Cecilia Lei
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2,410 appearances
26 recordings
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first heard Feb 2026
last heard 25 Aug
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Rachel Bachman is a senior sports reporter at The Wall Street Journal.
For Golden, her prize-winning research came from her interest in the transforming labor market of the 20th century.
Golden's involvement in the WNBA's contract negotiation started when Terry Carmichael Jackson, the executive director of the Players Association, cold emailed her asking for help.
To Jackson's surprise, Golden said yes.
The WNBA was one of many requests Golden received, but it piqued her interest.
It came at the right time for players.
Bachman says the league had gradually become more popular in recent years, and just as the league's contract was set to expire, there was a sudden shift.
So with an explosion in popularity and a Nobel laureate by their side, the players were able to negotiate something that has never been done before.
One of Golden's key contributions involved the players' benefits.
She collected roster data going back to the founding of the league in 1997 to create what's called a life table, something that calculates life expectancy.
Golden's only requirement when she agreed to consult the players was that she didn't get paid, which provided a degree of independence to her work.
As for the hundreds of other requests and invitations she received after winning the Nobel, she accepted only two others.
One was to appear on the NPR game show Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me.
And the other was to throw out the first pitch at a Red Sox game.
And finally, a few other stories we're following.
Yesterday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth forced the Army's top general out.
Army Chief of Staff General Randy George will retire immediately at Hegseth's request.
The position typically serves a four-year term, and his dismissal comes as Trump prepares to escalate attacks on Iran.
CBS News reports Hegseth wants to replace him with someone more aligned with the president's vision for the Army.
George was nominated to the position by President Joe Biden in 2023, and he previously served as a top assistant to former Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.
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