Henry Epp
@henryepp.bsky.social
Reporter @marketplace.org
Born and raised in Minneapolis, now living in Vermont.
Born and raised in Minneapolis, now living in Vermont.
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Cinema is back, baby! Sequels for Wicked, Avatar, and Zootopia are driving sales for what could be the best Q4 for theaters in six years.
Cinemas are optimistic for holiday ticket sales thanks to big-budget sequels
“Wicked: For Good,” “Zootopia 2,” and “Avatar: Fire and Ash” are all hitting theaters near the end of the year and could help push the movie industry to its best fourth quarter in six years.
www.marketplace.org
November 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Cinema is back, baby! Sequels for Wicked, Avatar, and Zootopia are driving sales for what could be the best Q4 for theaters in six years.
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As they grapple with declining enrollment, universities are looking for ways to save. One cut they're leaning toward first? Satellite campuses.
As higher ed feels a financial pinch, some schools say goodbye to satellite campuses
Facing declining enrollment and competition from online programs, some colleges and universities are choosing to close campuses far from their central location.
www.marketplace.org
November 9, 2025 at 6:59 PM
As they grapple with declining enrollment, universities are looking for ways to save. One cut they're leaning toward first? Satellite campuses.
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A man collapsed in the Oval Office yesterday. The internet got the story wrong.
My experience struggling to correct the record — including on Bluesky! — and the warning signs as AI, aggregation, and social media increasingly drive our news consumption.
My experience struggling to correct the record — including on Bluesky! — and the warning signs as AI, aggregation, and social media increasingly drive our news consumption.
A man collapsed in the Oval Office. The internet got the story wrong.
A case study in how bad information can spread — and how hard it is to correct it.
dandiamond.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:27 PM
A man collapsed in the Oval Office yesterday. The internet got the story wrong.
My experience struggling to correct the record — including on Bluesky! — and the warning signs as AI, aggregation, and social media increasingly drive our news consumption.
My experience struggling to correct the record — including on Bluesky! — and the warning signs as AI, aggregation, and social media increasingly drive our news consumption.
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The average cost of a gallon of regular gasoline, according to AAA, is $3.084.
Trump: "I don't want to hear about the affordability, because right now we're much less. If you look at energy, we're getting close to $2 a gallon gasoline."
November 7, 2025 at 1:24 AM
The average cost of a gallon of regular gasoline, according to AAA, is $3.084.
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Last month saw the most October layoffs in 20 years. Plus: unsold new homes, flight reductions, and robot upskilling.
Today on Marketplace.
Today on Marketplace.
A 20-year record for job cuts
Last month saw the most October layoffs in 20 years. Plus: unsold new homes, flight reductions, and robot upskilling.
www.marketplace.org
November 6, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Last month saw the most October layoffs in 20 years. Plus: unsold new homes, flight reductions, and robot upskilling.
Today on Marketplace.
Today on Marketplace.
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Private investment funds and credit firms are inching their way into the mainstream, but how are they different from public firms? They’re not exactly “the Wild West,” but they are regulated quite a bit less.
What exactly do "private investment" and "private credit" mean?
Generally speaking, “private” means “less regulation.”
www.marketplace.org
November 5, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Private investment funds and credit firms are inching their way into the mainstream, but how are they different from public firms? They’re not exactly “the Wild West,” but they are regulated quite a bit less.
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Founder and CEO Kyle Clark, his family and other company officials stood on the balcony that overlooks the trading floor and rang the exchange’s iconic opening bell at 9:30 a.m.
Beta Technologies Hits Stock Market With $1 Billion IPO | Seven Days
The electric aviation startup offered its stock at $34 per share, raising $1 billion.
www.sevendaysvt.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Founder and CEO Kyle Clark, his family and other company officials stood on the balcony that overlooks the trading floor and rang the exchange’s iconic opening bell at 9:30 a.m.
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The Dems who voted to confirm Brooke Rollins:
Baldwin (WI)
Bennet (CO)
Booker (NJ)
Cortez Masto (NV)
Durbin (IL)
Fetterman (PA)
Gallego (AZ)
Hassan (NH)
Heinrich (NM)
Hickenlooper (CO)
Klobuchar (MN)
Ossoff (GA)
Peters (MI)
Rosen (NV)
Schiff (CA)
Shaheen (NH)
Slotkin (MI)
Warnock (GA)
Welch (VT)
Baldwin (WI)
Bennet (CO)
Booker (NJ)
Cortez Masto (NV)
Durbin (IL)
Fetterman (PA)
Gallego (AZ)
Hassan (NH)
Heinrich (NM)
Hickenlooper (CO)
Klobuchar (MN)
Ossoff (GA)
Peters (MI)
Rosen (NV)
Schiff (CA)
Shaheen (NH)
Slotkin (MI)
Warnock (GA)
Welch (VT)
Brooke Rollins calls food stamps "a broken and corrupt program" and says, "guess what? There's a new sheriff in town. His name is Donald Trump."
