Podcast

Planet Money

Author: NPR ([email protected])
Feed episode count: 355
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Summary

Wanna see a trick? Give us any topic and we can tie it back to the economy. At Planet Money , we explore the forces that shape our lives and bring you along for the ride. Don't just understand the economy – understand the world. Wanna go deeper? Subscribe to Planet Money+ and get sponsor-free episodes of Planet Money, The Indicator, and Planet Money Summer School. Plus access to bonus content. It's a new way to support the show you love. Learn more at plus.npr.org/planetmoney

Episodes

May 22, 2026 · not_requested

The giant factory town that might be a giant mistake

Duration seconds: 1618
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/05/22/nx-s1-5831786/brazil-manaus-middle-income-blueprint

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May 20, 2026 · not_requested

Vacation and why Americans take so little

Duration seconds: 1509
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/05/20/nx-s1-5827074/vacation-holiday-europe-time-off

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May 15, 2026 · not_requested

Jerome Powell and the Future of Fed Independence

Duration seconds: 1733
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/05/15/nx-s1-5823832/jerome-powell-federal-reserve-term-end-future

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May 13, 2026 · not_requested

The secret meeting that launched OPEC

Duration seconds: 1653
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/05/13/nx-s1-5819610/opec-oil-explainer-uae-leaving

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May 9, 2026 · not_requested

Diary of a WNBA negotiator

Duration seconds: 1758
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/05/08/nx-s1-5816448/wnba-new-season-contract-negotiations

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May 6, 2026 · not_requested

How we got free agents in baseball

Duration seconds: 1731
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/05/06/nx-s1-5812912/baseball-free-agency-curt-flood

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May 2, 2026 · not_requested

How to make a BOOK into a bestseller

Duration seconds: 2805
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/05/01/nx-s1-5785166/how-best-seller-lists-get-made

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Apr 29, 2026 · not_requested

Spirit Airlines and the future of cheap flights

Duration seconds: 1535
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/04/29/nx-s1-5804507/budget-airlines-bailout-spirit

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Apr 24, 2026 · not_requested

Battlefield rare earths: How the U.S. lost to China

Duration seconds: 2055
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/04/24/nx-s1-5798742/rare-earths-mining-china-usa

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Apr 22, 2026 · not_requested

Live: Anthropic co-founder on AI and jobs

Duration seconds: 1785
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/04/22/nx-s1-5794326/anthropic-artificial-intelligence-mythos-redfin

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Apr 18, 2026 · not_requested

Do prediction market bettors make anything better?

Duration seconds: 1945
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/04/17/nx-s1-5789382/kalshi-polymarket-prediction-market-ceo-tarek-mansour

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Apr 14, 2026 · not_requested

How to get through the Strait of Hormuz

Duration seconds: 1133
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/04/14/nx-s1-5785290/strait-hormuz-iran-trump-open-blockade

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Apr 10, 2026 · not_requested

BOOKstore Economics

Duration seconds: 2452
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/04/10/nx-s1-5751214/how-books-get-to-bookstores

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Apr 8, 2026 · not_requested

A pro-worker experiment in private equity

Duration seconds: 1541
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/04/08/nx-s1-5776833/private-equity-pete-stavros-employee-ownership

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Apr 4, 2026 · not_requested

Reese’s heir vs. chocolate skimpflation

Duration seconds: 2022
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/04/03/nx-s1-5773425/reeses-peanut-butter-candy-chocolate-egg-easter-hershey-brad

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Apr 2, 2026 · not_requested

Dark times for Cuba’s economic experiment

Duration seconds: 1661
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/04/01/nx-s1-5770721/cuba-oil-blockade-trump-power-crisis

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Mar 28, 2026 · not_requested

The skyscrapers that NIMBYs and zoning couldn't stop

Duration seconds: 1344
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/03/27/nx-s1-5764334/squamish-nation-senakw-vancouver-indigenous-construction-housing-nimby

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Mar 26, 2026 · not_requested

Our BOOK vs. the global supply chain

Duration seconds: 2790
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/03/25/nx-s1-5751213/planet-money-book-factory-printing-press

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Mar 21, 2026 · not_requested

Inside a BOOK auction

Duration seconds: 2591
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/03/20/nx-s1-5751177/book-deal-proposal-auction-publishing

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Mar 18, 2026 · not_requested

The little pet fish that saved a town in the Amazon

Duration seconds: 1995
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/03/18/nx-s1-5751251/amazon-brazil-forest-fish-aquarium-trade

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Mar 13, 2026 · not_requested

Chef vs. Robot

Duration seconds: 1540
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/03/13/nx-s1-5733110/automation-chef-wok-restaurant-industry

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Mar 11, 2026 · not_requested

The laws of the office revisited

Duration seconds: 1775
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/03/11/nx-s1-5726849/laws-of-the-office-poster

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Mar 6, 2026 · not_requested

Planet Money vs. the NBA’s tanking problem

Duration seconds: 1820
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/03/06/nx-s1-5739178/nba-draft-tanking

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Mar 4, 2026 · not_requested

The Business of Heated Rivalry

Duration seconds: 1666
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/03/04/nx-s1-5736077/pivot-kara-swisher-heated-rivalry

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Feb 27, 2026 · not_requested

Don't hate the replicator, hate the game

Duration seconds: 2164
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/02/27/nx-s1-5720653/replication-crisis-games-abel-brodeur

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