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Planet MoneyEcon Battle Zone: Budget ShowdownEcon Battle Zone is back! On today's episode Mary Childs and Kenny Malone enter Econ Battle Stadium to throw down against reigning champion Erika Beras.Can Mary explain what effect extending the 2017 tax cuts will have on economic growth AND make her entire segment rhyme? Will Erika be able to overcome her fear of singing and craft a country song about the history of Medicaid? Can Kenny put together a piece about what warning signs economists look for to know whether the national debt has grown too large... but as a romantic comedy?Guest judges Betsey...2025-06-2638 min
Planet MoneyThe U.S. is the world's bribery cop. Is that about to change?The U.S. has been policing bribery all over the world for nearly half a century using a law called the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. But now, President Trump has said that this anti-corruption law is crippling American businesses. Since taking office, his administration has reduced the number of investigators, killed some cases, and changed the rules.In this episode, we look at the FCPA case against Glencore, a large commodity trading company, found guilty in 2022 for paying cash bribes in exchange for lucrative contracts all over the world.And we go back to the inception...2025-06-2128 min
Planet MoneyThe fight for a legendary shipwreck's treasureThe San Jose was a marvel of 17th century technology. The Spanish galleon weighed more than a thousand tons, was made of wood reinforced with iron, and featured three masts and 64 cannons. In its cargo were gold, silver, silk and porcelain. But in 1708, it sank after a battle with an English ship near what is now Colombia.For centuries, the shipwreck was the stuff of legends, until 2015 when underwater investigators found what they believed to be the San Jose's wreckage. The treasure on board this ship could be worth billions of dollars. But who owns it? Today on...2025-02-0723 min
Planet MoneyThe "chilling effect" of deportationsAfter being sworn into office, President Trump signed a whole host of executive actions and orders that affirm his campaign promise to crack down on immigration.Trump's border czar has said Chicago is at the top of the list of places to be targeted. The city is expecting immigration raids, detentions and deportations. In the Little Village neighborhood, where the majority of residents are Mexican or of Mexican descent, people are on edge as they await what's next.Beyond the many people personally affected, past research suggests everyone could feel the impacts of mass deportation.2025-01-2523 min
Planet MoneyThe potato-shaped loophole in free tradeEver since free trade opened up between the US and Mexico in the 1990s, trillions of dollars of goods have been going back and forth between the two countries, from cars to strawberries to MRI machines to underwear. But one major exception has been fresh American potatoes.Today on the show, we tell the trade saga of the American potato. For more than 25 years, there was a place that American potatoes could not go to freely. A place that the entire American potato industry was desperate to access. A vast, untapped market: Mexico.But standing in...2025-01-0427 min
Planet MoneyWhy you bought your couchYou probably own a chair or a table or a sofa. And you probably think you know why you bought it. Because it was comfy. Or blue. Or the right price. But what if the style, the color, the cost, maybe even whether you would like it, were choices made for you years before you even thought about buying that piece of furniture.Today on the show: The city that makes or breaks the furniture world. We travel to High Point, North Carolina and meet the people who make the bets – on whether or not you'll want that co...2024-11-2726 min
Planet MoneyTitle PiratesA couple years ago, Gina Leto, a real estate developer, bought a property with her business partner. The process went like it usually did: Lots of paperwork; a virtual closing. Pretty cut-and-dry. Gina and her partner started building a house on the property.But $800,000 into the construction process, Gina got a troubling call from her lawyer. There was something wrong. At first, Gina thought the house had burned down. It turned out that the situation was... maybe worse.On today's show: Buying land seems pretty secure, right? There's so much paperwork and verification along the way...2024-11-2325 min
Planet MoneyThe great German land lotteryEvery ten years, a group of German farmers gather in the communal farm fields of the Osing for the Osingverlosung, a ritual dating back centuries. Osing refers to the area. And verlosung means "lottery," as in a land lottery. All of the land in this communal land is randomly reassigned to farmers who commit to farming it for the next decade.Hundreds of years ago, a community in Germany came up with their own, unique solution for how to best allocate scarce resources. For this community, the lottery is a way to try and make the system of...2024-11-1528 min
