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02/08/2018: It’s a correction, folks
Feb 8, 2018

02/08/2018: It’s a correction, folks

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Another down, volatile day on Wall Street. The Dow closed down more than 1,000 points, and major indices are down about 10 percent from a couple weeks ago, putting U.S. markets square in correction territory. That's where we'll start today's show. Then we visit a small city in Arkansas trying to regulate the smell it says is coming from a local meat-rendering plant, and finding out there's not much it can do. Plus: Millennials aren't killing business cards, just making them weirder.

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Farm-to-table comes to a Louisiana jail

Feb 8, 2018
"Meals and food is the basic way that we show love and respect for one another," said the jail's warden, Catherine Fontenot. "And that’s what we need to show with people who have offended us the greatest."
one program that trains Licensed Vocational Nurses who work in rural areas for the state correctional system to be Registered Nurses
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Business cards are getting weirder

Feb 8, 2018
Even in this digital age, the good old fashioned business card is far from dead. But it is getting weirder.  Some creative networkers and entrepreneurs are using oddball cards with unusual shapes and materials to stand out with potential clients. “What I found is that a lot of young people really love them because they […]

Another down, volatile day on Wall Street. The Dow closed down more than 1,000 points, and major indices are down about 10 percent from a couple weeks ago, putting U.S. markets square in correction territory. That’s where we’ll start today’s show. Then we visit a small city in Arkansas trying to regulate the smell it says is coming from a local meat-rendering plant, and finding out there’s not much it can do. Plus: Millennials aren’t killing business cards, just making them weirder.

Music from the episode

Aretha Pete Rock
Dare Tonight Gateway Drugs
1994 Jason Aldean
Himalaya Mateo Centeno
Doppelganger Shrouded in Neglect
Watch Your Back The Coathangers