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355 episodes • 0 archived •
A primer on the Federal Reserve's independence
April 23
April 23
19 mins
How much for that egg
April 18
April 18
31 mins
OIRA: The tiny office that's about to remake the federal government
April 16
April 16
26 mins
Trade war dispatch from Canada
April 11
April 11
26 mins
Do trade deficits matter?
April 9
April 9
23 mins
How the War on Drugs got us... blueberries
April 4
April 4
27 mins
Tariffs: What are they good for?
April 2
April 2
23 mins
PM x Radiolab: Can the economy grow forever?
March 28
March 28
37 mins
Planet Money buys a mystery diamond
March 26
March 26
32 mins
Can we just change how we measure GDP?
March 21
March 21
22 mins
Escheat show (Update)
March 19
March 19
22 mins
How Tupperware took over our homes, with Decoder Ring
March 14
March 14
28 mins
The last time we shrank the federal workforce
March 12
March 12
27 mins
How to start a bank
March 7
March 7
25 mins
The Parable of Peanut the Memecoin
March 5
March 5
34 mins
The Memecoin Casino
February 28
February 28
28 mins
The controversy over Tyson Foods' hiring of asylum seekers
February 27
February 27
25 mins
The rise and fall of Long Term Capital Management
February 22
February 22
27 mins
Can the president override Congress on spending?
February 19
February 19
22 mins
The Big Government Money Pipe Freeze
February 14
February 14
25 mins
The 'Crypto Wizard' vs. Nigeria
February 11
February 11
22 mins
The fight for a legendary shipwreck's treasure
February 7
February 7
23 mins
How the scratch off lottery changed America
February 5
February 5
29 mins
How DeepSeek changed the market's mind
February 1
February 1
26 mins
Re-imagining the energy grid ... through batteries (Two Indicators)
January 29
January 29
17 mins
The "chilling effect" of deportations
January 25
January 25
23 mins
After the fires
January 23
January 23
25 mins
Tariffs, grocery prices and other listener questions
January 17
January 17
27 mins
The Land of the Duty Free (classic)
January 15
January 15
20 mins
The case for Fed Independence in the Nixon Tapes
January 11
January 11
30 mins
ZIP Codes!
January 8
January 8
28 mins
The potato-shaped loophole in free trade
January 3
January 3
27 mins
If AI is so good, why are there still so many jobs for translators?
Dec 30, 2024
Dec 30, 2024
17 mins
The Rest of the Story, 2024
Dec 27, 2024
Dec 27, 2024
28 mins
The Indicators of this year and next
Dec 25, 2024
Dec 25, 2024
22 mins
The habitat banker
Dec 20, 2024
Dec 20, 2024
33 mins
How sports gambling blew up
Dec 18, 2024
Dec 18, 2024
30 mins
A Nobel prize for explaining why there's global inequality
Dec 14, 2024
Dec 14, 2024
28 mins
Worst. Tariffs. Ever. (update)
Dec 11, 2024
Dec 11, 2024
26 mins
There Will Be Flood
Dec 6, 2024
Dec 6, 2024
31 mins
George Soros vs. the Bank of England
Dec 4, 2024
Dec 4, 2024
30 mins
How useful, really, are the steps you can take after a data breach?
Dec 2, 2024
Dec 2, 2024
20 mins
Why you bought your couch
Nov 27, 2024
Nov 27, 2024
26 mins
Title Pirates
Nov 23, 2024
Nov 23, 2024
25 mins
The long view of economics and immigration (Two Indicators)
Nov 20, 2024
Nov 20, 2024
15 mins
The great German land lottery
Nov 15, 2024
Nov 15, 2024
28 mins
The strange way the world's fastest microchips are made
Nov 13, 2024
Nov 13, 2024
26 mins
What markets bet President Trump will do
Nov 9, 2024
Nov 9, 2024
26 mins
Moving to the American dream? (update)
Nov 6, 2024
Nov 6, 2024
23 mins
The veteran loan calamity
Nov 1, 2024
Nov 1, 2024
36 mins
So your data was stolen in a data breach
Oct 31, 2024
Oct 31, 2024
28 mins
Why do hospitals keep running out of generic drugs?
