Planet Money
We retired this podcast, because we couldn't parse it for 10 consecutive times.
The economy, explained, with stories and surprises. Imagine you could call up a friend and say, "Meet me at the bar and tell me what's going on with the economy." Now imagine that's actually a fun evening. That's what we're going for at Planet Money. People seem to like it.
- Website
- http://www.npr.org/planetmoney
- Description
- The economy, explained, with stories and surprises. Imagine you could call up a friend and say, "Meet me at the bar and tell me what's going on with the economy." Now imagine that's actually a fun evening. That's what we're going for at <em>Planet Money</em>. People seem to like it.
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2018-05-18 20:04
- last episode published
- 2022-02-04 19:07
- publication frequency
- 3.7 days
- Contributors
- NPR
- Owner Author
- Explicit
- false
- Number of Episodes
- 786
- Rss-Feeds
- Detail page
- Categories
- Business News News Business
Recommendations
| User | Recommendation | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Lothar Bodingbauer | Wirtschaftliche Zusammenhänge knapp, spannend und persönlich erklärt. | 2018-10-09 |
Episodes
| Date | Title & Description | Contributors |
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| 2022-02-04 | How war bonds, controlled prices, and a national network of nosy neighbors helped beat inflation during WWII. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here. |
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| 2022-02-02 | Despite costing the same price, a pack of peanut butter M&M's weighs 0.06 ounces less than a pack of milk chocolate M&M's. A trade secret explains why. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here. |
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| 2022-01-28 | Spider-Man isn't the first film franchise to be rebooted over and over again. But the infamous off-screen drama between Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures explains why it happens so frequently. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here. |
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| 2022-01-26 | Two stories about people trying to overcome supply chain challenges. We follow a ship that is forced to get creative to bypass clogged ports, and we visit a warehouse that is running out of space. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here. |
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| 2022-01-21 | When Soul Train first launched in 1970, Black audiences weren't understood as a viable target market. Don Cornelius changed that forever with his weekly TV dance show. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here. |
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| 2022-01-19 | Economist Lisa Cook has been nominated to serve on the Federal Reserve board. In 2020, she talked to us about proving that racism stifles innovation. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here. |
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| 2022-01-14 | The Planet Money team fans out across the nation with one goal: to get a Covid test in 24 hours. It is easier said than done. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here. |
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| 2022-01-12 | Lenient policies have shoppers making more returns than ever — around half a trillion dollars worth of products. Today, we find out the fate of some of those returned goods. |
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| 2022-01-07 | What happens when the iconic symbol of your brand no longer makes sense? Today, HBO tries to evolve their sonic brand. This episode was adapted from the podcast Twenty Thousand Hertz. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here. |
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| 2022-01-05 | On protests, pasta and forgiven payments. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here. |
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