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The economy explained. Imagine you could call up a friend and say, "Meet me at the bar and tell me what's going on with the economy." Now imagine that's actually a fun evening.
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#972: The CryptoQueen
Jamie Bartlett and BBC producer Georgia Catt bring us the story of OneCoin, which promised to revolutionize money, but instead led to one of the world's biggest scams.
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#971: Our Valentines 2020
It's our Valentine's Day episode, full of love, bananas, and financial analysis.
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#970: Raw Milk Deal
A farmer in California built an empire dealing raw milk. And then the Feds showed up.
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#772: Small Change
How fast is the world really changing? The answer has implications for everything from how the next generation will live to whether robots really will take all our jobs.
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#969: The Island No One Owns
In Barbuda, land isn't a thing you buy and sell. It's something you just... have. For free. No paperwork. For real. But the Prime Minister thinks there's been a misunderstanding.
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#968: The Trouble With Table 101
When you go out to eat, you're paying for food, but you're also paying rent for the table. In this episode, one restaurateur tries to turn his worst real estate into his best.
Customer Reviews
Favorite Pod
Something for everyone to appreciate. Great reporting, interestIng subjects discussed.
Amazing Content, Also Happy With Addition of Mary
My favorite part of this show are the multi-part episodes where they deep dive into a topic (like the Chicago Boys series, or the series on antitrust law.) But even though the multi-parters are few and far between, I still listen to this podcast whenever I get the chance, as it’s always high quality.
Also, I want to strongly disagree with a reviewer below: I think that Mary Childs is and was an _excellent_ addition to the show. I listened to her many times during her (seeming) trial period with The Indicator while she was still with Barrons, where she made great and insightful points about the finance world. Now on Planet Money, she brings very welcome joy and enthusiasm to the set, and of all of the recent episodes over the past month or two, I have most liked the ones where she is a host.
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Have learns tons of common knowledge from this podcast. Yay adulting!
