Segment 1: Christiana Trapani, Owner, Door County Candle Company, tells John about their new Golden State California Wildfire Relief candle.

Segment 2: Bree Fowler, Senior Writer, CNET, joins John Williams to talk about the latest on a potential TikTok ban, President Joe Biden issuing an executive order aimed at strengthening the nation’s cybersecurity, and the Biden administration proposing a new framework for the exporting of advanced computer chips used to develop artificial intelligence.

Segment 3: Michael Miller, Economics Professor, Western Washington University and Professor Emeritus at DePaul University, chats with John about a study on how effective federal dollars spent on pre-K education are in leading to long-run, child-centered benefits, an interesting study on Medicare, and his thoughts on U.S. healthcare and Medicare, Medicaid, and Medicare Advantage.