Laura answers a listener’s question and reviews what happens to your credit after making a late payment, including tips to minimize the potential damage.
Money Girl is hosted by Laura Adams. A transcript is available at Simplecast.
Candice Lim is joined by Slate culture writer Nadira Goffe to break down the BookTok drama surrounding Old Enough by Haley Jakobson. Last year, Old Enough hit the shelves as a queer, coming-of-age novel about a sophomore in college named Sav and her ex-best friend, Izzie. A year later, a guest of Lucie Fink’s podcast The Real Stuff claimed she was allegedly the basis for Izzie and that her childhood was “plagarized” for the novel — from her experience with sexual assault to sensitive details about her family. On today’s episode, ICYMI asks how this BookTok drama became the “Bad Art Friend” of 2024 and where the lines should be drawn when it comes to using the trauma of others to sell a book.
This podcast is produced by Se’era Spragley Ricks, Daisy Rosario and Candice Lim.
Do illegal migrants receive more in benefits than pensioners?
Was Energy Secretary Ed Miliband right to celebrate a ?record breaking? renewable energy auction?
Is one divided by zero infinity?
Why don?t we spend more on evidence that government spending works?
And how long does it actually take to turn around an oil tanker?
Tim Harford investigates some of the numbers in the news.
Presenter: Tim Harford
Reporter: Charlotte McDonald
Producers: Natasha Fernandes, Bethan Ashmead-Latham and Nathan Gower
Series producer: Tom Colls
Production co-ordinator: Katie Morrison
Sound mix: Gareth Jones
Editor: Richard Vadon
Why do people go to college? In Polished: College, Class, and the Burdens of Social Mobility(U Chicago Press, 2024), Melissa Osborne, an associate professor at Western Washington University, explores the experiences of students from low income and first-generation backgrounds who attend elite universities in the USA. The book offers a vital intervention for our understanding of the role of higher education and its connection to a range of social inequalities. It captures the sometimes difficult and ambivalent experiences of students from outside the traditional demographics for elite institutions. The analysis offers a nuanced understanding of the process of social mobility, showing the struggles of students and institutions, and the limits of individually-focused approaches to social change. Rich with ethnographic and qualitative data, as well as a powerful set of ideas for elite institutional change, the book is essential reading for educators everywhere.
Dr. Eric Jaffe is back! This time, he's going to teach us about CRISPR. But, in order to do that, he first needs to lay a foundation about genetics more broadly, and how complex it actually is. Why is it that mapping the human genome didn't instantly give us the ability to change whatever we want about ourselves?
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On Tuesday night, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump faced off in their first and currently only scheduled presidential debate. The candidates went back and forth on the biggest issues in the election, including reproductive rights, the economy, immigration, and the wars in Ukraine and Gaza.But while VP Harris largely stayed on message,Trump often descended into conspiracy theories and lies. Tommy Vietor, host of Pod Save America and Pod Save the World, joins to give his post-debate analysis.
The news to know for Wednesday, September 11, 2024!
We're recapping last night's high-stakes presidential debate, from key moments and arguments to the post-debate reaction, and we’ll tell you which candidate is already calling for debate number two.
Also, we’ll share the candidates’ plans to commemorate the anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks as America remembers.
Plus, when Hurricane Francine is set to make landfall on Louisiana’s coast, why time is crucial for a historic (and risky) space mission now underway, and what to expect at tonight’s 40th anniversary of the MTV VMAs.
Those stories and even more news to know in just over 10 minutes!
