RadCasts

The clock's ticking! If you're in the greeting card business, Valentine's Day is more than just a holiday — it’s a big sales opportunity. This morning, as part of our What's That Like? series, we hear from someone who changed careers from graphic designer to full-time greeting card maker during the pandemic. But first, a new report calculated just how big a difference primary care access can make in lowering overall health care spending.

From the BBC World Service: As the energy crisis in Cuba continues, the port of Havana has received two ships carrying humanitarian aid sent by Mexico. Cuba is struggling after the Trump administration put a virtual oil blockade on the island. Then, the center-right Bangladesh Nationalist Party has secured a landslide election victory, so what will it mean for the nation's economy? And, after more than four decades, the designer behind Japan's Hello Kitty character is stepping down.

This week, we look at Spotify's stellar quarter. Plus, there's a new AI-only social network called Moltbook. But first, Alphabet, parent of Google, went to the debt markets this week, raising tens of billions of dollars to fund its AI spending.

One of the bonds Alphabet is offering, issued in British pounds, has a maturity date of 100 years from now. This is very unusual in the corporate world. Marketplace’s Stephanie Hughes spoke with Jewel Burks Solomon, managing partner at Collab Capital, about what she makes of Alphabet doing this kind of borrowing.