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PodSkip has analyzed 23 episodes of Planet Money, averaging 3.6 ads per episode (8% of runtime).
Before Kalshi and Polymarket there was the Iowa Electronic Markets
Jun 24, 2026
Prediction markets aren’t new. Election betting was common until the 1940s, then mysteriously faded away.There was an entire political era when party bosses were expected to conspicuously gamble on…
The real horror of ‘Alien’ and how it explains why we’re not paid enough
Jun 19, 2026
Maybe the real monster in the Alien franchise isn’t actually the killer alien. Because behind the acid blood and jump scares is an even more insidious horror: a single employer with unchecked power…
Can computer hackers get inside your mind?
Jun 17, 2026
The cyber weapon that might have prevented nuclear war.The U.S. and Israel have long been in conflict with Iran over their nuclear development program. Some of that conflict has been out in the open…
It’s my tree. Why can’t I cut it down?
Jun 12, 2026
Can the government stop you from cutting down your own tree? In many towns and cities these days, removing a tree now requires a permit. You might have to pay a fee, or promise to plant replacement…
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Two indicators for lowering the rent
Jun 10, 2026
One specific type of affordable housing used to be popular in American cities, kept rents low, then nearly vanished. Is it time to reconsider boarding houses and single room occupancy units? If they…
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Why is there a supplement craze if they don’t even work?
Jun 05, 2026
One reason the $70 billion supplement industry is set to double in the next seven years? Lax regulation.On today's show, we tell the story of a century-long battle between the U.S. government and ……
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There's no business like dough business
Jun 03, 2026
Have you ever walked around a street, mall, or airport and noticed two or three of the same franchise restaurant within walking distance? Why might one Starbucks or McDonald’s or Wetzel’s Pretzels…
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The sneaky way companies get new chemicals into our food
May 29, 2026
99% of chemicals in our food right now were added without FDA approval. Many were added in secret, through a sneaky loophole built into the 1958 Food Additives Amendment.It was supposed to require…
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The leaked tapes that show how the rich avoid taxes
May 27, 2026
Tax avoidance -- that is, legally reducing your tax bill -- is as American as apple pie. But the line between tax avoidance and tax evasion is often a grey one. On today’s show, a collaboration with…
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The giant factory town that might be a giant mistake
May 22, 2026
How does a poor country become a rich country? There's a simple blueprint — or at least, that's what many economists used to believe. But over the years, a lot of rapidly developing economies have…
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Vacation and why Americans take so little
May 20, 2026
Do you work more for more money? Or work less for more time? For some, this is the ultimate economic choice. Every single worker in the European Union is guaranteed four weeks of paid vacation. No…
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Jerome Powell and the Future of Fed Independence
May 15, 2026
If you have a credit card, hope to buy a house, or just want stable grocery prices – let’s talk about the future of Fed independence!It’s impossibly important for the Federal Reserve to steer…
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The secret meeting that launched OPEC
May 13, 2026
Recently, a listener wrote in with a question about OPEC and oil prices. She was prepping for a camping trip… thinking about how much it costs to fill up her diesel-guzzling camper van at the…
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Diary of a WNBA negotiator
May 08, 2026
Today the WNBA season tips off, but Dallas Wings veteran forward Alysha Clark has already won a high-stakes competition. She – and a Nobel Prize winning economist – were on the team that negotiated a…
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How we got free agents in baseball
May 06, 2026
Curt Flood was the best center fielder in baseball and one of the game’s highest paid players. He took the St. Louis Cardinals to the World Series three times. Then he got traded to the Phillies. He…
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How to make a BOOK into a bestseller
May 01, 2026
In the world of commercial publishing, there are few crowning achievements more coveted than a place on the New York Times Best Seller List. But how does a book actually end up there? There is, of…
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Spirit Airlines and the future of cheap flights
Apr 29, 2026
It’s way more than fuel costs that pushed Spirit Airlines to the brink of liquidation and led President Trump to muse about “buying” them. Many low cost airlines are struggling due to a canny and…
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Battlefield rare earths: How the U.S. lost to China
Apr 24, 2026
At one point in history, one U.S. company monopolized the rare earths industry. Then China took over the industry. Can the U.S. bring it back?Rare earths are critical to making, like, everything…
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Live: Anthropic co-founder on AI and jobs
Apr 22, 2026
We talk with Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark and Chief Economist at Redfin Daryl Fairweather about two of the biggest issues of our time: AI and housing. We have been crisscrossing America doing live…
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Do prediction market bettors make anything better?
Apr 17, 2026
Have you noticed a lot of young people getting into antenna-maxxing as alpha? Or, maybe searching for any bit of copium after they fat-fingered and got rinsed? Or maybe they farmed during a yes-fest…
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How to get through the Strait of Hormuz
Apr 14, 2026
The United States has been at war with Iran since February 28th. And for a month and a half, Iran’s main leverage over the U.S. has been their control over the Strait of Hormuz — a key global…
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BOOKstore Economics
Apr 10, 2026
How do bookstores choose the books they stock, and how does that affect what customers read? It may not seem like it, but every shelf in a bookstore is a highly valuable and contested piece of…
A pro-worker experiment in private equity
Apr 08, 2026
Live event info and tickets here. If your company got bought by a private equity firm, how would you feel? Maybe a little nervous? You might find yourself wondering if there will be layoffs.And you’d…
Reese’s heir vs. chocolate skimpflation
Apr 03, 2026
Live event info and tickets here. When ingredient costs skyrocket, companies have three basic options: They can raise their prices (a sort of product-specific inflation), shrink the size of the…
Dark times for Cuba’s economic experiment
Apr 01, 2026
Live event info and tickets here. For more than 60 years, Cuba has survived on two seemingly contradictory economic strategies: leaning on friendly communist and socialist countries, and flirting…
The skyscrapers that NIMBYs and zoning couldn't stop
Mar 27, 2026
LIVE SHOW TOUR INFO HERE. New stories, live tapings, special guests, book signings and more. What would you build on a piece of land when all the normal rules go out the window?On today’s show, how…
Our BOOK vs. the global supply chain
Mar 25, 2026
When you come across a book at a yard sale or a bookstore, you might pay more attention to the words between the covers than the physical form of the book itself. But content and the form are both…
Inside a BOOK auction
Mar 20, 2026
In the age of TikTok and Polymarket, it can be easy to overlook the humble book. But books are one of the most influential technologies ever invented. From “The Wealth of Nations” to “Das Kapital,”…
The little pet fish that saved a town in the Amazon
Mar 18, 2026
The cardinal tetra is one of the most popular pet fish in the world. They look like little red and blue sequins. You've almost certainly seen them at the pet store or the fish tank at your dentist's…
Chef vs. Robot
Mar 13, 2026
Robby the chef has lots of endearing qualities. He can make over 5000 dishes, he’s a consistent cook, and he’s never late for work. But he’s not a human. It is a 750 lb. stainless steel robot. With a…