Marketplace's Brendan Newnam and Rico Gagliano chat with fellow staffers Matt Berger, Stacey Vanek-Smith, and Rob Schmitz about new Olympic mascots, ATM fees, and library fines.
Juliet Schor talks with Kai Ryssdal about her new book "Plenitude," and how we have everything we need right now to start living more sustainable lives.
"Sex and the City 2" opens next weekend. Eve Troeh reports retailers are eager for fans to use this weekend for a little or a lot of pre-opening shopping.
The Thrasher family of Gulf Shores, Ala. are barely hanging on financially after a series of hurricanes, the mortgage crisis and now, the BP oil spill.
In a 60-second poem, Bill covers this week's top news: Stocks seek a retreat, BP responds to critiques, a tough week for the euro, financial reform, Iceland's volcano and Facebook shares your data. It's the Marketplace Minute.