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News
Marketplace
Marketplace (PM)
Week of January 9
- Kai talks to Bree Jenkins and Francesca LeBaron about their Conflict Lab course at the UC Berkeley Haas School.
- China has always been challenging for western firms to do business, but many multinational firms are willing to do it because of the size of the Chinese market and growth potentials … particularly its consumers. But over the past three years, and repeated lockdowns under the zero-COVID policy, consumers are more hesitant. Last November retail sales dropped 5.9%. Ahead of China releasing its economic data for 2022 on January 17th, Jennifer Pak’s look at what’s weighing on consumers’ minds.
Marketplace Tech
- Jan 9: Kimberly Adams interviews Marketplace’s Matt Levin, about how social media managers are dealing with the changes at Twitter and facing awkward decisions about how and where to promote their content.
- Jan 11: We’ll feature a conversation with Jordan Taylor with the Human-Computer Interactive Institute about Louisiana’s new law, HB 142, which now requires online users visiting porn websites to provide verification of age by uploading a copy of their digital ID.
On Point
- Jan 9: According to a recent report, a third of last year’s executions went wrong yet research shows that a majority of Americans still support the death penalty. Some Americans who support the death penalty also think it carries the risk of an innocent person being executed. On Point unpacks support for the death penalty in the US.
- Jan 11: There’s been a lot of buzz about the new artificial intelligence-powered chatbot, ChatGPT, and the speed with which it can deliver text that mimics human writing. The chatbot has been banned by New York City schools over fears that it could be used to write essays. We look into the ethics of AI language tools and explore safeguards and potential regulation.
Arts and Culture
The Splendid Table
January 13
- This week, we have a show devoted to mushrooms with Eugenia Bone. She is the editor of the Fantastic Fungi Community Cookbook, and we talk to Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing about the revered matsutake mushroom which she chronicles in her book The Mushroom at the End of the World. (Rebroadcast)
Timely Selections
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People Fixing The World: The town giving sober teens free beer
- Description: Balen in Belgium noticed more young people getting drunk. So they invented ‘sobercoin’. It encourages people to be more sober – by rewarding them with free drinks. Video by Richard Kenny.
- Suggested social copy: How Belgium is encouraging sobriety… by rewarding them with free drinks?
- Duration: 2 minutes 21 seconds
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APM Presents special staff pick
Justin Holland: The Guitar’s Black Pioneer
Broadcast Window: Jan 1 – Feb 28, 2023
Length: One hour
Justin Holland was a Black guitar virtuoso, educator, and activist in the 19th century who did intricate transcriptions of popular operas, songs, and compositions of his own. Holland was born free and worked to help other enslaved Black people on the Underground Railroad. In this special Professor Ernie Jackson, a Holland expert, talks about his experience as a guitar student and how Holland’s music gave him hope and inspiration. (Rebroadcast from 2022) Questions? Please contact your Station Representative.