Wenbin Fang's Podcast PlaylistWhat markets bet President Trump will do Podcast: Planet Money (LS 83 · TOP 0.01% what is this?)Episode: What markets bet President Trump will doPub date: 2024-11-09Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationOn the day after the election, Wall Street responded in a dramatic way. Some stocks went way up, others went way down. By reading those signals — by breaking down what people were buying and what they were selling — you can learn a lot about where the economy might be headed. Or at least, where people are willing to bet the economy...2024-11-0926 min
Planet MoneyWhat markets bet President Trump will doOn the day after the election, Wall Street responded in a dramatic way. Some stocks went way up, others went way down. By reading those signals — by breaking down what people were buying and what they were selling — you can learn a lot about where the economy might be headed. Or at least, where people are willing to bet the economy is headed.On today's show, we decode what Wall Street thinks about the next Trump presidency — what it means for different parts of the economy, and what it means for everyone. Does the wisdom of the market think...2024-11-0926 min
Planet MoneyRomance on the screen and on the page: Two IndicatorsOn today's show, we have two stories from The Indicator, Planet Money's daily podcast. They just launched Love Week, a weeklong series exploring the business and economic side of romance.First, hosts Wailin Wong and Adrian Ma fire up the gas logs and pour a mug of cocoa to discuss the made-for-TV rom-com machine, and how television executives learned to mass produce seasonal romance.Then, Wailin and host Darian Woods discuss another romance medium: the romance novel. Once relegated to supermarket aisles, these books are now mainstream. And authors, an often-maligned group within publishing, have found...2024-10-2317 min
Planet MoneyBingo! (Presidential debate edition)Campaigns can be a jargony slog. And this year, we are seeing a lot of economic terms being thrown around, many of which... aren't entirely straightforward.In this episode, we try to make the mess of words that accompany a presidential campaign into something a little less exhausting: A game of bingo.Follow along as we dig into five terms that we expect to hear in the upcoming presidential debate, along with some others we hope to hear.You can play along, too, at npr.org/bingo. Play online or print cards to play...2024-09-0529 min
Planet MoneyThe hidden world behind your new "banking" appYou might have seen ads for online banking services that seem to offer a lot of great stuff — accounts you can open in minutes and without a minimum balance or monthly fees. The ads seem to say: "These aren't your parents' boring old banks." But the truth is: Even though they might resemble banks, they aren't.These "bank-like" companies are a type of "fintech" or financial technology company. And this is a story about the potential risks of putting your money into these apps.Banks go through a whole regulatory gauntlet in order to exist. But, in...2024-08-1621 min
Planet MoneyThe junkyard economistOn today's episode, we ride through the streets of San Francisco with a long-time junkman, Jon Rolston. Jon has spent the last two decades clearing out houses and offices of their junk. He's found all sorts of items: a life-time supply of toilet paper, gold rings, $20,000 in cash. Over the years, he's developed a keen eye for what has value and what might sell. He's become a kind of trash savant.As we ride with Jon, he shows us the whole ecosystem of how our reusable trash gets dealt with — from metals (ferrous and non-ferrous) to ti...2024-05-2525 min
Planet MoneyHire Power (Update)(Note: This episode originally ran in 2021.)Millions of American workers in all sorts of industries have signed some form of noncompete agreement. Their pervasiveness has led to situations where workers looking to change jobs can be locked out of their fields.On today's episode: how one man tried to end noncompete contracts in his home state of Hawaii. And we update that story with news of a recent ruling from the Federal Trade Commission that could ban most noncompete agreements nationwide.This episode was hosted by Erika Beras and Amanda Aronczyk. The original piece...2024-05-0222 min