Oct 25, 2024
Oct 25, 2024
26 mins
Romance on the screen and on the page: Two Indicators
Oct 23, 2024
Oct 23, 2024
17 mins
The Subscription Trap
Oct 18, 2024
Oct 18, 2024
30 mins
We asked 188 economists. And the survey says...
Oct 16, 2024
Oct 16, 2024
21 mins
So imPORTant: Bananas, frogs, and... Bob's??
Oct 11, 2024
Oct 11, 2024
25 mins
Can cap and trade work in the US?
Oct 9, 2024
Oct 9, 2024
24 mins
What's up with all the ads for law firms?
Oct 4, 2024
Oct 4, 2024
18 mins
How Venezuela imploded (update)
Oct 2, 2024
Oct 2, 2024
23 mins
What's THAT got to do with economics?
Sep 27, 2024
Sep 27, 2024
25 mins
Veep-onomics
Sep 25, 2024
Sep 25, 2024
25 mins
How to save 10,000 fingers
Sep 20, 2024
Sep 20, 2024
24 mins
Can money buy happiness?
Sep 18, 2024
Sep 18, 2024
28 mins
99 Percent Invisible: The White Castle System of Eating Houses
Sep 16, 2024
Sep 16, 2024
32 mins
Rate Expectations
Sep 13, 2024
Sep 13, 2024
23 mins
Is AI overrated or underrated?
Sep 11, 2024
Sep 11, 2024
18 mins
Summer camp capitalism
Sep 6, 2024
Sep 6, 2024
33 mins
Bingo! (Presidential debate edition)
Sep 4, 2024
Sep 4, 2024
29 mins
How to fix a housing shortage
Aug 30, 2024
Aug 30, 2024
23 mins
Summer School 8: Big ideas and life lessons from Marx, Keynes and Smith and more
Aug 28, 2024
Aug 28, 2024
32 mins
The trade fraud detective
Aug 23, 2024
Aug 23, 2024
26 mins
Summer School 7: The Great Depression, the New Deal and how it changed our economy
Aug 21, 2024
Aug 21, 2024
35 mins
The hidden world behind your new "banking" app
Aug 16, 2024
Aug 16, 2024
21 mins
Summer School 6: China, Taiwan and how nations grow rich
Aug 14, 2024
Aug 14, 2024
36 mins
Will the Olympics break breakdancing?
Aug 9, 2024
Aug 9, 2024
25 mins
Summer School 5: 250 years of trade history in three chapters
Aug 7, 2024
Aug 7, 2024
36 mins
What to do when you're in a class action
Aug 2, 2024
Aug 2, 2024
25 mins
S5 E35
Summer School 4: Banker vs president and the birth of the dollarS5 E35·
Jul 31, 2024
Jul 31, 2024
36 mins
Summer School 3: The first stock and perpetual life
Jul 26, 2024
Jul 26, 2024
34 mins
What Kamala Harris' economic agenda might look like
Jul 24, 2024
Jul 24, 2024
18 mins
The color monopoly
Jul 20, 2024
Jul 20, 2024
22 mins
Summer School 2: The golden ages of labor and looms
Jul 17, 2024
Jul 17, 2024
32 mins
Rooftop solar's dark side
Jul 12, 2024
Jul 12, 2024
27 mins
Summer School 1: An Economic History of the World
Jul 10, 2024
Jul 10, 2024
34 mins
How flying got so bad (or did it?)
Jul 5, 2024
Jul 5, 2024
25 mins
The two companies driving the modern economy
Jul 3, 2024
Jul 3, 2024
20 mins
Do immigrants really take jobs and lower wages?
Jun 29, 2024
Jun 29, 2024
25 mins
The Carriage Tax (Update)
Jun 26, 2024
Jun 26, 2024
18 mins
The Vapes of Wrath
Jun 21, 2024
Jun 21, 2024
27 mins
Why is everyone talking about Musk's money?
Jun 19, 2024
Jun 19, 2024
28 mins
What's with all the tiny soda cans? And other grocery store mysteries, solved.
Jun 14, 2024
Jun 14, 2024
24 mins
Bringing a tariff to a graphite fight
Jun 12, 2024
Jun 12, 2024
25 mins
How much national debt is too much?
Jun 7, 2024
Jun 7, 2024
26 mins
The history of light (classic)
Jun 5, 2024
Jun 5, 2024
21 mins
How the FBI's fake cell phone company put criminals into real jail cells
May 31, 2024
May 31, 2024
23 mins
So you've been scammed, now what?
