Robot cooks are here. How good are they? And, what will automation mean for restaurants? On our latest episode, we pit a human chef against a robot cook in a head-to-head smackdown.
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Free healthcare and ... fancy cocktails? It's always fun joining my @npr.org colleagues @ The Indicator from @planetmoney.bsky.social, who this week featured my reporting on how some employers are making health insurance more affordable: www.npr.org/2026/03/09/n...
i really really love Industry. so do @samkesler.bsky.social and @wailinwong.bsky.social. so we made a @planetmoney.bsky.social PM+ episode about how great it is, how closely it hews to reality or not, and our big plans for season 5: www.npr.org/2026/03/09/n...
Once you know them, you can’t unsee them everywhere. Today we run through the laws of the office that explain why good employees turn into bad bosses, why meetings never end early, and why performance metrics end badly so often.
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In what one excitable Spotify user calls "the crossover event of the century," I talked NBA draft reform on @planetmoney.bsky.social w/ @zachlowenba.bsky.social, ex-USWNT Sam Mewis from @womensgamemib.bsky.social AND Hockey Hall of Famer + @thepwhl.com exec Jayna Hefford. www.npr.org/2026/03/06/n...
@wailinwong.bsky.social @marychilds.bsky.social and I talking INDUSTRY S4 on the latest Planet Money TV Club! We get into the role of short sellers in the market and the real-life parallels to Wirecard.
If you wanna listen, subscribe to Planet Money+! You won't regret it
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Tanking – teams intentionally losing games to secure a better draft pick – is not a new phenomenon, especially in the NBA. But this year, it’s been especially egregious. Today on the show: Planet Money fixes the NBA’s tanking problem by … fixing the NBA draft.
We want to talk to people who use prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket. Especially if you’re younger or have lost – or made – a ton of money. Is that you? Email us at indicator@npr.org. And say a little about how you’ve used these platforms.
Heated Rivalry producers Jacob Tierney and Brendan Brady, talk with @karaswisher.bsky.social and @pivotpod.bsky.social about their breakout show. And about the very Canadian business model that financed the show.
ICE is scaling up, with rapid new hiring. So we ask, has training new officers changed? At what cost?
Doorman has made it to the small screen. We have questions, and (some) answers. On the latest Planet Money+, we're talking all things Doorman. You can sign up here:
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Hernando de Soto was just appointed Prime Minister of Peru. Listen to our 2015 episode to hear his dramatic story trying to transform Peru’s economy.
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Yesterday, the Supreme Court struck down a bunch of President Trump’s tariffs. What does that mean? Will anyone get refunds? And … what about this new 10 percent tariff the President announced?
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Whether Trump can or will or should try to control or purchase Greenland, a territory that doesn’t want to be sold, is not the interesting question.
What is interesting is -- how we got to this moment. And how we might gracefully get out of it.
That’s on our latest show.
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In this year’s Valentine’s Day episode we tell you about the writing we can’t stop thinking about, teach you some DIY investigative journalism, and build the first ever Planet Money Valentine. (Sure to make the econ nerd in your life swoon.)
The sewing machine changed the world - it created an entire industry, changed how we think about women in the labor force. But the sewing machine accidentally invented something else - something that undergirds nearly every invention since. The patent pool.
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The Invention Invention: how the invention of the sewing machine helped get us more inventions www.npr.org/2026/02/11/n... @samkesler.bsky.social @erikaberas.bsky.social
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NYC!
On April 6, I'm going to be telling economics stories with @marychilds.bsky.social, @amandaaronczyk.bsky.social, Alex Mayyasi with special guest Emily Oster. It's @planetmoney.bsky.social live at @92ndstreety.bsky.social!
My latest from @planetmoney.bsky.social is about brand new research that looks at whether changing low-income neighborhoods into mixed-income neighborhoods improves outcomes for kids who grew up there. Potentially big lessons for all kinds of poverty alleviation policies. www.npr.org/2026/01/28/n...
fam, the team at @planetmoney.bsky.social is going on a book tour -- and our DEBUT FIRST STOP is @92ndstreety.bsky.social on April 6! Come hang out with me, @amandaaronczyk.bsky.social and @darianwoods.bsky.social and more! www.92ny.org/event/an-eve... +please bring your most burning econ questions
On the most recent @planetmoney.bsky.social: what did US sanctions do to Iran's economy? How did they feed into the latest protests and crackdown in Iran? Sanctions are supposed to avert war, but how different from war are they? www.npr.org/2026/02/06/n... with @fountain.bsky.social
The protests in Iran are about human rights, corruption, freedom. But they’re also about economic hardship. Caused, in part, by US sanctions. Sanctions are supposed to avert violence. But how did they play into the latest protests — and crackdown — in Iran?
Housing is too expensive.
And President Donald Trump has started talking more about affordability - focusing on affordable homes. He’s got two new initiatives that aim to make buying a house easier.
Will they work?
In the 90s, Congress created a program to improve public housing and economically desegregate poor neighborhoods. The hope was that this would improve opportunities for the people who lived there. But no one knew whether it worked … until now.
If you're in Chicago, come see me with Alex Mayyasi and Adriana Robertson on April 23!
SEE YOU IN NYC BABYYYYYY
At the Zide Door church, after making a donation members can receive “sacrament” in the form of psychedelic mushrooms - a Schedule 1 narcotic. How is this legal? On our latest episode, we talk to the lawyer fighting for the rights of mushroom churches to exist.
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We're going on the road for a book tour in April!
Author Alex Mayyasi will be joined by Planet Money hosts and special guests. Attendees can get swag, like a tour-exclusive tote bag (while supplies last/restrictions apply).
Ticket and tour info: planetmoneybook.com
Are you looking to buy your first home and struggling to figure out how to pay for it? Planet Money wants to talk to prospective homebuyers for an episode on affordability. Send us an email at planetmoney@npr.org with the subject line: “First Time Homebuyer Bluesky”