Planet MoneyThe case of the stolen masksAbout thirty years ago, Yagya Kumar Pradhan woke up to the news that the temple he and his clan used had been broken into. The temple had been ransacked. And someone had stolen two holy Bhairav masks. Yagya says they had been in his family for more than five hundred years – since the 16th century. Yagya is a kind of Hindu priest for his clan. And he says, these Bhairav masks were very holy. People made offerings to them during Dashaun, a festival held in the fall. Yagya thought the masks were gone for good. He di...2024-04-2618 min
Planet MoneyHow Big Steel in the U.S. fellSteel manufacturing was at one point the most important industry in the United States. It was one of the biggest employers, a driver of economic growth, and it shaped our national security. Cars, weapons, skyscrapers... all needed steel.But in the second half of the 20th century, the industry's power started to decline. Foreign steel companies gained more market power and the established steel industry in the U.S. was hesitant to change and invest in newer technologies. But then, a smaller company took a chance and changed the industry. On today's episode: What can the...2024-03-2022 min
Planet MoneyA lawsuit for your broken heartKeith King was upset when his marriage ended. His wife had cheated, and his family broke apart. And that's when he learned about a very old type of lawsuit, called a heart balm tort. A lawsuit that would let him sue the man his now ex-wife had gotten involved with during their marriage.On this episode, where heart balm torts came from, what relationships looked like back then, and why these lawsuits still exist today (in some states, anyway.) And also, what happened when Keith King used a heart balm tort to try to deal with the most...2024-02-1022 min
Planet MoneyEcon Battle Zone: Disinflation ConfrontationAfter very high inflation, the United States is finally feeling some relief in the form of "disinflation." But, why exactly has inflation slowed down?Three Planet Money hosts try to answer that question while competing to be the winner of our very own reporting challenge: Econ Battle Zone! It's economics journalism meets high-stakes reality TV competition! Will our contestants be able to impress our celebrity judges? How will they manage to incorporate their mystery ingredients? Who will take home the championship belt? Tune in for the inaugural episode of...Econ Battle Zone!This episode...2024-01-2031 min
Planet MoneyA very Planet Money ThanksgivingHere at Planet Money, Thanksgiving is not just a time to feast on turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, green bean casseroles and pie(s). It's also a time to feast on economics. Today, we host a very Planet Money Thanksgiving feast, and solve a few economic questions along the way.First: a turkey mystery. Around the holidays, demand for turkey at grocery stores goes up by as much as 750%. And when turkey demand is so high, you might think that the price of turkey would also go up. But data shows, the price of whole turkeys actually falls around...2023-11-2326 min
Planet MoneyA man, a plan, wind power, UruguayIn 2007, Uruguay had a massive problem with no obvious fix. The economy of this country of 3.5 million people was growing, but there wasn't enough energy to power all that growth.Ramón Méndez Galain was, at the time, a particle physicist, but he wanted to apply his scientific mind to this issue. He started researching different energy sources and eventually wrote up a plan for how Uruguay's power grid could transition to renewable energy. It would be better for the climate, and, he thought, in the long run it would be the most economical choice Uruguay could ma...2023-10-0623 min
Planet MoneyA black market, a currency crisis, and a tango competition in ArgentinaThe Nobel-prize winning economist Simon Kuznets once analyzed the world's economies this way — he said there are four kinds of countries: developed, underdeveloped, Japan... and Argentina.If you want to understand what happens when inflation really goes off the rails, go to Argentina. Annual inflation there, over the past year, was 124 percent. Argentina's currency, the peso, is collapsing, its poverty rate is above 40 percent, and the country may be on the verge of electing a far right Libertarian president who promises to replace the peso with the dollar. Even in a country that is already deeply familiar with ec...2023-09-2323 min
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Planet MoneyPlanet Money Paper ClubWe here at Planet Money love economics papers. And that is also the case for so many of the economists we speak with. For them, new research can explain something they have always wondered about, or make them see something they have never noticed before. And it inspires their own work. So, to bring that same sense of discovery to you, the listener, today we are dedicating our show to a special experiment. A new way to share some of the most fascinating, clever and surprising economics papers in a segment we're calling: The Econ Paper Club.2023-07-2223 min
