ine Webinar Honoring HHS Veterans: Exploring Career Paths in Science and Medicine at HHS (November 13, 2024 1:00pm) By events.umich.edu Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 00:31:44 -0500 Event Begins: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 1:00pm Location: Organized By: University Career Center HHS is hosting the virtual event for veterans, “Webinar Honoring HHS Veterans: Exploring Career Paths in Science and Medicine at HHS” on Wednesday, November 13, from 1-3 p.m. ET. Veterans, register for the webinar: Veterans in Action: Careersin Health Science and Medicine at HHSThe webinar will showcaseveterans excelling in diverse career opportunities across HHS in health science and medicine and provide veterans with valuable advice for pursuing similar opportunities. Our veteran panelists from CDC, FDA, and NIH will share insights into their careers and discuss how their military service has shaped their paths.Veterans, join us to discover essential roles in the federal government and to receive valuable advice for pursuingsimilar opportunities. The webinar is open to the public. Full Article Careers / Jobs
ine Cool career spotlight: a day in the life of an aerospace engineer (November 13, 2024 1:00pm) By events.umich.edu Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 00:32:34 -0500 Event Begins: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 1:00pm Location: Organized By: University Career Center Interested in gaining a first hand account of a career in aerospace engineering? Join Handshake and Pratt & Whitney Production Test Engineer, Anthony Bartolotta, for answers to questions on topics like: An average day in the life of an aerospace engineer Important hard and soft skills for aspiring engineers to know Tips for launching a career in engineering Sign up for free today! Full Article Careers / Jobs
ine North Campus Mindfulness Meditation Drop-In (Online) (November 13, 2024 12:00pm) By events.umich.edu Published On :: Tue, 16 Jan 2024 14:16:48 -0500 Event Begins: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 12:00pm Location: Off Campus Location Organized By: Mindfulness @ Umich Take a moment to create some space to breathe and invite a sense of calm into your day. This is a guided mindfulness meditation drop-in session. No experience necessary. Free and open to all. Email dmitryb@umich.edu to sign up for the mailing list. You will receive a weekly reminder with the zoom link. Also, you can add the sessions to your Google Calendar: https://tinyurl.com/y3kbkwd6 Full Article Well-being
ine DEADLINE EXTENDED: 2024 CPOD 14th International Symposium and Poster Session (November 13, 2024 9:00am) By events.umich.edu Published On :: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 15:48:41 -0400 Event Begins: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 9:00am Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building Organized By: Center for Cell Plasticity and Organ Design The Center for Cell Plasticity and Organ Design (CPOD) is excited to announce our 14th International Symposium and Poster Session to be held on Wednesday, November 13th at the Biomedical Science Research Building Kahn Auditorium. The Symposium is an all-day event that begins with an international virtual speaker session held during the morning. The remainder of the day is filled with a series of in-person speaker sessions, a poster session and a poster award ceremony, followed by a reception. We invite you to register for this year’s symposium by using our online registration form. The deadline to register is October 28, 2024 by 11:59pm. We also invite you to submit an abstract by using our online abstract submission form. The submission deadline is October 28, 2024 by 11:59pm. All submitted abstracts will be reviewed by the CPOD Poster Session Committee. If selected, each poster will be judged with a poster award ceremony held at the end of the Symposium. Poster presenters will be notified they have been selected by late October. Display space is limited, and we want to hear about your research, so submit your abstract today! For assistance with or questions about registration and abstract submissions, contact us at CPOD-contact@umich.edu. Sign up at CPOD-friends-requests@umich.edu to receive updates from CPOD for updates about the 14th International Symposium and Poster Session and upcoming CPOD seminar events. Full Article Conference / Symposium