November 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The Dems who voted to confirm Brooke Rollins:
Baldwin (WI)
Bennet (CO)
Booker (NJ)
Cortez Masto (NV)
Durbin (IL)
Fetterman (PA)
Gallego (AZ)
Hassan (NH)
Heinrich (NM)
Hickenlooper (CO)
Klobuchar (MN)
Ossoff (GA)
Peters (MI)
Rosen (NV)
Schiff (CA)
Shaheen (NH)
Slotkin (MI)
Warnock (GA)
Welch (VT)
Baldwin (WI)
Bennet (CO)
Booker (NJ)
Cortez Masto (NV)
Durbin (IL)
Fetterman (PA)
Gallego (AZ)
Hassan (NH)
Heinrich (NM)
Hickenlooper (CO)
Klobuchar (MN)
Ossoff (GA)
Peters (MI)
Rosen (NV)
Schiff (CA)
Shaheen (NH)
Slotkin (MI)
Warnock (GA)
Welch (VT)
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the worst elder millennials you know are going to experience the worst hangovers of their lives this holiday season. and i think that's beautiful
October 31, 2025 at 8:52 PM
the worst elder millennials you know are going to experience the worst hangovers of their lives this holiday season. and i think that's beautiful
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I use Claude (an AI) to scan my posts for spelling and grammar errors. On the most recent post (about the East Wing, link below), I got a really amazing addendum.
www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...
www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...
October 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I use Claude (an AI) to scan my posts for spelling and grammar errors. On the most recent post (about the East Wing, link below), I got a really amazing addendum.
www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...
www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...
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New: The Trump administration might limit the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s oversight of auto lenders.
Potentially, that could mean the CFPB would no longer supervise any lenders that cater to subprime borrowers.
My latest for @marketplace.org
www.marketplace.org/story/2025/1...
Potentially, that could mean the CFPB would no longer supervise any lenders that cater to subprime borrowers.
My latest for @marketplace.org
www.marketplace.org/story/2025/1...
Trump administration considers limiting CFPB's oversight of auto lenders
A potential rule change by the Trump administration could limit the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s supervision of auto lenders, including many that focus on buyers with low credit scores.
www.marketplace.org
October 29, 2025 at 4:45 PM
New: The Trump administration might limit the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s oversight of auto lenders.
Potentially, that could mean the CFPB would no longer supervise any lenders that cater to subprime borrowers.
My latest for @marketplace.org
www.marketplace.org/story/2025/1...
Potentially, that could mean the CFPB would no longer supervise any lenders that cater to subprime borrowers.
My latest for @marketplace.org
www.marketplace.org/story/2025/1...
New: The Trump administration might limit the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s oversight of auto lenders.
Potentially, that could mean the CFPB would no longer supervise any lenders that cater to subprime borrowers.
My latest for @marketplace.org
www.marketplace.org/story/2025/1...
Potentially, that could mean the CFPB would no longer supervise any lenders that cater to subprime borrowers.
My latest for @marketplace.org
www.marketplace.org/story/2025/1...
Trump administration considers limiting CFPB's oversight of auto lenders
A potential rule change by the Trump administration could limit the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s supervision of auto lenders, including many that focus on buyers with low credit scores.
www.marketplace.org
October 29, 2025 at 4:45 PM
New: The Trump administration might limit the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s oversight of auto lenders.
Potentially, that could mean the CFPB would no longer supervise any lenders that cater to subprime borrowers.
My latest for @marketplace.org
www.marketplace.org/story/2025/1...
Potentially, that could mean the CFPB would no longer supervise any lenders that cater to subprime borrowers.
My latest for @marketplace.org
www.marketplace.org/story/2025/1...
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As the government shutdown drags on, some states are running low on money to help low-income residents heat and cool their homes.
Typically, many families find out how much their benefit will be around November 1st. But for many, that won't happen this year.
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Typically, many families find out how much their benefit will be around November 1st. But for many, that won't happen this year.
www.marketplace.org/story/2025/1...
A federal program that helps low-income Americans pay their heating bills is running out of money
Just in time for winter temperatures.
www.marketplace.org
October 23, 2025 at 10:08 PM
As the government shutdown drags on, some states are running low on money to help low-income residents heat and cool their homes.
