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Wanna see a trick? Give us any topic and we can tie it back to the economy. At Planet Money, we explore the forces that shape our lives and bring you along for the ride. Don't just understand the economy – understand the world. Support public media by joining NPR+ at plus.npr.org. You’ll get perks for over 25 NPR podcasts, including bonus episodes and sponsor-free listening for Planet Money.

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Charles Ponzi's scheme (plus a new scam)
2026-10-07 · 26 min
Charles Ponzi was down on his luck. In 1919, the Italian immigrant had spent a decade and a half in the U.S. He was looking for a way to get rich and tried his hand at everything — including bookkeepi...
Where all those weird new drinks are coming from
2026-10-02 · 30 min
It's getting pretty wild in the beverage aisle these days — from the rainbow wall of seltzers, to the increasingly strange flavors of Pepsi, to the new "functional" sodas with added fiber or supplemen...
Who’s gonna pay for your Social Security?
2026-09-30 · 29 min
Very soon, Social Security may not have enough money to make full payments to retirees. Very soon. Like by 2032, just six years from now. So what are we gonna do about it? Today on the sho...
Middlegarchs are the new Oligarchs
2026-09-25 · 31 min
Wanna know who is really in the top 1%? And how they use their influence? It may not be who you think. Look beyond Silicon Valley. Look beyond Wall Street. Look beyond the “oligarchs”. Ther...
Is our national debt finally too much? (update)
2026-09-23 · 30 min
(Note: A version of this episode originally ran in 2024 .) $40,000,000,000,000. Fo...
The Domino’s Pizza Tracker Theory of Everything
2026-09-18 · 32 min
Did a pizza restaurant’s humble status page change how we wait forever? When you order a Lyft or Uber, you get texts every few minutes about your car approaching and arriving. When you hav...
How investing is getting riskier (Two Indicators)
2026-09-16 · 18 min
Margin borrowing and sports gambling “investments” are both on the rise! Today on the show, two stories from Planet Money’s daily podcast The Indicator about the ways investing is ch...
The loan at the heart of a new foreclosure crisis
2026-09-11 · 29 min
There is a new type of loan that is sweeping through the country right now. It’s advertised as a super quick and super easy way to get a mortgage to buy a home. In recent years, Wall Street has been f...
Cost-cutting, quiet guilt and the inflation generation
2026-09-09 · 24 min
In this economy it is boom times and doom times all at once. The statistics aren’t really capturing it. K-shaped only goes so far as a metaphor. So … we asked you to help. And you delivered! <br...
Trump drinks Venezuela’s milkshake
2026-09-05 · 25 min
One week ago, President Trump announced a deal that would give the “U.S. control of more than 65 BILLION...

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