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Wanna see a trick? Give us any topic and we can tie it back to the economy. At Planet Money, we explore the forces that shape our lives and bring you along for the ride. Don't just understand the economy – understand the world. Support public media by joining NPR+ at [plus.npr.org] (http://plus.npr.org/) . You’ll get perks for over 25 NPR podcasts, including bonus episodes and sponsor-free listening for Planet Money.

 

#355

How to beat the resource curse in Norway (Summer School)

Let’s call it the luxury of restraint. This is what enabled Norway to avoid the fate of so... more

Yesterday

38 MINS

38:55

Yesterday


#354

Piles of cash and a town of solutions in Kenya, Nigeria (Summer School)

Let’s head to a small town in Kenya that’s become globally famous for helping economists a... more

24 Jul 2026

38 MINS

38:38

24 Jul 2026


#353

Big Lettuce meets Small Intestine

The cyclospora outbreak that’s sickening thousands of Americans got us interested in the r... more

22 Jul 2026

25 MINS

25:36

22 Jul 2026


#352

New NPR Series: "We Keep Us Safe" from the Embedded podcast

In the summer of 2020, sixteen-year-old Antonio Mays Jr. traveled a thousand miles to join... more

21 Jul 2026

03 MINS

03:22

21 Jul 2026


#351

Can World Cup mania grow MLS in the U.S.?

As the World Cup comes to a close, so does a massive real-time experiment happening just a... more

17 Jul 2026

26 MINS

26:07

17 Jul 2026


#350

Building things and breaking things in China (Summer School World Tour)

China’s turbocharged growth may have made it rich, but now it has to deal with rich countr... more

15 Jul 2026

38 MINS

38:41

15 Jul 2026


#349

Seven allegedly fake Chanel bags vs The RealReal

Once upon a time, if you wanted to buy a luxury brand item secondhand (say, a Chanel handb... more

10 Jul 2026

25 MINS

25:38

10 Jul 2026


#348

Our mission: Find the world’s best economic ideas (Summer School World Tour)

Come along as we travel the world in search of the best economic ideas to bring home!From ... more

08 Jul 2026

37 MINS

37:12

08 Jul 2026


#347

How to win a penalty shootout (with game theory)

Lionel Messi is arguably the greatest soccer scorer of all time. But when it comes to pena... more

03 Jul 2026

17 MINS

17:57

03 Jul 2026


#346

Can the Trump administration make college cheaper?

Will limiting how much students can borrow force schools to lower their prices? The Depart... more

01 Jul 2026

28 MINS

28:39

01 Jul 2026


#345

We almost had a smartphone in the 90s. Why did it fail?

In the early 90’s, a company called General Magic began working on a portable device that ... more

26 Jun 2026

26 MINS

26:52

26 Jun 2026


#344

Before Kalshi and Polymarket there was the Iowa Electronic Markets

Prediction markets aren’t new. Election betting was common until the 1940s, then mysteriou... more

24 Jun 2026

22 MINS

22:57

24 Jun 2026


#343

The real horror of ‘Alien’ and how it explains why we’re not paid enough

Maybe the real monster in the Alien franchise isn’t actually the killer alien. Because beh... more

19 Jun 2026

32 MINS

32:30

19 Jun 2026


#342

Can computer hackers get inside your mind?

The cyber weapon that might have prevented nuclear war.The U.S. and Israel have long been ... more

17 Jun 2026

29 MINS

29:42

17 Jun 2026


#341

It’s my tree. Why can’t I cut it down?

Can the government stop you from cutting down your own tree? In many towns and cities thes... more

12 Jun 2026

25 MINS

25:15

12 Jun 2026