ine WCEE Exhibition. Verses from a Nation in Transition. Ukraine in Photographs by Joseph Sywenkyj (November 13, 2024 8:00am) By events.umich.edu Published On :: Tue, 01 Oct 2024 14:49:29 -0400 Event Begins: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 8:00am Location: Weiser Hall Organized By: Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia Joseph Sywenkyj is the 2024-25 Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia’s Distinguished Fellow, and a Knight-Wallace Fellow at the University of Michigan. An award-winning American photographer of Ukrainian descent, Sywenkyj has lived and worked in Ukraine for the last two decades. He has worked throughout Europe and Central Asia for numerous publications and is a frequent contributor to *The Wall Street Journal*. His photographs have been exhibited in galleries and museums, including the United Nations Visitor’s Lobby in New York and the Taras Shevchenko National Museum in Kyiv. If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. Full Article Exhibition
ine Mozzeria Closure Is a Double Loss for Deaf Diners By ww2.kqed.org Published On :: Thu, 19 Nov 2020 22:18:12 +0000 As San Francisco’s first and only Deaf-centered restaurant closed last week, many mourned its loss. Writer Anna Mindess reflects on what it means for the community. Full Article
ine How Wine Country is Adapting to Climate Change By ww2.kqed.org Published On :: Mon, 23 Nov 2020 20:00:16 +0000 Earthquakes, fires, floods and drought have been a part of Wine Country in the last decade. Napa and Sonoma winemakers discuss what they're doing to adapt to the constantly changing climate. Full Article
ine Amawele’s Cuisine Brings South African Flavors to San Francisco By ww2.kqed.org Published On :: Fri, 26 Feb 2021 16:30:26 +0000 Pam and Wendy Drew are South African identical twins who do everything together; from travel to entering the same career paths and now owning and operating Amawele’s Cuisine in San Francisco. The name of their restaurant came easy—it simply means “The Twins” in Zulu. Amawele’s Cuisine serves what Wendy and Pam consider to be … Continue reading Amawele’s Cuisine Brings South African Flavors to San Francisco → Full Article
ine World Food Safety Day 2024: Empowering consumers and small businesses with information By www.ifpri.org Published On :: Thu, 06 Jun 2024 14:20:17 EDT Targeting interventions to benefit public health. Full Article
ine Environmental proteomics as a useful methodology for early-stage detection of stress in anammox engineered systems - ScienceDirect.com By news.google.com Published On :: Tue, 20 Feb 2024 08:00:00 GMT Environmental proteomics as a useful methodology for early-stage detection of stress in anammox engineered systems ScienceDirect.com Full Article
ine Exploring the Molecular Therapeutic Mechanisms of Gemcitabine through Quantitative Proteomics - ACS Publications By news.google.com Published On :: Mon, 03 Jun 2024 07:00:00 GMT Exploring the Molecular Therapeutic Mechanisms of Gemcitabine through Quantitative Proteomics ACS Publications Full Article
ine At ASHG, Illumina to Share Updates to Sequencing, Proteomics, and Single-Cell Technologies - Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News By news.google.com Published On :: Sun, 03 Nov 2024 07:00:00 GMT At ASHG, Illumina to Share Updates to Sequencing, Proteomics, and Single-Cell Technologies Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News Full Article
ine , Revolutionary Fluorescence Signal Removal Technology, Transforming CellScape Spatial Proteomics Platform - Business Wire By news.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 Nov 2024 12:00:00 GMT , Revolutionary Fluorescence Signal Removal Technology, Transforming CellScape Spatial Proteomics Platform Business Wire Full Article
ine Multi-tiered chemical proteomic maps of tryptoline acrylamide–protein interactions in cancer cells - Nature.com By news.google.com Published On :: Tue, 13 Aug 2024 07:00:00 GMT Multi-tiered chemical proteomic maps of tryptoline acrylamide–protein interactions in cancer cells Nature.com Full Article
ine Proteomics approach to discovering non-invasive diagnostic biomarkers and understanding the pathogenesis of endometriosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis - Journal of Translational Medicine By news.google.com Published On :: Fri, 26 Jul 2024 07:00:00 GMT Proteomics approach to discovering non-invasive diagnostic biomarkers and understanding the pathogenesis of endometriosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis Journal of Translational Medicine Full Article