Typically, many families find out how much their benefit will be around November 1st. But for many, that won't happen this year.
www.marketplace.org/story/2025/1...
Typically, many families find out how much their benefit will be around November 1st. But for many, that won't happen this year.
www.marketplace.org/story/2025/1...
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More than 5 million households depended on the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program to pay their heating bills in the 2024 fiscal year. As the government shutdown drags on, funding for the program is up in the air.
A federal program that helps low-income Americans pay their heating bills is running out of money
Just in time for winter temperatures.
www.marketplace.org
October 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
More than 5 million households depended on the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program to pay their heating bills in the 2024 fiscal year. As the government shutdown drags on, funding for the program is up in the air.
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Where’s the beef? The amount of cattle in the U.S. has declined by 6 million over the past five years, but demand hasn’t shrunk with supply.
Why is beef so expensive right now?
Drought and high grain prices forced ranchers to sell off their herds a few years ago.
www.marketplace.org
October 23, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Where’s the beef? The amount of cattle in the U.S. has declined by 6 million over the past five years, but demand hasn’t shrunk with supply.
As the government shutdown drags on, some states are running low on money to help low-income residents heat and cool their homes.
Typically, many families find out how much their benefit will be around November 1st. But for many, that won't happen this year.
www.marketplace.org/story/2025/1...
Typically, many families find out how much their benefit will be around November 1st. But for many, that won't happen this year.
www.marketplace.org/story/2025/1...
A federal program that helps low-income Americans pay their heating bills is running out of money
Just in time for winter temperatures.
www.marketplace.org
October 23, 2025 at 10:08 PM
As the government shutdown drags on, some states are running low on money to help low-income residents heat and cool their homes.
Typically, many families find out how much their benefit will be around November 1st. But for many, that won't happen this year.
www.marketplace.org/story/2025/1...
Typically, many families find out how much their benefit will be around November 1st. But for many, that won't happen this year.
www.marketplace.org/story/2025/1...
The fun thing about being a journalist is sometimes the old photo your phone decides to feature is of your spouse or dog or a landscape... and sometimes its Bernie Sanders in a KN95 on election night 2022.
October 23, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The fun thing about being a journalist is sometimes the old photo your phone decides to feature is of your spouse or dog or a landscape... and sometimes its Bernie Sanders in a KN95 on election night 2022.
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i see you're doing something online that you have effortlessly done 100,000 times. would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? w
October 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
i see you're doing something online that you have effortlessly done 100,000 times. would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? w
October 15, 2025 at 9:21 PM
One Battle AF indeed
October 15, 2025 at 3:53 AM
One Battle AF indeed
GDP growth right now is basically:
1. Lower imports (after pull-forward early this year)
2. AI data center investment
3. Upper income consumer spending, fueled by strong stock market (see 2)
“It doesn't feel sustainable to me” - Shannon Grein, economist at Wells Fargo.
1. Lower imports (after pull-forward early this year)
2. AI data center investment
3. Upper income consumer spending, fueled by strong stock market (see 2)
“It doesn't feel sustainable to me” - Shannon Grein, economist at Wells Fargo.
Expectations for annualized GDP growth have risen from 1.3 percent, as predicted earlier this summer, to 1.8 percent. That’s mainly the result of a reduction in imports and capital investment in AI data centers, but some economists say the growth isn’t sustainable.
GDP growth seems to be picking up steam
But it might be a product of businesses holding back on imports after going on an import binge earlier this year to avoid tariffs.
www.marketplace.org
October 14, 2025 at 9:05 PM
GDP growth right now is basically:
1. Lower imports (after pull-forward early this year)
2. AI data center investment
3. Upper income consumer spending, fueled by strong stock market (see 2)
“It doesn't feel sustainable to me” - Shannon Grein, economist at Wells Fargo.
1. Lower imports (after pull-forward early this year)
2. AI data center investment
3. Upper income consumer spending, fueled by strong stock market (see 2)
“It doesn't feel sustainable to me” - Shannon Grein, economist at Wells Fargo.
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Sam Altman went from “AI will cure cancer" to "ChatGPT porn" in less than a month
October 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Sam Altman went from “AI will cure cancer" to "ChatGPT porn" in less than a month
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Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says. n.pr/4q87Jwb
Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass
Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says.
n.pr
October 14, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says. n.pr/4q87Jwb
Your annual reminder that Yankees Suck
October 9, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Your annual reminder that Yankees Suck