Marketplace for Friday, January 18, 2013

Segments From This Episode

• An old song still resonates: ‘Is it because I’m black?’

  by Marketplace Contributor

  Singer Syl Johnson beat the odds he sang about, but barriers still restrain black economic mobility

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• How do you make it as a comedian?

  by Kai Ryssdal

  Chicago is a comedy capital, of sorts. Some of "Saturday Night Live"'s most famous comedians started in Chicago, many at the famed Second City comedy club. Sean Flannery is one comedian 'making it' in America; his show "Never Been To Paris" continues to sell out.

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• Debt ceiling delay: GOP proposes three-month window

  by Kai Ryssdal

  In a proposal floated today that comes from their weekend policy retreat in Virginia, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives proposed raising the debt ceiling for three months. In essence, 'kicking the can down the road' one more time.

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• Building great schools: How to make it in America

  by Kai Ryssdal

  High school principal Elizabeth Dozier discusses the difficulties in providing opportunities for public school students in urban centers, such as Chicago.

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• Can you still make it in America?

  by Kai Ryssdal

  Asking Chicagoans what it means to make it in America in today's economy.

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