New Orleans Chef On How New Coronavirus Surge Is Affecting Her Business NPR's Mary Louise Kelly checks back in with Kelly Fields, owner of New Orleans restaurant Willa Jean, to discuss how her business is doing amid new coronavirus outbreaks.
Elon Musk Passes Bill Gates To Become World's 2nd-Richest Person The soaring value of Tesla stock has sent Musk's net worth skyrocketing, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The automaker's CEO has added more than $100 billion to his net worth in 2020. Camila Domonoske
Why The Oil Industry Doesn't Fear Biden President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to tackle the climate crisis. Nonetheless, the oil and gas industry is reacting with a surprising amount of optimism. Camila Domonoske
What's At Stake Amid Expiring Pandemic Unemployment Benefits NPR's Leila Fadel discusses the looming cutoff of federal pandemic unemployment benefits with Kate McAfee and Mario Sandoval, who were both laid off, and researcher Elizabeth Pancotti.
Fed, Treasury Department Split On When To Cut Off Pandemic Loan Programs Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin wants to let the emergency loan programs expire at the end of the year. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says that's too soon. Jim Zarroli
Fate Of Pandemic Funds Sparks Unusual Clash Between Treasury And Federal Reserve The Fed is pushing back against a request from Treasury to wind down emergency lending programs set up in the wake of the coronavirus. Jim Zarroli
Lawsuit Reveals Tyson Managers Took Bets On How Many Workers Would Get COVID-19 NPR's Rachel Martin talks with Clark Kauffman of the Iowa Capital Dispatch about a lawsuit involving Tyson Foods supervisors betting money on the number of workers who would contract COVID-19.
Use It Or Lose It: Parents Set Wages Aside For Child Care. Now It's At Risk For many families, 2020 ended up being a year with fewer child-care expenses. Now parents with unspent funds in their dependent-care flexible spending accounts are trying to figure out what to do. Andrea Hsu
'We Need To Build More Homes': Prices Soar Amid Housing Shortage It's not only low interest rates pushing up prices to record highs. A historic lack of homes for sale is a big part of it too. And it's making homeownership unaffordable for too many people. Chris Arnold
Planet Money: The Lemon Plays A Critical Role In The Mafia's Creation The essential ingredient in the birth of the mafia wasn't the threats or the murders or the other stuff that's great for Hollywood movies. It was lemons. Our Planet Money team explains. Stacey Vanek Smith