Lawrence Gillum

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370 appearances 20 recordings 3 series first heard Mar 2024 last heard 11 Sep

Lawrence Gillum’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 19 in all, peaking in Jun 2026 with 5.

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Marketplace · What Anthropic's copyright settlement means · 21 Jul 2026 podcast

That's Kyle LaFond, the founder of Natural Contract Manufacturing, a company in Madison, Wisconsin, that makes deodorant, skin creams, and other men's grooming products. voice-verified

He says the company's been doing what it can to buy more supplies from domestic companies to help bring down its tariff costs. voice-verified

But Lafon says he can't rely on domestic manufacturers for everything. voice-verified

And either way, he still has to truck those products in. voice-verified

So to help the company deal with the higher cost of trucking? voice-verified

Not every business is passing on these higher costs. voice-verified

Pat Whalen is president of Zahadi Fine Foods, a grocery store in Brooklyn that specializes in selling products from the Mediterranean and the Middle East. voice-verified

He says his trucking costs have gone up around 10 to 12 percent in recent months. voice-verified

But for now, he's just going to eat that cost. voice-verified

Whalen says he is importing more products right now, including spices and olive oil, in case fuel costs rise even more or if tariffs go up again. voice-verified

But he says he's not overdoing it. voice-verified

And after going through the pandemic and the president's rapidly changing tariff policies, Whelan says he knows not to overreact to any one supply chain challenge. voice-verified

Meanwhile, Randy George, who runs the bakery in Vermont, has been building out a warehouse that the business will start using later this year. voice-verified

That will let him store more flour on site. voice-verified

And George says it'll let him buy more flour from local mills. voice-verified

And being able to rely more on local mills will let them rely less on flour distributors farther away. voice-verified

When it comes from 150 miles away, voice-verified

In other words, shorter supply chains can be cheaper, too. voice-verified

I'm Justin Howe for Marketplace. voice-verified

Marketplace · Gas prices are headed back up · 8 Jul 2026 podcast

Up until this year, companies were hesitant to issue new shares. voice-verified

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