Our Valentines 2022
11 Feb 2022
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We profess our love for our curiosities, obsessions, and the things we wish we'd thought of first. |...
A SWIFT getaway
10 Feb 2022
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In 2016, thieves tried to steal nearly a billion dollars from the Bank of Bangladesh's reserves with...
Uncle Sam wants YOU to fight inflation
05 Feb 2022
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How war bonds, controlled prices, and a national network of nosy neighbors helped beat inflation dur...
The M&M anomaly (Classic)
02 Feb 2022
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Despite costing the same price, a pack of peanut butter M&M's weighs 0.06 ounces less than a pack of...
The Spider-Man Problem
29 Jan 2022
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Spider-Man isn't the first film franchise to be rebooted over and over again. But the infamous off-s...
Two indicators: supply chain solutions
26 Jan 2022
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Two stories about people trying to overcome supply chain challenges. We follow a ship that is forced...
'Soul Train' and the business of Black joy
21 Jan 2022
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When Soul Train first launched in 1970, Black audiences weren't understood as a viable target market...
Patent racism (classic)
19 Jan 2022
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Economist Lisa Cook has been nominated to serve on the Federal Reserve board. In 2020, she talked to...
The rapid testing show
15 Jan 2022
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The Planet Money team fans out across the nation with one goal: to get a Covid test in 24 hours. It ...
No such thing as a free return
13 Jan 2022
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Lenient policies have shoppers making more returns than ever — around half a trillion dollars wort...
HBO 2.0
08 Jan 2022
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What happens when the iconic symbol of your brand no longer makes sense? Today, HBO tries to evolve ...
The rest of the story, 2021
05 Jan 2022
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On protests, pasta and forgiven payments. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.Learn more about s...
The holiday industrial complex (Classic)
31 Dec 2021
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Where do holidays like National Potato Chip Day and Argyle Day come from? We trace the roots of one ...
The economic indicator of the year
30 Dec 2021
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Will it be inflation? Striketober? The supply chain? Our hosts make their case, and the choice is up...
Bell wars (Classic)
24 Dec 2021
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The two biggest handbell companies in the world have been locked in a feud for decades. Why? | Subsc...
Planet Money's Supply Chain Holiday Extravaganza
23 Dec 2021
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Planet Money's Supply Chain Holiday Extravaganza Did the supply chain wreck your holiday shopping? P...
No shortages of labor stories
18 Dec 2021
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We asked for your dispatches from the labor market, and boy did we hear back. | Subscribe to our wee...
We buy a lot of Christmas trees (Classic)
15 Dec 2021
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Nick and Robert head to the world's largest Christmas tree auction with $1,000 and a truck. And get ...
Two music indicators
11 Dec 2021
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Ticket scalping frustrates fans, but it fascinates economists. It's been a favorite topic of ours in...
Is a Stradivarius just a violin? (Classic)
08 Dec 2021
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Many music aficionados will tell you that violins and violas made by legendary craftsman Antonio Str...
Consider the lobstermen
04 Dec 2021
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A tense conflict between Indigenous fishermen and commercial lobstermen flared up in Nova Scotia in ...
A locked door, a secret meeting and the birth of the Fed (Classic)
02 Dec 2021
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The story of the back-room dealings that created America's central bank. | Subscribe to our weekly n...
Day of the Debt
26 Nov 2021
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We make a loan to the U.S. government, and it does not go the way we thought it would. Plus: the sto...
You asked for real raises, free shipping, and a special delivery
25 Nov 2021
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It's listener question time. We've got answers about "free" shipping, full employment, when a raise ...
A trunk full of truffles (Update)
20 Nov 2021
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Truffles are one of the most expensive and sought after ingredients in the world. Today, we look bac...
Of boats and boxes
17 Nov 2021
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We take a trip to ports on the east and west coasts to ask what's on everyone's mind: why are they s...