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Jesson Duller

Jesson Duller

Audio Engineer

Jesson is a former audio engineer at Marketplace.

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  • Apr 8, 2022

    Congress votes to restrict Russian trade and block oil imports

    "It's really everywhere," said Marketplace's Kimberly Adams.
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    The House and Senate have passed legislation to strip Russia and Belarus of their “most favored nation” trade status. Congress has also affirmed President Biden’s order banning U.S. imports of Russian crude oil and related products. It’s now headed to the White House for Biden’s final signature. What do these measures mean amid continuing Western sanctions on Russia over its war in Ukraine? A new report from Facebook parent company Meta looks into rising disinformation online, and how Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could be one reason for the increase. We invited all of our valued listeners to share suggestions for the music we play on our program — hear some of our favorite tunes.

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  • Apr 8, 2022

    German leader Scholz in London for talks with British PM Johnson

    MUNICH, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 19: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, right, and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson pose for media prior to a meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz during the 2022 Munich Security Conference on February 19, 2022 in Munich, Germany. The conference, which brings together security experts, politicians and people of influence from across the globe, is taking place as Russian troops stand amassed on the Russian, Belarusian and Crimean borders to Ukraine, causing international fears of an imminent military invasion. (Photo by Matt Dunham - Pool / Getty Images)

    German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is in London today, meeting British prime minister Boris Johnson. The two leaders are expected to discuss strategies for ending Europe’s reliance on Russian fossil fuels. The BBC’s Damien McGuinness in Berlin explains that, as a large consumer of Russian oil and gas, Germany finds itself in an increasingly tough position. And French voters will vote in the first round of the presidential election this Sunday. In many parts of the country, youth unemployment is a big issue for voters, so the BBC’s Theo Leggett has traveled to France to find out more about the issue.

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  • Apr 7, 2022

    U.S. officials disclose successful effort to foil “Sandworm” cyberattack

    U.S. officials disclose successful effort to foil “Sandworm” cyberattack
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    Law enforcement officials say Russia was plotting cyberattacks against critical infrastructure targets as a way to retaliate against sanctions, and that led the U.S. to undertake a secret – and successful – effort to disrupt one of Russia’s schemes. Jeffrey Cleveland discusses the outlook of the labor market with us. We finish with a story about one Tennessee woman’s arduous quest for housing after her rent rose $500.

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  • Apr 7, 2022

    Presence of COVID still lingers over the economy

    NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 29: People wear face masks in Manhattan on November 29, 2021 in New York City. Across New York City and the nation, people are being encouraged to get either the booster shot or the Covid-19 vaccine, especially with the newly discovered omicron variant slowly emerging in countries around the world. While there are no cases yet discovered in America, New York's governor Kathy Hochul has declared a state of emergency ahead of the risk of COVID-19 spikes as winter sets in.
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    Recent polling from the Kaiser Family Foundation finds that in spite of relaxed mask mandates and much lower number of daily cases, many Americans still perceive they and their loved ones are at risk from COVID – and that affects how the consumer economy is recovering. As Major League Baseball’s opening day gets underway, we take a quick look at how the game’s stable of younger players became a facet in the labor dispute that threatened the season.

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  • Apr 7, 2022

    Shell says exiting Russia could mean a $5 billion hit

    Shell says exiting Russia could mean a $5 billion hit
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    From the BBC World Service: Energy giant Shell says its decision to exit Russia after the Ukraine invasion will have an impact of as much as $2 billion more than originally thought. Plus, Russia’s currency is trading back near levels seen before the war began, but not all is as it seems. And, we take you to Peru where protests have broken out over the rising cost of food and fuel.

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  • Apr 6, 2022

    Spirit Airlines and Frontier announced they were together. Now JetBlue is speaking up.

    JetBlue says it wants to disrupt transatlantic flight prices as it previously did on the New York - LAX route.
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    A bidding war may be taking off in the airline industry. In February, Spirit Airlines and Frontier announced a merger – two budget carriers becoming one. Now, JetBlue has stepped in, saying it wants to buy Spirit instead and has the superior offer. A law that requires diversity on corporate boards has been coming under more scrutiny. 

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  • Apr 6, 2022

    What could Twitter expect with Elon Musk on board?

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    Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is now jumping with both feet into social media: He has acquired a 9.2% stake in Twitter and will join the company’s board of directors. As one of Twitter’s superusers, Musk has also been vocal on free speech and other issues. What can Twitter expect with his arrival on the board? President Biden is expected to extend the moratorium on student loan payments. We take a look at the war in Ukraine from the perspective of a Ukrainian gift shop in Chicago. 

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  • Apr 6, 2022

    Europe under increasing pressure to cut off Russian energy sources

    DASHAVA, UKRAINE - SEPTEMBER 18: A worker, at the request of the photographer, grasps a hand wheel on a valve at the Dashava natural gas facility on September 18, 2014 in Dashava, Ukraine. The Dashava facility, which is both an underground storage site for natural gas and an important transit station along the natural gas pipelines linking Russia, Ukraine and eastern and western Europe, is operated by Ukrtransgaz, a subsidiary of Ukrainian energy company NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine. Ukraine recently began importing natural gas from Slovakia through Dashava as Ukraine struggles to cope with cuts in gas deliveries by Gazprom of Russia. As Russia has cut supplies many countries in Europe that rely heavily on Russian gas fear that Russia will increasingly use gas delivery cuts as a political weapon to counter European economic sanctions arising from Russian involvement in fighting between pro-Russian separatists and Ukrainian armed forces in eastern Ukraine. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

    From the BBC World Service: As European Union leaders discuss a fifth round of sanctions against Russia, they’re under mounting pressure to take a hard look at their oil and gas imports. Plus: It’s not just governments taking action, companies have shut down their operations across Russia. Now French luxury brand Chanel is clamping down on who buys its goods. And, with the cost of living crisis continuing to worsen as a result of the war in Ukraine, new data show reliance on food banks in the U.K. is at an all-time high. 

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  • Apr 5, 2022

    U.S. turns attention to Russia’s ability to make bond payments

    Bond investors expect inflation to pick up this year, though Fed Chair Powell doesn't expect it to have a lasting impact on overall inflation.
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    The U.S. is ratcheting up the economic pressure on Russia by targeting its ability to make bond payments. So far, Russia has managed to avoid a default on sovereign debt. But, the Treasury Department has now started blocking Russia’s ability to access assets held at U.S. banks. Shipping costs rose to major heights during the pandemic, but they actually went down in March.

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  • Apr 5, 2022

    Study illustrates pandemic’s impact on America’s disconnected youth

    "It's really important that we don't let young people who fell through the cracks lose their chance at an education entirely," said Measure of America's Kristen Lewis.
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    The term “disconnected youth” covers people from the age of 16 to 24 who are neither working nor in school. The U.S. actually had a declining youth disconnection rate over at least 10 years, but that all changed when the pandemic hit, according to a study from Measure of America of the Social Science Research Council. We spoke to Kristen Lewis, Measure of America’s director, about the study’s findings. We look into what another round of sanctions against Russia could look like after news of possible human rights violations surfaced. President Biden is looking to close a loophole in the Affordable Care Act.

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