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The M&M anomaly (Classic)
February 2, 2022 • Despite costing the same price, a pack of peanut butter M&M's weighs 0.06 ounces less than a pack of milk chocolate M&M's. A trade secret explains why. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.
Bell wars (Classic)
December 24, 2021 • The two biggest handbell companies in the world have been locked in a feud for decades. Why? | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.
Planet Money's Supply Chain Holiday Extravaganza
December 23, 2021 • Planet Money's Supply Chain Holiday Extravaganza Did the supply chain wreck your holiday shopping? Planet Money comes to the rescue. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.
The toymakers' (supply chain) nightmare before Christmas..
December 13, 2021 • Supply chain delays are always challenging. But during the holidays, slow shipping can make or break a company's bottom line. Today on the show, a toy company that makes Tonka trucks musters a shipment tracking war room.
Inflation indicators: The dollar store, the dollar slice and SPAM
December 10, 2021 • Inflation has officially reached a nearly 40-year high and some businesses have been forced to raise their prices. But it becomes a bit of a dilemma when being 'cheap' is your brand. Today on the show, how are businesses with price-centric brands dealing with inflation?
Nice work week, if you can get it
October 27, 2021 • The 40 hour work week has been the standard for 80 years. What will it take to lower that? | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.
Bonus: Janet Jackson's 'Control'
October 18, 2021 • On the 35th anniversary of Janet Jackson's first No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 hit, our friends at It's Been A Minute look back at Control, her career-defining album that changed the trajectory of pop music in the late '80s and '90s.
How bad is inflation?
Two stories about the effects of inflation on the economy. We meet a gig worker who's seen an increase in wages, but because of inflation, how much of that increase in earnings is an illusion? Then, we break down how the Federal Reserve is planning to fight inflation. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.
Predictions: Inflation!
It's time for another round of "Planet Money Predictions!" Economic forecasters square off to predict the future of inflation and explain what's going on in the economy.| Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.
SPAM strikes back
Hormel Foods makes SPAM, and for generations, the company also created jobs for families in Austin, Minnesota. Today, the story of a labor strike that threatened to tear one small town apart. (This episode was made in collaboration with The Experiment podcast.) | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.
Waste land (Bonus)
Recycling most plastic doesn't work. It never has. In 2020, we ran an episode showing how big oil companies misled the public into thinking plastic would be recycled. That episode just won a duPont-Columbia award. Here it is. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.
Our Valentines 2022
We profess our love for our curiosities, obsessions, and the things we wish we'd thought of first. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.
A SWIFT getaway
In 2016, thieves tried to steal nearly a billion dollars from the Bank of Bangladesh's reserves without ever entering the building. And six years later, justice hasn't been so SWIFT. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.
Uncle Sam wants YOU to fight inflation
How war bonds, controlled prices, and a national network of nosy neighbors helped beat inflation during WWII. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.
SPAM strikes back
Hormel Foods makes SPAM, and for generations, the company also created jobs for families in Austin, Minnesota. Today, the story of a labor strike that threatened to tear one small town apart. (This episode was made in collaboration with The ...
Waste land (Bonus)
Recycling most plastic doesn't work. It never has. In 2020, we ran an episode showing how big oil companies misled the public into thinking plastic would be recycled. That episode just won a duPont-Columbia award. Here it is. | Subscribe ...
Our Valentines 2022
We profess our love for our curiosities, obsessions, and the things we wish we'd thought of first. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.
A SWIFT getaway
In 2016, thieves tried to steal nearly a billion dollars from the Bank of Bangladesh's reserves without ever entering the building. And six years later, justice hasn't been so SWIFT. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.
Uncle Sam wants YOU to fight inflation
How war bonds, controlled prices, and a national network of nosy neighbors helped beat inflation during WWII. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.
The M&M anomaly (Classic)
Despite costing the same price, a pack of peanut butter M&M;'s weighs 0.06 ounces less than a pack of milk chocolate M&M;'s. A trade secret explains why. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.
The Spider-Man Problem
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SPAM strikes back
also created jobs for families in Austin, Minnesota. T... Read more... Read more
Our Valentines 2022
things we wish we'd thought of first. | Subscribe to o... Read more... Read more
A SWIFT getaway
Bank of Bangladesh's reserves without ever entering... Read more... Read more
Uncle Sam wants YOU to fight inflation
nosy neighbors helped beat inflation during WWII. S... Read more... Read more
The M&M anomaly (Classic)
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The Spider-Man Problem
over again. But the infamous off-screen drama betw... Read more... Read more
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