Wednesday's podcasts stories
Amazon Web Services’ critical outage
An Amazon Web Services outage Tuesday caused problems for streaming, gaming, and even security apps and devices.
Host Erica Pandey is joined by Axios technology reporter Ashley Gold to discuss why it happened and what this outage could tell us about the future of cloud storage.
How far Americans will go to beat Omicron
Today marks two years to the day since a mysterious new virus was discovered in Wuhan, China. Fast forward to today, we are grappling with the latest COVID-19 variant and another pandemic winter. We delve into the latest Axios-Ipsos poll that shows the nuance behind how tired Americans are with the pandemic, and what they want governments or businesses to do about it.
- Plus, why newspapers nationwide are suing Big Tech.
- And, where's the jet stream? Surprising December weather from coast to coast.
Guests: Axios' David Nather, Kristal Dixon, and Andrew Freedman.
Credits: Axios Today is produced in partnership with Pushkin Industries. The team includes Niala Boodhoo, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Julia Redpath, Alexandra Botti, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Alex Sugiura, Lydia McMullen-Laird and David Toledo. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at [email protected]. You can text questions, comments and story ideas to Niala as a text or voice memo to 202-918-4893.
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The union fights plaguing media companies
The New York Times, Buzzfeed and Gannett all find themselves embroiled in very public union fights with their employees.
Host Felix Salmon is joined by Axios media reporter Sara Fischer to discuss what we know about the labor disputes at these three companies and what they tell us about broader tensions between employees and management in the workforce.
The complicated web of American drug pricing
Americans spend hundreds of billions on prescription drugs each year. In fact, about $370 billion as of 2019. And employers in charge of healthcare plans paid for about $166 billion of that.
It's middleman firms that actually negotiate these drug prices on behalf of employers. But because they keep their data secret, companies have no idea whether they're getting a fair deal on drug prices or not. And an Axios investigation shows these intermediaries are working hard to keep it that way.
- Plus, the Department of Justice sues Texas over voting rights
- And, eating out could soon mean more encounters with robots
Guests: Axios' Ben Herman and Russell Contreras.
Credits: Axios Today is produced in partnership with Pushkin Industries. The team includes Niala Boodhoo, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Julia Redpath, Alexandra Botti, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Alex Sugiura, Sabeena Singhani, Lydia McMullen-Laird, Michael Hanf, and David Toledo. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at [email protected]. You can text questions, comments and story ideas to Niala as a text or voice memo to 202-918-4893.
Editor's note: This conversation was updated to correct an error. The Supreme Court conservative majority is 6-3 (not 6-4).
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