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Marketplace Weekend for Friday, December 4, 2015

Dec 4, 2015

Episodes 141 - 150 of 216

  • This weekend on Marketplace, actress Alicia Witt tells us about how she tricked her father into saving money, band Future Islands explains the unexpected side of hitting it big (taxes, lots and lots of taxes) and artist Big Freedia takes us to the church where she learned to sing.

  • This weekend, Lizzie O’Leary talks with Esquire’s Ross McCammon on how to navigate workplace social dynamics; Sabri Ben-Achour ponders whether jerks become bosses or bosses become jerks; and Marketplace’s Ben Johnson previews his next episode of “Codebreaker.”

  • This weekend, Marketplace Weekend listeners tell us the money lessons they think future generations should know; Marketplace Tech host Ben Johnson explains how pornography has driven innovation; and “The Smartest Man in the World” Greg Proops takes the Marketplace Quiz.

  • This week, Marketplace Weekend listeners called our voicemail to answer the question: “What financial goals do you want to meet by this time next year?” Plus, has Chipotle grown too big for its mission? And, musician Neko Case takes the Marketplace Quiz.

  • Marketplace Weekend followers answer our question, “What keeps you up at night?” Musician Lisa Loeb reflects on our changing career and Miranda July takes our money-inspired personality quiz.

  • Marketplace Weekend followers answer our question, “What would it take for you to feel secure?” Author Sarah Vowell explains there are few things more American than an old-fashioned argument. And the band YACHT takes our money-inspired personality quiz.

  • A look at New York’s expensive bail situation; why your smartphone is killing your memory; and “Twilight” director Catherine Hardwicke dishes on sexism in the film industry.

  • Money can empower us or limit us. We’re devoting the show to some of our favorite individual stories from all over the country. We hear stories about choices people have had to make, ways we’ve adapted and what we’ve learned along the way.

  • This weekend, Lizzie O’Leary explores all the ways stopping effects our lives and the economy. Lauren Lyons Cole talks about breaking bad financial habits, and we look at why a Pennsylvania budget battle is halting school funding.

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