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What's behind sluggish home sales?
In late February, mortgage rates dipped below 6%, and affordability was beginning to improve. In April, people bought and sold more homes than they di...
Why is there so much gold at Fort Knox?
Today, we’re resharing an important episode from our archive! We’re answering Sadie’s question about why there is so much gold at Fort Knox. (And, we’...
Young workers aren't feeling optimistic about the job market
Younger workers typically feel more optimistic about the job market than older ones, but a new Gallup poll found that only 43% of Americans aged 15 to...
How clicking "I am not a robot" could be training AI
An announcement from Meta that information about employees’ keystroke and mouse movement would be collected and used to train its artificial intellige...
Amid Silicon Valley scramble for AI agent productivity, "token anxiety" takes hold
There's a new flex in Silicon Valley: how big is your AI agent swarm? They can work on your behalf, autonomously, 24/7, on whatever goal you give them...
Anthropic’s new, powerful allies: Elon Musk and SpaceX
On this week’s “Marketplace Tech Bytes: Week in Review,” we’ll discuss why Apple is paying a $250 million settlement over its Apple Intelligence tool...
Help! My work crush just became my boss!
Got a tricky situation at work and not sure what to do? In our recurring advice column, “Work Drama,” we try to find answers to your sticky work quest...
Elon Musk is in court arguing that OpenAI abandoned its nonprofit model
Back in 2015, Elon Musk and Sam Altman got the idea to start a nonprofit AI lab to develop artificial general intelligence that benefits all humanity....
Does AI save time in police work?
Technology has been transformative for how police officers do their jobs. Body cameras, speed detection technology and surveillance drones are some pr...
How ICE skirts public input on detention centers
Immigrant detention facilities are being bought and retrofitted seemingly overnight without public input across the U.S., and there's little to no not...
The rise of the side hustle
Roughly one in every 20 U.S. workers is holding down multiple jobs, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That's fallen a fraction of a percent...
What are checks?
The episode you’ve been waiting for is finally here. This is part 2 of the San Fran Fin Lit Pod Con cliffhanger episode from last season. Bridget and...
Can AI improve your odds of finding good childcare?
The startup Winnie is a marketplace for childcare. It works like this: Parents type in the age of their kid and their zip code, then different childca...
Fewer Americans are earning a living wage
A new report from Dayforce and the Living Wage Institute found that just over half of full-time workers earn enough to provide for themselves and thei...
A bill that bans kids from using AI chatbots is gaining momentum
The GUARD Act is a bipartisan bill that would prohibit companies from letting kids under 18 interact with what the legislation calls "AI companions,”...
Chipping away at Nvidia's chip dominance
It’s Big Tech week on Wall Street. Quarterly results from Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft, and Amazon all beat expectations. And shocker: They’re all still...
Patrick Radden Keefe on parenting in the age of mega-wealth
What do you do when your child’s ideas about money start to sharply diverge from your own? Reema is joined by journalist Patrick Radden Keefe to discu...
Middle East tensions are putting tech supply chains under pressure
The war with Iran has upended supply chains including for materials that are critical to building the electronics we use everyday, such as a certain k...
Where do game shows get their prize money?
“Million Bazillion” listeners and brothers John and Peter want to know where game shows get their prize money. It’s the perfect opportunity to answer...
Introducing the world’s largest Math Olympiad database
The International Math Olympiad is a yearly competition for students, most of them high school age, who compete to solve six difficult math problems....
The economic outlook of the great outdoors
Are you team camping or glamping? On today’s show, we’re checking in on the outdoor recreation economy in the Western United States. KUNC’s Mountain W...
Let's understand the informal economy
When we talk about who makes up the economy, we're often talking about workers a company formally employs. But a lot of people find themselves working...
Bytes: Week in Review — Apple’s new CEO, Meta's latest AI play, and Roblox's safety updates
This week, Meta is reportedly laying off 10% of its workers. But in the meantime, it's also capturing their mouse clicks to train its AI models. Plus,...
The haves and the have nots of energy
Maybe it’s hoarding, or protectionist, or human nature. Whatever you want to call it, some countries have plenty of oil right now — especially wealthi...
What it costs to leave the U.S.
As the U.S. immigration crackdown intensifies, some undocumented people are choosing to leave the country. But what’s the financial and emotional cost...
Anti-AI data center sentiment is becoming a political issue
Lawmakers around the U.S. are moving to restrict data center development. Maine, for example, recently passed what's being called the country's first...
Will you have enough to comfortably retire?
New research shows more than a third of workers and retirees don’t think they will have enough money for their retirement years — that’s the highest p...
When do tech companies need to be consistently profitable?
The social media company Snap recently announced it’s laying off about 1,000 workers — 16% of its employees. The company said these changes will reduc...
Why does the price of gas go up and down?
If you’re anything like “Million Bazillion” listener, Elijah, you may have noticed gas prices change from one day to the next, sometimes by a few penn...
News sites are blocking access to Internet Archive's Wayback Machine
The Wayback Machine is a project of the Internet Archive. It sends out web crawlers to take snapshots of the internet, creating a digital library of w...
Bytes: Week in Review — AI companies divided over proposed state law, Amazon buys Globalstar, and Spotify to sell physical books
This week, Spotify is letting its users buy physical books. Plus, Amazon acquires the satellite service provide Globalstar. But first, state lawmakers...
The cost of keeping the lights on
Power utilities plan to spend $1.4 trillion over the next five years on capital projects. A lot of that boils down to grid maintenance and projects to...
Would you tell your BFF about your credit card debt?
Would you feel comfortable telling your best friend how much debt you’re in? That was the last thing Jamie Feldman wanted to do, but when her credit c...
One way to avoid AI altogether? Retire early
The share of older workers is on the decline — about 37% of people age 55 and above are now active in the labor force. About a decade ago, it was arou...
Breaking down where all your federal tax dollars go
It's almost Tax Day. And while some of us may have waited till the last minute to do our taxes, the federal government sure won't be wasting any time...
What are tax returns?
The 10th season of “Million Bazillion” is here just in time to mark Bridget and Ryan’s favorite holiday – Tax Day! There’s just one problem: Ryan hasn...
States are getting crypto‑curious
State governments invest their money a lot like a person might. Some treasuries, some mutual funds, a dash of corporate bonds, all intended to grow ov...
War in the Middle East, oil, and jobs
The U.S. has threatened a blockade of Iranian ports set to go into effect this morning. That means the supply of oil will be even more restricted than...
Doing the numbers on your grocery bill
Grocery prices on average are up about 2% compared to this time last year. But split up the food groups, and we start to see some bigger numbers. Toma...
Is “made by humans” the new premium label?
Marketplace’s Stephanie Hughes was shopping recently with her seven-year-old who was drawn to a “Relaxolotl,” a tea infuser shaped like an axolotl. A...