Planet Money

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Planet Money is an American podcast and blog produced by NPR, in association with Chicago Public Media, producers of the program This American Life. Using "creative and entertaining" dialogue and narrative, Planet Money claims to be "The Economy Explained". The length of the podcasts ranges between 6-30 minutes. Planet Money uses abridged narratives to tackle popular complex topics like American health care or insider trading, to make economic journalism

Top songs

  1. #466: DIY Finance
  2. #680: Anatomy Of A Scam
  3. #647: Hard Work Is Irrelevant
  4. #682: When CEO Pay Exploded
  5. #667: Auditing ISIS
  6. #685: Larry vs. The IRS
  7. #688: Brilliant vs. Boring
  8. #653: The Anti-Store
  9. #648: The Benefits of Bankruptcy
  10. #616: How Solar Got Cheap
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  1. #671: An Insider Trader Tells All
  2. #610: The Prisoner's Solution
  3. #628: This Ad's For You
  4. #643: The Taxi King
  5. #629: Buy Low, Sell Prime
  6. #632: The Chicken Tax
  7. #672: Bagging The Birkin
  8. #677: The Experiment Experiment
  9. #690: All In
  10. #652: The Hydrox Resurrection
  11. #640: The Bottom Of The Well
  12. #651: The Salmon Taboo
  13. #641: Why We Work So Much
  14. #644: How Much Does This Cow Weigh?
  15. #654: When The Boats Arrive
  16. #658: Strike One
  17. #609: The Curse Of The Black Lotus
  18. #661: The Less Deadly Catch
  19. #660: The T-Rex in My Backyard
  20. #657: The Tale Of The Onion King
  21. #416: Why The Price Of Coke Didn't Change For 70 Years
  22. #681: The Oil Kingdom
  23. #627: The Miracle Apple
  24. #696: Class Action
  25. #613: Trash!
  26. #686: If Elected President
  27. #650: The Scariest Thing In Hollywood
  28. #590: The Planet Money Workout
  29. #678: Auction Fever
  30. #670: The Santa Suit
  31. #606: Spreadsheets!
  32. #655: Pay Patients, Save Money
  33. #620: Why Batteries Suck
  34. #631: The Long Run
  35. #687: Buy This Passport
  36. #399: Can You Patent A Steak?
  37. #693: Unpayable
  38. #704: Open Office
  39. #679: You Asked For It
  40. #624: I, Waiter
  41. #785: The Starbury
  42. #649: China, China, China
  43. #622: Humans vs. Robots
  44. #772: Small Change
  45. #645: How To Stop An Asteroid
  46. #694: The Gun That Wouldn't Shoot
  47. #656: Bubblelicious
  48. #443: Don't Believe The Hype
  49. #729: When Subaru Came Out
  50. #684: The Return Of The Colonel
  51. #642: The Big Red Button
  52. #777: Free Love, Free Market
  53. #386: The Power of Free
  54. #674: We Cooked A Peacock
  55. #418: The Government's Fake Bank For Drug Money
  56. #669: A or B
  57. #363: Why People Do Bad Things
  58. #621: When Luddites Attack
  59. #794: How To Make It In The Music Business
  60. #635: Trade Deal Confidential
  61. #619: The Free Throw Experiment
  62. #700: Peanuts and Cracker Jack
  63. #634: Worst Case Scenario
  64. #637: The Last Euro In Greece
  65. #663: Money Trees
  66. #689: A Hedge Fund, A Country, And A Big Sailboat
  67. #783: New Jersey Bails Out
  68. #283: Why Do We Tip?
  69. #638: Tweak The World
  70. #695: Put A Chip On It
  71. #216: How Four Drinking Buddies Saved Brazil
  72. #630: Free Parking
  73. #724: Cat Scam
  74. #424: How Much Is A Firefighter Worth?
  75. #639: Where To Hide €50,000, And Other Stories From Greece
  76. #626: This Is The End
  77. #618: The Square Deal
  78. #692: The Secret Life Of Line 24
  79. #564: The Signature
  80. Antitrust 1: Standard Oil
  81. #575: The Fondue Conspiracy
  82. #854: The New Socialists
  83. #664: The Great Inflation
  84. #623: The Machine Comes To Town
  85. #288: Manufacturing The Song Of The Summer
  86. #691: The Great Unbundling
  87. #659: How To Make $3 Trillion Disappear
  88. #662: OMG TPP
  89. #617: How Do You Feel?
  90. #816: Bitcoin Losers

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