#488: The Secret History Of Your Cable Bill
If you have cable, your bill has probably doubled over the past decade. The rise is largely...
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#487: The Trouble With The Poverty Line
According to the government, there are 46.5 million Americans who live below the poverty line. In...
We're in a gym full of high school students. The gym is at the headquarters of the New York...
Five years ago this month, the financial crisis hit its most intense moment. One giant company...
#484: Inside The T-Shirt Factory
On today's show, we check in with our reporters in Bangladesh. We hear what it was like inside...
#483: Putting The Planet In The Planet Money T-Shirt
The cotton for the Planet Money men's T-shirt was spun into yarn in Indonesia and knit, cut and...
#433: Holding A Rainforest Hostage? (Update)
Ecuador's Yasuni National Park, a pristine corner of the Amazon rainforest, is home to jaguars,...
#482: Why The U.S. Keeps Sending Weapons To Egypt
As the Egyptian military cracked down on protesters last week, U.S.-made Apache helicopters flew...
#481: The Economist's Guide To Drinking While Pregnant
On today's show, we meet a woman who is trying to bring nuance and subtlety to a world of...
#480: The Charity That Just Gives People Money
GiveDirectly is a charity that just gives money to poor people. The people who get the money can...
On today’s show, three stories about what how products and people get branded and what happens...
#476: The Return Of The Indicator*
*Not really. But sort of.On today's show, we bring you three Planet Money radio stories, each of...
#475: What Happened To Detroit's Big Plans?
On today's show, we took a tour of Detroit with a local newspaper reporter and an urban planner....
#422: Schoolhouse Rock Is A Lie (Or, How The Filibuster Ate Washington)
On our show today, we tell you everything you need to know about the filibuster, including:What...
Love is instinctive and essential. We need it to keep our species going, to survive childhood, to...
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Success has become synonymous with financial wealth, influence and status. But can we define...
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Peter Matthiessen On Writing And Zen Buddhism
Fresh Air listens back to our 1989 interview with Snow Leopard author and Paris Review co-founder...
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Five years after the financial crisis, the federal government still controls Fannie Mae and...
#469: Rhino Horns And Clean Water
On today's show: Two stories from Kenya.1. Poachers kill rhinos for their horns. Some economists...
#467: Tires, Taxes And The Grizz
The price of tires has risen by about 40 percent in the past five years. That's partly because...
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