Nov 21, 2018

What to talk about around your Thanksgiving table

What's this holiday weekend all about? Let's see. Travel? We'll tell you why more international carriers are popping up in unexpected U.S. cities. Family? We'll explore the data privacy issues around home genetic testing. Shopping? We'll tell you Target's plans to win back your business. Or maybe the holiday makes you want to float away and leave all that behind. We'll tell you how to become a blimp pilot.

Segments From this episode

How to be a...

How to be a blimp pilot

by Eliza Mills

Nov 21, 2018

The people behind the controls of the Goodyear airship fly low, go slow and enjoy "the ultimate all-terrain vehicle."

Taylor Deen is a senior pilot with Goodyear Airship Operations.

Ben Hethcoat/Marketplace

LISTEN

EMBED

Competition propels global airlines into smaller cities

by Adrian Ma

Nov 21, 2018

Seeking less competition, global airlines are opening stops in smaller cities. But can the new routes survive?

A scene from a WOW air promotional video commemorating the start of service to/from Cleveland Hopkins Airport this past May. Less than six months later, WOW air announced that it was pulling out of Cleveland.

Courtesy of WOW air

LISTEN

EMBED

Why are E. coli outbreaks so hard to trace?

by Andy Uhler and Meghan McCarty Carino

Nov 21, 2018

Sprawling supply chains are part of the problem, but new technology could help.

Sean Gallup/Getty Images

LISTEN

EMBED

What’s this holiday weekend all about? Let’s see. Travel? We’ll tell you why more international carriers are popping up in unexpected U.S. cities. Family? We’ll explore the data privacy issues around home genetic testing. Shopping? We’ll tell you Target’s plans to win back your business. Or maybe the holiday makes you want to float away and leave all that behind. We’ll tell you how to become a blimp pilot.