Jul 14, 2023
Our wildest “Economics on Tap” episode yet!
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Come for the news, stay for the drama.
It’s a wild show, y’all. About halfway through, an unwelcome surprise besieges Kimberly. But don’t worry, Kimberly (and Jasper) are all right. We’ll also touch on the latest in the Johnson & Johnson talc powder saga, how the U.S. women’s national soccer team landed Taylor Swift in its 2023 squad announcement video, why cottage cheese is going viral and Barbenheimer!
Here’s everything we talked about today:
- “Johnson & Johnson sues researchers who linked talc to cancer” from Reuters
- “How the USWNT landed Taylor Swift, Lil Wayne, Issa Rae and more for their squad announcement video” from The Athletic
- “MSG Sphere in Vegas lit up as a basketball is mesmerizing” from New York Post
- “The newest viral TikTok trend? Cottage cheese” from Marketplace
- “These remote employees are secretly working abroad” from Marketplace
- “AP strikes news-sharing and tech deal with OpenAI” from Axios
- “Barbenheimer fever takes over” from Axios
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