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Navigating Our Financial Times

Navigating Our Financial Times

Written by: AZPM
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 How today's shifting economic landscape affects Arizona families, retirees, workers, and businesses. Hosted by Nicole Cox and Linda O'Bryon with expert guests from academia and journalism, each episode offers clarity, context, and conversation on the real-world impacts of inflation, tariffs, labor shifts, housing, and more — all through a local lens.©2026 AZPM Economics Personal Finance Politics & Government
Episodes
  • Making sense of the economy with Planet Money's new book

    Making sense of the economy with Planet Money's new book
    May 4 2026
    Listeners have long been learning about "the economic forces that shape our lives" on NPR podcast Planet Money. And now, thanks to contributor Alex Mayyasi and the Planet Money hosts, they can also turn to the pages of a book for anecdotes, visuals and more. Hosts Linda O'Bryon and Nicole Cox sit down with Mayassi and Kenny Malone to discuss the state of the economy through Planet Money's lens.
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    49 mins
  • Plans and Financial Literacy with Arizona Treasurer Kimberly Yee

    Plans and Financial Literacy with Arizona Treasurer Kimberly Yee
    Apr 6 2026
    Arizona Treasurer Kimberly Yee joins hosts Nicole Cox and Linda O'Bryon for this special Financial Literacy Month episode. Treasurer Yee discusses the state’s 529 Education Savings Plan, which helps Arizonans save for a number of educational opportunities, as well as the work her administration has done to bolster financial education. GUESTS: Arizona Treasurer Kimberly Yee
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    39 mins
  • Affordability Solutions in the Housing Market

    Affordability Solutions in the Housing Market
    Feb 23 2026
    Hosts Nicole Cox and Linda O'Bryon explore a key political issue facing the US: Housing affordability and availability. We hear from two experts from the University of Arizona whose research explores pathways to increasing housing affordability across the state of Arizona and the greater southwest region. We also check in with Wall Street Journal investing columnist Spencer Jakab for a macroeconomic look at the factors at play the housing market nationwide. GUESTS: Spencer Jakab, investing columnist for the Wall Street Journal; Kenny Wong, University of Arizona Lecturer in Sustainable Built Environments and Co-Director, Arizona Research Center for Housing Equity and Sustainability (ARCHES); Daniel Kuhlmann, University of Arizona Assistant Professor of Real Estate Development and Planning with College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture
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    47 mins
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