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Feb 19, 2026 • 25min

The price is never right anymore

Daniel Ackerman, wholesale inventory reporter who covers supply-chain shifts. Kristen Schwab, economics reporter exploring how shoppers perceive prices. Sabree Beneshore, business reporter on trade and tariffs. They discuss why Americans misjudge prices, how tariffs have not cut the trade deficit, and wholesale inventories stabilizing after tariff-driven disruptions.
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Feb 19, 2026 • 7min

A dispatch from "Katyzuela"

Nancy Marshall-Genzer, a labor and union reporter, and Elizabeth Troval, a field reporter in Katy, Texas, travel to a large Venezuelan community. They explore Venezuelan migration to Katy, shifting U.S.-Venezuela oil ties, revoked work permits and visa changes, and how these policies play out at a local market and in families’ lives.
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Feb 19, 2026 • 19min

Congress set aside $50 billion to transform rural health care. Will it work?

Arielle Zients, KFF Health News rural health correspondent based in South Dakota, breaks down the new $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program. She explains how funds are allocated, what projects like telehealth and community paramedics might get supported, and why Medicaid cuts still threaten rural hospitals. The conversation also covers workforce incentives, hospital closures, and impacts on tribal and rural communities.
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Feb 19, 2026 • 7min

When workers are profiled, bullied, and harassed

Kimberly Adams, a Washington correspondent covering tariffs and midsize business impacts. Maurice Rahming, president of a Portland construction firm dealing with worker safety and retention. They discuss soaring tariff costs for midsize companies. They describe workers being profiled, followed, yelled at, and harassed off-site, and how that bullying forces employees to cut hours or quit.
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Feb 19, 2026 • 8min

India's role in the future of AI

Arunaday Mukherjee, BBC correspondent covering India’s AI summit, gives on-the-ground perspective. He discusses India’s push to be an AI creator and exporter for the Global South. He outlines the MANAV initiative and sovereign multilingual large-language models. He also touches on tensions between restaurants and social media influencers disrupting spaces.
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Feb 19, 2026 • 9min

Meta's big bet on "superintelligence"

Mike Isaac, New York Times tech reporter with Silicon Valley expertise, breaks down Meta’s massive shift from VR to AI. He discusses Meta’s Superintelligence Labs and huge capex plans. He covers how AI is reshaping ad targeting and revenue. He describes attempts to embed AI into Ray-Ban glasses and the vision of personal, data-driven AI assistants.
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Feb 19, 2026 • 35min

First comes love, then comes the prenup

Sahar Taylor, a family lawyer who drafts prenups and navigates spousal support and asset issues, and Aja Evans, a financial therapist who helps couples talk about money, discuss prenups beyond the wealthy. They cover how prenups protect against debt, link with wills and kids, common misconceptions, surprising clauses like embryos and pets, and how honest money talk can actually strengthen relationships.
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Feb 18, 2026 • 25min

Immigration and job growth are linked, Fed says

Neil Mahoney, a Stanford economist studying the cost of hassles, Elizabeth Troval, an energy reporter explaining regional fuel drivers, and Nova Safo, a correspondent on immigration and labor, discuss immigration slowdowns linked to local job growth. They also cover which industries are affected, California’s high gas prices, and the economic toll of paperwork and spam.
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Feb 18, 2026 • 7min

For prediction market regulation, it's states versus the feds

Kaylee Wells, a Marketplace reporter who explains international economic issues, walks through why Sweden is rethinking the euro. She also covers the clash over who should regulate prediction market platforms: federal regulators or state gambling laws. Short, topical segments touch on ECB leadership questions and the geopolitical forces nudging Sweden toward greater European integration.
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Feb 18, 2026 • 7min

Where's the AI productivity jump?

Lindsay Raymond, an economist at MIT who studies AI and labor, shares firsthand coding productivity gains she saw with AI tools. She discusses why broad productivity boosts are still scarce and why firms might pause hiring expecting future AI gains. She also touches on shifting student interest toward AI-related computing fields.

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