ine Proteomics identifies potential immunological drivers of postinfection brain atrophy and cognitive decline - Nature.com By news.google.com Published On :: Wed, 14 Aug 2024 07:00:00 GMT Proteomics identifies potential immunological drivers of postinfection brain atrophy and cognitive decline Nature.com Full Article
ine A chemical proteomics approach for global mapping of functional lysines on cell surface of living cell - Nature.com By news.google.com Published On :: Mon, 08 Apr 2024 07:00:00 GMT A chemical proteomics approach for global mapping of functional lysines on cell surface of living cell Nature.com Full Article
ine quantms: a cloud-based pipeline for quantitative proteomics enables the reanalysis of public proteomics data - Nature.com By news.google.com Published On :: Thu, 04 Jul 2024 07:00:00 GMT quantms: a cloud-based pipeline for quantitative proteomics enables the reanalysis of public proteomics data Nature.com Full Article
ine A multi-species benchmark for training and validating mass spectrometry proteomics machine learning models - Nature.com By news.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 Nov 2024 17:08:25 GMT A multi-species benchmark for training and validating mass spectrometry proteomics machine learning models Nature.com Full Article
ine Seer Showcases Deep Proteomics Capabilities, Announces Co-Marketing Deal with Thermo Fisher Scientific - Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News By news.google.com Published On :: Sun, 10 Nov 2024 16:09:58 GMT Seer Showcases Deep Proteomics Capabilities, Announces Co-Marketing Deal with Thermo Fisher Scientific Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News Full Article
ine Proteomic analysis of the combined effects of cannabigerol and 3- O -ethyl ascorbic acid on kinase-dependent signalling in UVB-irradiated human keratinocytes - Nature.com By news.google.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 08:23:51 GMT Proteomic analysis of the combined effects of cannabigerol and 3- O -ethyl ascorbic acid on kinase-dependent signalling in UVB-irradiated human keratinocytes Nature.com Full Article
ine Overnight Work for CTA’s Red-Purple Lines: Between W. Montrose Avenue and Wilson Station By www.transitchicago.com Published On :: Tue, 27 Aug 2024 05:00:00 GMT Overnight Work for CTA’s Red-Purple Lines: Between W. Montrose Avenue and Wilson Station for track work. Full Article
ine Cleaning Crews Near the Finish Line for ‘Refresh & Renew’ 2024 By www.transitchicago.com Published On :: Thu, 29 Aug 2024 05:00:00 GMT The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) today announced the rail stations that will receive repairs and improvements in fall 2024 as part of its ongoing, cyclical station improvement program Refresh & Renew. Full Article
ine Overnight Work, CTA’s Red-Purple Lines: South End of Wilson Station By www.transitchicago.com Published On :: Tue, 03 Sep 2024 05:00:00 GMT Overnight Work, CTA’s Red-Purple Lines: South End of Wilson Station for track work. Full Article
ine I-290 Eisenhower Expressway/Blue Line Corridor project gets boost By www.transitchicago.com Published On :: Wed, 11 Sep 2024 05:00:00 GMT The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), and the Chicago Metropolitan Planning Agency (CMAP) are partnering to create a unified approach and advance progress on this critical multi-modal corridor with a commitment to improving mobility, accessibility and quality of life for motorists, transit riders, residents and corridor communities. Full Article
ine Let CTA Get You Over the Finish Line to and from the 2024 Bank of America Chicago Marathon By www.transitchicago.com Published On :: Thu, 10 Oct 2024 05:00:00 GMT CTA will be providing added capacity, so whether you plan to run or cheer on the runners, take a train or bus to avoid the headaches of traffic and parking near the route of the 2024 Bank of America Chicago Marathon and Abbott Health and Fitness Expo at McCormick Place. For details about marathon service, you can find it here on CTA’s dedicated Bank of America Chicago Marathon webpage. Full Article
ine Far South Side Gets Sneak Peek at What CTA Red Line Extension Will Look Like By www.transitchicago.com Published On :: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 05:00:00 GMT The Chicago Transit Authority today welcomed about 75 residents and businesses from the Far South Side to the Red Line Extension (RLE) Fall Community Meet & Greet Event. Held at the site of the future Michigan Red Line station on E. 116th Street and S. Michigan Ave., CTA and RLE contractor Walsh-VINCI Transit Community Partners welcomed RLE project supporters. Full Article
