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Small talk: Medi-meals, porn, McClasses

Jul 2, 2009
Marketplace's Brendan Newnam and Rico Gagliano talk with fellow staffers George Judson, Rod Abid and Stacey Vanek-Smith about under-the-radar business stories: A medical-themed restaurant, China's porn-blocking glitch, and corporate-sponsored college classes.

Small talk: Pesticides, robots, Japanese

Jun 5, 2009
Marketplace's Brendan Newnam and Rico Gagliano talk with fellow staffers George Judson, Amy Scott and Stacey Vanek-Smith about their favorite under-the-radar business stories this week: Pesticide industry protesting, robotic farmers, and bureaucratic training in Japan.

Small talk: Airlines, Canada, Pringles

May 22, 2009
Marketplace's Brendan Newnam and Rico Gagliano talk with fellow staffers Jeremy Hobson, Phyllis Owens and Stacey Vanek-Smith about their favorite under-the-radar business stories this week: Air New Zealand matchmaking, college students heading to Canada, and Pringles potato chips.

Small talk: Rewards, lawns, reading

May 8, 2009
Marketplace's Brendan Newnam and Rico Gagliano chat with fellow staffers about their favorite under-the-radar business stories from this week: a surge in criminal rewards, lawn paint for foreclosed homes, and how reading is becoming more expensive.

Small talk: Jets, Dodd, AbitibiBowater

Apr 24, 2009
Markeplace staffers Amy Scott, Steve Henn and Stacey Vanek-Smith talk with Rick Gagliano and Brendan Newnam about their favorite under-the-radar business stories this week: bargain private jets, Sen. Dodd's fundraising, and AbitibiBowater's bankruptcy.

Small talk: Bff home, trapezes, lawsuits

Apr 10, 2009
Marketplace's Brendan Newnam and Rico Gagliano chat with fellow staffers Jeremy Hobson, Betsy Streisand and Stacey Vanek-Smith about their favorite under-the-radar business stories from this week: Paris Hilton's bff house, a Reebok-Cirque du Soleil workout and lawsuits.