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The summer I turned binge-y : Planet Money Original
On the eve of Netflix shoveling a fourish-hour chunk of Stranger Things onto Christmas Day, we visit the past, present, and future of binge-dropped television shows. The strategy of releasing an entire season at the same time has been key to taking Netflix from a little startup that used to lend us DVDs in the mail … to a company so big and powerful, it is maybe going to buy Warner Brothers and own Bugs Bunny and Tony Soprano and the Harry Potter movies.
The Consumer Sentiment vs. Consumer Spending Puzzle : Planet Money Original
Wherever consumer sentiment goes, consumer spending usually goes too. They're like buddies that do everything together. Consumer sentiment wants a hair cut, its buddy consumer spending does too. But lately, these friends are drifting apart. While consumer sentiment about the economy is down … spending remains strong. And not just that… Interest rates are still high, inflation is growing, tariffs have made the prices of goods go up. And yet, consumer spending looks good. What gives?
Hidden Levels Ep. 6: Segagaga
The final episode of "Hidden Levels" explores the story of SEGA developer Tez Okano and the bizarre, meta-game he created: Segagaga. Tez Okano Okano joined SEGA in 1992, witnessing firsthand the company's tumultuous experience in the "console wars" against Nintendo and Sony. In the mid-1990s, SEGA struggled to make hardware that kept up with its rivals. The SEGA CD, the 32X, and the Saturn were all commercial failures.
Tariffs: what are they good for? : Planet Money
Tariffs: what are they good for? Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1242229719/1268838261" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 26: U.S. President Donald Trump displays a signed an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on March 26, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Trump announced 25% tariffs on all foreign-made cars.
Can the president override Congress on spending? : Planet Money
Can the president override Congress on spending? Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1232435554/1266721545" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> A worker removes the U.S. Agency for International Development sign on their headquarters on February 07, 2025 in Washington, DC.
Tariffs, grocery prices and other listener questions : Planet Money Original
Tariffs, grocery prices and other listener questions Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1225172101/1264987882" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> President Donald Trump listens to a question while speaking with reporters as he walks to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, Aug. 17, 2020, in Washington. Trump is en route to Minnesota and Wisconsin.
ZIP Codes! : Planet Money Original
How the ZIP code organized America, and has it gone too far? : Planet Money The ZIP code is less like a cold, clinical, ordered list of numbers, and more like a weird overgrown number garden. It started as a way to organize mail after WWII, but now it pops up all over our daily lives. You type it into the machine at the gas station to verify your credit card. You might type it into a rental search website if you're looking for a new apartment.
The potato-shaped loophole in free trade : Planet Money Original
The potato-shaped loophole in free trade Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1222640149/1264297904" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript Ever since free trade opened up between the US and Mexico in the 1990s, trillions of dollars of goods have been going back and forth between the two countries, from cars to strawberries to MRI machines to underwear. But one major exception has been fresh American potatoes.
The veteran loan calamity : Planet Money Original
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Ray and Becky Queen live in rural Oklahoma with their kids (and chickens). The Queens were able to buy that home with a VA loan because of Ray's service in the Army. During COVID, the Queens – like millions of other Americans – needed help from emergency forbearance. They were told they could pause home payments for up to a year and then pick up again making affordable mortgage payments with no problems. That's what happened for most American homeowners who took forbearance.
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So your data was stolen in a data breach : Planet Money Original
So your data was stolen in a data breach If you... exist in the world, it's likely that you have gotten a letter or email at some point informing you that your data was stolen. This happened recently to potentially hundreds of millions of people in a hack that targeted companies like Ticketmaster, AT&T, Advance Auto Parts and others that use the data cloud company Snowflake.
You Sewed Your Own Masks. Here's How To Make Clothes : Life Kit
A basic hand-sewing kit includes thread, hand-sewing needles, a thimble, beeswax, a pair of fabric scissors, an iron and ironing board. Photo illustration by Becky Harlan/NPR hide caption toggle caption Photo illustration by Becky Harlan/NPR A basic hand-sewing kit includes thread, hand-sewing needles, a thimble, beeswax, a pair of fabric scissors, an iron and ironing board.
