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

A hundred and eighty billion US dollars.

Oh, every year?

Yes.

Who do we send the check to?

Oh, by the way, uh I think we need to make sure that President Trump doesn't find out that Antarctica is six times larger than Greenland.

And it's worth $180 billion.

We gotta keep it keep it hush hush.

We'll g we'll keep it quiet.

Natalie Stokel is a professor of economics at the University of Tasmania.

Thanks for calling us from down under.

Thanks very much for having me.

It's been fun.

As for the rest of you, coming up we have the moment you have been waiting for all summer: graduation, complete with a final exam, a diploma, and student speakers sharing their insightful tips from around the world.

I'm gonna put on my Planet Money Green PhD robe and join you all back on the lawn of Planet Money University after the break.

Graduates?

Professors from around the world, kids listening in the back seats of your parents' Subaru.

Welcome to the Planet Money Commencement Ceremony for the degree of Master in International Economics.

We have listened to the degree alone in our headphones, but hopefully we can come together today in celebration of what we have all achieved.

You may not recognize your fellow students at first, but when you are laying on the beach somewhere and the person next to you starts to talk about the vulnerabilities of small open economies like the islands of the Caribbean, you will know.

That you have found a fellow member of the class of 2026.

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