May 29, 2024
May 29, 2024
27 mins
The junkyard economist
May 24, 2024
May 24, 2024
25 mins
Anatomy of a layoff
May 22, 2024
May 22, 2024
27 mins
The hack that almost broke the internet
May 17, 2024
May 17, 2024
25 mins
Why Gold? (Classic)
May 15, 2024
May 15, 2024
18 mins
Zombie mortgages are coming back to life
May 10, 2024
May 10, 2024
30 mins
Inside video game economics (Two Indicators)
May 8, 2024
May 8, 2024
18 mins
The birth of the modern consumer movement
May 3, 2024
May 3, 2024
20 mins
Hire Power (Update)
May 1, 2024
May 1, 2024
22 mins
The case of the stolen masks
Apr 26, 2024
Apr 26, 2024
18 mins
How unions are stopped before they start (Update)
Apr 24, 2024
Apr 24, 2024
32 mins
FTX and the Serengeti of bankruptcy
Apr 19, 2024
Apr 19, 2024
25 mins
Grocery prices, credit card debt, and your 401K (Two Indicators)
Apr 17, 2024
Apr 17, 2024
17 mins
TikTok made me deduct it
Apr 12, 2024
Apr 12, 2024
20 mins
How much does this cow weigh? (Classic)
Apr 10, 2024
Apr 10, 2024
17 mins
Japan's Lost Decades
Apr 5, 2024
Apr 5, 2024
22 mins
The real estate industry on trial
Apr 3, 2024
Apr 3, 2024
28 mins
How much of your tax dollars are going to Israel and Ukraine
Mar 29, 2024
Mar 29, 2024
23 mins
The trouble with Table 101 (Update)
Mar 27, 2024
Mar 27, 2024
24 mins
What is Temu?
Mar 22, 2024
Mar 22, 2024
25 mins
How Big Steel in the U.S. fell
Mar 20, 2024
Mar 20, 2024
22 mins
The billion dollar war behind U.S. rum
Mar 15, 2024
Mar 15, 2024
23 mins
Wind boom, wind bust (Two Windicators)
Mar 13, 2024
Mar 13, 2024
16 mins
On the Oscars campaign trail
Mar 8, 2024
Mar 8, 2024
25 mins
Is dynamic pricing coming to a supermarket near you?
Mar 6, 2024
Mar 6, 2024
25 mins
Shopping for parental benefits around the world
Mar 1, 2024
Mar 1, 2024
29 mins
The secret world behind school fundraisers
Feb 29, 2024
Feb 29, 2024
27 mins
A controversial idea at the heart of Bidenomics
Feb 23, 2024
Feb 23, 2024
25 mins
Two Indicators: Economics of the defense industry
Feb 21, 2024
Feb 21, 2024
19 mins
How the Navy came to protect cargo ships
Feb 16, 2024
Feb 16, 2024
19 mins
It's giving ... Valentines
Feb 15, 2024
Feb 15, 2024
26 mins
A lawsuit for your broken heart
Feb 9, 2024
Feb 9, 2024
22 mins
Morally questionable, economically efficient
Feb 7, 2024
Feb 7, 2024
24 mins
Groundhog Day 2024: Trademark, bankruptcy, and the dollar that failed
Feb 2, 2024
Feb 2, 2024
26 mins
The Chicken Tax (Classic)
Jan 31, 2024
Jan 31, 2024
15 mins
Bonus: Janet Yellen on Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
Jan 29, 2024
Jan 29, 2024
10 mins
Rescues at sea, and how to make a fortune
Jan 27, 2024
Jan 27, 2024
26 mins
Hear us out: We ban left turns and other big ideas
Jan 24, 2024
Jan 24, 2024
23 mins
Econ Battle Zone: Disinflation Confrontation
Jan 20, 2024
Jan 20, 2024
31 mins
Mid-East conflict escalation, two indicators
Jan 17, 2024
Jan 17, 2024
16 mins
The Maine Potato War of 1976
Jan 13, 2024
Jan 13, 2024
24 mins
The Universal Basic Income experiment in Kenya
Jan 10, 2024
Jan 10, 2024
24 mins
The case of the serial sinking Spanish ships
Jan 5, 2024
Jan 5, 2024
26 mins
The Rest of the Story, 2023
Dec 29, 2023
Dec 29, 2023
25 mins
The Indicators of this year and next
Dec 27, 2023
Dec 27, 2023
15 mins
We buy a lot of Christmas trees (Update)
Dec 22, 2023
Dec 22, 2023
31 mins
Dollarizing Argentina
Dec 21, 2023
Dec 21, 2023
24 mins
How to be better at hybrid work, according to research
Dec 19, 2023
Dec 19, 2023
15 mins
What econ says in the shadows
Dec 16, 2023
Dec 16, 2023
26 mins
Why '90s ads are unforgettable
Dec 14, 2023
Dec 14, 2023
26 mins
The U.S. economy's biggest superpower, explained
Dec 11, 2023
Dec 11, 2023
13 mins
Why do doctors still use pagers?
