All Planet Money Episode Recaps

Browse all episode recaps for Planet Money hosted by NPR.

• Chef vs. Robot (2026-03-13)
• The laws of the office revisited (2026-03-11)
• Planet Money vs. the NBA’s tanking problem (2026-03-06)
• The Business of Heated Rivalry (2026-03-04)
• Don't hate the replicator, hate the game (2026-02-27)
• The ICE hiring boom (2026-02-25)
• The Supreme Court struck down a bunch of Trump's tariffs. Now what? (2026-02-21)
• How to get what Greenland has, with permission (2026-02-18)
• Betty Boop, Excel Olympics, Penny-isms: Our 2026 Valentines (2026-02-13)
• The Invention Invention (2026-02-11)
• Iran, protests, and sanctions (2026-02-07)
• Riding with the repo man (update) (2026-02-04)
• Can Trump make buying a home more affordable? (2026-01-31)
• Can transforming neighborhoods help kids escape poverty? (2026-01-28)
• Chevron, Venezuela and the Paradox of Plenty (2026-01-17)
• How much money President Trump and his family have made (2026-01-14)
• So are we in an AI bubble? Here are clues to look for. (2026-01-10)
• How Black hair care grew Black power (2026-01-07)
• Venezuela’s recent economic history (Update) (2026-01-04)
• Indicators of the Year, Past and Future (2025-12-31)
• Why economists got free trade with China so wrong (2025-12-30)
• The Rest of the Story, 2025 (2025-12-26)
• The summer I turned binge-y (2025-12-24)
• What AI data centers are doing to your electric bill (2025-12-20)