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Each weekday, Marketplace’s Kai Ryssdal and Kimberly Adams make today make sense. Along with our sup

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The National Women’s Soccer League is in the final stages of adding its 16th team. We’ll

President-elect Donald Trump tapped Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick as his choice for Secretar

Comcast said it plans to turn its cable networks, including CNBC and MSNBC, into a new, separate com

Today we’re talking about American exceptionalism: the idea that the United States is a uniqu

Some critics of President-elect Donald Trump are preparing for the possibility of being prosecuted

The United States is on a mission to revitalize its chip manufacturing industry by giving billions i

Over the course of his campaign, President-elect Donald Trump made a lot of promises. What does that

President Biden’s hallmark Inflation Reduction Act set aside nearly $150 billion for various c

COP29, the United Nations’ annual climate summit, is underway in Azerbaijan. This year’s conf

A crisis without a solution

2024/11/12

A new report estimates global damages from extreme weather events between 2014 and 2023 at about $

The richest man in the world just became even more influential after pouring millions into former Pr

Today we’re handing the microphone over to our listeners to tell us how they’re reacting

The Democratic Party has traditionally been pro-union and relied on the support of the working class

Today we’re talking about a breakout story of this election cycle: the rise of prediction markets a

The blue vs. red economy

2024/11/5

Live near a yoga studio? What about a golf course? Americans may experience the economy differently

Campaigns for both Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are trying to get

This Halloween, we’re looking at some new inflation data that’s got the Federal Reserve in goo

Tech companies like Google and Meta have been pouring billions into artificial intelligence. But inv

Today we’re sharing an excerpt from our live show at WBUR CitySpace in Boston featuring our speci

News outlets aren’t mincing words about the offensive and racist remarks featured at former P