Planet Money

1. The skyscrapers that NIMBYs and zoning couldn't stop (2026-03-28)
2. Our BOOK vs. the global supply chain (2026-03-26)
3. Inside a BOOK auction (2026-03-21)
4. The little pet fish that saved a town in the Amazon (2026-03-18)
5. Chef vs. Robot (2026-03-13)
6. The laws of the office revisited (2026-03-11)
7. Planet Money vs. the NBA’s tanking problem (2026-03-06)
8. The Business of Heated Rivalry (2026-03-04)
9. Don't hate the replicator, hate the game (2026-02-27)
10. The ICE hiring boom (2026-02-25)
11. The Supreme Court struck down a bunch of Trump's tariffs. Now what? (2026-02-21)
12. How to get what Greenland has, with permission (2026-02-18)
13. Betty Boop, Excel Olympics, Penny-isms: Our 2026 Valentines (2026-02-14)
14. The Invention Invention (2026-02-11)
15. Iran, protests, and sanctions (2026-02-07)
16. Riding with the repo man (update) (2026-02-04)
17. Can Trump make buying a home more affordable? (2026-01-31)
18. Can transforming neighborhoods help kids escape poverty? (2026-01-28)
19. A trip to the magic mushroom megachurch (2026-01-24)
20. BOARD GAMES 3: What’s in a name? (2026-01-22)
21. Chevron, Venezuela and the Paradox of Plenty (2026-01-17)
22. How much money President Trump and his family have made (2026-01-14)
23. So are we in an AI bubble? Here are clues to look for. (2026-01-10)
24. How Black hair care grew Black power (2026-01-07)
25. Venezuela’s recent economic history (Update) (2026-01-04)
26. Indicators of the Year, Past and Future (2025-12-31)
27. Why economists got free trade with China so wrong (2025-12-30)
28. The Rest of the Story, 2025 (2025-12-26)
29. The summer I turned binge-y (2025-12-24)
30. What AI data centers are doing to your electric bill (2025-12-20)
31. PM does a pop culture draft: 1999 edition (2025-12-17)
32. When Chicago pawned its parking meters (2025-12-13)
33. Strange threadfellows: How the U.S. military shaped what we all wear (2025-12-10)
34. How hurricanes became a hot investment (2025-12-06)
35. Is AI slopifying the job market? (Two Indicators) (2025-12-03)
36. Capitalism (Taylor's Version) (25-minute Podcast Version) (2025-11-28)
37. Saving lives with fewer dollars (2025-11-27)
38. The Consumer Sentiment vs. Consumer Spending Puzzle (2025-11-21)
39. Days of our Tariffs (2025-11-19)
40. The obscure pool of money the US used to bail out Argentina (2025-11-15)
41. Buy now, pay dearly? (update) (2025-11-12)
42. A new experiment in remote work … from the inside (2025-11-07)
43. Everything’s more expensive!! Pet care!! Concert tickets!! (Two Indicators) (2025-11-05)
44. After the shutdown, SNAP will still be in trouble (2025-11-01)
45. The remittance mystery (2025-10-30)
46. Should the fine have to fit the crime? (2025-10-24)
47. TikTok’s Trojan Horse Strategy (2025-10-22)
48. How Russia’s shadow fleet is sailing around oil sanctions (2025-10-17)
49. The year NYC went broke (2025-10-15)
50. How the government got hedge funded (2025-10-10)
51. Two ways AI is changing the business of crime (Two Indicators) (2025-10-08)
52. BOARD GAMES 2: Making our prototype (2025-10-04)
53. BOARD GAMES 1: We're making a game (2025-10-01)
54. How refrigeration took over the world (2025-09-26)
55. How Jane Street’s secret billion-dollar trade unraveled (2025-09-24)
56. In Gaza, money is falling apart (2025-09-20)
57. When CEO pay exploded (update) (2025-09-17)
58. The U.S. now owns a big chunk of Intel. That’s a huge deal. (2025-09-12)
59. Asking for a friend … which jobs are safe from AI? (2025-09-10)
60. What happens to central banks under pressure? (2025-09-06)
61. The million dollar mystery behind Milk.com (2025-09-03)
62. Lisa Cook and the fight for the Fed (2025-08-30)
63. Summer School 8: Graduation LIVE! (2025-08-27)
64. Buy discount Ozempic here now click this link (2025-08-23)
65. Summer School 7: Trade blocks and blockages (2025-08-20)
66. When our inflation infeelings don’t match the CPI (2025-08-15)
67. What happens when governments cook the books (2025-08-09)
68. Summer School 6: When the markets need a designer (2025-08-06)
