Marketplace All-in-One - Your car company also wants to be your bank
The FDIC has approved proposals by GM and Ford to launch their own banking units. That means the automakers will be able to provide their own auto loans to customers. In this episode, a confluence of market conditions drove Ford and GM into banking. Plus: The Super Bowl of livestock shows highlights high cattle prices, changes to online search behavior affects digital ad revenue, and “Marketplace” host Amy Scott talks to Jordyn Holman at the New York Times and David Gura at Bloomberg about the week’s economic headlines.
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PBS News Hour - Health - Measles cases surged in 2025 as vaccination rates dropped
PBS News Hour - Art Beat - New book ‘Five Bullets’ explores divisive 1984 NYC subway shooting
Marketplace All-in-One - The infrastructure side of the AI boom
Tech companies are pouring billions into developing the infrastructure necessary to meet the demand for artificial intelligence. But what does that infrastructure look like on the ground? Marketplace Tech’s Meghan McCarty Carino joins Kimberly to share her takeaways after visiting a variety of data centers and reporting on the surge in AI investment. Plus, we’ll weigh in on microdramas and AI slop during a round of Half Full/Half Empty!
Here’s everything we talked about today:
- "Inside the relentless race for AI capacity" Financial Times
- "Redwood Materials built record grid storage project using old EV batteries" Canary Media
- "Just how big is the AI investment wave?" from Reuters
- "YouTube says battling ‘AI slop’ is a top priority" from The L.A. Times
- "TikTok-like microdramas are going to make billions this year, even though they kind of suck" from Tech Crunch
- "Apple to Revamp Siri as a Built-In iPhone, Mac Chatbot to Fend Off OpenAI" from Bloomberg
- "Ads Are Coming to ChatGPT. Here’s How They’ll Work" from Wired
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Newshour - Donald Trump sparks outrage over Nato troops claim
World leaders and army veterans have rejected President Trump's claim that Nato service personnel did not fight on the front lines or play a key part during the US-led war in Afghanistan. We speak to a former secretary general of Nato, whose alliance sent thousands of international troops to fight during the invasion.
Also in the programme: grim reports continue to emerge from Iran; why Nelson Mandela's family is fighting to keep his belongings from an auction; and does celebrated political scientist Francis Fukuyama believe this is the end of the "rules-based" international order?
(Photo: US President Donald Trump speaks as he meets with Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington DC, US, October 22, 2025. Credit: Reuters)
Consider This from NPR - What’s really happening in Minnesota?
So much has happened since ICE ramped up efforts in Minneapolis. It can be hard to get a sense of the big picture. Two NPR reporters on the ground do just that.
It’s been nearly two months since ICE descended on the streets of Minneapolis. In that time, Renee Macklin Good has been shot and killed, children have been detained, and the federal government’s campaign to arrest undocumented immigrants has only grown bigger, more aggressive, and more intense.
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Each step of the way, Minnesotans have protested what’s been happening in their state.
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CBS News Roundup - 01/23/2026 | Evening Update
The impending winter storm is causing significant flight disruptions.
For the first time, negotiators from the U.S., Ukraine and Russia all sat down together in Abu Dhabi today to discuss a deal to end the war in Ukraine.
President Trump and Vice President Vance addressed the annual "March for Life" in Washington, D.C. today.
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The Gist - Kenneth Vogel on the “Sh*tbag Business”
Today on The Gist, Mike explains why he won't be watching Netflix's Skyscraper Live, arguing that Alex Honnold's latest stunt is an "attractive nuisance" that plays on our darkest voyeuristic instincts rather than the Olympic ideal. Then, New York Times reporter Kenneth Vogel joins the show to discuss his book Devil's Advocates. He breaks down the "sh*tbag business" of foreign lobbying, covering Paul Manafort's pioneering work with dictators, Rudy Giuliani's "security consulting" hustle, and the very real legal exposure facing Hunter Biden.
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The Journal. - For Many Kids on ADHD Pills, It’s the Start of a Drug Cascade
Danielle Gansky was diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder at age 7. Soon, she was prescribed a daily cocktail of powerful psychiatric drugs that she would be on for years. A new Wall Street Journal investigation reveals that children who start on ADHD medication at a young age are more than five times as likely to be prescribed additional psychiatric drugs. WSJ’s Shalini Ramachandran breaks down that investigation. WSJ’s Ryan Knutson hosts.
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- Is America on Too Many Psychiatric Drugs?
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