Following Donald Trump's election in 2016, New Yorker reporter Evan Osnos wanted to understand what the president's wealth and status represented in the minds of his supporters – and in American culture at large. Osnos began reporting on the lives of the ultrawealthy, including the small but growing billionaire class. Now, Osnos has published a collection of essays The Haves and Have-Yachts, which explores the American relationship to immense wealth through anecdotes about superyachts, private concerts with pop stars, and doomsday preppers. In today's episode, Osnos speaks with NPR's Frank Langfitt about widening inequality, status anxieties among oligarchs, and what it feels like to live in a new Gilded Age.
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Marketplace All-in-One - On reparations: How much is owed Black Americans today?
Last month, Marketplace's Mitchell Hartman visited Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he reported on the history of the area's “Black Wall Street” and its destruction during the Tulsa Race Massacre more than a century ago. The city's mayor recently announced a $105 million reparations plan. Tulsa joins a number of localities addressing the racial wealth gap, but if addressed federally, the sum would have to be closer to $16 trillion. We'll hear more. But first: how to tell how factories are navigating tariff pivots.
Marketplace All-in-One - Will he or won’t he?
From the BBC World Service: Oil prices influence the prices of many goods that we buy. Now, mixed signals from President Donald Trump about whether to get involved in the conflict between Israel and Iran are causing volatility in global oil prices and adding to overall economic uncertainty. And, we'll look at how key industries in Thailand are feeling about the prospect of steep U.S. tariffs.
Marketplace All-in-One - Malawi looks to tech to solve teacher shortage
Despite having free primary schools, children in Malawi are lagging behind. According to UNESCO, almost 90% of them cant read a simple sentence at the age of 10, due in part to a shortage of teachers and basic resources. But the government has gone for a high-tech solution — digital tablets.
The Intelligence from The Economist - I’d like not to thank the academy: graduates’ fortunes slip
The workplace wisdom that a university degree is a sure-fire key to success is very much in question—and the trend started long before AI began eating jobs. Russia has launched yet another summer offensive in Ukraine, and appears to be going for broke. And our journalists share their picks for the year’s best books so far.
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Curious City - Yes, people really do win pledge drive giveaways at WBEZ
One Curious City listener was skeptical about whether real people actually win WBEZ’s pledge drive giveaways. They do. But there’s a little more to that answer. Plus, an economist who studies fundraising explains why people give money during pledge drives in the first place.
This episode was originally published on March 3, 2022.
The Daily - An Interview With Trump’s Border Czar, Tom Homan
Over the past several weeks, federal agents have mounted increasingly aggressive immigration raids across the country.
They have met with intense pushback from protesters, politicians and businesses.
Tom Homan, President Trump’s border czar, speaks about his deportation strategy and why the Trump administration is only just getting started.
Guest: Tom Homan, border czar for the Trump administration.
Background reading:
- The Trump administration aims to spend $45 billion to expand immigrant detention.
- A federal appeals court has allowed the National Guard to remain in Los Angeles until a legal challenge is heard.
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Inside Europe - Inside Europe 19 June 2025
An “Alternative Economies” special, featuring concrete examples of European experiments with rethinking business as usual… ranging from the reformist, to the downright radical.
The Daily Signal - Polls Reveal GOP Support on Israel-Iran, Supreme Court Faces Death Threats | June 19, 2025
On today’s Top News in 10, we cover:
- Trump & the Ayatollah circle the boxing ring amid the Israel-Iran war.
- Pundits and officials argue over “regime change” amid discordant polls.
- A major Supreme Court decision upholds Tennessee’s ban on transgender experimentation for minors. Calls for assassination follow.
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The Daily Detail - The Daily Detail for 6.19.25
Alabama
- SCOTUS ruling for TN law upholds the VCAP law now in place in AL
- Sen. Britt blasts Dems who bailed on meeting about Biden's dementia
- SoS Allen to access DHS system and identify non citizens on voter rolls
- ALGOP Chairman John Wahl is considering a run for Lieutenant governor
- Elon Musk posts about the SPLC once again, Musk is definitely not a fan
- Nippon Steel and US Steel deal finalized, Fairfield plant to get $500M
National
- Trump says he is not about "forever" wars when it comes to Iran conflict
- US embassy in Israel preps for evacuation of US citizens and diplomats
- MO Senator Josh Hawley calls for release of Joe Biden's autopen docs
- Whistleblower on CCP 2020 election interference, says he was fired for revealing the fraud
- FL Attorney general says medical devices made in China have "back door" for transmitting patient data