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How presidents handled health care
Sep 22, 2011
Brown University professor James Morone talks with Kai Ryssdal about how different presidents have dealt with health care, and lessons President Obama can learn.
Novel traces one man's financial legacy
Sep 22, 2011
Kai Ryssdal talks with author Iain Pears about his new historical novel, "Stone's Fall," which follows the harrowing financial legacy of one man from Victorian London through to his death in 1953.
Cost of digital media so cheap it's free
Kai Ryssdal Mar 7, 2013
Chris Anderson, editor-in-chief of Wired Magazine, and author of "Free: the Future of a Radical Price," talks to Kai Ryssdal about pros and cons of giving away media online for free. His critics say it's killing print media, but Anderson shares his rebuttal.
Casting lots with home ownership
Tess Vigeland Sep 22, 2011
Alyssa Katz's book, "Our Lot: How Real Estate Came to Own Us" provides a historical look at how and why we buy homes, and when the real estate market turned scary. She talks with Tess Vigeland.
What can be done to stop world hunger
Sep 22, 2011
The Wall Street Journal's Roger Thurow, co-author of the book "Enough," talks with Kai Ryssdal about why the markets may be impeding getting food to poor countries, and what may help.
The untold costs of discount prices
Sep 22, 2011
Author and Atlantic correspondent Ellen Ruppel Shell talks with Kai Ryssdal about the hidden costs of U.S. discount culture and how many consumers don't understand how prices are set.
Reading 'Between the Assassinations'
Sep 22, 2011
Man Booker Prize-winning author Aravind Adiga's new book "Between the Assassinations" looks at life in India in the 1980s, prior to the economic reforms of the following decade. Kai Ryssdal talks to Adiga about his second novel.
Exploring the rational market theory
Sep 22, 2011
Time's Justin Fox talks with Kai Ryssdal about why so many people once believed in the rational market theory, which suggests that the stock market knows what it's doing and is always right, and what the next economic model might look like.
How Vans got off on the right foot
Kai Ryssdal Sep 22, 2011
Vans has long been the footwear of choice for skateboarders, but it didn't start that way. Kai Ryssdal visits the company's Southern California headquarters and talks with author Doug Palladini about how the shoes caught on.
Carmakers can learn from racing rivalry
Sep 22, 2011
Playboy Magazine editor and author A.J. Baime talks with Kai Ryssdal about the great racing rivalry between Ford and Ferrari in the 60s and lessons the U.S. auto industry can learn from racing's golden age.