ine Red and Purple Line Trains Share Track between Thorndale and Belmont (Updated) (Service Change) By www.transitchicago.com Published On :: (Sun, May 16 2021 12:01 AM to TBD) Red and Purple line trains share tracks btwn Thorndale and Belmont. Purple Line Express trains continue to make only express stops between Howard and Belmont. Full Article
ine Red and Purple Line Trains Share Track between Thorndale and Belmont (Updated) (Service Change) By www.transitchicago.com Published On :: (Sun, May 16 2021 12:01 AM to TBD) Red and Purple line trains share tracks btwn Thorndale and Belmont. Purple Line Express trains continue to make only express stops between Howard and Belmont. Full Article
ine Pink Line Rerouted to Connect to Racine Blue Line Station (Planned Work w/Reroute) By www.transitchicago.com Published On :: (Fri, Nov 15 2024 10:00 PM to Sat, Nov 16 2024 4:00 AM) Pink Line trains will operate between 54th/Cermak and Polk, then to Racine Blue Line for connecting Blue Line train service to/from downtown. Full Article
ine Pink Line Rerouted to Connect to Racine Blue Line Station (Planned Work w/Reroute) By www.transitchicago.com Published On :: (Thu, Nov 14 2024 10:00 PM to Fri, Nov 15 2024 4:00 AM) Pink Line trains will operate between 54th/Cermak and Polk, then to Racine Blue Line for connecting Blue Line train service to/from downtown. Full Article
ine Pink Line Rerouted to Connect to Racine Blue Line Station (Planned Work w/Reroute) By www.transitchicago.com Published On :: (Wed, Nov 13 2024 10:00 PM to Thu, Nov 14 2024 4:00 AM) Pink Line trains will operate between 54th/Cermak and Polk, then to Racine Blue Line for connecting Blue Line train service to/from downtown. Full Article
ine Service to Desplaines/Harrison Temporarily Discontinued (Service Change) By www.transitchicago.com Published On :: (Mon, May 2 2022 to TBD) #36 service to Desplaines/Harrison will be temporarily discontinued. Full Article
ine Businesses worry over recruiting festive season staff By www.personneltoday.com Published On :: Fri, 08 Nov 2024 08:55:50 +0000 Nearly half (48%) of all firms said finding the right staff was their biggest recruitment challenge over the festive season. The post Businesses worry over recruiting festive season staff appeared first on Personnel Today. Full Article Latest News Retail Flexible working Recruitment & retention Part-time working
ine Direct Line to cut 550 jobs globally By www.personneltoday.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 09:32:32 +0000 Direct Line Insurance Group plans to cut 550 jobs worldwide as it faces tough trading conditions, the company has announced. The post Direct Line to cut 550 jobs globally appeared first on Personnel Today. Full Article Latest News Job creation and losses Redundancy
ine 'Soul Train' and the business of Black joy By www.npr.org Published On :: Fri, 21 Jan 2022 22:35:28 +0000 When Soul Train first launched in 1970, Black audiences weren't understood as a viable target market. Don Cornelius changed that forever with his weekly TV dance show. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy Full Article
ine Our Valentines 2022 By www.npr.org Published On :: Fri, 11 Feb 2022 23:03:39 +0000 We profess our love for our curiosities, obsessions, and the things we wish we'd thought of first. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy Full Article
ine Risky business By www.npr.org Published On :: Wed, 27 Apr 2022 22:49:53 +0000 Two stories on how businesses are using insurance to navigate new kinds of risks. First, how music venues are handling pandemic-related risks. And how Russia's invasion of Ukraine is affecting cyber insurance. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy Full Article
ine Breaking down the price of gasoline By www.npr.org Published On :: Sat, 03 Sep 2022 00:15:03 +0000 High gas prices have fueled speculation and investigations — is anyone raising prices and keeping prices high for profit? To find out, we break down the price of gas, piece by piece, to show you how we get to the price we see at the pump and how much everyone profits at each step of the way. | Subscribe to Planet Money+ in Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org/planetmoney.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy Full Article
ine Which economic indicator defined 2022? By www.npr.org Published On :: Wed, 28 Dec 2022 21:43:29 +0000 2022 was a year of big economic changes. But what economic story most defined the year? Our hosts from Planet Money and The Indicator battle it out over what should be crowned the indicator of the year. Subscribe to Planet Money+ in Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org/planetmoneyLearn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy Full Article
