Summary: New technology has been a great benefit to the global economy, but privacy could be at an all-time low. Planet Money discusses the NSA and Edward Snowden in part 1 and investigates how secure you really are, and whether this is a problem for technology companies in part 2.
Original Air Date: June 10, 2014
Length: Part 1: 7 minutes 47 seconds Part 2: 7 minutes 47 seconds
Link: http://freakonomics.com/podcast/the-cheeseburger-diet-a-new-freakonomics-radio-podcast/
Summary: In response to the infamous documentary Super Size Me, one woman toured her local area in search for the best burger. Shockingly, she didn’t gain a single pound despite eating two burgers a week. Freakonomics discusses the surprising results.
Original Air Date: December 10, 2015
Length: 34 minutes 21 seconds
Discussion Question: What role does utility play in this situation? Will satisfaction of the second burger eaten always be the same? Explain.
Summary: There has been a debate for decades as to why the milk is in the back of a store. Consumers say it’s because you have to walk through store, producers say it’s because of ease of access for the delivery trucks. Planet Money researches what the actual answer is by talking to people in the industry.
Original Air Date: July 23,2014
Length: 16 minutes 9 seconds
Link: http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2016/07/27/487654380/episode-714-can-a-game-show-lose
Summary: Planet Money discusses whether a game show can lose and what it takes for a contestant to win. They look into the one-season wonder of the unsustainable model of the game ‘The Power of 10’.
Original Air Date: July 27, 2016
Length: 21 minutes 11 seconds
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Summary: The Planet Money team investigates the benefits associated with providing housing vouchers to families living in public housing.
Original Air Date: May 4, 2015
Length: 4 minutes 13 seconds
Link: http://www.marketplace.org/2016/02/17/business/auto-show
Summary: At the 2016 Chicago Auto Show, the Marketplace team looks at the demand of the millennials and the response from the auto industry. Millennials are pragmatic and tech savvy. Toyota cannot sell its Scion brand and changes strategy to accommodate consumers that make up a third of the US auto market.
Original Air Date: February 19, 2016
Length: 4 minutes and 2 seconds
Link: http://www.marketplace.org/2016/02/09/health-care/goverment-seeks-improve-paitient-access-records
Summary: Is providing access to medical records a regulatory burden or essential to streamlining healthcare? The Marketplace team looks at explicit and implicit costs of requesting medical information for both the patient and the healthcare provider.
Original Air Date: February 9, 2016
Length: 4 mins 8 seconds
Link: http://www.marketplace.org/2016/03/29/world/study-fracking-contaminated-water-supply
Summary: Marketplace addresses the negative economic and health impacts fracking can have on a community, particularly those resulting from a lack of clean drinking water.
Original Air Date: March 29, 2016
Length: 3 minutes 20 seconds
Link: http://www.marketplace.org/2016/03/18/world/why-theres-so-much-economic-anxiety-midlife
Summary: According to the Marketplace Economic Anxiety Index, 35-54 year olds are the most worried age group in the U.S. Children’s college tuition and retirement loom over these folks and they also felt the aftershocks of the housing crisis and stock market crash. Marketplace speaks to a couple about their economic concerns and decisions.
Original Air Date: March 18, 2016
Length: 5 minutes and 4 seconds
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