69. Would you trust an economist with your economy? (2025-08-02)
70. The President's Golden Share in U.S. Steel (2025-07-26)
71. Why are we so obsessed with manufacturing? (2025-07-18)
72. Congress has voted to eliminate government funding for public media (2025-07-18)
73. Made in America (2025-07-12)
74. A thought experiment on how to fix the national debt problem (2025-07-02)
75. When Trump met crypto (2025-06-28)
76. Econ Battle Zone: Budget Showdown (2025-06-26)
77. The U.S. is the world's bribery cop. Is that about to change? (2025-06-21)
78. Jay & Shai's debt ceiling adventure (Update) (2025-06-19)
79. Why I joined DOGE (2025-06-14)
80. Are Trump's tariffs legal? (2025-06-12)
81. When Chinese manufacturing met Small Town, USA (2025-06-07)
82. Trump's crypto interests (Two Indicators) (2025-06-04)
83. Why does the government fund research at universities? (2025-05-29)
84. The secret world behind those scammy text messages (2025-05-23)
85. How economists (and TikTok) know if a recession is coming (2025-05-22)
86. The 145% tariff already did its damage (2025-05-17)
87. What happened to U.S. farmers during the last trade war (2025-05-15)
88. Is the reign of the dollar over? (2025-05-10)
89. What "Made in China" actually means (2025-05-07)
90. Why it's so hard to find a public toilet (2025-05-03)
91. Planet Money complains. To learn. (2025-04-30)
92. How 23andMe's bankruptcy led to a run on the gene bank (2025-04-26)
93. A primer on the Federal Reserve's independence (2025-04-23)
94. How much for that egg (2025-04-18)
95. OIRA: The tiny office that's about to remake the federal government (2025-04-16)
96. Trade war dispatch from Canada (2025-04-12)
97. Do trade deficits matter? (2025-04-10)
98. Planet Money buys a mystery diamond (2025-03-26)
99. Can we just change how we measure GDP? (2025-03-21)
100. Escheat show (Update) (2025-03-19)
101. How Tupperware took over our homes, with Decoder Ring (2025-03-14)
102. The last time we shrank the federal workforce (2025-03-12)
103. How to start a bank (2025-03-07)
104. The Parable of Peanut the Memecoin (2025-03-05)
105. The Memecoin Casino (2025-02-28)
106. The controversy over Tyson Foods' hiring of asylum seekers (2025-02-27)
107. The rise and fall of Long Term Capital Management (2025-02-22)
108. Can the president override Congress on spending? (2025-02-19)
109. The Big Government Money Pipe Freeze (2025-02-14)
110. The 'Crypto Wizard' vs. Nigeria (2025-02-11)
111. The fight for a legendary shipwreck's treasure (2025-02-07)
112. How the scratch off lottery changed America (2025-02-05)
113. How DeepSeek changed the market's mind (2025-02-01)
114. Re-imagining the energy grid ... through batteries (Two Indicators) (2025-01-29)
115. The "chilling effect" of deportations (2025-01-25)
116. After the fires (2025-01-23)
117. Tariffs, grocery prices and other listener questions (2025-01-18)
118. The Land of the Duty Free (classic) (2025-01-15)
119. The case for Fed independence in the Nixon tapes (2025-01-11)
120. ZIP Codes! (2025-01-08)
121. If AI is so good, why are there still so many jobs for translators? (2024-12-30)
122. The Rest of the Story, 2024 (2024-12-27)
123. The Indicators of this year and next (2024-12-25)
124. The habitat banker (2024-12-21)
125. How sports gambling blew up (2024-12-18)
126. A Nobel prize for explaining why there's global inequality (2024-12-14)
127. There Will Be Flood (2024-12-06)
128. George Soros vs. the Bank of England (2024-12-04)
129. How useful, really, are the steps you can take after a data breach? (2024-12-02)
130. Why you bought your couch (2024-11-27)
131. Title Pirates (2024-11-23)
132. The long view of economics and immigration (Two Indicators) (2024-11-20)
133. The great German land lottery (2024-11-15)
134. The strange way the world's fastest microchips are made (2024-11-13)
135. Moving to the American dream? (update) (2024-11-06)
136. So your data was stolen in a data breach (2024-10-31)
137. Why do hospitals keep running out of generic drugs? (2024-10-26)
