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Thinking ahead... way ahead: Millennials talk retirement
Youth Radio Mar 22, 2013
Older Americans staring at retirement in the face are finding it hard to save. So how does the millennial generation -- which faces a struggling economy and high student debt -- feel about life after work?
Maximizing your Halloween candy haul
Stephen Dubner Nov 1, 2012
Freakonomics offers the hidden side to finding the best neighborhood near you to trick-or-treat.
Ghost hunters fuel year-round business
Stacey Vanek Smith Oct 31, 2012
Promoting the paranormal is turning into big business as reality ghost-hunting shows have consumers hungering for a paranormal experience of their own.
Super PACs aim to spook voters with Halloween ads
Rachael Marcus Nov 1, 2012
Negative ads with a Halloween twist hit the airwaves
Making a business out of making fangs
Jeremy Hobson Oct 31, 2012
Sebastiaan Van Houten, who works at a the Halloween Adventure store in Manhattan's East Village neighborhood talks about his job as a self-described "fang-smith" -- he crafts custom-made prosthetic fangs.
Is your Halloween costume racist?
Malachi Segers Oct 30, 2012
This is a free country, so you can dress up like anything you want for Halloween. But some costumes play on negative stereotypes.
The economics of ghost hunting
Stacey Vanek Smith Oct 26, 2012
People are spending real money to experience the paranormal.
Nevada program tries to bridge the skills gap
Ross Andrews Sep 7, 2012
Youth Radio checks out a pilot program that tries to connect young people with manufacturers who are struggling to fill open jobs.
For youth, some truly odd jobs at DNC
Sayre Quevedo Sep 4, 2012
Youth Radio sets out to find some of the highest- and lowest-paying gigs for young people at the Democratic National Convention.
Utility tries to head off 'Silver Tsunami'
Jaylyn Burns Aug 30, 2012
The northern California utility Pacific Gas & Electric is hoping to lure a new, younger workforce ahead of the retirement of many of its workers.