The Best PodcastsSince we started Planet Money Records and released the 47-year-old song "Inflation," the song has taken off. It recently hit 1 million streams on Spotify. And we now have a full line of merch — including a limited edition vinyl record; a colorful, neon hoodie; and 70s-inspired stickers — n.pr/shopplanetmoney. After starting a label and negotiating our first record deal, we're taking the Inflation song out into the world to figure out the hidden economics of the music business. Things get complicated when we try to turn the song into a viral hit. Just sounding good isn't enough and turn...2023-03-1800 min
Planet MoneyPlanet Money Records Vol. 3: Making a hitSince we started Planet Money Records and released the 47-year-old song "Inflation," the song has taken off. It recently hit 1 million streams on Spotify. And we now have a full line of merch — including a limited edition vinyl record; a colorful, neon hoodie; and 70s-inspired stickers — n.pr/shopplanetmoney. After starting a label and negotiating our first record deal, we're taking the Inflation song out into the world to figure out the hidden economics of the music business. Things get complicated when we try to turn the song into a viral hit. Just sounding good isn't enough and turn...2023-03-1829 min
Sound School PodcastWhy Two Narrators When One Will Suffice?The vast majority of stories are told by one narrator. But not at NPR's Planet Money. They regularly have co-narrators. Why? Why have two narrators when one will suffice? Reporters Erika Beras and Sarah Gonzalez have the answer.2022-12-2020 min
Louisiana ConsideredWhy NPR’s Planet Money started a record label to release a 47-year-old song by a Baton Rouge artistIn 1975, when prices at the grocery store and gas station were higher than anyone could remember, Baton Rouge musician Earnest Jackson wrote a song about inflation -- something Americans know quite a lot about these days. But despite his relative success in the local music scene, and the incredible success of many of his former bandmates, Jackson never quite got his big break.
Nearly 50 years later, Planet Money’s Sarah Gonzalez and Erika Beras decided to start their own record label and release Jackson’s “Inflation” song. Today, they join us for more on what they discovered in their...2022-11-1024 min
Recode DailyA 'dark' future for grocery stores?Groceries are a trillion dollar market, and there's a new kind of grocery store trying to break in. Erika Beras, host and reporter for NPR's Planet Money, explains.Listen to Planet Money’s ‘Grocery delivery wars’ here: https://www.npr.org/2022/02/18/1081710046/grocery-delivery-warsToday’s episode was produced by Taylor Maycan. This mix is by Melissa Pons (Hemlock Creek Productions). Our host is Adam Clark Estes. Support Recode Daily by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices2022-03-3113 min
The Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program — Events and InterviewsValuing Care: Principles for a Post-Pandemic Care EconomyThe COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the value of caregiving work and the need for equitable and affordable access to care – for children, for elders, for those with a disability, and for all of us in hard times. Yet care work remains underpaid and often invisible, contributing to the inadequacies of the US care system and deepening challenges for caregivers and families. As we move from crisis to recovery, how can policy contribute to building a care economy that dignifies the work of caregivers and expands access to quality, affordable care? How can our systems center gender and racial equity to...2021-04-212h 06
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Third Coast Audio Library :: AllBartolo's JourneyBartolo crossed the U.S. border alone… when he was just 16 years old.Year: 2017Producers:Erika Beras2017-06-1216 min
60-Second ScienceTraces of Genetic Trauma Can Be TweakedTrauma can be passed down to offspring due to epigenetic changes in DNA. But positive experiences seem able to correct that. Erika Beras reports.2017-04-1502 min60-Second SciencePartnered-Up Men More Attractive to WomenWomen rate a man they see with an attractive woman as more desirable than an unattached man. Erika Beras reports.2017-02-0901 min
How to Get Full Audiobook in Radio & TV, News, Business, & CultureA Swiss Town Is Divided Over Whether to Take in Refugees by Erika Beras | Free AudiobookListen to full audiobooks for free on :https://hotaudiobook.com/freeTitle: A Swiss Town Is Divided Over Whether to Take in Refugees
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Residents of Oberwil-Lieli are divided over whether their town should continue to shut out refugees and pay a fine instead.
