As the weather gets colder, many lower-income Americans will depend on LIHEAP, a program that helps them heat their homes. Receiving LIHEAP assistance to keep the heat on was a reality for over 5 million American households in fiscal year 2024. But existing funds are running low, and future funds are stalled during the shutdown. Also: markets react to the continued federal shutdown, and the Trump administration plans to take stakes in several quantum computing companies.
The Commentary Magazine Podcast - The Ballroom, the Beef, and the Base
As the agonizing over the White House ballroom continues, we continue to analyze it. And what's up with Donald Trump's interest in Argentine beef? Finally, we get to the NYC mayoral race and how Zohran Mamdani, if elected, might respond to his base. Give a listen.
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ATXplained - Is the Texas Capitol radioactive?
We’re not talking about politics. Is the capitol building itself literally radioactive?
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WSJ Tech News Briefing - TNB Tech Minute: Quantum-Computing Firms in Talks to Give U.S. Equity Stakes
Plus: Amazon tests new robots and AI tools in its warehouses and delivery vans. And China releases a five-year plan that includes becoming more self-sufficient technologically. Zoe Kuhlkin hosts.
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Newshour - Russia’s two largest oil companies hit by US sanctions
The US has announced new sanctions targeting Russia's two largest oil companies in an effort to persuade Moscow to negotiate a peace deal in Ukraine.
The announcement came one day after US President Donald Trump said a planned meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Budapest would be shelved indefinitely. Could this put pressure on Vladimir Putin to end his war with Ukraine?
Also in the programme: A former British paratrooper has been found not guilty of murdering two people in shootings at a civil rights march in Northern Ireland in 1972 - an event which became known as "Bloody Sunday"; and the youngest-ever winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, Malala Yousafszai, tells us what it was like being accompanied by a security detail at university.
(Photo shows US President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington DC on 17 October 2025. Credit: Aaron Schwartz/EPA)
Audio Mises Wire - The Myth of Planned Obsolescence
The concept of “planned obsolescence” makes no economic sense and is often an excuse for governments to harass and shake down innovative entrepreneurs. Much of so-called planned obsolescence is really entrepreneurship at work improving products for users and consumers.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/myth-planned-obsolescence
Inside Europe - Inside Europe 23 October 2025
In this special "Alternative Economies" edition, we take a break from the news to rethink business as usual. This episode features concrete examples of European business and budget experiments, ranging from the reformist to the downright radical.
Marketplace All-in-One - Beef prices and the beef of tomorrow
In a Truth Social post on Wednesday, President Donald Trump said cattle ranchers “have to get their prices down.” Trump also claimed that the high tariffs he placed on imports from Brazil are the reason ranchers are doing well, but the reality is more complicated. Today, we'll explore why there’s no quick fix for high beef prices. We'll also learn what role regenerative farming can play in meeting consumers' beef demands going forward.
CBS News Roundup - 10/23/2025 | World News Roundup
White House East Wing demolition. U.S. boat strikes expand from the Caribbean to the Pacific waters off South America. New sanctions on Russian oil. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has those stories and more on the World News Roundup podcast.
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Marketplace All-in-One - Parsing the impact of fresh U.S. sanctions on Russian oil
From the BBC World Service: In an effort to pressure Moscow to negotiate a peace deal in Ukraine, the United States has announced new sanctions on Russian oil. The sanctions effectively blacklist two of Russia's major oil export companies, and that has big implications for both India and China, which rely heavily on Russian oil imports. And then recent talks to make the shipping industry greener have stalled. So what’s the industry doing to cut emissions?