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About Your Extended Warranty

April 9, 2021 • Calls about "extended auto warranties" blow up our phones over and over. But what are these robocalls actually offering? | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.

About Your Extended Warranty

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How Jacob Loud's Land Was Lost

April 7, 2021 • Today's show: the arcane laws that have cost Black landowners their property, and the lawyer who is trying to fix those laws. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.

How Jacob Loud's Land Was Lost

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Two Indicators: Boomtown & Bye Bye

April 2, 2021 • We look at housing prices in Montana, an oil market milestone, and give a fond farewell. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.

Two Indicators: Boomtown & Bye Bye

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The Curse Of The Black Lotus (Update)

March 31, 2021 • When the popular card game Magic: The Gathering entered a speculative bubble, its creators found a way to keep it from bursting. We check in to see if their strategy is still working. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.

The Curse Of The Black Lotus (Update)

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Socialism 101

March 26, 2021 • Today on the show: The critics of capitalism. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.

Socialism 101

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You Asked For Shots, Tuna, Metal, and Money

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You Asked For Shots, Tuna, Metal, and Money

March 24, 2021 • Listeners send us questions every day. It's about time we answer a few of them. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.

You Asked For Shots, Tuna, Metal, and Money

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The New Shape Of Pasta

March 19, 2021 • What do you do when you can't find the perfect pasta shape? You invent a new shape. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.

The New Shape Of Pasta

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The Even More Minimum Wage

March 17, 2021 • The tipped minimum wage hasn't changed for decades. Is now finally the time? | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.

The Even More Minimum Wage

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The $69 Million JPEG

March 12, 2021 • An artist called Beeple just sold a piece at Christie's for millions. But it wasn't a painting... it was a kind of crypto. We speak with him and the others behind the first NFT auction. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.

The $69 Million JPEG

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Nigeria, You Win! (Update)

March 10, 2021 • Nigerians heard a radio ad offering millions of dollars for people with business proposals. They thought it was a scam. It wasn't. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.

Nigeria, You Win! (Update)

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Grateful For Taxes

March 8, 2021 • In the modern U.S. people may avoid or begrudgingly pay taxes. But in ancient Athens, wealthy people considered it an honor.

Grateful For Taxes

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The Marriage Pact

March 5, 2021 • They say true love is hard to find. Whoever says that isn't an economist. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.

The Marriage Pact

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Happy Fed Independence Day (Update)

March 3, 2021 • The story of the day the Federal Reserve got its independence and the fight — an actual physical fight — to keep it. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.

Happy Fed Independence Day (Update)

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We Buy A Superhero 3: Resurrection

February 26, 2021 • We have found the perfect superhero. Now we just have to make him our own. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.

We Buy A Superhero 3: Resurrection

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Bond Voyage

February 24, 2021 • The government used to be afraid to borrow too much money. Today, it borrows hand over fist. And it's ... fine? | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.

Bond Voyage

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We Buy A Superhero 2: Loophole

February 19, 2021 • Marvel was not interested in selling us Doorman. But there is another way to jumpstart our superhero empire.| Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.

We Buy A Superhero 2: Loophole

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Why Printers Are The Worst

February 17, 2021 • The real money is in the ink. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.

Why Printers Are The Worst

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We Buy A Superhero 1: Origins

February 12, 2021 • Marvel has 7,000 characters, many of them forgotten. We want to buy one from their vault and launch our own little Planet Money franchise. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.

We Buy A Superhero 1: Origins

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Can't Let It Go

February 10, 2021 • Irrational decisions. Things we can't let go. Friend of the show Sam Sanders comes by to talk obsessions. We turn to economics for advice, clarity and comfort. | Subscribe to Sam's podcast, It's Been A Minute.

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Fine and Punishment

February 5, 2021 • When you get out of prison, you have to start paying off fees. Some are related to committing a crime. Others are not. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.

Fine and Punishment

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Robinhood's Very Bad Day

February 3, 2021 • How the stock trading app works. And why it almost broke last week. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.

Robinhood's Very Bad Day

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Can't Stop GameStop

January 29, 2021 • Video game stores. Hedge Funds. Reddit forums. How this mad lib resulted in the biggest short squeeze in years. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.

Can't Stop GameStop

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