When A Coal Mine Shuts Down, Locals Get The Shaft
As the US coal industry dwindles, big mining companies that once made a fortune are packing up–and leaving behind a staggering mess of destroyed land and poisoned water. So who’ll pay to clean it up? ...
19 Dec 202229min
20 Extra Tons of — Ahem — Cargo
In 2019, US officials seized a massive cargo ship called the MSC Gayane in the Port of Philadelphia. On board, they found containers filled with products of all kinds that the ship had picked up along...
16 Dec 202234min
An Important Step Forward For #MeToo
This year saw some important advances for #MeToo. The US Congress passed two bills, now signed into law, that protect the rights of women who come forward to report sexual abuse in the workplace–and m...
15 Dec 202226min
Meet The Most Fascinating People In The World
Well, some of them anyway. Each year, Businessweek’s Bloomberg 50 list introduces you to people in business, entertainment, finance, politics, science and technology whose work helped define the year....
14 Dec 202224min
Fentanyl Deaths Are Overwhelming Cities
While everyone was focused on Covid over the past few years, America’s decades-old opioid crisis entered a new deadly phase – largely because of one drug in particular: fentanyl. Potent, cheap and ubi...
13 Dec 202229min
Teen TikTok is More Complicated Than You Think
Bloomberg Investigative reporter Olivia Carville has spent months delving into TikTok, the hugely popular video social network. In November, she joined the podcast to talk about children who have died...
12 Dec 202233min
Revolt of The Dairy Farmers
Our insatiable appetite for meat, eggs and cheese means there are billions of chickens, pigs and cows the world over. One consequence: animal agriculture is a leading contributor to greenhouse gas emi...
9 Dec 202230min
Ticketmaster v. Swifties
A group of Taylor Swift fans is suing Ticketmaster, the big live event ticket provider, after sales for her upcoming concert tour went haywire. It’s also drawn the attention of the US Justice Departme...
8 Dec 202226min
