Aug 3, 2018

Our favorite Marketplace Weekend stories (encore)

Rhi Banks, an employee of the Brother Wolf Adoption Center, holds a puppy as they prepare for their overnight journey from North Carolina. Photo by Timothy O'Connell for Topic Timothy O’Connell for Topic

This week, we are revisiting a bunch of our favorite stories from over the past few years.

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A crisis in home health care: What can be done?

by Hayley Hershman

May 5, 2017

We hear from an industry expert. Plus, listeners call and write in about their own experiences.

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What it's like to run a small health care business

by Eliza Mills

Jun 30, 2017

The economics of small hospitals are more complex than you'd think.

Patients at Totally Kids Sun Valley live in the sub-acute hospital so that they can receive 24/7 care. All are dependent on either feeding tubes, breathing machines, dialysis or some combination of these treatments to stay alive.

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Ask A Manager

Are shorts now office-appropriate? Let's ask a manager.

by Lizzie O'Leary

Jul 14, 2017

Alison Green weighs in on flip-flops, office culture and ... biting?

Shorts and flip flops at the same time, but not in an office.

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Things millennials love about the library

by Paulina Velasco

Aug 25, 2017

Millennials are making libraries cool again. A Pew Research Center study found that 53 percent of millennials in the U.S. had used their public library at least once in the year prior to the survey.

A library at a secondary school in London.

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What rescue puppies teach us about supply and demand

by Peter Balonon-Rosen

Dec 7, 2017

Puppies sometimes make cross-country journeys to meet adoption demands.

Kelly Brown drives the Brother Wolf van through Rutherford County, North Carolina on her way to receive dogs for the trip to Connecticut.

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How to be a...

How to be a tour guide

by Eliza Mills

Mar 9, 2018

Jonathan Lerner put his passion for people, culture and history to work when he founded Tailored Tours Barcelona.

“Every time, I'm still humbled by the absolute beauty of the city, of the architecture and of the cultural heritage that I'm able to share,” says Jonathan Lerner of Barcelona. Above, La Sagrada Família basilica.

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Women and their employers can both work to combat gender wage gaps

by Peter Balonon-Rosen

Mar 16, 2018

For every dollar that U.S. men make, women make about 80 cents. Black women make 63 cents for every dollar white men make. Latinas make 54 cents.

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