Marketplace

Joe Gonzalez, dancer and co-founder of Joe May Dance Theater, talks about running a dance company and balancing art with business. Shaffer Dyack, journalist at Notice, covers the removal of thousands of federal data sets and how that affects research and policy. They discuss consumer mood, investor shifts to staples, and the consequences of lost government data.

Daniel Ackerman, a labor-market reporter who breaks down JOLTS data, and Eric Kunzman, a photography professor who upcycles payphones for public use. They explore falling job openings, a mismatch between unemployed workers and vacancies, hiring slowdowns in services and AI’s role, banks’ caution lending to AI-exposed firms, and a project turning payphones into free community phones.

Kristen Schwab, a Marketplace reporter who covers logistics and retail, explains rising cargo theft and its ripple effects. She describes organized rings stealing goods from trucks. The segment covers insurance strains, higher costs for companies, and how those pressures reach consumers.

Daniel Ackerman, a reporter on corporate and consumer goods, breaks down PepsiCo’s snack sales slump and bold 15% price cuts. Stephanie Hughes, who covers corporate governance, digs into why CEO succession trips up boards. They also touch on celebrity-driven Super Bowl ad choices and shifting retail construction trends in Texas.

Samantha Fields, reporter on layoffs and AI’s labor effects. Justin Ho, reporter who unpacks the productivity-pay disconnect. Carla Javier, reporter tracking delayed jobs data. They explore whether AI really explains recent cuts. They examine why productivity gains have not produced matching pay growth. They unpack how missing government data and broader labor-market forces shape what we know.

Carla Javier, a reporter who interviewed small businesses about decisions around the national shutdown, shares stories of owners balancing protest and payroll. Elizabeth Troval, an energy and investment reporter, explains why big oil profits make Venezuela investment risky. Catherine Rampell, an opinion columnist, lays out critiques of Fed policy and what Kevin Warsh's views signal for monetary and fiscal roles.

Alex Olgin, health-care reporter covering direct primary care and HSA rule changes. Megan Robinson, freelance journalist examining salary lowballing. Cecilia Kang, NYT tech reporter on lawsuits about social platforms and youth. Sabree Beneshore, energy reporter unpacking soaring electricity and gas bills. They discuss rising utility costs, grid strain, AI data center impacts, platform design risks for teens, and job-market lowballing.

Megan McCarty Carino, a reporter on technology and infrastructure, explains the AI data center buildout and AWS networking work. Justin Ho, an international economics reporter, breaks down how a stronger euro reshapes trade, hurts exports and complicates ECB policy. Short, clear conversations on currency swings and the tech backbone powering AI.

Colin McClain, Chief Revenue Officer at Digital Realty, leads data center strategy and sales. He walks through facility build timelines, explains power and infrastructure constraints, and discusses how capacity is leased and priced. The tour also highlights local community concerns about water, energy and who benefits from AI infrastructure.

Featuring field reporters Megan McCarty Carino (on-the-ground storyteller) and Miley Kaiser plus Eric De La Pena (data center tour guides), and Marketplace correspondents Mitchell Hartman and Nancy Marshall-Gensler (news and markets). They explore public unease about generative AI, campus cheating and student anxiety, local fights over data centers, and a deep dive tour into the power, cooling, and scale behind AI infrastructure.