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Residents of this neighborhood used to drive a long way for good groceries, but new stores are popping up as a result of a wave of refugee resettlement here.2016-11-2804 min
Download Popular Titles Audiobooks in Radio & TV, News, Business, & CultureAs Cuban Migration Surges, a Woman in Pittsburgh Offers Shelter to Her Compatriots Audiobook by Erika BerasListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttp://hotaudiobook.comTitle: As Cuban Migration Surges, a Woman in Pittsburgh Offers Shelter to Her Compatriots
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latinousaRoberto Clemente: The MusicalRoberto Clemente, one of the all-time great players in Major League Baseball, is nothing short of a legend in Pittsburgh where he played for the Pirates for 18 consecutive seasons through the 1950’s, 60’s and into the 70’s. Throughout his career as an outfielder, he was awarded the Gold Glove twelve times, and at his last time at bat during a regular season game he tallied his 3,000th hit—a distinction only held by eleven other players in history at the time.
But the Puerto Rican-born all-star was not just an incredible player. The first prominent Afro-Latino in the league, he became e...2015-07-0307 min
latinousaSabiduría: Putting on the glovesWe turn to the boxing ring. Sammy Vasquez, The Who Can Mexican, is the Welterweight Champion for national and international boxing associations. He’s originally from Monassen, a small town outside of Pittsburgh. He is also a veteran, with two tours of duty in Iraq. He tells us how what he learned on the battlefield translates to what he does in the ring.
Photo courtesy of Erika Beras2015-04-1003 min
latinousaA surprising home for exiled writers: PittsburghIn many places in the world, being a fiction writer can be a pretty dangerous job. Writing about certain topics can get you jailed, harassed or even killed. For many, the only solution is to leave home.
For a handful of dissident writers from all over the world, a colorful block in Pittsburgh has become home. Known as the “City of Asylum,” the block is lined with once-blighted houses that are provided to persecuted writers rent-free by a local non-profit. The project’s residents include exiled writers from China, India, El Salvador, and one writer from Venezuela who was harassed after...2015-03-0606 min
60-Second MindJunk Diet Rewires Rat BrainsHigh-calorie and exceedingly pleasurable foods appear to change rat brain rewards circuitry, causing the rodents to continue to seek such fare. Erika Beras reports2015-02-0702 min
latinousaGarden + Arduino (little computer) = GardweenoReporter Erika Beras takes us to a community garden in Pennsylvania which has married two unlikely activities: gardening and computer programming. Kids and instructors work together to grow fruits and vegetables, and use the computers they program to measure weather and soil conditions, teaching coding along the way. They’ve even learned how to make fruit more musical. Erika Beras reports.2015-01-1606 min
latinousaRoberto Clemente: The MusicalRoberto Clemente, one of the all-time great players in Major League Baseball, is nothing short of a legend in Pittsburgh where he played for the Pirates for 18 consecutive seasons through the 1950’s, 60’s and into the 70’s. Throughout his career as an outfielder, he was awarded the Gold Glove twelve times, and at his last time at bat during a regular season game he tallied his 3,000th hit—a distinction only held by eleven other players in history at the time.
But the Puerto Rican-born all-star was not just an incredible player. The first prominent Afro-Latino in the league, he became e...2014-12-1907 min60-Second MindPeople Think Experiences Bring Happiness, Still Opt for ThingsSurvey subjects rated life experiences as making them happier and as a better use of money than buying objects. But they actually spent their cash on material goods, whose value is more easily quantifiable. Erika Beras reports2014-08-2402 min60-Second MindEven Monkeys Believe In Hot StreaksMonkeys trained to play fixed video games made moves indicating that they expected certain patterns to occur. Erika Beras reports
2014-08-1202 min60-Second MindBarbie Exposure May Limit Girls' Career ImaginationGirls who played with dolls were then asked about future careers. Those who played with Barbie more likely to envision traditional pink-collar jobs than were girls who played with Mrs. Potato Head. Erika Beras reports
2014-04-1202 min60-Second MindYoung Musicians Reap Long-Term Neuro BenefitsPeople who played instruments as children responded a bit quicker to complex speech sounds as adults, even if they had not played an instrument in many years. Erika Beras reports2014-02-2202 min
60-Second HealthAnorexics Display Behaviors Common in AutismUnderstanding that, for example, anorexics and autists both tend to have high interest in systems could inform treatment choices. Erika Beras reports2013-08-2002 min