Dec 8, 2023
Dec 8, 2023
26 mins
Two food and drink indicators
Dec 6, 2023
Dec 6, 2023
19 mins
Why are we so bummed about the economy?
Dec 1, 2023
Dec 1, 2023
23 mins
So you want to sell marijuana across state lines
Nov 29, 2023
Nov 29, 2023
23 mins
A very Planet Money Thanksgiving
Nov 22, 2023
Nov 22, 2023
26 mins
Economic fact in literary fiction
Nov 18, 2023
Nov 18, 2023
26 mins
China's real estate crisis, explained
Nov 15, 2023
Nov 15, 2023
20 mins
The alleged theft at the heart of ChatGPT
Nov 10, 2023
Nov 10, 2023
23 mins
Never have I ever
Nov 8, 2023
Nov 8, 2023
28 mins
FTC Chair Lina Khan on Antitrust in the age of Amazon
Nov 3, 2023
Nov 3, 2023
30 mins
Antitrust in America (classic)
Nov 1, 2023
Nov 1, 2023
40 mins
All you can eat economics
Oct 27, 2023
Oct 27, 2023
25 mins
Cutting school... by 20%
Oct 26, 2023
Oct 26, 2023
23 mins
How unions are stopped before they start
Oct 20, 2023
Oct 20, 2023
27 mins
Indicator exploder: jobs and inflation
Oct 18, 2023
Oct 18, 2023
18 mins
Maria Bamford gets personal (about) finance
Oct 13, 2023
Oct 13, 2023
27 mins
Why the price of Coke didn't change for 70 years (classic)
Oct 11, 2023
Oct 11, 2023
19 mins
A man, a plan, wind power, Uruguay
Oct 6, 2023
Oct 6, 2023
23 mins
The flight attendants of CHAOS
Oct 4, 2023
Oct 4, 2023
28 mins
A trucker hat mystery, the curse of September and other listener questions
Sep 29, 2023
Sep 29, 2023
26 mins
The natural disaster economist
Sep 27, 2023
Sep 27, 2023
23 mins
A black market, a currency crisis, and a tango competition in Argentina
Sep 23, 2023
Sep 23, 2023
23 mins
"Based on a true story"
Sep 20, 2023
Sep 20, 2023
28 mins
How to launder $600 million on the internet
Sep 16, 2023
Sep 16, 2023
26 mins
China's weakening economy in two Indicators
Sep 13, 2023
Sep 13, 2023
18 mins
Is economists' favorite tool to crush inflation broken?
Sep 8, 2023
Sep 8, 2023
23 mins
The prince of prints and his prints of Prince
Sep 6, 2023
Sep 6, 2023
28 mins
How to fight a patent pirate
Sep 1, 2023
Sep 1, 2023
25 mins
Summer School 8: Graduation and the Guppy Tank
Aug 30, 2023
Aug 30, 2023
31 mins
The secret entrance that sidesteps Hollywood picket lines
Aug 26, 2023
Aug 26, 2023
21 mins
Summer School 7: Negotiating and the empathetic nibble
Aug 23, 2023
Aug 23, 2023
33 mins
Vacation, and why the U.S. takes so little of it
Aug 18, 2023
Aug 18, 2023
25 mins
Summer School 6: Operations and 25,000 roses
Aug 16, 2023
Aug 16, 2023
32 mins
The new Biden plan that could still erase your student loans
Aug 11, 2023
Aug 11, 2023
27 mins
Summer School 5: Tech and the innovator's dilemma
Aug 9, 2023
Aug 9, 2023
34 mins
A tarot card reading for the U.S. economy
Aug 4, 2023
Aug 4, 2023
25 mins
Summer School 4: Marketing and the Ultimate Hose Nozzle
Aug 2, 2023
Aug 2, 2023
32 mins
Tackle your medical debt with Life Kit
Jul 31, 2023
Jul 31, 2023
17 mins
Did two honesty researchers fabricate their data?