ine Our 2023 valentines By www.npr.org Published On :: Sat, 11 Feb 2023 00:11:03 +0000 Every Valentine's Day, we at Planet Money consider the things that we love, the things that we can't stop talking about, the things that get our hearts racing...in a good way. And we give them valentines!This year our valentines go out to:ImportYeti, a website that lets you see exactly where U.S. companies are importing goods from.Economic data revisions, those tweaks to the data that make things like the jobs numbers even more accurate.The office (the place, not the show).Audio description, narration designed to make TV and movies more accessible to people who are blind or low-vision, but which offers benefits to the sighted as well.This show was produced by Emma Peaslee. It was edited by Keith Romer, and engineered by Robert Rodriguez. Jess Jiang is our acting Executive Producer.Help support Planet Money and get bonus episodes by subscribing to Planet Money+ in Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org/planetmoney.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy Full Article
ine AI Podcast 1.0: Rise of the machines By www.npr.org Published On :: Fri, 26 May 2023 21:42:53 +0000 We used to think some jobs were safe from automation. Though machines have transformed industries like agriculture and manufacturing, the conventional wisdom was that they could never perform what's called "knowledge work." That the robots could never replace lawyers or accountants — or journalists, like us.Well, ever since the release of artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT, it feels like no job is safe. AI can now write essays, generate computer code, and even pass the bar exam. Will work ever be the same again?Here at Planet Money, we are launching a new three-part series to understand what this new AI-powered future looks like. Our goal: to get the machines to make an entire Planet Money show. In this first episode, we try to teach the AI how to write a script for us from scratch. Can the AI do research for us, interview our sources, and then stitch everything together in a creative, entertaining way? We're going to find out just how much of our own jobs we can automate — and what work might soon look like for us all.(And, in case you're wondering... this text was not written by an AI.)This episode was produced by Emma Peaslee and Willa Rubin. It was edited by Keith Romer. Maggie Luthar engineered this episode. It was fact-checked by Sierra Juarez. Jess Jiang is Planet Money's acting executive producer.Help support Planet Money and get bonus episodes by subscribing to Planet Money+ in Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org/planetmoney.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy Full Article
ine AI Podcast 2.0: The host in the machine By www.npr.org Published On :: Wed, 31 May 2023 23:32:56 +0000 In Part 1 of this series, AI proved that it could use real research and real interviews to write an original script for an episode of Planet Money. Our next task was to teach the computer how to sound like us. How to read that script aloud like a Planet Money host.On today's show, we explore the world of AI-generated voices, which have become so lifelike in recent years that they can credibly imitate specific people. To test the limits of the technology, we attempt to create our own synthetic voice by training a computer on recordings of former Planet Money host Robert Smith. Then we introduce synthetic Robert to his very human namesake.There are a lot of ethical, and economic, questions raised by a technology that can duplicate anyone's voice. To help us make sense of it all, we seek the advice of an artist who has embraced AI voice clones: the musician Grimes.This episode was produced by Emma Peaslee and Willa Rubin, with help from Sam Yellowhorse Kesler. It was edited by Keith Romer and fact-checked by Sierra Juarez. Engineering by James Willetts. Jess Jiang is our acting executive producer. We built a Planet Money AI chat bot. Help us test it out: Planetmoneybot.com.Help support Planet Money and get bonus episodes by subscribing to Planet Money+ in Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org/planetmoney.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy Full Article
