In a pretty funny coda to this story, I got a call from the labor department about my claim two weeks ago, 9 months after I filed it. I thought they might be following up on this story but no…

Thanks to @erikamcentarfer.bsky.social for coming on the show to talk about her misadventure through the UI system. We also hear from @kedseconomist.com on her ideas for fixing it! www.npr.org/2026/06/08/n...

Pour out a Billy Goat Dark for a legend! If the Tribune Tower hadn't been turned into luxury condos 🙃 there would probably be a stream of journalists heading to the Goat now from the newsroom to pay their tributes blockclubchicago.org/2026/05/15/s...

this video made me a believer in growth mindset

Omg, Amazon Prime inserted an ad for Febreze in the midst of the most famous match cut in the history of cinema (in Kubrick’s 2001, when the ape-thrown bone turns into a spacecraft). I don’t know whether to laugh or cry (rn, it’s both). [bsky.app]

My town is in a massive uproar about screen use in the classroom and I think I'm part of the problem because I just texted my daughter a TikTok video about chicken tenders being available at Costco

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Looks like it's time to re-read Many Waters by Madeleine L'Engle! (Raise your hand if your eyes were also OPENED by reading this novel as a child)

I don't care that Antinous says "daddy" or that everyone has American accents! I don't care if Telemachus does the Umbrella dance or if Odysseus yells "fortune favors the brave" and turns directly to the camera to say "this movie was brought to you by crypto.com." I will be there with 🛎️🛎️ on

My teen just told me she keeps a copy of the Constitution in her locker so she knows her rights, and I asked her "so what's your favorite right?" And she said "The right not to have people from the military sleep over at your house." That's a good one!! 🇺🇸

are you telling me Polymarket cribbed off a plot point from the latest season of Industry

I learned a lot reporting this story about how financial red flags can pop up SIX YEARS before a dementia diagnosis. Thanks to @lhnicholas.bsky.social for sharing her research and to Sanda, a woman who told us about discovering her dad's cognitive and financial decline. www.npr.org/2026/05/05/n...

okay but will there also be vetting of AI slop posts from the White House before they are released

If anyone has Aline Brosh McKenna’s deets, I would like to pitch a Devil Wears Prada prequel about Andie working on her 4-part series about the Federal Reserve

In honor of The Devil Wears Prada 2, here is an email my dad wrote me in July 2006 with his thoughts on the first movie, along with a bonus anecdote about the suburban Chicago housing market of the time. GO CATS!!!!

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setting aside the Sherlock Holmes cosplay, is that Jared Leto?!

HOORAY, the Planet Money book is out today! We are so excited to get this book into all of your hands and we hope you enjoy it. It would be great to see you at one of our live shows too, especially if you are in Chicago! That's where I'll be on April 23! Exclamation points! planetmoneybook.com

Last night I dreamt that Trump issued an EO saying that “it’s 5 o’clock somewhere” would officially start at 3:30 pm CT. What a demented thing for the president to say hahahaha! Anyway Happy Easter 🥴

Was on an American Airlines flight where the pilot had to do a full-on, minutes-long hard sell for the AA credit card like it was pledge drive season. It all felt mildly embarrassing

Did you know that @marychilds.bsky.social is an entomologist?! You should watch this!

I must confess I clicked on this story because I thought the founder's name was David Protein

My Pilates studio got acquired by a private equity firm that bought a bunch of Club Pilates franchises. Now, instead of wiping down our equipment with a washcloth and spray bottle of disinfectant, we get a dinky disposable moist towelette. And the music they stream during class now comes with ads 🙄

You know what I do for a living? I craft narratives that GET ME PAID. So please subscribe to Planet Money+ and listen to me, @marychilds.bsky.social, and @samkesler.bsky.social discuss the latest season of Industry! www.npr.org/2026/03/09/n...

panic buying those Bonilla a la Vista potato chips before the U.S. cuts off all trade with Spain (I hear they're really good!)

@wailinwong.bsky.social @planetmoney.bsky.social @npr.org featured @aaronrosenthal.bsky.social's & my estimate of DHS causing $106 million in lost wages for MSP metro workers as her Indicator of the week. Thanks for doing such a great job communicating the results. www.npr.org/2026/02/27/n...

Between this news and RFK Jr telling us we should be eating more liver, it's a real banner day for the Hannibal Lecter Diet

I still have dreams about not being able to open the combination lock on my middle school gym locker 😩

DHS' Tricia McLaughlin told NPR's Indicator last week "new ICE recruits receive 56 days of training and 28 days of on-the-job training. No training was removed." Then she said they dropped Spanish language proficiency in the same statement and contradicted Lyons' own testimony too. All baloney.

Lara Naki Gutmann is skating to a medley that includes Hans Zimmer's score for Inception. I hope at the end of her free skate she starts spinning and doesn't stop

What is the most uptempo song that would be great for a figure skating routine WITHOUT encouraging spectators to clap on beats one and three, or clapping at all? This is what I would be obsessed with if I were a figure skater

Never in a million years did I ever fathom when I resurrected the Epstein story in 2018 that it would lead to first arrest of a British Royal in four centuries. Not since King Charles I was arrested in 1647. open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...

Solidarity with our friends and colleagues at @postguild.bsky.social.

had the great privilege of joining @bmluse.bsky.social and @wailinwong.bsky.social on today's episode of It's Been a Minute, talking through why the job market really does still suck despite topline (emphasis on topline) economic numbers looking sanguine as ever www.npr.org/2026/01/26/n...

"And the marquee entry on his résumé is his eight years, from 2011 to 2019, as mayor of Chicago, a city that eats politicians alive. He made mistakes and enemies. They’ll come back to haunt him." Ctrl-F “Laquan McDonald” <Not found>

Charles Yang of Time for Three absolutely slaying me. I would lose my mind if I heard this live. Even crappy phone speakers made me scream and cry.

in no way the most important thing but it is incredibly jarring how many times people have opened up their devices in the last year to see autoplay videos of people being killed

If you're in Chicago, come see me with Alex Mayyasi and Adriana Robertson on April 23!

Can confirm,currently at work, putting together some banger episodes on Greenland’s critical minerals and Big Beef for later this week. Subscribe to NPR’s The Indicator wherever you get your podcasts. www.npr.org/podcasts/510...

This is a great cathartic rage listen for those of us who lived through this drama

My middle schooler this morning: "I don't want to go to school. I don't care that education is a privilege." Me: "Who said that?" Her: "MALALA!" [storms out the door]

A tiny Freddy Krueger just rang my doorbell and wished me a "Happy 6-7." I love Halloween!

Susan Stamberg, an original National Public Radio staffer who went on to become the first U.S. woman to anchor a nightly national news program, has died. n.pr/4qjVMDS

"Officers pulled out his REAL ID, which Alabama only issues to those legally in the U.S. But the agents dismissed it as fake." BTW this happened TWICE to the same person!

JUST IN: Chicago journalistsa re suing DHS and ICE over force used against reporters: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

You guys, so many Romance girlies are reading "On Tyranny" that they've broken the Goodreads recommendations algorithm. 10/10; no notes. #romancelandia

At Curriculum Night at the middle school, the social sciences teacher was telling us about the current unit on the Columbian Exchange. The slide said "Three cultures meet," referring to European/African/indigenous. It took every ounce of self control not to yell AND THEN WHAT HAPPENED

I was telling my 12yo about Task and said, "It's about an FBI agent and a robber." Her: "Do they fall in love?" Me: "Um, I don't think so."