gillette, Wyoming; and Corvallis, Oregon. In each place, we met with the mayor and with folks around town, getting a sense of the economy there and how it’s changing. We visited carpet factories and coal mines, spoke to students and business owners, and found unique stories of economic change — and how it affects real people and their lives.
7/20/201847 minutes, 40 seconds
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The Economics of Disaster (Encore)

A lot happened in 2017, and we’re returning to one particular natural disaster that changed Puerto Rico from top to bottom. As communities on the island have recovered, there’s a trail of money to follow behind it all. This week, we are revisiting this hourlong special on the economics of disaster. We head to Puerto Rico to examine life on the ground following Hurricane Maria. We look at the debt situation, the realities of life when the lights stay out and what it takes to bring power back. Plus, Puerto Rico’s dairy farmers and a surprising boom in renewable energy. Also, recovery in Texas and how Florida is handling an influx of Puerto Ricans fleeing the damage from Hurricane Maria.
7/13/201848 minutes
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The industry of wellness (Encore)

This week, we are revisiting an episode that we did on the industry that wants to make a better version of you. The market has been flooded with everything from workout routines to diets to therapy apps and food fads. But have they actually changed the way we feel or the way we invest in our health needs? And who is it that has access to this market? These are the questions on our minds this week. We’ll look at how the term wellness has evolved, why it’s so hard to find mental health services that will take insurance, plus food crazes, food deserts and the economics behind healthy eating.
7/6/201849 minutes, 38 seconds
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The Marketplace Weekend finale

On this final episode, we talk storm chasing, rent-to-own housing and disability and hiring. Alison Green gives her best advice on asking for vacation time, a Lego engineer talks about how he does his job and our own Lizzie O’Leary takes the Marketplace Quiz.
6/29/201849 minutes, 48 seconds
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The economics of disability

Roughly one in five Americans has a disability. Those numbers increase with age and vary across race and gender. And every single one of those people is carving out an economic life. Marketplace is covering the economics of disability in an hourlong special. We can’t get to everything in this episode, so we’re focusing on some of the pillars of the economy: education, work and health care. Tune in to the episode above to hear stories about how people with disabilities access the economy and share your own stories by visiting us on Facebook or Twitter.  
6/22/201849 minutes, 18 seconds
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Truckers, negotiators and powerful soccer moguls

Did you know there’s a shortage of truck drivers? What that means for them and for the prices of products we buy. Plus, after a week of negotiations between world leaders, we take a dive into what it takes to be good at diplomacy. Then, futboool!!! The World Cup just started. It’s arguably the biggest sporting event in the world — and a multibillion-dollar business that’s rife with corruption. How U.S. prosecutors finally caught corrupt FIFA leaders, and what it means for the future of the sport. (06/15/2018)    
6/15/201846 minutes, 39 seconds
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Graduating into the economy

We’re diving into the economics of being a recent grad this week, from building credit, to finding the right job, to saving for a home (or simply paying the rent). Also, Marketplace staff lay out the graduation advice they wish they received but never got. And we look into just why “Pomp and Circumstance” is at every graduation. Plus, Linda Cardellini of “Freaks and Geeks” takes the Marketplace Quiz. (06/08/2017)    
6/8/201847 minutes, 47 seconds
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Women bandits, language bias and … yep, those tariffs

We take a dive into the history and psychology of women robbers, the ones out there in the real world and also the ones on the big screen in the form of “Ocean’s 8,” which hits theaters this month. We sat down with Olivia Milch, the film’s co-writer and co-producer, to ask what’s up with all the remakes and what it will take for women to have their own original blockbusters. Also, how new tariffs affect the U.S.’s credibility with our trading partners, biased language in job listings and a story of solar power in Puerto Rico. Plus, what is FIFA’s role in promoting LGBT rights as the World Cup heads to Russia this month? (06/01/2018)    
6/1/201848 minutes, 46 seconds
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Bias, feral hogs and ancient money

Want to know why you’ve been getting bogged down with terms-of-service emails from companies, how to tell if bias trainings work or how entrepreneurs learn the business of, well, business? We dive into all of that on this week’s show. Plus, the surprising ancient origins of the word “economics.” And why hunting feral hogs has become an aerial activity in Texas.    
5/25/201849 minutes, 9 seconds
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Trade Off Revisited: Stories of tariffs, trade and globalization

