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1 week ago | 
marketplace.org | Reema Khrais |Nancy Farghalli |Maria Hollenhorst |Andie Corban
The number of homes selling above asking price hit a low not seen since spring 2020. Plus: Oklahoma schools tackle gambling addictions in the classroom and a ballet shoe company struggles with tariffs and a warehouse fire.
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1 week ago | 
marketplace.org | Kimberly Adams |Reema Khrais |Daisy Palacios |Courtney Bergsieker
Every day this week, we’ll take a look at the ripple effects of the budget reconciliation bill moving through Congress that would enact President Donald Trump’s agenda. Today, we focus on the bill’s impact on health care and social programs. We explain how the Senate’s version of the reconciliation bill cuts Medicaid more aggressively than the House of Representatives’ previous version.
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1 week ago | 
marketplace.org | David Brancaccio |Reema Khrais
What subject does money not touch? “Religion,” you might say. Au contraire. In the latest season of the Marketplace podcast "This is Uncomfortable," host Reema Khrais spoke with Sister Monica Clare — Sister Superior at the Community of St. John the Baptist, an Episcopal convent in New Jersey — about her personal finances and journey to nunhood. Clare was required to pay off more than $100,000 in debt before she could enter that vocation.
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1 week ago | 
marketplace.org | Kimberly Adams |Reema Khrais |Daisy Palacios |Courtney Bergsieker
Episode 1407Jun 17, 2025It extends several business tax breaks that were set to expire at the end of the year. Today, we take a deep dive into the provisions affecting small businesses and taxes in the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” which aims to enact President Donald Trump’s agenda. The bill passed the U.S. House of Representatives in May, and the U.S. Senate released its proposed version of the bill on Monday.
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2 weeks ago | 
marketplace.org | Kimberly Adams |Reema Khrais |Courtney Bergsieker |Daisy Palacios
Episode 1405Jun 13, 2025The disappearing safety net for Baby BoomersPlus, we’ll unpack a new CBO analysis on the reconciliation bill. Astrid Riecken for The Washington Post via Getty Images
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2 weeks ago | 
marketplace.org | Kimberly Adams |Reema Khrais |Courtney Bergsieker |Daisy Palacios
More than 100 years after the Tulsa Race Massacre, the Oklahoma city’s mayor recently announced a $105 million reparations package to address the Massacre’s lasting impact. Marketplace’s Mitchell Hartman joins us on the show today to explain how we got here, and more from his reporting on economic injustice in Tulsa’s Greenwood neighborhood. Plus, we’ll get into what the new reparations package could mean for Black Tulsans and the push for reparations in other cities.
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2 weeks ago | 
marketplace.org | Kimberly Adams |Reema Khrais |Courtney Bergsieker |Daisy Palacios
President Trump announced a new trade deal with China after days of negotiations. Here’s the thing: Trump’s tariffs on China will stay the same. So what did the two countries actually agree to? We’ll get into it. And, after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired a panel of experts that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on vaccines, doctors and insurance companies are wondering who they should look to for guidance.
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1 month ago | 
marketplace.org | Kimberly Adams |Reema Khrais |Courtney Bergsieker |Marissa Cabrera
Episode 1399May 27, 2025A guide to making sure your money matches your values. Hey Smarties! Make Me Smart is taking a short break while Kimberly and Reema cook up something good for you! In the meantime, we’re bringing you an episode from “Financially Inclined” a podcast from Marketplace that helps families learn more about money. It turns out where you park your money can actually make a difference in the fight agains climate change.
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1 month ago | 
marketplace.org | Reema Khrais |Nancy Farghalli |Maria Hollenhorst |Andie Corban
Chantal keeps making ultimatums to Travis about the life she wants, including a 5-bedroom house for the big family of kids they don’t have yet. Marketplace's Reema Khrais introduces them to a financial therapist to help resolve their ongoing disagreement.
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1 month ago | 
marketplace.org | Reema Khrais |Nancy Farghalli |Maria Hollenhorst |Andie Corban
May 23, 2025The WNBA added three new teams this season, at a time when launching a new company isn’t exactly ideal. Plus, international students at U.S. universities and lithium mining in Argentina. Segments From This EpisodeForeign students are starting to look elsewhere. With a partial rollback of tariffs on China, Eric Bauer, of Turner Hat Company, could finally afford to pay the import tax. Over the next 90-days his plan is to build up the cash in his business wallet.
