Willa Rubin

Hi, Alexi. Hey, PJ. How are you? I'm good. I'm good. I'm enjoying the very beginning of spring.

Hi, Alexi. Hey, PJ. How are you? I'm good. I'm good. I'm enjoying the very beginning of spring.

Hi, Alexi. Hey, PJ. How are you? I'm good. I'm good. I'm enjoying the very beginning of spring.

I'm so sorry to hear that.

I'm so sorry to hear that.

I'm so sorry to hear that.

Everyone should have at least one season they enjoy. It's true. I'm still in search. This is Alexey Horowitz-Gazy. He's a reporter whose work I very much enjoy. He's also one of the hosts at Planet Money. Does that show need an introduction? They're a long-running, very smart NPR show that explains, week by week, the world of things driven by markets.

Everyone should have at least one season they enjoy. It's true. I'm still in search. This is Alexey Horowitz-Gazy. He's a reporter whose work I very much enjoy. He's also one of the hosts at Planet Money. Does that show need an introduction? They're a long-running, very smart NPR show that explains, week by week, the world of things driven by markets.

Everyone should have at least one season they enjoy. It's true. I'm still in search. This is Alexey Horowitz-Gazy. He's a reporter whose work I very much enjoy. He's also one of the hosts at Planet Money. Does that show need an introduction? They're a long-running, very smart NPR show that explains, week by week, the world of things driven by markets.

So, just a couple weeks ago, we actually did a story with one of your NPR colleagues, Bobby Allen, that was about Doge, the government commission. Yes, the legend. The legend. Today, we're doing a story with you that actually, weirdly, a little bit is like almost lore or backstory to Doge. Like, it's in part about Doge the meme coin.

So, just a couple weeks ago, we actually did a story with one of your NPR colleagues, Bobby Allen, that was about Doge, the government commission. Yes, the legend. The legend. Today, we're doing a story with you that actually, weirdly, a little bit is like almost lore or backstory to Doge. Like, it's in part about Doge the meme coin.

So, just a couple weeks ago, we actually did a story with one of your NPR colleagues, Bobby Allen, that was about Doge, the government commission. Yes, the legend. The legend. Today, we're doing a story with you that actually, weirdly, a little bit is like almost lore or backstory to Doge. Like, it's in part about Doge the meme coin.

Yeah, it's funny. I mean, Planet Money, your show, which when we were beginning to pilot Search Engine, we talked a lot about Planet Money and how at its genesis, we were like in the mortgage crisis and everybody was looking for explanation. And Planet Money kind of like arose to make sense of something that needed sense making. I feel like...

Yeah, it's funny. I mean, Planet Money, your show, which when we were beginning to pilot Search Engine, we talked a lot about Planet Money and how at its genesis, we were like in the mortgage crisis and everybody was looking for explanation. And Planet Money kind of like arose to make sense of something that needed sense making. I feel like...

Yeah, it's funny. I mean, Planet Money, your show, which when we were beginning to pilot Search Engine, we talked a lot about Planet Money and how at its genesis, we were like in the mortgage crisis and everybody was looking for explanation. And Planet Money kind of like arose to make sense of something that needed sense making. I feel like...

We are now entering, once again, a moment in which the economy is both confusing and somewhat terrifying. And it's like, I'm very glad PlanetMoney is here.

We are now entering, once again, a moment in which the economy is both confusing and somewhat terrifying. And it's like, I'm very glad PlanetMoney is here.

We are now entering, once again, a moment in which the economy is both confusing and somewhat terrifying. And it's like, I'm very glad PlanetMoney is here.

I really had not understood how much meme coins had evolved since I was last seriously covering crypto. But that world has gotten much stranger and wilder, even compared to just 2022, for a very specific reason. This is a story about why that happened. I first heard it on Planet Money, but I liked it so much, I wanted to share it with you here. I'm going to let Alexi take it away.

I really had not understood how much meme coins had evolved since I was last seriously covering crypto. But that world has gotten much stranger and wilder, even compared to just 2022, for a very specific reason. This is a story about why that happened. I first heard it on Planet Money, but I liked it so much, I wanted to share it with you here. I'm going to let Alexi take it away.