Planet Money
Hosted by Jeff Guo and Erika Beras and Kenny Malone and Nick Fountain and Sarah Gonzalez · NPR
4.6from 34,967 ratings
- 677
- Episodes
- 321
- Transcribed
- 34,967
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
About Planet Money
Wanna see a trick? Give us any topic and we can tie it back to the economy. At Planet Money, we explore the forces that shape our lives and bring you along for the ride. Don't just understand the economy – understand the world. Support public media by joining NPR+ at plus.npr.org (http://plus.npr.org/). You’ll get perks for over 25 NPR podcasts, including bonus episodes and sponsor-free listening for Planet Money.
- Publisher
- NPR
- Category
- business · news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 1 Jul 2020
- Latest episode
- 6 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
321 of 677 episodes have a transcript.
6 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Inside the insurance industry’s destruction lab
31 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Is this how the great international borrowing spree ends?
28 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Politicians are afraid to fix taxes. So 100 citizens tried.
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Inside the insurance industry’s destruction lab
Published 6 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Anne says these techniques have already made a big difference in communities where they've been implemented at scale. Take the state of Alabama. Insurance regulators there offered direct grants to homeowners to fortify their roofs to an IBHS standard to prevent wind and rain from getting in. […]
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- Hallie Miller
- Jack Bologna
- Sahana Jayaraman
- José Ángel Pereira Ruimwyk
- Miguel Gomez
Reach and audience
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.6 / 5
- 29,808 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.7 / 5
- 5,159 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 61 / 100
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- Quality
- 82
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 100
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