This is what it's like to host the Super Bowl: For one weekend, your city is the focus of the...
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On today's show, we hear how a hobby turns into a lucrative one-man business — and how Apple's...
#341: A Former Lobbyist Tells All
On the podcast today, we get a glimpse from inside the room where money changes hands. Jimmy...
#340: Who Loaned Money To Greece, Anyway?
It's the 11th hour for Europe's debt crisis. Again.Greece still can't pay back all the money it...
#339: Katy Perry's Perfect Year
Katy Perry killed it on the pop charts last year. She went No.1 five times. She was the most...
After nearly a decade spent living in the city, Cristina Pato is a full-fledged New Yorker. But...
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Omar Sosa & Paolo Fresu: Tiny Desk Concert From April 22, 2013
You don't really listen to an Omar Sosa concert so much as experience it. The Cuban-born...
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On 'Hard Working Americans,' Songs For The Ordinary Joe
Todd Snider, Widespread Panic's Dave Schools and Duane Trucks perform in a new band that...
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It seems like there's always some country or another that the United States is imposing sanctions...
#336: The Past And Future Of American Manufacturing
American manufacturing is dead, right? Not exactly. The dollar value of what we make here keeps...
You rarely see lard on menus. There aren't shelves and shelves of it in every supermarket. In...
On today's podcast, we take a page from radio newscaster Paul Harvey and tell you "the rest of...
#238: Why Economists Hate Gifts
Giving and receiving gifts can be a joyful thing — unless you're an economist. All those books...
#332: Jack Abramoff On Lobbying
Jack Abramoff, the former lobbyist, is out of prison and available for interviews. On today's...
Earlier this year we reported on the pileup of more than a billion unwanted $1 coins in...
#329: The 'Nasty, Rotten' Airline Business
Last week, American Airlines became a member of a club it hoped never to be a part of — major...
#328: Europe Turns On The Bat Signal
European governments have turned their eyes skyward looking for a hero to save them from...
#327: A Holiday Shopping Spree
On today's show, we go shopping. We're bringing you stories about how we spend our money and what...
#326: Why Does A Taxi Medallion Cost $1 Million?
Last month here in New York City, two taxi medallions, the metal plates that make it legal to...
#325: Housing, Weddings, Space, Bacon
For today's show, we've collected four Planet Money radio stories that never made it to the...
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