Upcoming 'Future Effects' Reporting Teaser

As Kimberly gets ready to step into her new role as the host of “Marketplace Morning Report,” her predecessor David Brancaccio joins her to talk about his years on the morning shift and what he’s looking forward to on his new beat covering future effects for Marketplace. Plus, the two swap summer reading recommendations and play a round of Half Full/Half Empty!

Here’s everything we talked about today:

• "Liar's Poker" by Michael Lewis
• "Number Go Up" by Zeke Faux
• "Pattern Recognition" by William Gibson
• "The Sum of Us" by Heather McGhee
• "Public pools used to be everywhere in America. Then racism shut them down." From Marketplace
• "Open to Work: How to Get Ahead in the Age of AI" by Ryan Rolansky and Aneesh Raman
• "Want to make new friends? There's an app for that" from Marketplace
• "Why online courses sold by influencers have become so popular" from Marketplace
• "The Roomba Guy’s Second Act: A Robot You’ll Want to Snuggle" from The Wall Street Journal
• "The Spirit Airlines Comeback Story No One Saw Coming" from Inc.

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