There’s another problem to add to the list of issues piling up in the UK right now: The pound sterling took a dive. We’ll discuss the economic situation there and how it compares to what’s happening on this side of the pond. Plus, could Alaska’s voting system help our polarized politics? Then, we play a round of Half Full/Half Empty.

Here is everything we talked about:

• Pound Latest: Sterling Collapse to $1.15 Shows Level of Market Despair from Bloomberg
• “With Peltola’s Defeat of Palin, Alaska’s Ranked-Choice Voting Has a Moment” from The New York Times
• “Among the goals of Artemis I: launching the lunar economy” from “Marketplace Tech”
• “Now, software can replicate your boss’s voice and tell you what to do” from “Marketplace Tech”
• “Californians Told Not to Charge Electric Cars Days After Gas Car Sales Ban” from Newsweek
• “Perseverance can make as much oxygen on Mars as a small tree” from CNN
• “Why is modern interior design so gray?” from Marketplace
• “Barking 9 to 5! Dolly Parton launches ‘Doggy Parton,’ a pet apparel collection” from NPR

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