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Episode 674: We Cooked A Peacock

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Episode 667: Auditing ISIS

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Planet Money's very own hoverboard. Kristen Clark/NPR hide caption

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Episode 666: The Hoverboard Life

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Episode 416: Why The Price Of Coke Didn't Change For 70 Years

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Episode 662: OMG TPP

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Bales of imported clothing are wheeled into the Gikombo Market in Nairobi, Kenya. Sarah Elliott for NPR hide caption

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Episode 502: The Afterlife Of A T-Shirt

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The container carrying the Planet Money women's T-shirts is loaded onto a ship in Cartagena, Colombia. Eric Helton for NPR hide caption

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Episode 500: The Humble Innovation At The Heart Of The Global Economy

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Minu (left) and her younger sister Shumi (right) worked on the Planet Money men's t-shirt. Kainaz Amaria/NPR hide caption

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Episode 497: The Sisters Who Made Our T-Shirt

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Episode 604: Hey Big Spender

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Episode 603: A Rose On Any Other Day

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An employee waters plants at Tilray, the Canadian medical marijuana company owned by Privateer Holdings. Privateer Holdings hide caption

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Episode 602: Big Weed

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A new breed of cocoa: CCN-51 Stacey Vanek Smith/NPR hide caption

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Episode 601: The Chocolate Curse

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The first stock exchange was on this bridge hide caption

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Episode 598: The Very First Short

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We bet against this. Quoctrung Bui/NPR hide caption

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Episode 597: We're Short America

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Those are Malmark handbells on the left and Schulmerich bells on the right. malmark.com/schulmerichbells.com hide caption

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Episode 592: Bell Wars

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A HDMI cable used to sell for $50. Today you can buy one for $3.61. aleighn/Flickr hide caption

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Episode 586: How Stuff Gets Cheaper

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Episode 585: Chasing The Dread Pirate Roberts

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Episode 474: The North Korea Files

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