Planet Money
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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
The leaked tapes that show how the rich avoid taxes
May 27, 202626 min
The giant factory town that might be a giant mistake
May 22, 202626 min
Vacation and why Americans take so little
May 20, 202625 min
Jerome Powell and the Future of Fed Independence
May 15, 202628 min
The secret meeting that launched OPEC
May 13, 202627 min
Diary of a WNBA negotiator
May 9, 202629 min
How we got free agents in baseball
May 6, 202628 min
How to make a BOOK into a bestseller
May 2, 202646 min
Spirit Airlines and the future of cheap flights
Apr 29, 202625 min
Battlefield rare earths: How the U.S. lost to China
Apr 24, 202634 min
Live: Anthropic co-founder on AI and jobs
Apr 22, 202629 min
Do prediction market bettors make anything better?
Apr 18, 202632 min
How to get through the Strait of Hormuz
Apr 14, 202618 min
BOOKstore Economics
Apr 10, 202640 min
A pro-worker experiment in private equity
Apr 8, 202625 min
Reese’s heir vs. chocolate skimpflation
Apr 4, 202633 min
Dark times for Cuba’s economic experiment
Apr 2, 202627 min
The skyscrapers that NIMBYs and zoning couldn't stop
Mar 28, 202622 min
Our BOOK vs. the global supply chain
Mar 26, 202646 min
Inside a BOOK auction
Mar 21, 202643 min
The little pet fish that saved a town in the Amazon
Mar 18, 202633 min
Chef vs. Robot
Mar 13, 202625 min
The laws of the office revisited
Mar 11, 202629 min
Planet Money vs. the NBA’s tanking problem
Mar 6, 202630 min
The Business of Heated Rivalry
Mar 4, 202627 min
Don't hate the replicator, hate the game
Feb 27, 202636 min
The ICE hiring boom
Feb 25, 202618 min
The Supreme Court struck down a bunch of Trump's tariffs. Now what?
Feb 21, 202625 min
How to get what Greenland has, with permission
Feb 18, 202627 min
Betty Boop, Excel Olympics, Penny-isms: Our 2026 Valentines
Feb 13, 202631 min
The Invention Invention
Feb 11, 202630 min
Iran, protests, and sanctions
Feb 7, 202633 min
Riding with the repo man (update)
Feb 4, 202629 min
Can Trump make buying a home more affordable?
Jan 31, 202627 min
Can transforming neighborhoods help kids escape poverty?
Jan 28, 202627 min
A trip to the magic mushroom megachurch
Jan 24, 202631 min
BOARD GAMES 3: What’s in a name?
Jan 22, 202636 min
Chevron, Venezuela and the Paradox of Plenty
Jan 17, 202633 min
How much money President Trump and his family have made
Jan 14, 202630 min
So are we in an AI bubble? Here are clues to look for.
Jan 10, 202624 min
How Black hair care grew Black power
Jan 7, 202629 min
Venezuela’s recent economic history (Update)
Jan 4, 202622 min
Indicators of the Year, Past and Future
Dec 31, 202518 min
Why economists got free trade with China so wrong
Dec 30, 202525 min
The Rest of the Story, 2025
Dec 26, 202528 min
The summer I turned binge-y
Dec 24, 202530 min
What AI data centers are doing to your electric bill
Dec 20, 202532 min