Paying to make friends / Betting apps limit winners / Preschool skills pay off at 21
From News Sidequest · 11:09
Show by Keith Conrad
The New York Times looks at people paying for apps to make friends, and the fees are part of a bigger story about third places disappearing. Also: regulators and former insiders say online betting apps limit customers who win while rewarding customers who lose. And a Penn State study that followed 356 Head Start kids found that extra preschool lessons on feelings and friendship were still paying off 18 years later, with less loneliness and fewer symptoms of depression. Plus “maxxing” is Dictionary.com’s Word of the Year, the FTC and 20 states sue Dollar General, a man convicted of swallowing Tiffany earrings, and a 93-year-old who laid a trap for a scammer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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