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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The FDA’s formaldehyde fight
X faces fines for misinformation
Was the Twitter clout-chasing really worth it?
Shareholders vs. stakeholders, and the purpose of a corporation
Israel, Ukraine and U.S. military aid
A moment of economic peril
Hot strike summer isn’t over
The speaker ouster and its cost to our democracy
Crypto goes to court
Consumers are still living it up
Washington’s looming deadlines (note the plural)
The sliver of the federal budget Congress is fighting over
Musk and the military industrial complex
The real problem with passing the federal budget
Why big GOP money matters less than ever
Corruption is a bipartisan problem
What a shock to the economy could mean right now
AI and its role in elections
The clash of Bidenomics and MAGAnomics
What’s happening in Congress is not normal
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