Planet Money
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How bodegas led to the Yemeni coffeehouse explosion
Nov 11, 202624 min
Inside the insurance industry’s destruction lab
Nov 6, 202632 min
The history of light (classic)
Nov 4, 202621 min
Is this how the great international borrowing spree ends?
Oct 31, 202625 min
Politicians are afraid to fix taxes. So 100 citizens tried.
Oct 28, 202630 min
How surveillance crept up on us
Oct 23, 202634 min
We try to fix election polling (update)
Oct 21, 202629 min
Anatomy of a movie market
Oct 16, 202632 min
Wanna slow down AI? These biologists can help.
Oct 14, 202629 min
Should we all be getting tariff refunds right now?
Oct 9, 202630 min
Charles Ponzi's scheme (plus a new scam)
Oct 7, 202625 min
Where all those weird new drinks are coming from
Oct 2, 202629 min
Who’s gonna pay for your Social Security?
Sep 30, 202629 min
Middlegarchs are the new Oligarchs
Sep 25, 202630 min
Is our national debt finally too much? (update)
Sep 23, 202629 min
The Domino’s Pizza Tracker Theory of Everything
Sep 18, 202632 min
How investing is getting riskier (Two Indicators)
Sep 16, 202618 min
The loan at the heart of a new foreclosure crisis
Sep 11, 202629 min
Cost-cutting, quiet guilt and the inflation generation
Sep 9, 202624 min
Trump drinks Venezuela’s milkshake
Sep 5, 202625 min
Love in the time of Palantir
Sep 2, 202625 min
Dolly Parton’s “9 to 5,” the true story behind the anthem (bonus)
Aug 30, 202622 min
Branded fruit: How produce got “Honeycrisp-ified"
Aug 28, 202633 min
The continent nobody owns & everyone benefits from (Summer School)
Aug 26, 202640 min
Who decides what big box sells? Our GAME got us answers
Aug 21, 202637 min
Getting entrepreneurial in Korea (Summer School)
Aug 19, 202640 min
You bet your life insurance
Aug 14, 202638 min
Currency Chaos in Argentina (Summer School)
Aug 12, 202639 min
Older workers aren’t retiring. Should they be forced to?
Aug 7, 202634 min
Sand heists and property rights in the Caribbean (Summer School)
Aug 5, 202640 min
What makes a toy go viral
Jul 31, 202625 min
How to beat the resource curse in Norway (Summer School)
Jul 29, 202638 min
Piles of cash and a town of solutions in Kenya, Nigeria (Summer School)
Jul 24, 202638 min
Big Lettuce meets Small Intestine
Jul 22, 202625 min
New NPR Series: "We Keep Us Safe" from the Embedded podcast
Jul 21, 20263 min
Can World Cup mania grow MLS in the U.S.?
Jul 17, 202626 min
Building things and breaking things in China (Summer School World Tour)
Jul 15, 202638 min
Seven allegedly fake Chanel bags vs The RealReal
Jul 10, 202625 min
Our mission: Find the world’s best economic ideas (Summer School World Tour)
Jul 8, 202637 min
How to win a penalty shootout (with game theory)
Jul 3, 202617 min
Can the Trump administration make college cheaper?
Jul 1, 202628 min
We almost had a smartphone in the 90s. Why did it fail?
Jun 26, 202626 min
Before Kalshi and Polymarket there was the Iowa Electronic Markets
Jun 24, 202622 min
The real horror of ‘Alien’ and how it explains why we’re not paid enough
Jun 19, 202632 min
Can computer hackers get inside your mind?
Jun 17, 202629 min
It’s my tree. Why can’t I cut it down?
Jun 12, 202625 min
Two indicators for lowering the rent
Jun 10, 202617 min
Why is there a supplement craze if they don’t even work?
Jun 5, 202634 min
There's no business like dough business
Jun 3, 202627 min
The sneaky way companies get new chemicals into our food
May 29, 202635 min