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Marketplace Weekend for Friday, May 8, 2015
May 8, 2015

Marketplace Weekend for Friday, May 8, 2015

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On this episode, Anita Hill speaks with Lizzie O'Leary about chasing workplace gender equality. Marketplace Tech's Ben Johnson explains how law enforcement uses "stingrays" to track phones. Also, Lauren Lyons Cole of The Street talks about the best accounts to use to chase personal finance goals, and the BBC's Jonathan Frewin gets literal, chasing a story about racetracks in Kuwait. Later, we explore the chase in the stock market, police pursuits and the Atlanta music scene.

Segments From this episode

Anita Hill on chasing workplace equality

May 5, 2015
The Brandeis professor's 1991 Senate testimony will be revisited in a forthcoming HBO feature film.

Your Wallet: What are you chasing?

May 8, 2015
Lauren Lyons Cole talks about chasing financial goals.

Landing a dream job right out of college

May 8, 2015
But first, there's the chase.

Weighing the economics of airing a live car chase

May 8, 2015
Balancing the demand for drama and the potential danger.
Motorists wave as police cars pursue the Ford Bronco (white, R) driven by Al Cowlings, carrying fugitive murder suspect O.J. Simpson, on a 90-minute slow-speed car chase June 17, 1994 on the 405 freeway in Los Angeles, California.
Getty Images/ MIKE NELSON / Staff

Want a career in music? You might need to move south

May 8, 2015
Why the music scene in Atlanta draws people from all over.

On this episode, Anita Hill speaks with Lizzie O’Leary about chasing workplace gender equality. Marketplace Tech’s Ben Johnson explains how law enforcement uses “stingrays” to track phones. Also, Lauren Lyons Cole of The Street talks about the best accounts to use to chase personal finance goals, and the BBC’s Jonathan Frewin gets literal, chasing a story about racetracks in Kuwait. Later, we explore the chase in the stock market, police pursuits and the Atlanta music scene.