China’s zero-Covid policies is causing a wave of protests that are getting hard to ignore.  Recent protests all have their own reasons for sparking, but the underlying issue seems to revolve around the policy which has seen residents unable to access food, medicine, and medical care in some cases.  Some changes have been made to the zero-Covid policy, but frustrations have boiled over.  Ellen Ioanes, foreign affairs reporter at Vox, joins us for what to know.
 
Next, the money transfer service Zelle, saw some 1.8 billion transactions in 2021that totaled $490 billion dollars.  Now, the banks behind Zelle are standardizing the methods with which to reimburse scammed customers.  Popular scams include messages that seem to come from customer support and tricks users into sending money into what appears to be your own account, but it’s linked to a fraudulent one.  David Benoit, reporter at the WSJ, joins us for more.
 
Finally, restaurants are getting a small reprieve from chicken.  As they have been battered by high inflation, and rising labor and operational costs, chicken has begun to drop in price.  Prices for chicken breast has dropped about 70% since the first week of June.  During this time restaurants have kept up their promotions to keep people coming back.  Patrick Thomas, reporter at the WSJ, joins us for how dropping poultry prices will hopefully be giving you a break soon.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.