Segments From This Episode

• Leading economic indicators stubbornly point to a recession. It still hasn’t arrived.

  by Mitchell Hartman

  

  So are the indicators wrong, or have we just not waited long enough?

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• Child care is about to get even more expensive as pandemic funds end

  by Samantha Fields

  

  Already, child care inflation is running nearly double the rate of overall inflation.

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• AI lessons from the telephone operators of the 1920s

  by Kai Ryssdal and Livi Burdette

  

  In the early 20th century, thousands of young women worked as telephone switchboard operators. Automation changed that.

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• The second-hand clothing reseller who’s bundling up style

  by Livi Burdette

  

  College student Bella McMinn of Nevada creates custom clothing bundles sourced from local thrift stores for her online clients.

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