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Auto warranty scams are making our phones unusable.
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About Your Extended Warranty
The Loud family tree
Fred Wardlaw
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Fred Wardlaw
How Jacob Loud's Land Was Lost
Sean Hawksford trying to buy a house.
Sean Hawksford
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Sean Hawksford
Two Indicators: Boomtown & Bye Bye
Stand in awe before the Black Lotus.
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Jim Bruso
The Curse Of The Black Lotus (Update)
Socialism and capitalism.
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The Planet Money team takes questions from listeners.
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You Asked For Shots, Tuna, Metal, and Money
Dan Pashman's cascatelli pasta
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The tipped minimum wage hasn't changed for 30 years.
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The Even More Minimum Wage
Everydays, The First 5000 Days, sold for $69 million at auction
Mike Winkelmann
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Mike Winkelmann
Lariat Alhassan had lots of great paint to sell but no office where she could meet clients. And then she heard an ad on the radio that seemed too good to be true.
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Nigeria, You Win! (Update)
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Alden and Kyra found each other through the power of economics
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Cayenn Landau/Kyra Dorado Teigen and Alden O'Rafferty
William McChesney Martin, the man who defended the Federal Reserve against an attack by the President.
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Happy Fed Independence Day (Update)
Planet money revives Micro-Face for the present day
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We Buy A Superhero 3: Resurrection
US President Joe Biden speaks about the American Rescue Plan and the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) for small businesses in response to coronavirus, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC, February 22, 2021.
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Planet Money ventures to another realm on their journey to acquire a superhero
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We Buy A Superhero 2: Loophole
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Why Printers Are The Worst
Planet Money tries to buy a superhero.
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We Buy A Superhero 1: Origins
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Kayla Boyle and Teriann Van Winkle look at their fees.
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