Globalization has been touted as this inevitable, unstoppable force. But as the U.S., China and other major economies flex their muscles over trade, is this assumption all wrong? America has a long history of global trade and a varied one. Our economy has swung widely from protecting our very first industries with subsidies and imports to brokering global deals that open borders and lift trade barriers. It’s not pure economics that dictates our trade relationships; it’s politics and social context, too. Who’s gained from open borders and who’s lost? Who are tariffs designed to protect, and have they worked? Trade Off offers stories of work, reward and American attitudes toward the rest of the world. Scott Tong and Sarah Gardner explore the topic across time and geography, from America’s first industrial park in New Jersey — envisioned by Alexander Hamilton — to a growing community of tech workers from India in Kansas City.    
5/18/201848 minutes, 8 seconds
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Sports bets, romance novels and tech in the public sector

Why is it harder for the government to innovate in the world than for the private sector? We ask a former White House tech expert. Plus, the U.S. Supreme Court is about to rule on sports betting. And booksellers and authors in the romance novel industry are pushing for more diverse representation in the traditional publishing world.    
5/11/201848 minutes, 55 seconds
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Luck, law, large trade fairs — and lots of allergies

How much of our lives do we actually control? We dive into that question this week and look at seasonal allergies and their financial burden, how one writer got more than lucky at poker and landed in the big bucks, and a peek behind the scenes at who really makes rules for what happens on the internet. Plus, how import and export businesses adapt to the threats of tariffs, and how one police department uses mindfulness to address concerns around aggression in its ranks.    
5/4/201847 minutes, 36 seconds
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Return to Puerto Rico

Seven months after Hurricane Maria, life in Puerto Rico is still in the midst of rebuilding. We went back to the island and found two distinct Puerto Ricos — people still seeking recovery assistance and people seeing Maria’s aftermath as opportunity to transform the island. We explore school closures, issues in housing and we check in with people we met just after the storm hit. Plus, a look at a west Texas community where oil production has tripled in the past five years. And, Ask a Manager’s Alison Green tells us how to navigate clueless colleagues, lunch-stealing bosses and the rest of your life at work.    
4/27/201848 minutes, 45 seconds
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Financial advice, food deserts, and puppies

The Marketplace Weekend team was out reporting in Puerto Rico this week. But before she left, Lizzie O’Leary talked to John Schwartz of the New York Times about how he got his financial life in order. Plus, we bring you some of our favorite stories from the past year: what makes a food desert, how supply and demand works with rescue puppies, and what to do about a water source that crosses under the U.S.-Mexico border.    
4/20/201849 minutes, 6 seconds
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Welfare, tax day and how to be an umpire

What happens when welfare is tied to work? We discuss the issue with experts. Plus, a primer on Russian internet usage, the questions your accountant gets the most (and answers, too) and a look at the ins and outs of being a major league umpire.    
4/13/201849 minutes, 6 seconds
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Teachers, tariffs, and savings-savvy tech workers

As teacher protests and walkouts continue around the country, we take a look at the economic realities of being a teacher, and at the decrease in school funding that’s behind it all. Plus, how China’s tariffs on U.S. exports will affect California’s wine country. Also on the show, the 20-year anniversary of the first big bank, the cost of filing taxes, and the tech workers who are saving so efficiently they’re planning to retire in their early thirties.    
4/6/201849 minutes, 56 seconds
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Trade wars, cheese ads and Maxwell House Passover

Ever wondered why a coffee company makes the most-published Passover Haggadah? Or how a 109-year-old dairy company advertises on social media? We’ve got you covered. Plus: What it takes to win a trade war and how to get on the internet in China. And Alison Green returns for an “ask me anything” edition of Ask a Manager.    
3/30/201848 minutes, 23 seconds
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Policing the internet, school shooting insurance and the gig economy

How’s the internet policed? Who decides what can and can’t happen with our data? In light of recent revelations about companies using Facebook data, we look into what it means for businesses who want to leave Facebook and at the regulations around our online data. Plus, why more schools want school shooting insurance and how to be a lighting designer. Also, a sit-down with three women working different jobs in the gig economy.    
3/23/201847 minutes, 41 seconds
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What a difference 10 years make

High U.S. health care costs, a Bear Stearns love story and an insider’s guide on how to be a toymaker all feature in the show this week. Plus, a look at the gender wage gap and, in honor of St. Patrick’s Day, a conversation about the only company making kegs from American steel.    
3/16/201848 minutes, 32 seconds
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Protectionism, plastic and private regulation

President Donald Trump signed tariffs on imported steel and aluminum this week, and we’re talking about what they mean for the future of global trade. Plus, what happens when public pressure influences how private companies do business? Also in the show, a look at single-use plastic, the five things you need to know about daylight saving time and an explainer on how to be a European tour guide.    
3/9/201848 minutes, 32 seconds
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"Black Panther," DACA and hidden holdings