Jul 28, 2023
Jul 28, 2023
25 mins
Summer School 3: Accounting and The Last Supper
Jul 26, 2023
Jul 26, 2023
34 mins
Planet Money Paper Club
Jul 21, 2023
Jul 21, 2023
23 mins
Summer School 2: Competition and the cheaper sneaker
Jul 19, 2023
Jul 19, 2023
31 mins
Surprise, you just signed a contract! How hidden contracts took over the internet
Jul 15, 2023
Jul 15, 2023
23 mins
Summer School 1: Planet Money goes to business school
Jul 12, 2023
Jul 12, 2023
32 mins
The quest to save macroeconomics from itself
Jul 7, 2023
Jul 7, 2023
18 mins
Two Indicators: After Affirmative Action & why America overpays for subways
Jul 5, 2023
Jul 5, 2023
20 mins
Supply, demand, extinction
Jun 30, 2023
Jun 30, 2023
29 mins
Planet Money Live: Two Truths and a Lie
Jun 28, 2023
Jun 28, 2023
23 mins
Mike The Mover vs. The Furniture Police
Jun 23, 2023
Jun 23, 2023
25 mins
Twins (classic)
Jun 21, 2023
Jun 21, 2023
20 mins
The 60-day job race
Jun 16, 2023
Jun 16, 2023
26 mins
Two Indicators: The economics of innovation
Jun 14, 2023
Jun 14, 2023
19 mins
The town that changed economics
Jun 9, 2023
Jun 9, 2023
24 mins
The Spider-Man Problem (update)
Jun 7, 2023
Jun 7, 2023
30 mins
AI Podcast 3.0: Dial M for Mechanization
Jun 2, 2023
Jun 2, 2023
33 mins
AI Podcast 2.0: The host in the machine
May 31, 2023
May 31, 2023
31 mins
AI Podcast 1.0: Rise of the machines
May 26, 2023
May 26, 2023
34 mins
Green energy gridlock
May 24, 2023
May 24, 2023
22 mins
Predictions: Jobs!
May 19, 2023
May 19, 2023
20 mins
How AI could help rebuild the middle class
May 17, 2023
May 17, 2023
21 mins
Inflation and the Profit-Price Spiral
May 12, 2023
May 12, 2023
26 mins
The Day of Two Noons (Classic)
May 10, 2023
May 10, 2023
18 mins
How to fight a squatting goat
May 6, 2023
May 6, 2023
28 mins
Two Indicators: the influencer industry
May 3, 2023
May 3, 2023
19 mins
Financial advising while Black
Apr 28, 2023
Apr 28, 2023
27 mins
The zoo economy (classic)
Apr 26, 2023
Apr 26, 2023
16 mins
The quest for the factory-built house
Apr 21, 2023
Apr 21, 2023
26 mins
Tax Code Switch
Apr 19, 2023
Apr 19, 2023
24 mins
The life and possible death of low interest rates
Apr 15, 2023
Apr 15, 2023
25 mins
Two innovation market indicators
Apr 12, 2023
Apr 12, 2023
18 mins
Your banking questions, answered
Apr 8, 2023
Apr 8, 2023
26 mins
The battle for Puerto Rico's beaches
Apr 5, 2023
Apr 5, 2023
23 mins
The safety net for banks
Apr 1, 2023
Apr 1, 2023
23 mins
A Great Recession bank takeover
Mar 30, 2023
Mar 30, 2023
18 mins
The battle over Osage headrights
Mar 25, 2023
Mar 25, 2023
23 mins
Inside a bank run
Mar 23, 2023
Mar 23, 2023
33 mins
Planet Money Records Vol. 3: Making a hit
Mar 18, 2023
Mar 18, 2023
29 mins
How Silicon Valley Bank failed
Mar 16, 2023
Mar 16, 2023
21 mins
Dude, where's my streaming TV show?
