U.S. warships are blockading Iran’s ports, and Iran still controls the Strait of Hormuz. A big portion of global commerce is still cut off. How have some ships been getting through the strait? And what does Iran’s control of it mean for the global economy?

@planetmoney.bsky.social has a long history of entering different industries to better understand real-world economics — from buying crude oil to now diving deep into publishing with its first-ever book: “Planet Money: A Guide to the Economic Forces that Shape Your Life.” Read more at @nytimes.com

Join the team behind the popular podcast @planetmoney.bsky.social and celebrate the publication of their new book, "Planet Money: A Guide to the Economic Forces That Shape Your Life," on Sunday, April 19th at 6:30pm, at @bouldertheater.bsky.social. Tix here: www.axs.com/events/12907...

Every bookstore shelf is a contested piece of real estate. For every new book that a bookstore decides to stock, there are thousands of others that did not make the cut. So how do bookstores make those decisions? And what will happen to the Planet Money book?

How one guy in private equity is trying to do things a lil bit differently -- by giving workers equity in their companies. it's the counternarrative feel-good PE episode we've all been waiting for: www.npr.org/2026/04/08/n... @planetmoney.bsky.social @wailinwong.bsky.social

POSTER UPDATE: Thanks to everyone who pre-ordered our book. Norton will ship pre-sale posters soon. We’ve sent an email to everyone who signed up on the website. That form is how we know who to send them to. Clearly, we could have explained that better. Our apologies. (1/3)

Our show tonight in DC is FREE for GW students. Sign up at the link below. There will be a book signing afterwards, we hope to see you there! buff.ly/Kpr417Z

If your company got bought by a private equity firm, what might you think is coming? Maybe layoffs? Maybe something you wouldn’t be expecting is a certificate of ownership. On today’s show, how one private equity executive is trying to cut workers in. buff.ly/y0ha5nO

Don't forget the Toronto event we're hosting on April 27. Register here -- community.rotman.utoronto.ca/events/s/spe...

HOORAY, the Planet Money book is out today! We are so excited to get this book into all of your hands and we hope you enjoy it. It would be great to see you at one of our live shows too, especially if you are in Chicago! That's where I'll be on April 23! Exclamation points! planetmoneybook.com

The Planet Money book is out today. Please for the love of books, buy it. www.planetmoneybook.com Also, LOS ANGELES: come see me and some Planet Money friends live, next Thursday 4/16 on stage. Tix at the same link.

Out now: The Planet Money Book. Everywhere you get your books. Also, we're going on tour - get your tix at the link in our bio. 🖼️ : Jackie Lay

Out tomorrow: The Planet Money Book. Everywhere you get your books. Also, we're going on tour. Tickets and book pre-order available at the link below: buff.ly/FDYlIk7 🖼️ : Jackie Lay

Hershey’s is using ingredients in some Reese’s candies that — legally — they cannot call milk chocolate or peanut butter. Is this chocolate “skimpflation?” Something else? One Reese’s heir attempts to shame Hershey’s into using classic Reese’s ingredients. buff.ly/Qn0NRWW

Since January, the U.S. has been preventing almost all oil from reaching the island. People’s lives are in danger because there are frequent and long blackouts. How did Cuba get here?

If you're interested in the Planet Money book, it's good stuff and it's pre-orderable here: www.planetmoneybook.com

This might be the most interesting real estate project in North America right now when it comes to the debate over how to build more housing and bring down the cost of rent. Today: The story of a place called Sen̓áḵw and the skyscrapers NIMBYs couldn’t stop. buff.ly/FM2xPrJ

Every book you pull off the shelf or pick up at a yard sale is the product of thousands of decisions, tying together vast supply chains and armies of workers from around the world. On our latest episode, Planet Money sets out to manufacture a book mid-trade war.

they let me on The Indicator @planetmoney.bsky.social -- now on YouTube!! -- to talk about ANTS www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzA8... @wailinwong.bsky.social @darianwoods.bsky.social

4/13 at 7:30 PM | NEW SPEAKER ADDED: @planetmoney.bsky.social just got a little bigger with the newest addition to our lineup, Jack Corbett! Corbett is the visual host of Planet Money’s TikTok account, building a platform of 800k followers in only 4 years. 🎟️ Get tickets: buff.ly/L4kpyZ6

The market for books can determine which ideas make it to the masses. So how does a book idea become a book deal? On our latest: Planet Money peers behind the curtain of the publishing industry to see what kinds of artistic and financial bets bring a book together.

We came to the Amazon rainforest on a mission. To trace an unusual supply chain that connects one of the most remote places on the planet to pet stores near you. A supply chain that has come under threat….

World Cup ticket sales are a mess. But we sympathize with the challenge FIFA faced. Because if you squint, their system almost resembles a clever and fair approach to ticket sales. Almost! (We have suggestions.) buff.ly/2AaOqvR

Robot cooks are here. How good are they? And, what will automation mean for restaurants? On our latest episode, we pit a human chef against a robot cook in a head-to-head smackdown. buff.ly/NYstKHe

Free healthcare and ... fancy cocktails? It's always fun joining my @npr.org colleagues @ The Indicator from @planetmoney.bsky.social, who this week featured my reporting on how some employers are making health insurance more affordable: www.npr.org/2026/03/09/n...

i really really love Industry. so do @samkesler.bsky.social and @wailinwong.bsky.social. so we made a @planetmoney.bsky.social PM+ episode about how great it is, how closely it hews to reality or not, and our big plans for season 5: www.npr.org/2026/03/09/n...

