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.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Mar 20, 2026 • 26min
Shop for “the drop”
Stephanie Hughes, Marketplace reporter who produced an office gossip piece, delves into workplace rumor dynamics. Ellen Cushing, Atlantic staff writer, traces the rise of limited “product drops” and resale economics. Samantha Fields reports on ACA subsidy fallout and rising uninsured rates. Amira Omokwe explains Fed inflation concerns. Sudeep Reddy analyzes labor shifts and oil price risks.
Mar 20, 2026 • 33min
The economics behind the rise of BTS and Korean culture
Michelle Cho, a University of Toronto researcher of East Asian pop cultures, traces K-culture’s rise as decades of policy and industry strategy. She discusses Korea’s post-1997 cultural investment, intensive K-pop training systems, streaming’s role in global visibility, shifting diasporic representation, mental health pressures, and the economic reach from music to beauty and tourism.
Mar 20, 2026 • 6min
A word to the wise for air travelers
Alice Lee, an organizational behavior professor at Cornell, explains how salary range formats shape applicants’ negotiation choices. Henry Epp, a transportation reporter, describes growing TSA staffing shortages and longer airport security lines during the partial government shutdown. They discuss pay-range transparency, gendered effects, and practical fixes in short, lively segments.
Mar 20, 2026 • 6min
Should we expect USPS to make money?
Elizabeth Troval, a reporter on agriculture and energy, explains how the Middle East conflict is pushing up fertilizer and diesel costs for U.S. farmers. Carla Javier, an economic and policy reporter, walks through the U.S. Postal Service's deep financial troubles and the possible fixes and tradeoffs. Short, topical segments cover rising input costs for planting and tough choices about postal finance.
Mar 20, 2026 • 12min
Bytes: Week in Review — Gecko's $71M contract with U.S. Navy, BuzzFeed doubts its business viability, and Amazon offers faster delivery
Anita Ramaswamy, financial analysis columnist at The Information, explains Gecko’s $71M Navy contract and its drones and wall-climbing robots. She breaks down BuzzFeed’s financial struggles and its controversial AI pivot. She also covers Amazon’s push for one-hour and three-hour delivery and how that reshapes competition and consumer expectations.
Mar 19, 2026 • 25min
A small town's fight against ICE
Garrett Epps, legal affairs editor who covered Newport, Oregon's clash with federal immigration enforcement. Nita Crawford, scholar on the environmental and climate costs of war. Megan McCarty Carino, reporter who tracks labor market data. They discuss a small town's pushback over ICE and a relocated rescue helicopter. They also cover jobless claims, mortgage and pharmacy deserts, and how conflict drives emissions.
Mar 19, 2026 • 17min
Who gets to set limits on AI?
Justin Hendrix, CEO and editor of Tech Policy Press, a tech policy and AI governance expert. He unpacks the Anthropic–Pentagon clash over unrestricted military use of AI. They discuss company red lines on surveillance and lethal weapons. The legal fight, supply chain risk labels, and wider industry pushback could redefine who sets AI limits.
Mar 19, 2026 • 7min
Escalation and investor anxieties
Jiajie Xu, assistant finance professor at the University of Iowa who studies trade shocks, and Russ Mould, investment director at AJ Bell and market commentator, discuss energy price moves after attacks on Gulf gas and oil sites. They analyze why Europe’s gas market is exposed, how markets reacted across assets, and how China’s WTO entry reshaped local U.S. banks and credit conditions.
Mar 19, 2026 • 7min
An attempt to blunt rising oil prices
Scott Kennedy, CSIS senior fellow on U.S.-China geopolitics, Nancy Marshall-Genzer, Marketplace reporter on the Fed, and Nova Safo, Marketplace energy correspondent, discuss soaring oil and gas prices and the Trump administration waiving the Jones Act to increase tanker access. They also cover the Fed’s cautious rate stance and how the Middle East conflict reshapes U.S.-China talks.
Mar 19, 2026 • 30min
What’s money between friends 😟😖😫
Alison Leiby, stand-up comedian and former TV writer, and Josh Gondelman, comedian and observational writer, trade candid stories about money in friendships. They riff on Venmo culture, wedding and bachelorette costs, saying no to pricey plans, when to refer someone for a job, gift expectations, and who pays for accidental damage. Funny, relatable, and practical takes on awkward financial moments between friends.
