Segments From This Episode

• SXSW lets Austin homeowners cash in

  by Kate Archer Kent

  Anyone headed to the South by Southwest festival needs a place to stay. For a price, Austin homeowners will move out for a week.

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• The Goldman op-ed: Is what Greg Smith said true?

  by Kai Ryssdal

  A former executive at Goldman Sachs resigned with a scathing editorial blasting the bank, which he calls "toxic." We dissect his op-ed and discuss what everyday Americans should think of Wall Street now.

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• HR specialist worries about ‘skills gap’ in job market

  by Beth Kelly

  Beth Kelly says many employers are ready to hire, but they just can't find people with the right qualifications.

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• Rethinking the humble parking lot

  by Kai Ryssdal

  MIT professor Eran Ben-Joseph has a minor obsession: Parking lots. He wants to design and use them better.

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• Interview: How Spanx became a billion-dollar undergarment empire

  by Kai Ryssdal

  Sara Blakely, founder of Spanx, talks about her body-shaping business in our latest Conversation from the Corner Office.

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• Remembering the Encyclopedia Britannica

  by Kai Ryssdal

  The paper version of the encyclopedia was killed off by its publisher yesterday, in order to focus on its digital editions.

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• Stress tests clear banks to nurse U.S. economy

  by Bob Moon

  Now that most big U.S. banks are deemed healthy enough to sustain a financial crisis, will they aid the economic recovery?

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