ine Summer School 1: Planet Money goes to business school By www.npr.org Published On :: Wed, 12 Jul 2023 23:11:31 +0000 Find all episodes of Planet Money Summer School here.Planet Money Summer School is back! It's the free economics class you can take from anywhere... for everyone! For Season 4 of Summer School, we are taking you to business school. It's time to get your MBA, the easy way!In this first class: Everyone has a million dollar business idea (e.g., "Shazam but for movies"), but not everyone has what it takes to be an entrepreneur. We have two stories about founders who learned the hard way what goes into starting a small business, and getting it up and running.First, a story about Frederick Hutson, who learned about pain points and unique value propositions when he founded a company to help inmates and their families share photos. Then, we take a trip to Columbia, Maryland with chefs RaeShawn and LaShone Middleton. Their steamed crab delivery service taught them the challenges of "bootstrapping" to grow their business. And throughout the episode, Columbia Business School professor Angela Lee explains why entrepreneurship can be really difficult, but also incredibly rewarding, if you have the stomach for it.(And, we should say, we are open to investors for "Shazam but for movies." Just sayin'.)Help support Planet Money and get bonus episodes by subscribing to Planet Money+ in Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org/planetmoney.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy Full Article
ine The secret entrance that sidesteps Hollywood picket lines By www.npr.org Published On :: Sat, 26 Aug 2023 00:08:56 +0000 Across Hollywood right now, writers and actors are picketing in front of studio lots. They're walking back and forth, holding up signs demanding concessions on things like pay, how many writers work on projects, and the use of AI in TV and movies.But, on some of these lots, there are these strange alternate entrances where there are no picketers. Here drivers can come and go as they please without ever encountering any sign of a strike.Behold the neutral gate. An entrance intended for people who work at these lots but don't work for production companies that are involved with these particular strikes. (Usually that means things like game shows or TV commercials.)But, as one group of picketers recently experienced, it's hard to know if these entrances are, in fact, only being used by neutral parties or if the entrances might be being abused.On today's episode, the question of whether one Hollywood production was taking advantage of the neutral gate, and what the fight over a driveway can teach us about the broader labor battles in Hollywood and across the country.This episode was hosted by Dave Blanchard and Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi, with reporting from Kenny Malone. It was produced by James Sneed and engineered by James Willetts. It was fact checked by Sierra Juarez and edited by Keith Romer. Alex Goldmark is our executive producer.Help support Planet Money and get bonus episodes by subscribing to Planet Money+ in Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org/planetmoney.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy Full Article
ine China's real estate crisis, explained By www.npr.org Published On :: Wed, 15 Nov 2023 23:33:53 +0000 China's economic growth for the past few decades has been extraordinary. And much of that growth was fueled by real estate – it was like this miraculous economic engine for the country. But recently, that engine seems to have stopped working. And that has raised all kinds of questions not just for China but also for the global economy. Today on the show, we look at what's happening inside China's real estate market. And we try to answer the question: how did we get here?Help support Planet Money and get bonus episodes by subscribing to Planet Money+ in Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org/planetmoney.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy Full Article
ine So you want to sell marijuana across state lines By www.npr.org Published On :: Wed, 29 Nov 2023 23:44:37 +0000 In the state of Oregon, there is a glut of grass. A wealth of weed. A crisis of chronic. And, jokes aside, it's a real problem for people who work in the cannabis industry like Matt Ochoa. Ochoa runs the Jefferson Packing House in Medford, Oregon, which provides marijuana growers with services like drying, trimming and packing their product. He has seen literal tons of usable weed being left in marijuana fields all over the state of Oregon. Because, Ochoa says, there aren't enough buyers. There are just over four million people in Oregon, and so far this year, farmers have grown 8.8 million pounds