American corporations were already borrowing a lot before the COVID-19 pandemic. Then, with the economy all but ground to a halt and money even cheaper, they took on even more debt. On today’s show, we’ll talk about what that means, along with another unexpected dimension of this economy reopening: National Parks packed to the … hills.

Here’s everything we talked about today:

• “Pandemic Hangover: $11 Trillion in Corporate Debt” from The Wall Street Journal

• “Vaccines Offer Significant Protection Against Covid-19 Delta Variant, U.K. Analysis Shows” also from the Journal

• “National Parks Are Overcrowded and Closing Their Gates” from, that’s right, The Wall Street Journal

• “‘Ted Lasso’: How Marcus Mumford and Tom Howe Created the Show’s Transatlantic Theme Song and Score” from The Hollywood Reporter

• “Amtrak USA Rail Pass Offers 30 Days of Travel for $299” from Insider

• And this glitch in the simulation

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