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Recent Guests

Jerome Greco
Lawyer at the Legal Aid Society who represents clients in cases involving NYPD surveillance.
Legal Aid Society
Episode: How surveillance crept up on us
Scott Stringer
Former New York City comptroller.
Episode: How surveillance crept up on us
Joe Pascarella
Former NYPD captain and professor of criminal justice and cybersecurity.
St. Joseph's University
Episode: How surveillance crept up on us
Michelle Dahl
Civil rights lawyer who runs the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project.
Surveillance Technology Oversight Project
Episode: How surveillance crept up on us
Barbara Carvalho
Director of the Marist Poll and longtime pollster
Marist College
Episode: We try to fix election polling (update)
Daniela Charter
Marist Poll trainer who prepares callers to conduct surveys
Marist College
Episode: We try to fix election polling (update)
Eric Sloss
Independent film sales agent and John Sloss's partner
Synetic Media
Episode: Anatomy of a movie market
John Sloss
Founder of Synetic Media and independent film sales agent
Synetic Media
Episode: Anatomy of a movie market
Eugene Hernandez
Head of the Sundance Film Festival
Sundance Film Festival
Episode: Anatomy of a movie market

Hosts

Sarah Gonzalez
Co-host and frequent presenter on a wide range of economic topics
Nick Fountain
Host and/or co-host involved in multiple episodes
Kenny Malone
Host and discussion facilitator on several episodes
Robert Smith
Host of Planet Money Summer School / related formats

Reviews

4.6 out of 5 stars from 43k ratings
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    WHAT A WAY TO MAKE A LIVIN

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    M3LL8
    United Statesa month ago
  • AI and Robots and Social Security

    If AI replaces many workers what happens to Social Security? We need to implement policies about that now

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Joyluc 333
    United Statesa month ago
  • Amazing, no, more than amazing

    I love this podcast it has so many great episodes, but, can you take a break from the political episodes and do more episodes like the micro face one and the Hershey episode

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Umbrella ☂️ Academy
    United States2 months ago
  • New favorite podcast!

    I just started listening to this podcast. I love how they can get through complicated financial topics using simple terms so that I can understand it :-). Highly recommend!

    Highly recommend.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Blue Highlighter 459
    United States2 months ago
  • Inaccurate citation

    Branded fruit: the cosmic crisp apple was branded/invented at Washington state university NOT the University of Washington as stated in the podcast

    Apple Podcasts
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    United States2 months ago

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Anatomy of a movie market
Q: What do you hope happens in there?
Eric says the goal of the exclusive listening party is for people to enjoy hearing songs from Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, though he welcomes buyers beginning to bid.
Anatomy of a movie market
Q: Do you get like butterflies before the festival opens?
Eric Sloss says the anticipation feels like the minutes before a big game and describes Sundance as one of the few remaining wild-west environments in entertainment.
How surveillance crept up on us
Q: Did any of the tools woven into the Domain Awareness System in those early years cross existing lines or break any rules?
At the time, civil liberties advocates could not tell without more information. Jerome Greco says hidden purchases and limited disclosure made it difficult to assess whether the tools were legal and effective.
How surveillance crept up on us
Q: How much video does the NYPD seem to have access to?
Michelle Dahl describes a centralized system that draws on tens of thousands of cameras and combines video with data from other sources, allowing officers to search people and locations.
We try to fix election polling (update)
Q: Would you be willing to let us test one of these methods in one of your polls?
Barbara Carvalho agreed to add objective questions asking respondents to predict the election and say how people in their social circles would vote.

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Planet Money coverage across recent episodes tends to center on how economic forces shape everyday life, from wealth and tax policy to debt, housing, and consumer experiences. Notable threads include the rise of pass-through wealth and its political influence, the behavior of debt and margin markets, real-time customer experiences in digital platforms, and inflation's impact on households and pricing. Several episodes also explore design, branding, and data ethics, showing a willingness to connect abstract macro concepts to tangible, sometimes surprising stories. A few standout formats combine investigative reporting with accessible explainers, interviews with leading economists, and field experiments that illuminate how economies actually ... more

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