Europe’s new economic engines

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🗓️ 4 May 2024

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Southern European economies, including Greece, are growing faster than some of Europe’s longtime powerhouses, like Germany. We’ll get into how Greece pulled off an economic turnaround after the devastating 2012 financial crisis. And, Halle Berry’s shouts from the steps of the Capitol are calling attention to the need for more menopause research. Plus, we’ll play a round of Half Full / Half Empty!

Here’s everything we talked about today:

- “Europe’s Economic Laggards Have Become Its Leaders” from The New York Times

- “Halle Berry shouts from the Capitol, ‘I’m in menopause’ as she seeks to end a stigma and win funding” from AP News

- “Dave & Buster’s to let adult customers bet on arcade games” from Marketplace

- “As work communication migrates to mobile devices, desk phones hang up for good” from Marketplace

- “Pop-up coworking events are uniting lonely workers” from Marketplace

- “The conspiracy theory behind Florida’s lab-grown meat ban” from The Verge

- “Unfrosted Review: Jerry Seinfeld’s Pop-Tarts Comedy Is Painfully Stale” from IndieWire

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