Segments From This Episode

• The man at the center of “The Last Black Man in San Francisco”

  by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst

  

  In a new film called, “The Last Black Man in San Francisco” Jimmie Fails plays a fictionalized version of himself.

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• New studies show the huge environmental impact of cloud computing

  by Jack Stewart

  

  Training a typical AI, or artificial intelligence, emits as much carbon dioxide as five cars.

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• As China raises tariffs on the U.S., it’s lowering them for everyone else

  by Sabri Ben-Achour

  

  With one hand, China is closing the door to U.S. products. With the other, it’s opening the door to U.S. competitors in the rest of the world. Chinese tariffs on U.S. products have increased to an average of 42%; everyone else pays an average of 19%. Lowering tariffs on everyone but the United States allows […]

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• Who are the super-renters?

  by Liz Sanchez and Kai Ryssdal

  

  Meet the “super renters.” People in their 20s and 30s who want access to nice stuff without having to buy or own that stuff.

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• From fresh food to a new backyard fence, it’s spending season

  by Bennett Purser

  

  A look at consumer prices as our listeners get ready for summer.

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• Instant offers create a new kind of seller’s market for homeowners

  by Amy Scott

  

  Some would rather sell for less than go through the hassle and expense of selling a house the traditional way.

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• KKR doubles investment in house flipping. Here’s why.

  by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

  

  An attractive environment for buying, rehabbing and reselling homes is behind the growing investment.

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