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Recent episodes
Is this how the great international borrowing spree ends?
Oct 31, 2026 • 26 minPoliticians are afraid to fix taxes. So 100 citizens tried.
Oct 28, 2026 • 31 minHow surveillance crept up on us
Oct 23, 2026 • 35 minWe try to fix election polling (update)
Oct 21, 2026 • 30 minAnatomy of a movie market
Oct 16, 2026 • 32 minWanna slow down AI? These biologists can help.
Oct 14, 2026 • 29 minShould we all be getting tariff refunds right now?
Oct 9, 2026 • 30 minCharles Ponzi's scheme (plus a new scam)
Oct 7, 2026 • 26 minWhere all those weird new drinks are coming from
Oct 2, 2026 • 30 minWho’s gonna pay for your Social Security?
Sep 30, 2026 • 29 minMiddlegarchs are the new Oligarchs
Sep 25, 2026 • 31 minIs our national debt finally too much? (update)
Sep 23, 2026 • 30 minThe Domino’s Pizza Tracker Theory of Everything
Sep 18, 2026 • 32 minHow investing is getting riskier (Two Indicators)
Sep 16, 2026 • 18 minThe loan at the heart of a new foreclosure crisis
Sep 11, 2026 • 29 minCost-cutting, quiet guilt and the inflation generation
Sep 9, 2026 • 24 minTrump drinks Venezuela’s milkshake
Sep 5, 2026 • 25 minLove in the time of Palantir
Sep 2, 2026 • 26 minDolly Parton’s “9 to 5,” the true story behind the anthem (bonus)
Aug 30, 2026 • 23 minBranded fruit: How produce got “Honeycrisp-ified"
Aug 28, 2026 • 34 minThe continent nobody owns & everyone benefits from (Summer School)
Aug 26, 2026 • 41 minWho decides what big box sells? Our GAME got us answers
Aug 21, 2026 • 38 minGetting entrepreneurial in Korea (Summer School)
Aug 19, 2026 • 40 minYou bet your life insurance
Aug 14, 2026 • 39 minCurrency Chaos in Argentina (Summer School)
Aug 12, 2026 • 39 minOlder workers aren’t retiring. Should they be forced to?
Aug 7, 2026 • 34 minSand heists and property rights in the Caribbean (Summer School)
Aug 5, 2026 • 40 minWhat makes a toy go viral
Jul 31, 2026 • 26 minHow to beat the resource curse in Norway (Summer School)
Jul 29, 2026 • 39 minPiles of cash and a town of solutions in Kenya, Nigeria (Summer School)
Jul 24, 2026 • 39 min
What HN said
- bozoUserJul 2019found these gems on recycling on NPR: Episode 925: A Mob Boss, A Garbage Boat and Why We Recycle - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/planet-money/id2907834...
Episode 926: So, Should We Recycle? - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/planet-money/id2907834...
- kleinishereDec 2022Not an answer to your question, but interesting context for how eBooks work with libraries. And how not checking out a second time effectively is a loss of one “use” that may have directed the library to spend more on this book, rather than another. Sounds like you’re aware. Loved this Planet Money podcast
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/planet-money/id2907834...
- anderscoAug 2023Podcast that describes many of the specifics of how her and another researcher faked their data: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/planet-money/id2907834...