More Americans are living solo and the companies that want their business are upending generations of family-focused products and marketing and catering to single person households with smaller appliances, individual packaging, and GIANT toilet-paper rolls. Ellen Byron, reporter for the WSJ joins us for how many people are living alone now and how they buy things differently.

Next, a new study is exposing the health risks of gene editing human embryos.  It appears that the genetic variation that a Chinese scientist was trying to re-create when he edited twin girls’ DNA may be more harmful that helpful to their overall health. A study shows that people with this gene mutation were 21% less likely to live until the age of 76.  Megan Molteni, who covers DNA technologies for Wired, joins us for the unintended consequences of gene editing.

Finally, when bills pile up, some young people are turning to strangers on Venmo to raise cash.  While crowdfunding has been around for a while on platforms like GoFundMe, people are now just throwing out their mobile payment app handles and asking for money for a range of things: rent, medical expenses, family funerals and even small things like a cup of coffee or a trip to the nail salon. Suhauna Hussain, reporter for the LA Times, joins us for more.

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