Mar 11, 2023
Mar 11, 2023
26 mins
The value of good teeth
Mar 9, 2023
Mar 9, 2023
22 mins
Seinfeld-onomics
Mar 3, 2023
Mar 3, 2023
18 mins
CBOhhhh, that's what they do
Mar 1, 2023
Mar 1, 2023
24 mins
Meow Money Meow Problems
Feb 25, 2023
Feb 25, 2023
27 mins
Hollywood's Black List (Classic)
Feb 22, 2023
Feb 22, 2023
23 mins
Jay & Shai's debt ceiling adventure
Feb 18, 2023
Feb 18, 2023
26 mins
Two Indicators: Inside the Fed, then and now
Feb 16, 2023
Feb 16, 2023
18 mins
Our 2023 valentines
Feb 11, 2023
Feb 11, 2023
26 mins
The ice cream conspiracy
Feb 8, 2023
Feb 8, 2023
24 mins
Baby's first market failure
Feb 3, 2023
Feb 3, 2023
23 mins
Groundhog Day 2023
Feb 1, 2023
Feb 1, 2023
24 mins
To all the econ papers I've loved before
Jan 27, 2023
Jan 27, 2023
24 mins
The story of "Monopoly" and American capitalism
Jan 26, 2023
Jan 26, 2023
22 mins
Charles Ponzi's scheme
Jan 21, 2023
Jan 21, 2023
22 mins
Big Rigged (Classic)
Jan 18, 2023
Jan 18, 2023
24 mins
Two Indicators: The 2% inflation target
Jan 13, 2023
Jan 13, 2023
18 mins
Planet Money Movie Club: It's a Wonderful Life
Jan 11, 2023
Jan 11, 2023
22 mins
The economics lessons in kids' books
Jan 6, 2023
Jan 6, 2023
28 mins
The Rest of the Story, 2022
Dec 31, 2022
Dec 31, 2022
24 mins
Which economic indicator defined 2022?
Dec 28, 2022
Dec 28, 2022
10 mins
In defense of gift giving
Dec 24, 2022
Dec 24, 2022
21 mins
Two Indicators: The fight over ESG investing
Dec 21, 2022
Dec 21, 2022
21 mins
The sports ticket price enigma
Dec 16, 2022
Dec 16, 2022
28 mins
Spam call bounty hunter
Dec 14, 2022
Dec 14, 2022
26 mins
The case of the missing cheese racks
Dec 9, 2022
Dec 9, 2022
27 mins
When women stopped coding (Classic)
Dec 7, 2022
Dec 7, 2022
17 mins
My Favorite Tax Loophole
Dec 3, 2022
Dec 3, 2022
26 mins
Messi economics
Dec 1, 2022
Dec 1, 2022
27 mins
One economist's take on popular advice for saving, borrowing, and spending
Nov 23, 2022
Nov 23, 2022
32 mins
How the cookie became a monster
Nov 19, 2022
Nov 19, 2022
26 mins
Sam Bankman-Fried and the fall of a crypto empire
Nov 17, 2022
Nov 17, 2022
23 mins
The E-Book Wars
Nov 11, 2022
Nov 11, 2022
25 mins
Peak Sand (classic)
Nov 9, 2022
Nov 9, 2022
17 mins
Planet Money tries election polling
Nov 4, 2022
Nov 4, 2022
28 mins
Two Indicators shaking China's economy
Nov 2, 2022
Nov 2, 2022
19 mins
Planet Money Records Vol. 2: The Negotiation
Oct 29, 2022
Oct 29, 2022
26 mins
Planet Money Records Vol. 1: Earnest Jackson
Oct 27, 2022
Oct 27, 2022
25 mins
The high cost of a strong dollar
Oct 22, 2022
Oct 22, 2022
27 mins
The money fixers (classic)
Oct 19, 2022
Oct 19, 2022
17 mins
You asked for coupons, Delaware, and the truth about goldfish
Oct 15, 2022
Oct 15, 2022
23 mins
Two Indicators: back to school
Oct 12, 2022
Oct 12, 2022
17 mins
Forging Taiwan's Silicon Shield
Oct 7, 2022
Oct 7, 2022
30 mins
Economic anarchy in the UK
Oct 5, 2022
Oct 5, 2022
21 mins
Would you like a side of offshoring with that?
