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Episodes (358)
Are wildfires making the future uninsurable?
Nov 13, 2026
How bodegas led to the Yemeni coffeehouse explosion
Nov 11, 2026
Inside the insurance industry’s destruction lab
Nov 6, 2026
The history of light (classic)
Nov 4, 2026
Is this how the great international borrowing spree ends?
Oct 31, 2026
Politicians are afraid to fix taxes. So 100 citizens tried.
Oct 28, 2026
How surveillance crept up on us
Oct 23, 2026
We try to fix election polling (update)
Oct 21, 2026
Anatomy of a movie market
Oct 16, 2026
Wanna slow down AI? These biologists can help.
Oct 14, 2026
Should we all be getting tariff refunds right now?
Oct 9, 2026
Charles Ponzi's scheme (plus a new scam)
Oct 7, 2026
Where all those weird new drinks are coming from
Oct 2, 2026
Who’s gonna pay for your Social Security?
Sep 30, 2026
Middlegarchs are the new Oligarchs
Sep 25, 2026
Is our national debt finally too much? (update)
Sep 23, 2026
The Domino’s Pizza Tracker Theory of Everything
Sep 18, 2026
How investing is getting riskier (Two Indicators)
Sep 16, 2026
The loan at the heart of a new foreclosure crisis
Sep 11, 2026
Cost-cutting, quiet guilt and the inflation generation
Sep 9, 2026
Trump drinks Venezuela’s milkshake
Sep 5, 2026
Love in the time of Palantir
Sep 2, 2026
Dolly Parton’s “9 to 5,” the true story behind the anthem (bonus)
Aug 30, 2026
Branded fruit: How produce got “Honeycrisp-ified"
Aug 28, 2026
The continent nobody owns & everyone benefits from (Summer School)
Aug 26, 2026
Who decides what big box sells? Our GAME got us answers
Aug 21, 2026
Getting entrepreneurial in Korea (Summer School)
Aug 19, 2026
You bet your life insurance
Aug 14, 2026
Currency Chaos in Argentina (Summer School)
Aug 12, 2026
Older workers aren’t retiring. Should they be forced to?
Aug 7, 2026
Sand heists and property rights in the Caribbean (Summer School)
Aug 5, 2026
What makes a toy go viral
Jul 31, 2026
How to beat the resource curse in Norway (Summer School)
Jul 29, 2026
Piles of cash and a town of solutions in Kenya, Nigeria (Summer School)
Jul 24, 2026
Big Lettuce meets Small Intestine
Jul 22, 2026
New NPR Series: "We Keep Us Safe" from the Embedded podcast
Jul 21, 2026
Can World Cup mania grow MLS in the U.S.?
Jul 17, 2026
Building things and breaking things in China (Summer School World Tour)
Jul 15, 2026
Seven allegedly fake Chanel bags vs The RealReal
Jul 10, 2026
Our mission: Find the world’s best economic ideas (Summer School World Tour)
Jul 8, 2026
How to win a penalty shootout (with game theory)
Jul 3, 2026
Can the Trump administration make college cheaper?
Jul 1, 2026
We almost had a smartphone in the 90s. Why did it fail?
Jun 26, 2026
Before Kalshi and Polymarket there was the Iowa Electronic Markets
Jun 24, 2026
The real horror of ‘Alien’ and how it explains why we’re not paid enough
Jun 19, 2026
Can computer hackers get inside your mind?
Jun 17, 2026
It’s my tree. Why can’t I cut it down?
Jun 12, 2026
Two indicators for lowering the rent
Jun 10, 2026
Why is there a supplement craze if they don’t even work?
Jun 5, 2026
There's no business like dough business
Jun 3, 2026