Odd Lots
S01:E06 - Counterfeiting Scandals Keep Hitting the Commodities Market
S01:E01 - The White Oak Pine Shortage That Could Ruin the Bourbon Industry
Penn State forestry professor Calvin Norman talks about a looming shortage of critical white oak and explains why nothing can be used to replace it.
S01:E02 - The US Caring Economy Has Been Broken for Years
Nancy Folbre, Professor Emerita of Economics at UMass and Director of the Program on Gender and Care Work at the Political Economy Research Institute.
S01:E03 - The Fed Hiked Rates Rapidly but Housing Is as Broken as Ever
Despite rate hikes, inflation remains surprisingly high and the surge in mortgage rates hasn't had a significant cooling effect. What's going on?
S01:E04 - What Needs to Happen for the Renminbi to Really Compete With the Dollar
How the Renminbi Could Compete with the Dollar
S01:E05 - Slack Founder Stewart Butterfield on AI, Software and the End of the Tech Boom
Slack Founder Stewart Butterfield on AI and the Tech Boom
S01:E06 - Counterfeiting Scandals Keep Hitting the Commodities Market
Counterfeit Scandals Slam the Commodities Market
S01:E07 - Isabella Weber on the Big Inflation Rethink
Isabella Weber on the Big Rethink of Inflation
S01:E08 - The Eyeball-Scanning Plan to Save Humanity From AI
The Eyeball-Scanning Plan to Save Humanity From AI
S01:E09 - How the Financial Industry Worked Before There Were Computers
How the Financial Industry Worked Before Computers
S01:E10 - What Ben McKenzie Learned When He Started Investigating Crypto
What Ben McKenzie Learned When He Started Investigating Crypto
S01:E11 - What It Takes to Convert Offices to Apartments
What It Really Takes to Convert an Office Building to Apartments
S01:E12 - Understanding the Real Fight Over Water in Arizona
Understanding the Complex Fight Over Arizona's Water