Sep 30, 2022
Sep 30, 2022
22 mins
The miracle apple (Classic)
Sep 28, 2022
Sep 28, 2022
13 mins
Econ's Brush with the Law
Sep 23, 2022
Sep 23, 2022
22 mins
The Midnight Connection
Sep 21, 2022
Sep 21, 2022
33 mins
Vibecession Vibes Session
Sep 17, 2022
Sep 17, 2022
26 mins
The Good, the Bad, and the Uggly
Sep 15, 2022
Sep 15, 2022
30 mins
Two Indicators: unlikely economic relationships
Sep 9, 2022
Sep 9, 2022
18 mins
The salvage car Silk Road
Sep 8, 2022
Sep 8, 2022
28 mins
Breaking down the price of gasoline
Sep 3, 2022
Sep 3, 2022
28 mins
SUMMER SCHOOL 8: Productivity & Getting Lit
Aug 31, 2022
Aug 31, 2022
30 mins
Wake up and smell the fraud
Aug 26, 2022
Aug 26, 2022
22 mins
SUMMER SCHOOL 7: The Fed & Volcker's Socks
Aug 24, 2022
Aug 24, 2022
31 mins
Inflation Reduction Actually
Aug 19, 2022
Aug 19, 2022
21 mins
SUMMER SCHOOL 6: Trade & The Better Life
Aug 17, 2022
Aug 17, 2022
32 mins
Carried interest wormhole
Aug 13, 2022
Aug 13, 2022
26 mins
SUMMER SCHOOL 5: Car Parts, Celery & The Labor Market
Aug 11, 2022
Aug 11, 2022
32 mins
A new way to pay for college (Update)
Aug 5, 2022
Aug 5, 2022
26 mins
SUMMER SCHOOL 4: Inflation & Drinking Buddies
Aug 4, 2022
Aug 4, 2022
30 mins
We Buy a Superhero 8: Micro-Face: The Musical
Aug 1, 2022
Aug 1, 2022
45 mins
Two recession Indicators
Jul 29, 2022
Jul 29, 2022
20 mins
SUMMER SCHOOL 3: Booms, Busts & Us
Jul 28, 2022
Jul 28, 2022
32 mins
Little House on the Blockchain
Jul 22, 2022
Jul 22, 2022
21 mins
SUMMER SCHOOL 2: GDP & What Counts
Jul 21, 2022
Jul 21, 2022
25 mins
Best by, sell by, use by
Jul 16, 2022
Jul 16, 2022
25 mins
SUMMER SCHOOL 1: Recessions & Rap Battles
Jul 14, 2022
Jul 14, 2022
31 mins
A tale of two cityhoods
Jul 8, 2022
Jul 8, 2022
24 mins
Two crypto crash Indicators
Jul 6, 2022
Jul 6, 2022
18 mins
Suitcases, secret lists, and Citizens United
Jul 1, 2022
Jul 1, 2022
26 mins
When Subaru came out (Classic)
Jun 29, 2022
Jun 29, 2022
19 mins
Recession referees
Jun 25, 2022
Jun 25, 2022
23 mins
The tale of the Onion King (Update)
Jun 22, 2022
Jun 22, 2022
19 mins
The debate over what's causing inflation
Jun 17, 2022
Jun 17, 2022
19 mins
Let them eat lunch
Jun 16, 2022
Jun 16, 2022
22 mins
The Gecko Effect
Jun 11, 2022
Jun 11, 2022
27 mins
On the case: Recession, formula, and greenbacks
Jun 9, 2022
Jun 9, 2022
20 mins
Homer Simpson vs. the economy
Jun 3, 2022
Jun 3, 2022
19 mins
The bank war (Classic)
Jun 1, 2022
Jun 1, 2022
20 mins
We Buy a Superhero 7: Collectibles (Live Show!)
May 28, 2022
May 28, 2022
28 mins
The NRA's Secret Tapes
May 26, 2022
May 26, 2022
31 mins
Investing in mediocrity
May 20, 2022
May 20, 2022
24 mins
How the burrito became a sandwich (Classic)
May 18, 2022
May 18, 2022
15 mins
Buy now, pay dearly?
