The Most-Regretted and Lowest-Paid College Majors

A lot of people out there have some regrets about their education.  Just about 2 in 5 American graduates regret the major they took with almost half of humanities and arts majors regretting their choice.  After the Great Recession, the country took a big shift to STEM majors and generally those students were happy with their decision.  Andrew Van Dam, Department of Data columnist at The Washington Post, joins us for the most regretted and lowest paying college majors.

Next, as the uneven economic news leads to fears of a recession, people are worried about their job security as companies look to cut costs.  The four kinds of employees most likely to get laid off in a downturn are new hires, high earners, millennials, and recruiters and coders.  Aki Ito, senior correspondent at Insider, joins us for how those who benefitted from the Great Resignation are most at risk.

Finally, as overall pandemic worries continue to fade, one of the biggest curiosities continues to be log Covid, what causes it and who is the most susceptible?  A new study says that psychological factors such as depression, anxiety, and loneliness, could be better predictors than physical ailments.  To be clear, it is not a causal relationship, but there is an association.  Siwen Wang, research fellow at Harvard and lead author of this study, joins us for what to know.

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