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The economy explained. 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.
The economy explained. 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.
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Opening Schools And Other Hard Decisions
Emily Oster wanted to understand the risks of opening schools. So she started a massive data collection campaign. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter [here] (https://www.npr.org/newsletter/money?utm_source=rss_feed_copy&utm_medium=podcast&utm_term=planet_money) .
16 Oct 2020
17 MINS
17:34
16 Oct 2020
Caste Arrives In Silicon Valley
For some Indian employees of big U.S. tech companies, caste discrimination is real. To combat it, first people have to talk about it. That's hard. | Today's episode is from our friends at [Rough Translation] (https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510324/rough-translation) .
14 Oct 2020
17 MINS
17:56
14 Oct 2020
Political Ad Nauseam
It's presidential election season, and that means it's political ad season. But who do ads target, anyway? | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter [here] (https://www.npr.org/newsletter/money?utm_source=rss_feed_copy&utm_medium=podcast&utm_term=planet_money) .
09 Oct 2020
22 MINS
22:35
09 Oct 2020
Rethinking Black Wealth
Homes in Black neighborhoods are valued lower than homes in white neighborhoods. Why? This episode, Dr. Andre Perry flips the narrative of the racial wealth gap. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.
07 Oct 2020
20 MINS
20:59
07 Oct 2020
Call Center Call Out
We visit life on the other side of your customer service call and get a glimpse into the troubling future of work in America. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter [here] (https://www.npr.org/newsletter/money?utm_source=rss_feed_copy&utm_medium=podcast&utm_term=planet_money) .
02 Oct 2020
29 MINS
29:55
02 Oct 2020
Trump's Tiny Taxes
A totally refreshing 20 minutes or so of infotainment related to Trump, taxes and toy wooden arrows. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter [here] (https://www.npr.org/newsletter/money?utm_source=rss_feed_copy&utm_medium=podcast&utm_term=planet_money) .
01 Oct 2020
21 MINS
21:22
01 Oct 2020
Sell Me Your Climate Bombs
There are tanks all over the U.S. that are like little climate change time bombs, ticking away. Today on the show, getting to them before they go off. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.
25 Sep 2020
26 MINS
26:10
25 Sep 2020
REDMAP (Update)
The result of national elections is shaped in a big and underappreciated way by very local elections. This is the story of the man who shaped many, many local elections to tip the national scales. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter [here] (https://www.npr.org/newsletter/money?utm_source=rss_feed_copy&utm_medium=podcast&utm_term=planet_money) .
23 Sep 2020
26 MINS
26:49
23 Sep 2020
Apple v Everybody
When Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney sued Apple over its App Store, it started a war about antitrust and the internet.
18 Sep 2020
21 MINS
21:43
18 Sep 2020
After The Plague
The Black Death was one of the worst catastrophes to ever hit humanity. But it also helped upend feudal hierarchies, redistribute wealth, and make daily life better for a lot of medieval Europeans.
16 Sep 2020
22 MINS
22:49
16 Sep 2020
Waste Land
Recycling plastic has never worked very well. So who convinced us this was a good idea? In this episode, we might have the answer. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter [here] (https://www.npr.org/newsletter/money?utm_source=rss_feed_copy&utm_medium=podcast&utm_term=planet_money) .
11 Sep 2020
24 MINS
24:02
11 Sep 2020
We Buy A Junk Bond
Team Indicator buys Cardiff a surprise present. A terrible, extremely risky, but wildly interesting investment. Then it gets interesting. The company that issued the junk bond declared bankruptcy. But that wasn't the end of the story. | Subscribe to our daily podcast, The Indicator [here] (https://feeds.npr.org/510325/podcast.xml) .
09 Sep 2020
24 MINS
24:48
09 Sep 2020
The Murderer, The Boy King, And The Invention Of Modern Finance
John Law killed a man in a duel, brought the first paper money to France, and became one of the richest people in the world. Then it all collapsed.
05 Sep 2020
21 MINS
21:22
05 Sep 2020
SUMMER SCHOOL: Graduation!
Summer School graduates take the stage to show us how we can all see our everyday world through the beautiful lens of economics. | [Take the final exam and get your diploma here] (https://www.npr.org/2020/08/26/903557224/think-you-know-economics-take-the-planet-money-summer-school-quiz) .
02 Sep 2020
20 MINS
20:10
02 Sep 2020
The Old Rules Were Dumb Anyway
When the pandemic hit, the old rules went out the window. What rules will stay broken when things go back to normal?Subscribe to our weekly newsletter [here] (https://www.npr.org/newsletter/money?utm_source=rss_feed_copy&utm_medium=podcast&utm_term=planet_money) .
28 Aug 2020
22 MINS
22:00
28 Aug 2020