Ishan Thakur
Marketplace reporter covering climate and energy; in this episode he reports on power shutoffs in Colorado used to reduce wildfire risk and their impacts on residents.
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Feb 10, 2026 • 26min
Holiday spending slowdown
Sabree Beneshore, Marketplace reporter on business and crypto, outlines Bitcoin’s recent plunge and debate over crypto’s future. Ishan Thakur, Marketplace climate and energy reporter, covers planned power shutoffs in Colorado to reduce wildfire risk and resident impacts. Daniela Velasquez de Leon, general manager at Organics Unlimited, discusses tariffs and higher import costs for bananas. Daniel Ackerman, Marketplace finance reporter, breaks down Alphabet’s 100-year bond move.
Feb 10, 2026 • 26min
Holiday spending slowdown
Ishan Thakur, a reporter on climate and regional energy issues, and Daniel Ackerman, a reporter on financial markets and corporate finance. They cover retail sales flattening in December and whether shoppers frontloaded purchases. They discuss a utility’s preventive power shutoffs to reduce wildfire risk. They also talk about Alphabet’s 100-year bonds and what that long-term finance move could signal.