138. Romance on the screen and on the page: Two Indicators (2024-10-23)
139. The Subscription Trap (2024-10-19)
140. We asked 188 economists. And the survey says... (2024-10-16)
141. So imPORTant: Bananas, frogs, and... Bob's?? (2024-10-12)
142. Can cap and trade work in the US? (2024-10-10)
143. What's up with all the ads for law firms? (2024-10-04)
144. How Venezuela imploded (update) (2024-10-03)
145. What's THAT got to do with economics? (2024-09-27)
146. Veep-onomics (2024-09-25)
147. How to save 10,000 fingers (2024-09-20)
148. Can money buy happiness? (2024-09-18)
149. 99 Percent Invisible: The White Castle System of Eating Houses (2024-09-16)
150. Rate Expectations (2024-09-13)
151. Is AI overrated or underrated? (2024-09-11)
152. Summer camp capitalism (2024-09-07)
153. Bingo! (Presidential debate edition) (2024-09-05)
154. How to fix a housing shortage (2024-08-30)
155. Summer School 8: Big ideas and life lessons from Marx, Keynes and Smith and more (2024-08-28)
156. The trade fraud detective (2024-08-23)
157. Summer School 7: The Great Depression, the New Deal and how it changed our economy (2024-08-21)
158. The hidden world behind your new "banking" app (2024-08-16)
159. Summer School 6: China, Taiwan and how nations grow rich (2024-08-14)
160. Will the Olympics break breakdancing? (2024-08-10)
161. Summer School 5: 250 years of trade history in three chapters (2024-08-07)
162. What to do when you're in a class action (2024-08-02)
163. Summer School 4: Banker vs president and the birth of the dollar (2024-07-31)
164. Summer School 3: The first stock and perpetual life (2024-07-27)
165. What Kamala Harris' economic agenda might look like (2024-07-25)
166. The color monopoly (2024-07-20)
167. Summer School 2: The golden ages of labor and looms (2024-07-17)
168. Rooftop solar's dark side (2024-07-13)
169. Summer School 1: An Economic History of the World (2024-07-10)
170. How flying got so bad (or did it?) (2024-07-05)
171. The two companies driving the modern economy (2024-07-04)
172. Do immigrants really take jobs and lower wages? (2024-06-29)
173. The Carriage Tax (Update) (2024-06-27)
174. The Vapes of Wrath (2024-06-22)
175. Why is everyone talking about Musk's money? (2024-06-19)
176. What's with all the tiny soda cans? And other grocery store mysteries, solved. (2024-06-15)
177. Bringing a tariff to a graphite fight (2024-06-13)
178. How much national debt is too much? (2024-06-08)
179. The history of light (classic) (2024-06-05)
180. How the FBI's fake cell phone company put criminals into real jail cells (2024-06-01)
181. So you've been scammed, now what? (2024-05-30)
182. The junkyard economist (2024-05-25)
183. Anatomy of a layoff (2024-05-23)
184. The hack that almost broke the internet (2024-05-18)
185. Why Gold? (Classic) (2024-05-15)
186. Zombie mortgages are coming back to life (2024-05-11)
187. Inside video game economics (Two Indicators) (2024-05-08)
188. The birth of the modern consumer movement (2024-05-03)
189. Hire Power (Update) (2024-05-02)
190. The case of the stolen masks (2024-04-26)
191. How unions are stopped before they start (Update) (2024-04-25)
192. FTX and the Serengeti of bankruptcy (2024-04-20)
193. Grocery prices, credit card debt, and your 401K (Two Indicators) (2024-04-18)
194. TikTok made me deduct it (2024-04-12)
195. How much does this cow weigh? (Classic) (2024-04-10)
196. Japan's Lost Decades (2024-04-06)
197. The real estate industry on trial (2024-04-04)
198. The trouble with Table 101 (Update) (2024-03-27)
199. What is Temu? (2024-03-22)
200. How Big Steel in the U.S. fell (2024-03-20)
201. The billion dollar war behind U.S. rum (2024-03-16)
202. Wind boom, wind bust (Two Windicators) (2024-03-13)
203. On the Oscars campaign trail (2024-03-08)
204. Is dynamic pricing coming to a supermarket near you? (2024-03-07)
205. Shopping for parental benefits around the world (2024-03-02)
206. The secret world behind school fundraisers (2024-02-29)
207. A controversial idea at the heart of Bidenomics (2024-02-24)
208. Two Indicators: Economics of the defense industry (2024-02-21)
