Marketplace All-in-One
Marketplace
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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Apr 7, 2026 • 4min
By 2030, EVs could cost the same as their gas guzzling siblings
Nova Safo, Marketplace reporter covering tech and business, brings on-the-ground reporting about electric vehicles. She explores how falling battery costs could erase the EV price premium within a few years. She compares U.S. and China strategies, battery chemistries like LFP vs NMC, and what price parity might mean for future car sales.
Apr 6, 2026 • 25min
The inflationary effects of war
Samantha Fields, tech and labor reporter exploring how AI is reshaping careers. Blake Farmer, health policy and personal finance reporter on Health Savings Accounts and their limits. Kristen Schwab, energy and economics correspondent on oil markets, price controls, and shortages. Mitchell Hartman, inflation and data reporter on a sharp services price jump and how oil feeds broader price rises.
Apr 6, 2026 • 7min
Keeping an eye on oil prices
Julia Coronado, economist, founder of Macro Policy Perspectives and UT professor, breaks down recent crude price swings. She discusses OPEC+ production moves and Strait of Hormuz risks. The conversation also previews upcoming GDP revision and inflation data. Short, clear takes on what’s driving markets right now.
Apr 6, 2026 • 7min
Get your kicks on Route 66
A road-trip through Route 66 spotlights small towns, roadside nostalgia, and quirky motels. Conversations explore local job scarcity, shifting economies, and a potential rail project that could bring work. The journey captures why certain stops draw international tourists and how changing transportation shapes communities.
Apr 6, 2026 • 7min
Would banning teens from social media violate their First Amendment rights?
Aaron Mackey, Free Speech and Transparency Litigation Director at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, defends digital free-speech and privacy. He discusses why blanket bans on teens' social media raise First Amendment concerns. He explains limits of past state laws, argues for regulating surveillance-based business models instead, and explores how platform data collection fuels harms and legal shifts.
Apr 3, 2026 • 26min
Gas vs. gas
Tom Closer, chief energy advisor at Gulf Oil, breaks down crude benchmarks and oil market quirks. Jackie Harris, NHPR reporter, explores how New England country stores are reinventing themselves. Kaylee Wells, Marketplace reporter, examines slowing wage growth and what economists say. Heather Long, chief economist at Navy Federal, analyzes labor-market shifts and consumer spending trends.
Apr 3, 2026 • 26min
Make Me Smart: Lunar Edition
Eric Berger, senior space editor at Ars Technica and author on SpaceX and reusable rockets, reflects on the Artemis II launch and how modern spaceflight differs from Apollo. He talks about commercial providers reshaping NASA, the politics and budgets behind lunar plans, and how future missions like Dragonfly and lunar hoppers could change exploration.
Apr 3, 2026 • 9min
The March unemployment rate fell — but there's a catch
Reema Khrais, reporter on prediction markets and online gambling; Eric Gordon, business professor analyzing IPOs and SpaceX; Christopher Lowe, chief economist tracking labor and wages. They discuss the March jobs headline and why the unemployment rate fell. They examine wage growth vs inflation, SpaceX’s IPO valuation and investor access, and the rise and social effects of prediction markets and betting.
Apr 3, 2026 • 8min
A new tariff on imported medication
A deep dive into a new executive order that could slap steep tariffs on imported medications and reshuffle steel, copper, and aluminum levies. A crisp look at March's jobs report and why monthly employment numbers can be misleading. Plus a fun segment on converting vintage cars into electric vehicles and the costs and craftsmanship involved.
Apr 3, 2026 • 10min
Bytes: Week in Review - SpaceX's IPO, Iran threatens U.S. tech firms and California's new AI executive order
Paresh Dave, senior writer at WIRED who covers tech and geopolitics, walks through SpaceX's confidential SEC filing and its push for mega-scale funding. He breaks down ties between tech infrastructure and regional security risks in the Middle East. He also discusses California's new AI executive order and the tug-of-war between state and federal tech policy.
