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Kai Ryssdal
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Marketplace for Friday, September 23, 2016

Sep 23, 2016

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  • Protesters hold signs during a demonstration against police brutality in Charlotte, North Carolina, on September 21, 2016, following the shooting of Keith Lamont Scott the previous day.
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    On today’s show: Charlotte’s strong but unequal economy, Mark Zuckerberg’s 84-year plan to tackle disease and making sense of Yahoo’s massive data breach. Plus: How to get to space without NASA’s help.

  • Marketplace for Wednesday, September 21, 2016
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    Today on the show: new overtime rules, new questions about the Trump foundation, and a new voting block in one of the swinging-est swing states. Plus: We got a solemn reminder this week that many common kitchen items can be used to make bombs. Should the government be tracking pressure cooker sales?     

  • A passenger look on as he rides in a pilot model of an Uber self-driving car in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 
 
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    On today’s show, we’re looking at how government deals with big and growing business: taking back giant Wall Street bonuses, managing fleets of self-driving cars, and managing the pollutants that are, um, produced by dairy herds. Plus: what will happen to the already-growing market for pot as nine more states put recreational use on the ballot?

  • Marketplace for Monday, September 19, 2016
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    Why a boring part of the market is going crazy, how Amazon ran away with the Emmys and where a pipeline leak can slow down a whole region. Plus: how do dollar stores outrun inflation?

  • Coal falls off a conveyor belt as it's off loaded from trucks from local coal mines at the Savage Energy Terminal in Price, Utah. Several coal mining companies have filed for bankruptcy protection, and next week a congressional committee will take up the issue.
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    On today’s show: Donald Trump promises large economic growth if he is elected president — we took a look at how much power the president actually has to effect the economy; Congress is considering legislation that protects coal workers’ retirement benefits when the companies they worked for go bankrupt; and a special feature from APM Reports on human trafficking. 

  • Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks to supporters at a rally at John Marshall High School on August 17, 2016, in Cleveland, Ohio. 
 
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    On today’s show: Kai sits down with one of Hillary Clinton’s economic policy advisers, Jacob Leibenluft, to talk about his candidate’s platform; why some big banks have started to chafe under stress-test rules; and it’s been three weeks, but Samsung hasn’t been able to lead a successful recall on its Galaxy Note 7. Marketplace’s Reema Khrais looks at how the company can stay afloat after this major mishap.

  • Uber has been trying to boost their profitability by cutting rates for drivers over the past three years, while also offering incentives to bring new people in on the front end.
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    On today’s show: Uber rolls out its first fleet of driverless cars in Pittsburgh, Theresa May’s approval of a new, Chinese-funded nuclear power plant on British soil creates controversy and Bloomberg’s Paul Lukas talks to Marketplace about the government’s role in regulating bacon packaging.

  • Gamers play Blizzard's World of Warcraft at a convention in Germany. 
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    On today’s show: The decline of retail banks, Instagram’s new filter and homelessness in Hawaii. Plus: Our conversation with Activision CEO Bobby Kotick.

  • Marketplace for Monday, September 12, 2016
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    On today’s show: why the Fed could finally move on interest rates, why the Rams moved to LA and what’s next for democratic Myanmar as it moves into the global market. Plus: Many supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders have embraced Hillary Clinton, but they aren’t exactly rushing to donate.

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About the show

Hosted by Kai Ryssdal, our leading business news radio program and podcast is about providing context on the economic news of the day. Through stories, conversations and newsworthy developments, we help listeners understand the economic world around them. Marketplace makes sense of the economy for everyone, no econ degree or finance background required. Marketplace doesn’t just report on the numbers, we take it deeper, adding context to what’s happening in the stock market and how macroeconomic policy can affect you and your business. Monday through Friday, our team speaks with a wide range of industry professionals — from small business owners to Fortune 500 CEOs, Marketplace breaks down complex topics related to business and the economy without industry jargon and over-complicated explanations.

Kai Ryssdal has led the program since 2005 and has hosted the program from China, the Middle East and dozens of cities across the United States. As a leading public media voice, Kai has been a trusted broadcaster for two decades and received an Emmy for investigative journalism on a PBS FRONTLINE documentary about money in politics called “Big Sky, Big Money.” He has appeared often on CNN, CNBC and CBS news. His written work has been featured in The New York Times and The Atlantic.

Produced and distributed by American Public Media (APM) our popular business news podcasts are available worldwide on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and RSS Feeds and any place else where you get your podcasts.

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