Inflation is coming in hot! Today’s consumer price index shows prices kept rising in March. Kai Ryssdal explains the one thing everybody should be doing right about now in addition to taking a deep breath! Plus, the rising cost of insurance — from homeowners coverage to life insurance — and what companies are doing to dump customers. Also, hear a whale talk to a scientist.
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Biden’s regulation rush
College campus protests and the value of a degree
A stock pop and a stock flop
To ban or not to ban
The dollar store dilemma
Big change coming to nursing homes
A revamp for Title IX
What you need to know about tariffs
A new day for labor organizing in the South?
What we often get wrong about teens and screen time
The rise of the (tax) resistance
Why owning a car is getting so expensive
Bonds, Boeing and Beyoncé
The EV market’s growing pains
A new round of student debt relief
Let’s talk about earthquakes and the economy
The economic ripple effects of the Baltimore bridge collapse
It’s the end of an era for giant GE
The water technology our future might depend on
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