We’ll also hear what a flower company CEO learned during COVID and how online ESL teachers are responding to changes in China’s tutoring industry.

Also today: Michael Schumacher joins us to tackle how the markets are dealing with the question of inflation. In Texas, the governor has issued an order that bans private companies from issuing vaccine mandates.

Also today: We also look into those confusing letters from the IRS that tell you that you’ve made a mistake.

From the BBC World Service: The United Nations has warned that the Afghan economy is imminently facing collapse, unless the international community reinstates financial support. We hear from Kabul.

With major delays in the supply chain, adding robotic sorting in warehouses may help get packages to people more efficiently.

And what happens when companies let money get in the way.

Also on today’s show: How energy companies might respond to $80-a-barrel oil and a New Orleans bookstore owner talks holiday shopping and supply chain issues.

This season, we’re revealing family secrets, taking the lid off the cost of divorce and so much more. New episodes every Thursday.

Also today: Christopher Low joins us for our Monday markets discussion, which focuses on the holding back of oil production in the U.S. The troubles for Southwest Airlines continue, as it has canceled more than 300 flights and delayed hundreds more. That’s after cancelling almost 2,000 flights over the weekend. We look into the layered issue of permitless carry as it pertains to Black gun owners.