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Who Has Profited Most From the Trump Presidency?
the swamp 7:00 A.M. Fifty-one insiders who profited off the presidency. Reporting by Andrea Bernstein, Matt Collette, Meg Cramer, Peter Elkind, Charlotte Klein, Ilya Marritz, Katherine Sullivan, and James D. Walsh The president and his entourage leaving the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., in July. During his presidency, the hotel hosted foreign dignitaries and CEOs seeking to curry favor. Photo: Oliver Contreras/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock/Copyright (c) 2020 Shutterstock.
The Trump campaign's legal strategy includes suing a tiny TV station in northern Wisconsin
This year, President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign filed defamation lawsuits against three of the country’s most prominent news outlets: The New York Times, The Washington Post and CNN. Then it filed another suit against a somewhat lower-profile news organization: northern Wisconsin’s WJFW-TV, which serves the 134th-largest market in the country.
Why is Trump’s Campaign Suing a Small Wisconsin TV Station?
Transcript ANDREA BERNSTEIN: In March, a super PAC placed an an anti-Trump advertisement on local TV stations in battleground states. [THE AD PLAYS SEVERAL CLIPS OF TRUMP, INTERSPERSED] PRESIDENT TRUMP: The coronavirus … PRESIDENT TRUMP: This is the new hoax … PRESIDENT TRUMP: We have it totally under control. [FADE UNDER] BERNSTEIN: There’s a visual on the screen — a line counting COVID-19 infections ticks up and up.
The Trump Campaign’s Legal Strategy Includes Suing a Tiny TV Station in Northern Wisconsin
Stay up to date with email updates about WNYC and ProPublica’s investigations into the president’s business practices. This story is co-published with WNYC. This year, President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign filed defamation lawsuits against three of the country’s most prominent news outlets: The New York Times, The Washington Post and CNN.
Meet the shadowy accountants who do Trump’s taxes and help him seem richer than he is
ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. On May 12, after a six-week delay caused by the pandemic, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in the epic battle by congressional committees and New York prosecutors to pry loose eight years of President Donald Trump’s tax returns. Much about the case is without precedent. Oral arguments will be publicly broadcast on live audio.
Meet the Shadowy Accountants Who Do Trump’s Taxes and Help Him Seem Richer Than He Is
This story first appeared at ProPublica and WNYC. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. On May 12, after a six-week delay caused by the pandemic, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in the epic battle by congressional committees and New York prosecutors to pry loose eight years of President Donald Trump’s tax returns. Much about the case is without precedent.
Meet the Shadowy Accountants Who Do Trump’s Taxes and Help Him Seem Richer Than He Is
Stay up to date with email updates about WNYC and ProPublica’s investigations into the president’s business practices. This story was co-published with WNYC. On May 12, after a six-week delay caused by the pandemic, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in the epic battle by congressional committees and New York prosecutors to pry loose eight years of President Donald Trump’s tax returns. Much about the case is without precedent. Oral arguments will be publicly broadcast on live audio.
Yes, Trump Hotels Do Appear to Qualify for Coronavirus Bailout Benefits
Last month’s $2 trillion bailout bill barred President Donald Trump, his family or other officials from benefiting from one of the law’s giant loan programs. But as reporters noticed, there was no such language included for other elements of the bailout. Some provisions of the bailout are particularly beneficial to businesses like Trump’s. There is no evidence that any provisions in the bailout were written specifically to benefit the president.
Yes, Trump hotels do appear to qualify for coronavirus bailout benefits
Stay up to date with email updates about WNYC and ProPublica's investigations into the president's business practices. Last month's $2 trillion bailout bill barred President Donald Trump, his family or other officials from benefiting from one of the law's giant loan programs. But as reporters noticed, there was no such language included for other elements of the bailout. Some provisions of the bailout are particularly beneficial to businesses like Trump's.
