{"podcast":{"title":"Marketplace Morning Report","slug":"marketplace-morning-report-479901","podcast_index_feed_id":479901,"rss_url":"https://feeds.publicradio.org/public_feeds/marketplace-morning-report","website_url":"https://www.marketplace.org/","image_url":"https://img.apmcdn.org/48bb35ce89047b6e421303a4e0b6f81a39dded13/square/587d1f-20250303-marketplace-morning-report-podcast-2000.jpg","author":"Marketplace","episode_count":50,"summary":"Get up to speed on the news each morning with our daily radio show and podcast, “Marketplace Morning Report,” hosted by Kimberly Adams. We give you the economy without the anxiety, in the amount of time it takes to brew a cup of coffee. Start your day with us, on air or by downloading our podcast, for context and perspective on the economic news that matters to you.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T04:20:42.636388+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/marketplace-morning-report-479901"},"episode":{"title":"Gig workers and the Social Security funding gap","slug":"gig-workers-and-the-social-security-funding-gap","published_at":"2026-07-13T15:05:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/marketplace-morning-report-479901/gig-workers-and-the-social-security-funding-gap","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/marketplace-morning-report-479901","url":"https://www.marketplace.org/episode/2026/07/13/gig-workers-and-the-social-security-funding-gap","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/5/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/play.publicradio.org/podcast/o/marketplace/morning_report/2026/07/13/mmr_20260713_MMR_Pod_3_64.mp3?awCollectionId=mkp-MMR&awEpisodeId=01KXE0RD2DHJ2F7ZT3CKV3YEWG","summary":"The Social Security trust fund is set to run out of money by 2032. Multiple policy proposals that could address this shortfall — everything from raising taxes and the retirement age, to scrapping the cap on taxable earnings. But today, labor economist Kathryn Anne Edwards shares another solution: tax companies that use gig workers. But first, the new Federal Reserve chair heads to Congress as policymakers are split about the direction of interest rates. Every story has an economic angle. Want some in your inbox? Subscribe to our daily or weekly newsletter . Marketplace Morning Report is more than a radio show. Check out our original reporting and financial literacy content at marketplace.org — and consider making an investment in our future. Stories featured in this epsiode: How the gig economy could strengthen Social Security","meta_description":"The Social Security trust fund is set to run out of money by 2032. Multiple policy proposals that could address this shortfall — everything from raising t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":401,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/marketplace-morning-report-479901/episodes/gig-workers-and-the-social-security-funding-gap/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/marketplace-morning-report-479901/gig-workers-and-the-social-security-funding-gap.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}