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Oct 5, 2016

Marketplace for Wednesday, October 5, 2016

On today’s show, batting down the hatches for Hurricane Matthew, what $100,000 in student debt feels like and who on earth might buy Twitter. Plus: a conversation with Ev Williams, CEO of Medium and a co-founder of Twitter.

A boarded up IHOP restaurant has messages to Hurricane Matthew written on the plywood as it sits closed ahead of Hurricane Matthew on Cocoa Beach, Florida on October 5, 2016. Hurricane Matthew, the Caribbean's worst storm in nearly a decade, barreled towards the Bahamas Wednesday morning after killing nine people and pummeling Haiti and Cuba.
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Segments From This Episode

Ev Williams wants to save internet comments
by Molly Wood
Mike Windle/Getty Images for Vanity Fair
Molly Wood talks with the Medium CEO about his ongoing quest to get writing right.
How "Jurassic Park" inspired one doctor
by Bridget Bodnar
In "Wonder Women," Sam Maggs details the accomplishments of trailblazing women. Here's one of their stories.
Why there’s almost no mortgage lending in Detroit
by Lewis Wallace
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Houses are cheap. But banks won't make loans, especially in black neighborhoods
What would Twitter’s suitors get for $20 billion?
by Annie Baxter
Andrew Burton/Getty Images
The social media company is ripe for acquisition; exactly what does it offer buyers?
The costs of Hurricane Matthew
by Andy Uhler
RHONA WISE/AFP/Getty Images
Coastal communities in the path of the hurricane worry about costs, insurance.
Yahoo doesn’t deny it scanned users’ emails
by Molly Wood
Scott Barbour/Getty Images
A company statement says the story is "misleading," but not inaccurate, while the New York Times gets more details.

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Marketplace for Wednesday, October 5, 2016

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Segments From This Episode

Ev Williams wants to save internet comments

How "Jurassic Park" inspired one doctor

Why there’s almost no mortgage lending in Detroit

What would Twitter’s suitors get for $20 billion?

The costs of Hurricane Matthew

Yahoo doesn’t deny it scanned users’ emails

Music from the episode