209. How the Navy came to protect cargo ships (2024-02-16)
210. It's giving ... Valentines (2024-02-15)
211. A lawsuit for your broken heart (2024-02-10)
212. Morally questionable, economically efficient (2024-02-08)
213. Groundhog Day 2024: Trademark, bankruptcy, and the dollar that failed (2024-02-02)
214. The Chicken Tax (Classic) (2024-02-01)
215. Bonus: Janet Yellen on Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! (2024-01-29)
216. Rescues at sea, and how to make a fortune (2024-01-27)
217. Hear us out: We ban left turns and other big ideas (2024-01-24)
218. Econ Battle Zone: Disinflation Confrontation (2024-01-20)
219. Mid-East conflict escalation, two indicators (2024-01-18)
220. The Maine Potato War of 1976 (2024-01-13)
221. The Universal Basic Income experiment in Kenya (2024-01-10)
222. The case of the serial sinking Spanish ships (2024-01-05)
223. The Rest of the Story, 2023 (2023-12-29)
224. The Indicators of this year and next (2023-12-27)
225. We buy a lot of Christmas trees (Update) (2023-12-22)
226. Dollarizing Argentina (2023-12-21)
227. How to be better at hybrid work, according to research (2023-12-19)
228. What econ says in the shadows (2023-12-16)
229. Why '90s ads are unforgettable (2023-12-14)
230. The U.S. economy's biggest superpower, explained (2023-12-11)
231. Two food and drink indicators (2023-12-07)
232. Why are we so bummed about the economy? (2023-12-02)
233. So you want to sell marijuana across state lines (2023-11-30)
234. A very Planet Money Thanksgiving (2023-11-23)
235. Economic fact in literary fiction (2023-11-18)
236. China's real estate crisis, explained (2023-11-16)
237. The alleged theft at the heart of ChatGPT (2023-11-11)
238. Never have I ever (2023-11-09)
239. FTC Chair Lina Khan on Antitrust in the age of Amazon (2023-11-03)
240. Antitrust in America (classic) (2023-11-02)
241. All you can eat economics (2023-10-28)
242. Indicator exploder: jobs and inflation (2023-10-18)
243. Maria Bamford gets personal (about) finance (2023-10-14)
244. Why the price of Coke didn't change for 70 years (classic) (2023-10-11)
245. A man, a plan, wind power, Uruguay (2023-10-06)
246. A trucker hat mystery, the curse of September and other listener questions (2023-09-29)
247. "Based on a true story" (2023-09-20)
248. How to launder $600 million on the internet (2023-09-16)
249. China's weakening economy in two Indicators (2023-09-13)
250. Is economists' favorite tool to crush inflation broken? (2023-09-08)
251. The prince of prints and his prints of Prince (2023-09-06)
252. How to fight a patent pirate (2023-09-02)
253. Summer School 8: Graduation and the Guppy Tank (2023-08-31)
254. The secret entrance that sidesteps Hollywood picket lines (2023-08-26)
255. Summer School 7: Negotiating and the empathetic nibble (2023-08-23)
256. Vacation, and why the U.S. takes so little of it (2023-08-18)
257. Summer School 6: Operations and 25,000 roses (2023-08-16)
258. The new Biden plan that could still erase your student loans (2023-08-11)
259. Summer School 5: Tech and the innovator's dilemma (2023-08-09)
260. A tarot card reading for the U.S. economy (2023-08-05)
261. Summer School 4: Marketing and the Ultimate Hose Nozzle (2023-08-03)
262. Tackle your medical debt with Life Kit (2023-08-01)
263. Did two honesty researchers fabricate their data? (2023-07-28)
264. Summer School 3: Accounting and The Last Supper (2023-07-27)
265. Planet Money Paper Club (2023-07-22)
266. Summer School 2: Competition and the cheaper sneaker (2023-07-19)
267. Surprise, you just signed a contract! How hidden contracts took over the internet (2023-07-15)
268. Summer School 1: Planet Money goes to business school (2023-07-13)
269. The quest to save macroeconomics from itself (2023-07-08)
270. Two Indicators: After Affirmative Action & why America overpays for subways (2023-07-06)
271. Supply, demand, extinction (2023-07-01)
272. Planet Money Live: Two Truths and a Lie (2023-06-28)
273. Mike The Mover vs. The Furniture Police (2023-06-24)
274. Twins (classic) (2023-06-21)
