Planet Money and How I Built This
Saturdays from 1pm to 2pm
Every Monday, you hear two exciting shows in one great hour of programming. Planet Money explains the economy with playful storytelling and Peabody award-winning deep dive, roll up your sleeves journalism. And Guy Raz, host of How I Built This, talks to innovators, entrepreneurs, and idealists about the often challenging journeys they took to build their now iconic companies.
Latest Episodes
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Last week, the internet piled on President Trump's proposal for a 50-year mortgage. But maybe it's not as crazy as it sounds. -
A new book by the Nobel-winning pioneer of behavioral economics offers some advice we can all use. -
The Planet Money newsletter rounds up some new economic studies. -
America's immigration crackdown might have serious financial consequences for a range of countries. -
A new book diagnoses a sickness affecting some of America's biggest companies. -
Special gifts. Great stories. And economics too!? Can it be true? The Planet Money book is available for preorder. -
Join us Saturday, November 1st for a virtual hang-and-play of the Planet Money game. Co-hosts Kenny Malone and Erika Beras will be joined by Exploding Kittens co-founder Elan Lee to talk about our game, the decisions that went into it, and to answer your questions -
We're teaming up with Exploding Kittens to make a board game. It needs to be fun and also about economics. This is hard. You can help. Sign up to be notified when it goes on sale, about pre-sale discounts and other updates, like invitations to play along with PM hosts. Download the print-at-home prototype and tell us how we can make it better. Send us a voice memo and you may appear in a future episode... -
The export-led industrial model that Germany has pursued for decades is now at a crossroads. -
What even is the business of the S&P 500, and how does it make so much money?
