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What does it mean to live a good life? What is true happiness? What are the habits and practices that lead to human flourishing? No Small Endeavor examines these questions with host Lee C. Camp.
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No Small Endeavor

What does it mean to live a good life? What is true happiness? What are the habits and practices that lead to human flourishing? No Small Endeavor examines these questions with host Lee C. Camp.

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Economy

A customer prepares to pump gas into her car at a Shell station on Nov. 17 in San Rafael, Calif. A surge in gas prices this year is leaving the Biden administration looking for options to do something about it. One that's getting recent attention is tapping the country's emergency oil stockpile.
(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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Money

The U.S. emergency oil stash is in the spotlight as gas prices surge. What to know

4 years ago

Lauren Barber stands in her home in Columbus, Ohio, on Nov. 16. Barber has been inundated with offers from investors and companies that want to buy her house. She sometimes gets called or texted more than five times a day with offers.
(Maddie McGarvey / NPR)
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Money

Hey, I want to buy your house: Homeowners besieged by unsolicited offers

4 years ago

Frozen turkeys
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Community

Expect to pay more this year to stage your Thanksgiving feast

The Farm Bureau reports that the cost of a Thanksgiving dinner for 10 people is up 14% over last year, averaging at $53.31.

4 years ago

Sticky buns, cornbread, and chocolate chip pies in a bakery's display case. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
Money

Montgomery County’s MontcoStrong grant program helped them, businesses report in survey

The $42 million program, established using CARES Act funding, helped small businesses and nonprofits during the pandemic.

4 years ago

(AP Photo/LM Otero)
Radio Times

How worried should we be about inflation?

Consumer prices are at a 31-year high and people are feeling it from the grocery store to the pump. What is driving inflation and how concerned should we be?

Air Date: November 16, 2021 10:00 am

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A container ship on the Delaware River
Politics & Policy

Growing international trade in Delaware means fighting COVID-19 globally, state leaders say

Members of Delaware’s congressional delegation and other state leaders say stopping the pandemic is key to growing global trade in the First State.

4 years ago

Trucks line up to enter a Port of Oakland shipping terminal on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021, in Oakland, Calif. I(AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Money

Key reason for supply shortages: Americans keep spending

It could take well into next year or even 2023 before the U.S. and global supply chains return to some semblance of normal.

4 years ago

High gas prices are posted at a full service gas station in Beverly Hills, Calif., Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021. The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline jumped by 5 cents over the past two weeks, to $3.49 per gallon. The price at the pump is $1.30 higher than a year ago. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey said Sunday the rise comes as the cost of crude oil and ethanol surges. Nationwide, the highest average price for regular-grade gas is in the San Francisco Bay Area, at $4.77 per gallon. The lowest average is in Houston, at $2.98 per gallon. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Gasoline prices are surging. Can Biden actually do something about it?

4 years ago

FILE - Marriott human resources recruiter Mariela Cuevas, left, talks to Lisbet Oliveros, during a job fair at Hard Rock Stadium, Friday, Sept. 3, 2021, in Miami Gardens, Fla.  Americans quit their jobs at a record pace for the second straight month in September, while businesses and other employers continued to post a near-record number of available jobs.  (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier, File)
Community

For 2nd straight month, Americans quit jobs at a record pace

Americans quit their jobs at a record pace for the second straight month in September, in many cases for more money elsewhere.

4 years ago

Workers pack onions at a food bank.
Community

U.S. food banks struggle to feed hungry amid surging prices

U.S. food banks dealing with increased demand from families sidelined by the pandemic now face a new challenge – surging food prices and supply chain issues.

4 years ago

This Jan. 16, 2014 file photo shows the General Electric logo at a store in Cranberry Township, Pa. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
Money

General Electric to split into 3 public companies

General Electric is splitting itself into three public companies that concentrate on aviation, health care and energy.

5 years ago

FILE - Members of the United Auto Workers strike outside of a John Deere plant, Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021, in Ankeny, Iowa.  The farm equipment manufacturer reached a tentative labor agreement Saturday, Oct. 30,  with the United Auto Workers union.  But a UAW strike that began Oct. 14 will continue -- and details of the proposed contract will not be released -- while workers study the terms of the agreement in advance of a vote.  (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
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Money

John Deere and union reach tentative agreement but strike continues for now

5 years ago

Restaurant hotel workers and Unite Here representatives chanted, “If we don’t get it, shut it down,” at a vote of union members to authorize a strike outside the Wyndham Hotel in Philadelphia on Oct. 28, 2021
Money

Labor ‘militancy’ is on the rise in Philly. Workers and experts explain #Striketober

“This is a spike in labor activity and labor militancy. Workers are asserting their power in ways that haven't been done in over a generation.”

5 years ago

Workers hold up yellow signs at a protest outside PHL Airport
Money

Piedmont Airlines flight attendants at PHL unanimously vote to authorize a strike

Piedmont, a subsidiary of American Airlines, is a regional carrier with hubs in Philadelphia and Charlotte that flies to more than 55 cities around the United States.

5 years ago

President Joe Biden speaks in front of an American flag backdrop
Politics & Policy

Big changes in White House ideas to pay for $2 trillion plan

The White House is floating new plans for ways to pay for President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion proposal for expanding social services and tackling climate change.

5 years ago

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