Marketplace All-in-One
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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, Marketplace Morning Report®and Marketplace Tech® along with our podcasts Make Me Smart, Corner Office and The Uncertain Hour. Visit marketplace.org for more. From American Public Media.
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Feb 25, 2026 • 25min
Expect and you shall recieve
Nova Sofo, Marketplace AI and technology reporter, discusses Anthropic loosening its safety pledge. Sabri Beneshaw, Marketplace reporter on inflation, explains how consumer expectations can make inflation sticky. Brian James Henderson, long-term cruise resident and entertainer, shares life aboard ships. Raphael Bostic, outgoing Atlanta Fed president and CEO, reflects on central bank leadership and credibility.
Feb 25, 2026 • 6min
The ripple effects of AI splurging
Justin Ho, a Marketplace reporter who tracks corporate bond issuance and data-center spending, and Susan Schmidt, a portfolio manager skilled in market dynamics, discuss AI-driven market moodiness. They cover massive $50B/month data-center builds, how firms will fund them with investment-grade bonds, possible impacts on yields and borrowing costs, and the volatility that AI news can spark.
Feb 25, 2026 • 6min
The TL;DR of Trump's SOTU
Carla Javier, a housing and mortgage reporter, explains why 30-year mortgage rates dipping under 6% matters for buyers. Daniel Ackerman, a tech reporter focused on semiconductors and AI, traces NVIDIA’s leap from graphics to data-center dominance and its push into consumer and edge devices. They discuss tariffs, chip strategy, device AI, and mortgage-rate movements in short, lively segments.
Feb 25, 2026 • 6min
Germany's chancellor goes to China to talk trade
Leaders discuss resetting trade ties between Germany and China and the push for fair, agreed rules. Talk about Beijing's influence on Russia and how that shapes diplomatic conversations. Coverage of a new UK electronic travel authorization and real stories of missed flights, long queues and scam sites charging inflated fees.
Feb 25, 2026 • 4min
AI meets the search for a BA
High schoolers are using AI to find and compare colleges, nearly doubling in a year. They ask AI about programs, sports, campus vibes and scholarship tradeoffs. Colleges are spending heavily to make sure AI finds accurate, up-to-date information. Consultants use AI to surface lesser-known schools that fit students' specific needs.
Feb 24, 2026 • 25min
"We're trying to control what we can control": A Fed president reflects
Raphael Bostic, president of the Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank and longtime FOMC participant, reflects on his last Fed meeting and central banking tradeoffs. He talks about why uncertainty makes policy harder. He explores whether AI and tariffs are temporary shocks or structural shifts. He stresses focusing on controllables amid consumer stress and shifting labor dynamics.
Feb 24, 2026 • 13min
Sled hockey's Declan Farmer makes us smart about the Winter Paralympics
Declan Farmer, three-time Paralympic gold medalist and advocate for adaptive hockey, walks through sled hockey gear, rules and how players move on the ice. He recalls starting the sport at eight and rising to Team USA. Conversation covers intense rivalries, growing Paralympics viewership, how to find local programs, and the financial hurdles many Paralympians face.
Feb 24, 2026 • 6min
The link between immigration and longer life
Brian McGarry, a faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research, links immigrant healthcare workers to lower mortality among older Americans. He discusses how increased immigration boosts staffing of nurses and aides. He explains connections between staffing, keeping seniors out of nursing homes, and longer life. The conversation also covers estimates of lives potentially saved by higher immigration.
Feb 24, 2026 • 6min
AI anxieties and market tumbles
Carla Javier, Marketplace reporter on policy and personal finance, explains new 530A child savings accounts and enrollment hurdles. Samantha Fields, consumer and tech reporter, breaks down why eBay bought Depop and its Gen Z appeal. Nova Safo, tech and markets reporter, traces how an AI think piece rattled Wall Street and investor sentiment. Short, fast-paced discussion of markets, AI fear, and who gets left behind.
Feb 24, 2026 • 7min
Tallying the cost of the Russia-Ukraine war, four years on
Steve Rosenberg, BBC correspondent reporting from Russia with on-the-ground coverage of social and economic impacts. He describes war imagery in daily life and how rising costs are squeezing small businesses. He reports on failing apartment services and shifting public sentiment tied to the war. The show also covers global trade moves like the new U.S. 10% tariff and China’s export limits to Japanese firms.
