Robert Smith

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2,515 appearances 7 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 26 Aug

Robert Smith’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Planet Money · The continent nobody owns & everyone benefits from (Summer School) · 26 Aug 2026 podcast

Because if you pay uh a hundred dollars the first month, a hundred dollars the second month, and then you get your ten thousand dollar check.

to buy the thing you want, that is going to feel like you have won the lottery.

Alex Malfitani, summer school graduate, lives in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

And this idea from Brazil, the consorcios, seems totally doable in the United States.

If you can split a burrito lunch over four easy payments, I think banks can make this happen.

It builds community, saves you money, and it feels like a lottery.

What could be better?

JP Morgan Chase, this is your moment.

Thanks everyone who wrote in.

I will say that many of your suggestions were intriguing enough that they may spark future episodes of Planet Money.

Stay tuned.

And stay with us after the break for the granting of diplomas and the links to the final exam.

I think all graduation ceremonies need intermissions.

mean, it's so bad you can go through a long list of really quality hospitals and they don't know their costs.

I just want to say a few words to the graduates in the audience today.

You sit here in a world that gets more international by the day.

A world where there are trade barriers, sure, but there are no tariffs of the mind.

I'm not even sure what that means, but but let the man cook.

I know you signed up for this totally free and fake university for the imaginary travel and fascinating stories, but we hope you learned a little something along the way.

Now know what the flying geese are carrying.

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