Tariffed: The Toymaker That Took on Trump Part Three
Since the start of his second term, US President Donald Trump has imposed sweeping tariffs – especially on China, where most toys are made. On today’s Big Take Asia Podcast, host Oanh Ha talks with R...
26 Des 202523min
Tariffed: The Toymaker That Took on Trump Part Two
The US-China trade war has upended global manufacturing, forcing companies like Chicago-based Learning Resources to fundamentally change how and where its products are made, even as it challenges the ...
25 Des 202522min
Tariffed: The Toymaker That Took on Trump Part One
President Trump’s trade threw American businesses, which source everything from aircraft parts to baby strollers from China, into chaos. Over this year, some companies challenged the president’s tarif...
24 Des 202528min
Why Instacart Backtracked on an AI-Pricing Experiment
This month, the think-tank the Groundwork Collaborative, Consumer Reports and the news nonprofit More Perfect Union released a report finding that Instacart had been using an AI tool to run algorithmi...
23 Des 202519min
Even a US Blockade of Venezuela Isn’t Spiking Oil Prices
From OPEC powerhouses and US shale producers to countries like Guyana, global producers are drilling more oil and driving down prices. And with the potential for a ceasefire in Russia and pressure on ...
22 Des 202519min
Weekend Listen: Lynsey Addario Keeps Going Back to Photograph War
Lynsey Addario’s life work means taking great risks to tell other people’s stories. She is a Pulitzer Prize winning war photographer who has been abducted twice while documenting conflicts from Afgha...
21 Des 202544min
Inside Disney and OpenAI’s Billion Dollar Deal
As AI-generated images ping pong around the internet, the Walt Disney Company has been mostly playing defense, using litigation to protect its intellectual property. But last week, Disney announced a ...
19 Des 202519min
Truckers Are Aging Out. Who Will Replace Them?
The trucking industry has long been dominated by older white men. But as those truckers steer toward retirement, who will replace them? On today’s Big Take podcast, host Sarah Holder hits the road wi...
18 Des 202515min
