Plus: DOJ investigates Iran’s use of Binance to evade U.S. sanctions. And Oracle raises its sales outlook as demand for AI continues to outpace supply. Julie Chang hosts.
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Song Exploder - Thompson Twins – Hold Me Now
Thompson Twins originally formed in 1977 in Sheffield, in the UK. “Hold Me Now,” their iconic hit, came out as a single in November 1983, and eventually on their 1984 album, Into the Gap. That album went to number 1 in the UK and went platinum in the US. The song spent 21 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. So for this episode, I talked to the founding member of Thompson Twins, Tom Bailey, and he told me how he and his bandmates, Alannah Currie and Joe Leeway, made “Hold Me Now.”
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Marketplace All-in-One - What war in the Middle East is costing the U.S.
$800 million a day. That's the rough monetary estimate of how much the U.S. military operation in Iran is costing taxpayers, according to the Penn Wharton Budget Model — in addition, of course, to the horrible human toll of war. This morning, we'll do the numbers on the costs of military technology and impacts on everyday consumers. Plus, the globe competes for liquefied natural gas, and Meta acquires Moltbook, the social network for AI.
CBS News Roundup - 03/11/2026 | World News Roundup
Focus in the Iran war shifts to the vital Strait of Hormuz oil shipping lanes. Tapping the world's strategic oil reserves is considered. Deadly weather hits the central U.S. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has those stories and more on the World News Roundup podcast.
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WSJ Minute Briefing - IEA Proposes Massive Oil Reserves Release
Plus: Four people are injured after a pair of Iranian drones fell near Dubai International Airport. And Oracle shares rally as the company’s sales outlook improves on demand for AI cloud computing. Luke Vargas hosts.
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WSJ What’s News - IEA Proposes Record Release of Oil Reserves
A.M. Edition for Mar. 11. The International Energy Agency is considering releasing 400 million barrels of oil into the market to counter the surge in crude prices from the U.S.-Israel war with Iran. WSJ reporters Matt Dalton and Rebecca Feng explain why the strategic release would be unprecedented and how it could drive oil prices up, instead of down. Plus, we look at how some of the biggest hedge funds got caught off guard by the war. And WSJ’s Alex Leary has the scoop on why Trump is obsessed with these $145 shoes. Luke Vargas hosts.
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Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders - Founder Chats – Vadim Dedov
Today, we are dropping another episode in our "chats" series, specifically on the Founder side, - hearing from those scaling the companies themselves.
In this episode, we are talking with Vadim Dedov, CEO at Catchers. Vadim is going to walk us through what problem he wanted to solve with Catchers, and how his product development journey took him through architectural decisions, product optimization, team building and more.
Questions
- Before we talk about Catchers, I’d love to understand you a bit better.
- What experiences or responsibilities earlier in your life shaped how you think about work, systems, and accountability today?
- What problem were you dealing with before Catchers existed? Not as a product idea yet, but as a real operational pain you kept running into.
- At what point did you realise this couldn’t be solved with people, spreadsheets, or manual coordination anymore and that technology was the only way forward?
- How did Catchers actually start taking shape as a product? What was the very first version you built, and what did “good enough” mean in a business where mistakes affect people’s income and compliance?
- How long did it take to get to something usable, and what constraints defined your MVP?
- Looking back, what were the most important trade-offs you made early on?
- Things you consciously postponed or simplified, knowing they might come back later.
- Let’s zoom in on the product itself. What is the core product insight behind Catchers — the thing you believe differentiates it from a typical HR or staffing platform?
- How did your thinking about architecture evolve as scale increased? Was there a moment when you had to stop moving fast and redesign parts of the system properly?
- How did you approach building your core team around such a complex, operations-heavy product? What qualities mattered most in the people you trusted with this system?
- Can you share a decision that didn’t go as planned and how you and your team dealt with the consequences?
- When you step back and look at what you’ve built today, what are you most proud of not in terms of features, but in terms of reliability, impact, or how the system holds under pressure?
- As you look ahead, how do automation and AI change the way you think about workforce platforms — and what advice would you give to someone building infrastructure-heavy products today?
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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - The Epstein Files: What We Know So Far
In tonight's episode, Ben, Matt and Noel return to the unfortunately ongoing saga of Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier and sexual predator. In the wake of Epstein's still-controversial death in prison, millions of documents about his activities -- collectively known as the Epstein Files -- remain redacted or hidden from the public. Recent releases have, if anything, raised more questions than answers. So what exactly is going on? Tune in to learn more.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth vowed that Tuesday will be the “most intense” day of strikes on Iran. When asked about the timeline of the conflict, Hegseth and President Trump have given mixed messages. On Monday, Trump told CBS News that the war with Iran is “very complete,” before reversing course later in the day. Meanwhile, AI company Anthropic is suing the Department of Defense after being labeled a supply chain risk last week. The company alleges the government violated its First Amendment rights following disputes over how federal agencies could use Anthropic’s technology. In business, Ross has opened two new locations in Alhambra and North Hollywood as part of a national plan to launch 110 stores this year, and Beyond Meat officially rebranded as "Beyond The Plant Protein Co." to reflect its expansion into protein drinks and bars. Read more at https://LATimes.com.
Marketplace All-in-One - An Ohio newspaper gives AI a byline
The Plain Dealer newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio, has been around since the 1800s. Now, it's leaning into a very 21st century tactic: embracing the use of artificial intelligence in its journalism. That includes AI actually writing articles.
The paper's editor, Chris Quinn, says incorporating artificial intelligence is critical to its success. Will Oremus, tech reporter at The Washington Post, says lots of publications are experimenting with AI. But the Plain Dealer has taken it further than most.