of weed. Which means there's nearly a pound of dried, smokable weed for every single person in the state of Oregon. As a result, the sales price for legal marijuana in the last couple of years has plummeted.Economics has a straightforward solution for Oregon's overabundance problem: trade! But, Oregon's marijuana can only be sold in Oregon. No one in any state can legally sell weed across state lines, because marijuana is still illegal under federal law. On today's episode, how a product that is simultaneously legal and illegal can create some... sticky business problems. Help support Planet Money and get bonus episodes by subscribing to Planet Money+ in Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org/planetmoney.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy Full Article
ine The U.S. economy's biggest superpower, explained By www.npr.org Published On :: Mon, 11 Dec 2023 20:03:40 +0000 What if you could borrow money on the cheap and use it to pay for just about anything? The U.S. government can, and does, with U.S. Treasuries. But the market for Treasuries might be more fragile than we know. In this episode, Yesha Yadav of Vanderbilt Law School explains why. This episode was first published as a bonus episode for our Planet Money+ listeners. Today we're making it available for everyone. To hear more episodes like this, and to hear Planet Money and The Indicator without sponsor messages, support the show by signing up for Planet Money+ in Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org/planetmoney.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy Full Article
ine The Maine Potato War of 1976 By www.npr.org Published On :: Sat, 13 Jan 2024 00:54:02 +0000 When you think of a potato, one state probably comes to mind: Idaho. But for much of American history, Maine was home to the nation's largest potato crop. That status had changed by the 1970s, with the West growing more and more of the nation's potatoes. But Maine still had one distinct advantage: A privileged position in the commodities market. The New York Mercantile Exchange, one of the largest such marketplaces in the country, exclusively dealt in Maine potatoes. And two deep-pocketed Western potato kingpins weren't happy about it. So the Westerners waged what's now called the Maine Potato War of 1976. Their battlefield was the futures market: A special type of marketplace, made up of hordes of screaming traders, where potatoes can be bought and sold before they're even planted. The Westerners did something so bold – and so unexpected – that it brought not only the potato market, but the entire New York commodities exchange, to its knees. Today on the show, how a war waged through futures contracts influenced the kind of potatoes we eat. This episode was hosted by Dylan Sloan and Nick Fountain. This episode was produced by Sam Yellowhorse Kesler with help from Emma Peaslee. It was edited by Molly Messick, engineered by Valentina Rodríguez Sánchez, and fact checked by Sierra Juarez. Our executive producer is Alex Goldmark. Help support Planet Money and get bonus episodes by subscribing to Planet Money+ in Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org/planetmoney.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy Full Article
ine It's giving ... Valentines By www.npr.org Published On :: Thu, 15 Feb 2024 00:34:16 +0000 L, is for the way you Listen to Planet MoneyO, is for the Only podcast I hearV, is Very, very, fiduciaryE, is for... ECONOMICS! Every February, we dedicate a show to the things in our lives that have been giving us butterflies. Whether it's an obscure online marketplace or a piece of stunt journalism that made us green with envy. And then we go out into the world to proclaim our love...in the form of a Valentine. And we have a great roster this Valentine's Day:- A grocery store in Los Angeles with the very best produce - A woodworking supply company with an innovative approach to... innovation!- A basketball player that makes a strong case for taking risky shots- A book that catalogues the raw materials that shape our world- A play that connects the 2008 financial crisis to the sale of the island of Manhattan in the 1600s- And, a podcast that turns corporate intrigue into watercooler chit-chatSo cozy up with a special someone and hand them the second earbud as we take you through our 2024 Valentines!Help support Planet Money and get bonus episodes by subscribing to Planet Money+ in Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org/planetmoney.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy Full Article