May 14, 2022
May 14, 2022
21 mins
A 12-year-old girl takes on the video game industry (UPDATE)
May 11, 2022
May 11, 2022
18 mins
The day Russia adopted the free market
May 7, 2022
May 7, 2022
30 mins
Escheat show (Classic)
May 4, 2022
May 4, 2022
21 mins
Planet Money book club
Apr 29, 2022
Apr 29, 2022
16 mins
Risky business
Apr 27, 2022
Apr 27, 2022
18 mins
We Buy a Superhero 6: The Comic Book
Apr 22, 2022
Apr 22, 2022
25 mins
TikTok to the top
Apr 21, 2022
Apr 21, 2022
21 mins
The student loan paaaaauuuuuse
Apr 15, 2022
Apr 15, 2022
20 mins
Peanuts and Cracker Jack (Classic)
Apr 13, 2022
Apr 13, 2022
21 mins
How manatees got into hot water
Apr 8, 2022
Apr 8, 2022
23 mins
Turkey's runaway inflation problem
Apr 6, 2022
Apr 6, 2022
20 mins
When bricks were rubles
Apr 1, 2022
Apr 1, 2022
23 mins
The Bond King
Mar 30, 2022
Mar 30, 2022
21 mins
Fashion Fair's makeover
Mar 25, 2022
Mar 25, 2022
24 mins
Two inflation Indicators: Corporate greed and mortgage rates
Mar 24, 2022
Mar 24, 2022
18 mins
Tech giants and tiny dogs
Mar 18, 2022
Mar 18, 2022
19 mins
Escape from Russia
Mar 16, 2022
Mar 16, 2022
23 mins
Grocery delivery wars
Mar 11, 2022
Mar 11, 2022
16 mins
The dollar at the center of the world (Classic)
Mar 10, 2022
Mar 10, 2022
21 mins
Of oligarchs, oil and rubles
Mar 5, 2022
Mar 5, 2022
18 mins
'Fortress' Russia put to the test
Mar 2, 2022
Mar 2, 2022
17 mins
Putin's big bet: Sanction-proofing Russia
Feb 25, 2022
Feb 25, 2022
14 mins
How bad is inflation?
Feb 24, 2022
Feb 24, 2022
19 mins
Predictions: Inflation!
Feb 18, 2022
Feb 18, 2022
16 mins
SPAM strikes back
Feb 17, 2022
Feb 17, 2022
28 mins
Waste land (Bonus)
Feb 14, 2022
Feb 14, 2022
23 mins
Our Valentines 2022
Feb 11, 2022
Feb 11, 2022
26 mins
A SWIFT getaway
Feb 10, 2022
Feb 10, 2022
21 mins
Uncle Sam wants YOU to fight inflation
Feb 5, 2022
Feb 5, 2022
21 mins
The M&M anomaly (Classic)
Feb 2, 2022
Feb 2, 2022
13 mins
The Spider-Man Problem
Jan 29, 2022
Jan 29, 2022
25 mins
Two indicators: supply chain solutions
Jan 26, 2022
Jan 26, 2022
18 mins
'Soul Train' and the business of Black joy
Jan 21, 2022
Jan 21, 2022
26 mins
Patent racism (classic)
Jan 19, 2022
Jan 19, 2022
25 mins
The rapid testing show
Jan 15, 2022
Jan 15, 2022
20 mins
No such thing as a free return
Jan 13, 2022
Jan 13, 2022
22 mins
HBO 2.0
Jan 8, 2022
Jan 8, 2022
18 mins
The rest of the story, 2021
Jan 5, 2022
Jan 5, 2022
28 mins
The holiday industrial complex (Classic)
Dec 31, 2021
Dec 31, 2021
17 mins
The economic indicator of the year
Dec 30, 2021
Dec 30, 2021
15 mins
Bell wars (Classic)
Dec 24, 2021
Dec 24, 2021
19 mins
Planet Money's Supply Chain Holiday Extravaganza
Dec 23, 2021
Dec 23, 2021
26 mins
No shortages of labor stories
Dec 18, 2021
Dec 18, 2021
25 mins
We buy a lot of Christmas trees (Classic)
Dec 15, 2021
Dec 15, 2021
29 mins
Two music indicators
Dec 11, 2021
Dec 11, 2021
18 mins