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Nov 21, 2018

What to talk about around your Thanksgiving table

What’s this holiday weekend all about? Let’s see. Travel? We’ll tell you why more international carriers are popping up in unexpected U.S. cities. Family? We’ll explore the data privacy issues around home genetic testing. Shopping? We’ll tell you Target’s plans to win back your business. Or maybe the holiday makes you want to float away and leave all that behind. We’ll tell you how to become a blimp pilot.

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Segments From This Episode

How to be a blimp pilot
by Eliza Mills
Ben Hethcoat/Marketplace
The people behind the controls of the Goodyear airship fly low, go slow and enjoy "the ultimate all-terrain vehicle."
Competition propels global airlines into smaller cities
by Adrian Ma
Courtesy of WOW air
Seeking less competition, global airlines are opening stops in smaller cities. But can the new routes survive?
Why are E. coli outbreaks so hard to trace?
by Andy Uhler and Meghan McCarty Carino
Sean Gallup/Getty Images
Sprawling supply chains are part of the problem, but new technology could help.

Music from the episode

What’s this holiday weekend all about? Let’s see. Travel? We’ll tell you why more international carriers are popping up in unexpected U.S. cities. Family? We’ll explore the data privacy issues around home genetic testing. Shopping? We’ll tell you Target’s plans to win back your business. Or maybe the holiday makes you want to float away and leave all that behind. We’ll tell you how to become a blimp pilot.