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A big year for fans of maple syrup

March 5, 2026

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5 min read

🎙️ The Voices & The Context

  • The Format: Fast-paced news roundup with short segments, reporter dispatches, expert soundbites, and sponsor interruptions—classic public radio style like a morning business news briefing.
  • The Key Players:
    • Sabri Benishore (host, subbing for David Broncaccio): Delivers crisp intros and closes.
    • Reporters: Nancy Marshall Genser (gig workers), Kayleigh Wells (maple syrup)—bring vivid on-the-ground storytelling.
    • Experts: Labor official Andrew Rogers, lawyer Richard Ribstein, maple farmers John Sirmac family, researchers Adam Wilde and Eli Suzakovich III—provide policy bite and folksy insights.
  • The Vibe: Educational and briskly optimistic—dry policy wonkery lightened by the charming, pancake-ready maple syrup tale amid winter woes.

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What you'll learn

  • 1 (01:14) **Gig Worker Classification Rule**
  • 2 (03:20) **Tariff Refunds for Companies**
  • 3 (05:28) **Maple Syrup Boom from Brutal Winter**

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Show Notes

Parts of the Great Lakes region have seen their coldest winter in more than a decade, and maple syrup farmers are rejoicing. The cold snap has been perfect for making maple syrup. Today, we'll head to a syrup farm in Middlefield, Ohio, to learn about the process — and economics — behind the pancake breakfast staple. But first, the Labor Department has proposed a new rule on whether workers are classified as gig workers or employees.

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