Oct 10, 2019

What it’s like to be a foster parent during the opioid crisis

A memorial in Huntington, West Virginia, in 2017. Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images

Plus: The impact California's power outages are having on low-income households, and why negotiating a salary is so hard.

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A new jet fuel offers the prospect of no-carbon, “guilt-free” flying

by Stephen Beard

Oct 10, 2019

A pilot project in Rotterdam is testing the viability of a fuel made out of air that would cut an aircraft’s emissions to zero.

A group of companies is testing the viability of a “no-carbon” jet fuel at the Hague Airport. Above, a plane flies over Germany in 2018.

Silas Stein/DPA/AFP via Getty Images

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Daytime TV is having a moment

by Andy Uhler , Katherine Wiles and Michael Lipkin

Oct 10, 2019

Familiar faces from the world of news and entertainment are getting lassoed into host roles.

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Power shut-offs present unique challenges to low-income Californians

by Ben Bradford

Oct 10, 2019

Power shutoffs aren’t wildfires or earthquakes, but for some they can be a kind of disaster.

A sign in Calistoga, California, calls on PG&E to turn the electricity back on during a statewide blackout in October 2019.

Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images

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Social Security benefits' buying power is fading, despite adjustments

by Sabri Ben-Achour

Oct 10, 2019

Seniors will get an extra 1.6%. But their cost of living rose by 1.9%.

Blank Social Security checks are run through a printer at the U.S. Treasury printing facility Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Music from the episode

Windchimes Eyeliner

They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.) Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth

Drew Barrymore SZA

From Home, to Work, and Back.. Tall Black Guy

Chamakay Blood Orange

Fail Safe William Tyler

The team

Nancy Farghalli Executive Producer

Maria Hollenhorst Producer II

Sean McHenry Director & Associate Producer II

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