Segments From This Episode

• Soon, an app to tell you when your microwave popcorn is ready

  by Kai Ryssdal

  It'll listen to the bag popping in the microwave and algorithmically tell you exactly when to take it out.

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• Sequester cuts weigh on Head Start programs

  by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

  Cuts to government-funded child development programs leave parents scrambling to find child care.

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• Freakonomics Radio: Baby, you can program my (driverless) car

  by Stephen Dubner

  Freakonomics takes a ride in a driverless car and looks at how they'll change technology on the outside.

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• Can HR snoop too much on social media sites?

  by Annie Baxter

  Employers often search social media sites to learn more about job applicants. But some companies prefer to avert their eyes.

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• A pork-filled deal between Smithfield and Shuanghui, but who wins?

  by Mark Garrison

  In what would be the largest Chinese takeover of an American company, Shuanghui proposes a $4.7 billion purchase of Smithfield Foods, the world's largest pork producer.

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• Did targeted advertising fail Facebook advertisers?

  Facebook apologizes for offensive content and advertisers have pulled out. How can advertisers really know where their ads are going?

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• Can Lisa Jackson improve Apple’s green reputation?

  by Sarah Gardner

  Apple has picked the former EPA chief to head environmental efforts. But will it work?

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• Liberty Reserve seizure creates problems for online businesses

  by Kai Ryssdal

  The Justice Department shut down online currency exchange, Liberty Reserve. For one business, that could mean bad news.

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