npr
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 W…
(Note: This episode originally ran in 2018 .) Is it really cheaper to shop at an airport Duty Free store? And why are so many of them alike? In the 1940s, if yo…
Donald Trump is just about to begin his second presidency. And it may be safe to say that every single person in America has at least one question about what's …
The fires in Los Angeles are almost out. Residents are starting to trickle back into their burned-out neighborhoods. When they get to their houses, they face a …
There has been chaotic uncertainty around billions of dollars allocated by Congress. The Trump administration ordered a pause on — and review of — certain types…
So the president can't spend more money than Congress has agreed and voted to spend. But can the president spend less money than Congress wants? It all comes do…
There's this cautionary tale, in the finance world, that nearly any trader can tell you. It's about placing too much confidence in math and models. It's the sto…
Last year, Tyson Foods shuttered a meat processing plant in Perry, Iowa. The company said it made the decision because the plant was old and inefficient. But th…
What do Moo Deng the pygmy hippo, social media sensation Hawk Tuah, and the President of the United States all have in common? They've all inspired highly valua…
Memecoins are having a moment. Everyone from Hawk Tuah to President Donald Trump to animal influencers like Moo Deng the pygmy hippo have been turned into crypt…
