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Mar 6, 2026 • 7min

A month of job losses

Joe Tidy, BBC tech reporter who covers domestic robots, and Diane Swank, KPMG chief economist who analyzes U.S. labor data. They discuss the surprising February payroll drop and its sectoral drivers. They also explore how close home robots are to real chores, demos, human oversight, privacy tradeoffs, and realistic adoption timelines.
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Mar 6, 2026 • 7min

Gasoline and diesel prices are spiking

Elizabeth Troval, Marketplace reporter on regional retail growth in Dallas–Fort Worth. Kaylee Wells, energy and transportation reporter tracking diesel spikes and freight impacts. Nova Safo, energy reporter on-the-ground about gasoline movements. They discuss rapid gasoline jumps after Middle East conflict, diesel topping $4 and consequences for shipping, and how supermarket construction is responding to southern migration.
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Mar 6, 2026 • 13min

Bytes: Week in Review — Prediction markets reel amid Iran conflict, defense contractors to drop Anthropic, and Meta's AI deal with News Corp

Paresh Dave, senior writer at Wired who covers tech and AI, breaks down a wild week in tech. He walks through the Kalshi betting controversy after reports of Iran’s leader dying. He explains why defense contractors are moving away from Anthropic and how Meta struck a licensing deal with News Corp. Short, sharp takes on prediction markets, supply-chain risk, and media licensing.
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Mar 5, 2026 • 25min

Why manufacturing employment continues to fall

Haley May, Colorado reporter covering how low snowpack squeezes ski areas and local businesses. Brian Walsh, Vox editorial director on why Americans spend a shrinking share of income on food. Amanda Hoover, Business Insider correspondent on hiring shifts as resumes lose relevance. They discuss manufacturing job losses, changing hiring practices, food-spending trends, and the economic fallout of a sparse snow season.
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Mar 5, 2026 • 15min

The Trump administration scrapped the endangerment finding. Now what?

Amy Scott, journalist and host of climate podcast How We Survive, breaks down the Trump administration's repeal of the EPA endangerment finding. She explains the policy's history, legal fights to come, and what it could mean for automakers, consumers, and U.S. standing in the global clean-energy race. Short-term consumer impacts and international risks get special attention.
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Mar 5, 2026 • 7min

Health care job growth continues to be on a tear

Mitchell Hartman, a reporter on labor and health-care hiring, and Simon Harvey, a senior macroeconomist at LB Macro, join the conversation. They dig into why health care added hundreds of thousands of jobs, what keeps hiring steady, student interest in care careers, and how geopolitical shocks pushed the dollar and reshaped investor behavior.
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Mar 5, 2026 • 6min

A big year for fans of maple syrup

Kaylee Wells, a Marketplace reporter who covered maple syrup production in Middlefield, Ohio, shares scenes from a sugarbush and the farming process. Nancy Marshall-Genzer, Marketplace reporter focused on labor and policy, explains the Labor Department's proposed gig-worker classification rule. They discuss cold winters helping syrup season and the legal and economic questions around worker classification.
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Mar 5, 2026 • 8min

Iran’s cyberwar on American banks

Rafe Pilling, Director of Threat Intelligence at Sophos, explains Iranian-linked cyber campaigns and their evolution. He recounts the 2011–2013 DDoS assaults on U.S. banks. He outlines modern tactics like phishing, scanning, data theft, and threats to healthcare. He assesses banks’ resilience and where risks remain highest.
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Mar 5, 2026 • 39min

Steve from “Blue’s Clues” has more to teach us

Steve Burns, actor and podcaster who rose to fame as the original Blue's Clues host, recounts his rise from $300 in New York to unexpected stardom. He talks about feeling like an imposter in a beloved role. He explores struggles with money, contract regrets, mental health, and how moving to the woods helped him rebuild.
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Mar 4, 2026 • 25min

"The Pitt" is the ultimate workplace drama

R. Scott Gemmill, veteran TV writer and creator of The Pitt, talks writers rooms, real-time medical storytelling, and keeping a workplace drama authentic. Heather Long, chief economist at Navy Federal, weighs in on tariffs, oil, and inflation transmission. They cover streaming versus network writing, medical consultants on set, and how current healthcare issues shape plots.

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