275. The 60-day job race (2023-06-16)
276. Two Indicators: The economics of innovation (2023-06-15)
277. The town that changed economics (2023-06-10)
278. The Spider-Man Problem (update) (2023-06-08)
279. AI Podcast 1.0: Rise of the machines (2023-05-26)
280. Green energy gridlock (2023-05-25)
281. Predictions: Jobs! (2023-05-20)
282. How AI could help rebuild the middle class (2023-05-18)
283. Inflation and the Profit-Price Spiral (2023-05-13)
284. The Day of Two Noons (Classic) (2023-05-10)
285. How to fight a squatting goat (2023-05-06)
286. Two Indicators: the influencer industry (2023-05-04)
287. Financial advising while Black (2023-04-28)
288. The zoo economy (classic) (2023-04-27)
289. The quest for the factory-built house (2023-04-22)
290. Tax Code Switch (2023-04-19)
291. The life and possible death of low interest rates (2023-04-15)
292. Two innovation market indicators (2023-04-13)
293. Your banking questions, answered (2023-04-08)
294. The battle for Puerto Rico's beaches (2023-04-05)
295. The safety net for banks (2023-04-01)
296. A Great Recession bank takeover (2023-03-30)
297. Inside a bank run (2023-03-23)
298. Planet Money Records Vol. 3: Making a hit (2023-03-18)
299. The value of good teeth (2023-03-09)
300. Seinfeld-onomics (2023-03-04)
301. CBOhhhh, that's what they do (2023-03-02)
302. Meow Money Meow Problems (2023-02-25)
303. Hollywood's Black List (Classic) (2023-02-23)
304. Jay & Shai's debt ceiling adventure (2023-02-18)
305. Two Indicators: Inside the Fed, then and now (2023-02-16)
306. Our 2023 valentines (2023-02-11)
307. The ice cream conspiracy (2023-02-09)
308. Groundhog Day 2023 (2023-02-02)
309. To all the econ papers I've loved before (2023-01-27)
310. Charles Ponzi's scheme (2023-01-21)
311. Big Rigged (Classic) (2023-01-19)
312. Two Indicators: The 2% inflation target (2023-01-14)
313. Planet Money Movie Club: It's a Wonderful Life (2023-01-11)
314. The economics lessons in kids' books (2023-01-06)
315. The Rest of the Story, 2022 (2022-12-31)
316. Which economic indicator defined 2022? (2022-12-28)
317. In defense of gift giving (2022-12-24)
318. Two Indicators: The fight over ESG investing (2022-12-21)
319. The sports ticket price enigma (2022-12-16)
320. The case of the missing cheese racks (2022-12-10)
321. When women stopped coding (Classic) (2022-12-07)
322. My Favorite Tax Loophole (2022-12-03)
323. Messi economics (2022-12-01)
324. One economist's take on popular advice for saving, borrowing, and spending (2022-11-23)
325. How the cookie became a monster (2022-11-19)
326. Peak Sand (classic) (2022-11-10)
327. Planet Money tries election polling (2022-11-05)
328. Two Indicators shaking China's economy (2022-11-02)
329. Planet Money Records Vol. 2: The Negotiation (2022-10-29)
330. Planet Money Records Vol. 1: Earnest Jackson (2022-10-27)
331. The high cost of a strong dollar (2022-10-22)
332. The money fixers (classic) (2022-10-19)
333. You asked for coupons, Delaware, and the truth about goldfish (2022-10-15)
334. Two Indicators: back to school (2022-10-13)
335. Forging Taiwan's Silicon Shield (2022-10-08)
336. Economic anarchy in the UK (2022-10-06)
337. Would you like a side of offshoring with that? (2022-09-30)
338. The miracle apple (Classic) (2022-09-29)
339. Econ's Brush with the Law (2022-09-24)
340. The Midnight Connection (2022-09-22)
341. Vibecession Vibes Session (2022-09-17)
342. The Good, the Bad, and the Uggly (2022-09-15)
343. Two Indicators: unlikely economic relationships (2022-09-09)
344. The salvage car Silk Road (2022-09-08)
345. Breaking down the price of gasoline (2022-09-03)
346. SUMMER SCHOOL 8: Productivity & Getting Lit (2022-09-01)
347. Wake up and smell the fraud (2022-08-27)
348. SUMMER SCHOOL 7: The Fed & Volcker's Socks (2022-08-25)
349. Inflation Reduction Actually (2022-08-20)
350. SUMMER SCHOOL 6: Trade & The Better Life (2022-08-18)
351. Carried interest wormhole (2022-08-13)
352. SUMMER SCHOOL 5: Car Parts, Celery & The Labor Market (2022-08-11)
353. A new way to pay for college (Update) (2022-08-05)