Jan 28, 2021

It’s time for better face masks

A woman wearing an N95 protective mask is seen in Union Square on March 9, 2020 in New York City. Jeenah Moon/Getty Images

Experts are recommending that we wear better masks, especially front-line essential workers who face the highest risks. Plus, more on the bonkers GameStop stock situation.

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COVID-19

Airlines, struggling with COVID-19 headwinds, tally their 2020 financial losses

by Samantha Fields

Jan 28, 2021

With vaccines starting to roll out, will travelers want to take to the skies again in 2021?

What will 2021 look like for air travel? American and Southwest lost billions of dollars in 2020.

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COVID-19

New viral variants spur calls for better masks

by Meghan McCarty Carino

Jan 28, 2021

Front-line workers are especially at risk indoors. Wearing a cloth and surgical mask together is an option to N95s, one doctor says.

Pedestrians wearing face masks walk past a "Prevent the spread of COVID-19" banner in Los Angeles on Jan. 19.

Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

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United States of Work

Despite challenges, this movie theater operator is optimistic about the future

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst

Jan 28, 2021

“While streaming is a reality, it’s not communal,” said Stephanie Silverman of Nashville’s Belcourt Theatre. People “will want to be out in the world again.”

An empty screening room at the Belcourt Theater in Nashville, which has been closed for indoor screenings since Jan. 1.

(Courtesy of the Belcourt Theatre)

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Adventures in Housing

Pandemic home improvement can lead to remodelers' remorse

by Amy Scott

Jan 28, 2021

All this time at home has a lot of us rethinking our living spaces — with sometimes regrettable results.

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Music from the episode

Feel It Still Portugal. The Man

Inside Out Spoon

It’s Only (feat. Zyra) ODESZA, Zyra

Ordinary Pleasure Toro y Moi

North Star Future Islands

The team

Nancy Farghalli Executive Producer

Maria Hollenhorst Producer II

Sean McHenry Director & Associate Producer II

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