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Marketplace Weekend for Friday, September 12, 2014
Sep 12, 2014

Marketplace Weekend for Friday, September 12, 2014

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This weekend, a trip through Portland: What happens when a city once affordable starts growing up? Then, could you give up your car? A person who lives in the autopia of Los Angeles says goodbye to freeways. Marketplace Tech host Ben Johnson tells us what the future of technology looks like from TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco. Did you ever want to work for NASA growing up? We talk to one person about the not so glamorous side of space travel. And Huffington Post's Ben Walsh and Jessica Pressler from NY Mag join us for brunch. 

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Weekend Brunch: Apple's new gadgets and Lego overtakes Barbie

Sep 12, 2014
Huffington Post's Ben Walsh and NY Mag's Jessica Pressler round up the week in news.

Appetite for vocation

Sep 12, 2014
James Ellis and Steve Fritz on taking risks, not playing by the rules, and Guns n' Roses.

Tech IRL: Visiting TechCrunch Disrupt

Sep 12, 2014
Lizzie O’Leary talks with Marketplace Tech host Ben Johnson about the future of start-ups.

Can Uber replace your car?

Sep 12, 2014
If I spend one more dollar on this car...Give it up! Go car free! Could you?

Portland's housing problem

Sep 12, 2014
Lizzie O’Leary talks with to Cameron Whitten, Community Advocate and Vivian Satterfield, Associate Director of OPAL in Portland, Oregon.

You love my job: JPL's Bobak Ferdowsi

Sep 12, 2014
NASA's mohawk guy sounds like he has a dream job, but his days in the office are a lot like the terrestrial jobs on earth.

This weekend, a trip through Portland: What happens when a city once affordable starts growing up? Then, could you give up your car? A person who lives in the autopia of Los Angeles says goodbye to freeways. Marketplace Tech host Ben Johnson tells us what the future of technology looks like from TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco. Did you ever want to work for NASA growing up? We talk to one person about the not so glamorous side of space travel. And Huffington Post’s Ben Walsh and Jessica Pressler from NY Mag join us for brunch.