Once you know them, you can’t unsee them everywhere. Today we run through the laws of the office that explain why good employees turn into bad bosses, why meetings never end early, and why performance metrics end badly so often. buff.ly/BHY54It

In what one excitable Spotify user calls "the crossover event of the century," I talked NBA draft reform on @planetmoney.bsky.social w/ @zachlowenba.bsky.social, ex-USWNT Sam Mewis from @womensgamemib.bsky.social AND Hockey Hall of Famer + @thepwhl.com exec Jayna Hefford. www.npr.org/2026/03/06/n...

@wailinwong.bsky.social @marychilds.bsky.social and I talking INDUSTRY S4 on the latest Planet Money TV Club! We get into the role of short sellers in the market and the real-life parallels to Wirecard. If you wanna listen, subscribe to Planet Money+! You won't regret it www.npr.org/2026/03/09/n...

Tanking – teams intentionally losing games to secure a better draft pick – is not a new phenomenon, especially in the NBA. But this year, it’s been especially egregious. Today on the show: Planet Money fixes the NBA’s tanking problem by … fixing the NBA draft.

We want to talk to people who use prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket. Especially if you’re younger or have lost – or made – a ton of money. Is that you? Email us at [email protected]. And say a little about how you’ve used these platforms.

Heated Rivalry producers Jacob Tierney and Brendan Brady, talk with @karaswisher.bsky.social and @pivotpod.bsky.social about their breakout show. And about the very Canadian business model that financed the show.

ICE is scaling up, with rapid new hiring. So we ask, has training new officers changed? At what cost?

Doorman has made it to the small screen. We have questions, and (some) answers. On the latest Planet Money+, we're talking all things Doorman. You can sign up here: plus.npr.org/planetmoney

Hernando de Soto was just appointed Prime Minister of Peru. Listen to our 2015 episode to hear his dramatic story trying to transform Peru’s economy. www.npr.org/sections/mon...

Yesterday, the Supreme Court struck down a bunch of President Trump’s tariffs. What does that mean? Will anyone get refunds? And … what about this new 10 percent tariff the President announced? www.npr.org/2026/02/21/n...

Whether Trump can or will or should try to control or purchase Greenland, a territory that doesn’t want to be sold, is not the interesting question. What is interesting is -- how we got to this moment. And how we might gracefully get out of it. That’s on our latest show. buff.ly/iBMc4Um

In this year’s Valentine’s Day episode we tell you about the writing we can’t stop thinking about, teach you some DIY investigative journalism, and build the first ever Planet Money Valentine. (Sure to make the econ nerd in your life swoon.)

The sewing machine changed the world - it created an entire industry, changed how we think about women in the labor force. But the sewing machine accidentally invented something else - something that undergirds nearly every invention since. The patent pool. buff.ly/F2CoFte

The Invention Invention: how the invention of the sewing machine helped get us more inventions www.npr.org/2026/02/11/n... @samkesler.bsky.social @erikaberas.bsky.social

NYC! On April 6, I'm going to be telling economics stories with @marychilds.bsky.social, @amandaaronczyk.bsky.social, Alex Mayyasi with special guest Emily Oster. It's @planetmoney.bsky.social live at @92ndstreety.bsky.social!

My latest from @planetmoney.bsky.social is about brand new research that looks at whether changing low-income neighborhoods into mixed-income neighborhoods improves outcomes for kids who grew up there. Potentially big lessons for all kinds of poverty alleviation policies. www.npr.org/2026/01/28/n...

fam, the team at @planetmoney.bsky.social is going on a book tour -- and our DEBUT FIRST STOP is @92ndstreety.bsky.social on April 6! Come hang out with me, @amandaaronczyk.bsky.social and @darianwoods.bsky.social and more! www.92ny.org/event/an-eve... +please bring your most burning econ questions

On the most recent @planetmoney.bsky.social: what did US sanctions do to Iran's economy? How did they feed into the latest protests and crackdown in Iran? Sanctions are supposed to avert war, but how different from war are they? www.npr.org/2026/02/06/n... with @fountain.bsky.social

The protests in Iran are about human rights, corruption, freedom. But they’re also about economic hardship. Caused, in part, by US sanctions. Sanctions are supposed to avert violence. But how did they play into the latest protests — and crackdown — in Iran?

Housing is too expensive. And President Donald Trump has started talking more about affordability - focusing on affordable homes. He’s got two new initiatives that aim to make buying a house easier. Will they work?

In the 90s, Congress created a program to improve public housing and economically desegregate poor neighborhoods. The hope was that this would improve opportunities for the people who lived there. But no one knew whether it worked … until now.

If you're in Chicago, come see me with Alex Mayyasi and Adriana Robertson on April 23!

SEE YOU IN NYC BABYYYYYY

At the Zide Door church, after making a donation members can receive “sacrament” in the form of psychedelic mushrooms - a Schedule 1 narcotic. How is this legal? On our latest episode, we talk to the lawyer fighting for the rights of mushroom churches to exist. buff.ly/8ObtpWz