The pandemic’s knock-on effects - a podcast by Marketplace

American corporations were already borrowing a lot before the COVID-19 pandemic. Then, with the economy all but ground to a halt and money even cheaper, they took on even more debt. On today’s show, we’ll talk about what that means, along with another unexpected dimension of this economy reopening: National Parks packed to the … hills.

Here’s everything we talked about today (if these links aren’t showing up for you:

• “Pandemic Hangover: $11 Trillion in Corporate Debt” from The Wall Street Journal


• “Vaccines Offer Significant Protection Against Covid-19 Delta Variant, U.K. Analysis Shows” also from the Journal


• “National Parks Are Overcrowded and Closing Their Gates” from, that’s right, The Wall Street Journal


• “‘Ted Lasso’: How Marcus Mumford and Tom Howe Created the Show’s Transatlantic Theme Song and Score” from The Hollywood Reporter


• “Amtrak USA Rail Pass Offers 30 Days of Travel for $299” from Insider


• And finally, this glitch in the simulation

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