Aaron welcomes Aria Allen, the producer and host of “Economics with Aria,” a new series launching on 97.9 The Hill this weekend. The show is a deep dive into high-level macroeconomic policy changes – think taxes, tariffs, interest rates, and the like – and how they affect us here in Orange County. Allen says she wants to look at these often-dense issues from new and interesting angles: for instance, her first episode examines the impact of tariffs on the customers and the staff at the adult store Adam & Eve (whose parent company PHE is one of Orange County’s biggest private employers).

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