Success on the screen means plenty of money to be made off the screen as well. But what happens when an important cultural moment is at risk of being turned into a commodity? That story, plus how business owners with DACA status face an uncertain future, the money behind an evangelical Christian network and why falling unemployment means employers are stepping up their game to recruit works. And a look at Betsy Devos’ holdings and where conflicts of interest do — and don’t — come into play.    
3/2/201848 minutes, 18 seconds
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Zambonis, government ethics and taxes

There’s a high-pressure job on the rinks at the Olympics. And no, it’s not competing for medals — it’s driving the Zamboni ice resurfacer between events. That story, plus the health care costs of gun violence, how business interests are changing Puerto Rico’s future and why it’s so hard for people to pay off student loans. Also, our next deep dive into President Donald Trump’s cabinet members, their financial holdings and ethics. And the five things you need to know about planning ahead on your taxes.    
2/23/201848 minutes, 45 seconds
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Money, ethics and emojis

2/16/201849 minutes, 26 seconds
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Work spouses, streaming music and chocolate

On this episode of Marketplace Weekend, Lizzie O’Leary speaks with Jill Schlesinger, Michael Batnick and Julia Coronado in a special roundtable on the stock market. Plus, what it means to have a work spouse, a story about the economics of streaming music and a look at how chocolate is made, from bean to bar. And Alison Green returns for Weekend’s Ask A Manager segment to discuss what to do when a colleague is on your last nerve.        
2/8/201849 minutes, 15 seconds
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Immigration, ideas and ice cream

This week, we take on three of the most important I’s in life: immigration, ideas and, of course, ice cream. We dive into an online program businesses use to check someone’s immigration status and look at its successes and pitfalls. Plus, ever wondered what it takes to patent an idea? We try to do just that with a dog translator. Also, we speak with a Ben & Jerry’s “flavor guru” about working as an ice cream taste tester (dreams can come true). And a farewell to Janet Yellen, with a look at her legacy and the path she paved for female economists.    
2/2/201849 minutes, 33 seconds
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Immigration, education and the Divided Decade

On this episode of Marketplace Weekend, proposed immigration policy, a discussion about funding schools based on poverty rates and a visit to Montecito after fires and mudslides. Plus, new stories from Marketplace’s new Divided Decade coverage and five things you need to know about the Super Bowl. Imagine Dragons takes the Marketplace Quiz.    
1/26/201849 minutes, 36 seconds
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01/19/2018: One year of President Trump

1/19/201847 minutes, 37 seconds
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01/12/2018: Food deserts and winemaking

1/12/201829 minutes, 29 seconds
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01/05/2018: The industry of wellness

1/5/201829 minutes, 29 seconds
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12/29/17: The stories you "liked" the most

12/22/201729 minutes, 29 seconds
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12/22/17: How do you put a price on nostalgia?

12/22/201729 minutes, 29 seconds
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12/15/17: Net neutrality, bitcoins and our autonomous future

12/15/201729 minutes, 29 seconds
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12/08/2017: Puppy migration and taxes

12/8/201729 minutes, 29 seconds
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12/01/17: The economics of disaster

12/1/201729 minutes, 29 seconds
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11/24/2017: Sales shopping and comic books

11/22/201729 minutes, 29 seconds
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11/17/2017: Don’t break the bank this Thanksgiving, plus old favorites

11/17/201729 minutes, 29 seconds
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11/10/17: The psychology of debt, taxes and food at work

11/10/201729 minutes, 29 seconds
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11/03/2017: First sexual harassment, then financial stress

11/3/201729 minutes, 29 seconds
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10/27/2017: Fashion delivery, mature YouTube, 401(k)s

10/27/201729 minutes, 29 seconds
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10/20/2017: Money, mouths and method acting

10/20/201729 minutes, 29 seconds
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10/13/2017: Fall colds, fall sports and school hacks

10/13/201729 minutes, 29 seconds
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10/06/2017: Kids, carnivals and research funding

10/6/201729 minutes, 29 seconds
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09/29/2017: Puerto Rico, tax reform and The Killers

9/29/201729 minutes, 29 seconds
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09/22/2017: Taxes, makeup, Gucci Mane

9/22/201729 minutes, 29 seconds
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09/15/17: Outer space, identity theft and lots of bubbles

9/15/201729 minutes, 29 seconds
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09/08/17: Disaster prep, DACA and restaurants in the digital age

9/8/201729 minutes, 29 seconds
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09/01/2017: Harvey and globalization

9/3/201729 minutes, 29 seconds