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A new Hyundai plant in Georgia. A Ford mega campus in Tennessee. The Southeast is quickly becoming a hub for electric vehicles and the manufacturing of its components. Today on the show, we explore the South's formula for landing EV makers and what it means for workers at legacy auto plants.

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How EV batteries tore apart Michigan (Apple Podcasts / Spotify)
How unions are stopped before they start (Apple Podcasts / Spotify)

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Another week, another strike. This time thousands of Kaiser Permanente workers have initiated the largest healthcare strike in the country. And while different sectors of the economy have been walking off the job this summer, the demands all seemingly sound the same. We’ll also hear one CEO’s take on how AI can add more leisure time to all of our lives. And Beyonce at the box office!

Here’s everything we talked about:

• • “Kaiser strike: More than 75,000 health care workers walk off the job” from NPR

• • “Surgery and other medical procedures are delayed by the Kaiser strike, patients say” from NBC News

• • “Beyoncé’s Renaissance Tour Brings In Half-Billion Dollars—But These Singers Made Even More” froom Forbes

• • “Beyoncé’s Silvery, Shimmering Renaissance” from The New York Times

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