A full-length conversation with Robert Sullivan, who wrote the best book on rats you’ll ever read. To get subscriber-only episodes, sign up for SiriusXM Podcasts+ on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.
We are joined by Katie Wells — Director of Research at Groundwork Collaborative — to discuss her new report with the Fairwork Project which examines the current labor conditions in the gig platform market in the US. We chat about how core features of the broader economy are becoming extremely abnormal — prices are no longer fixed and standard, income is piecemeal and unstable, people can use short-term credit to buy their fast food dinner, platform services are integrating with and replacing government services. The abnormalities keep piling up until they become the new normal. Plus we draw connections between the managerial techniques of platform companies and private equity firms.
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Trump administration texts journalist Yemen attack plans. Hyundai to invest billions in Louisiana steel plant. Appeals court panel appears divided on Trump's deportation of immigrants under wartime law. CBS News Correspondent Jennifer Keiper with tonight's World News Roundup.
For weeks, President Trump has been issuing executive orders and memos that levy or threaten sanctions on major law firms.
The moves suspend security clearances, cancel government contracts, bar employees from federal buildings — and other actions that threaten their ability to represent their clients.
While Trump complains the law firms employed "very dishonest people," legal experts say Trump is retaliating against firms who have represented his political opponents or, in one case, rehired an attorney who had left his position to help prosecute a case against Trump.
We hear from Rachel Cohen, who publicly resigned from her law firm in protest.
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For weeks, President Trump has been issuing executive orders and memos that levy or threaten sanctions on major law firms.
The moves suspend security clearances, cancel government contracts, bar employees from federal buildings — and other actions that threaten their ability to represent their clients.
While Trump complains the law firms employed "very dishonest people," legal experts say Trump is retaliating against firms who have represented his political opponents or, in one case, rehired an attorney who had left his position to help prosecute a case against Trump.
We hear from Rachel Cohen, who publicly resigned from her law firm in protest.
For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.
For weeks, President Trump has been issuing executive orders and memos that levy or threaten sanctions on major law firms.
The moves suspend security clearances, cancel government contracts, bar employees from federal buildings — and other actions that threaten their ability to represent their clients.
While Trump complains the law firms employed "very dishonest people," legal experts say Trump is retaliating against firms who have represented his political opponents or, in one case, rehired an attorney who had left his position to help prosecute a case against Trump.
We hear from Rachel Cohen, who publicly resigned from her law firm in protest.
For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.
Chris Gethard stops by to talk comedy, ethics, and how audience taste moves like an algorithm with a grudge. Meanwhile, the JFK files are finally released, and it turns out the real mystery was in Finland all along. Also, the government’s got a chainsaw, and it's not just for photo ops: cuts are coming to everything from colorectal cancer screening to the office that won the Cold War-winning offices. Somewhere between chaos and court orders, we try to figure out what still counts as governance.
The latest price moves and insights with Jennifer Sanasie and 10x Research founder Markus Thielen.
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10x Research founder Markus Thielen joins CoinDesk to discuss the latest movements across the crypto market, with a focus on bitcoin's rebound to $90,000 and the potential for another BTC all-time high by the end of 2025. Plus, crypto equities to look out for as Coinbase is reportedly in talks to acquire Deribit.
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This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie. “Markets Daily” is produced by Jennifer Sanasie and edited by Victor Chen.
Last week, the Chicago Sun-Times lost 20% of its workforce, as public media faces funding threats from Washington. So what’s ahead for one of the largest non-profit media companies in the country? Reset sits down with Melissa Bell, CEO of Chicago Public Media, to learn how this will affect what readers and listeners can expect from CPM’s newsrooms.
For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.