Segments From This Episode

• COVID economy fallout keeps hitting already impoverished neighborhoods hardest

  by Jasmine Garsd

  

  People are struggling as winter approaches, and local businesses are only sort of open.

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• For furloughed workers, the psychological toll can be as heavy as the economic one

  by Erika Beras

  

  Add in the pandemic, the struggle for racial justice and the uncertainty surrounding the election, and the anxiety can be overwhelming.

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• As imports boom, warehouses fill up, and businesses face a storage shortage

  by Justin Ho

  

  The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach handled record amounts of imports in August. Meanwhile, warehouse rents increased by 10% from this time last year.

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• Canada’s tourist-driven PNE pivots to hosting film production

  by Kai Ryssdal and Sean McHenry

  

  The Pacific National Exhibition in Vancouver has had a devastating 2020. Could displaced Hollywood film production help keep it afloat?

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• Copays no longer waived for some telehealth visits

  by Kristin Schwab

  

  The cost may push people in need of exams back to the doctor’s office detering others from seeking medical help, health experts say.

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• Bars struggle amid suspicion and closures during pandemic

  by Sabri Ben-Achour

  

  Social places by nature, bars have faced tighter restrictions than many other businesses, and are suffering the consequences.

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• This office furniture business is “kinda like a catfish”

  by Maria Hollenhorst

  

  “We just kind of pick up what’s on the bottom and keep everything stirred up,” said Wayne Hogan, owner of Galaxy Office Furniture in North Little Rock, Arkansas.

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