Yes, Trump hotels do appear to qualify for coronavirus bailout benefits
The Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago may qualify for a forgivable loan through the coronavirus bailout package.Samuel Rigelhaupt/Sipa via AP Images For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones' newsletters. This story was originally published by ProPublica, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox.
Trump Hotels And Winery Seem To Qualify For Coronavirus Bailouts
Reprinted with permission from ProPublica. Last month's $2 trillion bailout bill barred President Donald Trump, his family or other officials from benefiting from one of the law's giant loan programs. But as reporters noticed, there was no such language included for other elements of the bailout. Some provisions of the bailout are particularly beneficial to businesses like Trump's. There is no evidence that any provisions in the bailout were written specifically to benefit the president.
Trump Hotels And Winery Seem To Qualify For Coronavirus Bailouts
Reprinted with permission from ProPublica. Last month’s $2 trillion bailout bill barred President Donald Trump, his family or other officials from benefiting from one of the law’s giant loan programs. But as reporters noticed, there was no such language included for other elements of the bailout. Some provisions of the bailout are particularly beneficial to businesses like Trump’s. There is no evidence that any provisions in the bailout were written specifically to benefit the president.
Yes, Trump hotels do appear to qualify for the coronavirus bailout
ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Last month’s $2 trillion bailout bill barred President Donald Trump, his family or other officials from benefiting from one of the law’s giant loan programs. But as reporters noticed, there was no such language included for other elements of the bailout. Some provisions of the bailout are particularly beneficial to businesses like Trump’s.
Yes, Trump hotels do appear to qualify for Coronavirus bailout benefits
Last month's $2 trillion bailout bill barred President Donald Trump, his family or other officials from benefiting from one of the law's giant loan programs. But as reporters noticed, there was no such language included for other elements of the bailout. Some provisions of the bailout are particularly beneficial to businesses like Trump's. There is no evidence that any provisions in the bailout were written specifically to benefit the president.
Yes, Trump Hotels Do Appear to Qualify for Coronavirus Bailout…
Stay up to date with email updates about WNYC and ProPublica’s investigations into the president’s business practices. Last month’s $2 trillion bailout bill barred President Donald Trump, his family or other officials from benefiting from one of the law’s giant loan programs. But as reporters noticed, there was no such language included for other elements of the bailout. Some provisions of the bailout are particularly beneficial to businesses like Trump’s.
The Trump Family Lied to Push Their Deals Around the World. And They Profited.
Since Donald Trump’s fortunes came surging back with the success of “The Apprentice” 14 years ago, his deals have often been scrutinized for the large number of his partners who have ventured to the very edges of the law, and sometimes beyond. Those associates have included accused money launderers, alleged funders of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard and a felon who slashed someone in the face with a broken margarita glass.
Million-Dollar Mansion Has A Bargain Basement Price
Stone Hedge, a 10,000-square-foot Detroit mansion built in 1915 is listed at less than $450,000. Jessica J. Trevino/Detroit Free Press hide caption toggle caption Jessica J. Trevino/Detroit Free Press Stone Hedge, a 10,000-square-foot Detroit mansion built in 1915 is listed at less than $450,000. Jessica J. Trevino/Detroit Free Press Even before the financial crisis, Detroit was known for its undervalued real estate. Now, a bad situation is even worse.
Which music streaming service should you get?
Apple's senior vice president of Internet Software and Services Eddy Cue announces Apple Music and Beats 1 during the Apple WWDC on June 8, 2015 in San Francisco, California.
Why There's Still No Electronic Technology That Can Put You To Sleep
If I learned anything from watching the Back to the Future movies, it is that prescience is dangerous. Someone who knows too much about their own future might try to reprogram it in their favor, and every small change has the potential to rewrite history. In an early scene from Back to the Future Part II, Marty McFly and his girlfriend Jennifer Parker - played by Elisabeth Shue - travel from 1985 to 2015. The DeLorean is airborne and Doctor Emmett "Doc" Brown is wearing a funky visor.
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