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Dark times for Cuba’s economic experiment
Apr 02, 2026Live event info and tickets here. For more than 60 years, Cuba has survived on two seemingly contradictory economic strategies: leaning on friendly communist and socialist countries, and flirting wi...
The skyscrapers that NIMBYs and zoning couldn't stop
Mar 28, 2026LIVE SHOW TOUR INFO HERE. New stories, live tapings, special guests, book signings and more. What would you build on a piece of land when all the normal rules go out the window? On today’s show, ho...
Our BOOK vs. the global supply chain
Mar 26, 2026When you come across a book at a yard sale or a bookstore, you might pay more attention to the words between the covers than the physical form of the book itself. But content and the form are both cru...
Inside a BOOK auction
Mar 21, 2026In the age of TikTok and Polymarket, it can be easy to overlook the humble book. But books are one of the most influential technologies ever invented. From “The Wealth of Nations” to “Das Kapital,” bo...
The little pet fish that saved a town in the Amazon
Mar 18, 2026The cardinal tetra is one of the most popular pet fish in the world. They look like little red and blue sequins. You've almost certainly seen them at the pet store or the fish tank at your dentist's o...
Chef vs. Robot
Mar 13, 2026Robby the chef has lots of endearing qualities. He can make over 5000 dishes, he’s a consistent cook, and he’s never late for work. But he’s not a human. It is a 750 lb. stainless steel robot. With a ...
The laws of the office revisited
Mar 11, 2026Live event info and tickets here. If something is going wrong in your workplace, there's probably a law that explains why. Meetings always seem long, and never end early? There’s Parkinson’s Law, whi...
Planet Money vs. the NBA’s tanking problem
Mar 06, 2026What do we want from sports? The very best athletes competing as hard as they know how, putting all their effort and training and natural ability to the test against their opponents. But this time of ...
The Business of Heated Rivalry
Mar 04, 2026Heated Rivalry, the steamy hockey romance show, was made for about $2 million per episode. That is remarkably cheap for an hour-long drama. Today on the show, a conversation with Heated Rivalry crea...
Don't hate the replicator, hate the game
Feb 27, 2026The world of science has been stuck in an existential crisis over whether we actually know the things we thought we knew. Re-running an old study today doesn't always yield the same result. Same with ...