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Wanna see a trick? Give us any topic and we can tie it back to the economy. At Planet Money, we explore the forces that shape our lives and bring you along for the ride. Don't just understand the economy – understand the world.

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  • How refrigeration took over the world

    How refrigeration took over the world
    Sep 26 2025
    The next time you open your fridge, take a second to behold the miracles inside of it: Raspberries from California, butter from New Zealand, steak from Nebraska. None of that would have been remotely possible before the creation of the cold chain.

    The cold chain is the name for the end-to-end refrigeration of our food from farm to truck to warehouse to grocery store and ultimately to our fridges at home. And it’s one of the great achievements of the modern world.

    On today’s show, Nicola Twilley, food journalist and author of Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves, tells us the story of how our world got cold, and what that’s meant for the economy.

    We’ll hear about two pioneers of cold: The cheapskate meat baron Gustavus Swift, and the train-hopping chemist Polly Pennington. And we’ll take a look at whether all this refrigeration might have created some new problems.

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    Today’s episode of Planet Money was hosted by Nick Fountain and Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi. It was produced by James Sneed and edited by Keith Romer. It was fact-checked by Sierra Juarez and engineered by Valentina Rodríguez Sánchez. Alex Goldmark is Planet Money's executive producer.

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  • How Jane Street’s secret billion-dollar trade unraveled

    How Jane Street’s secret billion-dollar trade unraveled
    Sep 24 2025
    On Wall Street, fortunes are often won and lost with the tiniest advantages. And for the past few years, one trading firm has stood out from the rest for both huge profits and careful secrecy — Jane Street Group.


    But last year, one of Jane Street’s biggest and most lucrative trading strategies was unexpectedly revealed in a Manhattan courtroom. The news ricocheted around the world. It drew the attention of competitors and regulatory agencies, destabilized billions of dollars worth of trades, and called into question some of the most fundamental strategies in global finance.

    Some Planet Money episodes about finance:
    • The rise and fall of Long Term Capital Management
    • How George Soros forced the UK to devalue the pound

    Further reading:
    • Jane Street Group, LLC v. Millennium Management LLC, Douglas Schadewald, and Daniel Spottiswood
    • “Jane Street’s Indian Options Trade Was Too Good,” from Bloomberg
    • SEBI's report: "Interim Order in the matter of Index manipulation by Jane Street Group"
    • “Jane Street Defends India Trading Activity, Blasts Regulator,” from Bloomberg

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    This episode was produced by Eric Mennel, with production help from Sam Yellowhorse Kesler and Cooper Katz-McKim. It was edited by Jess Jiang. Fact-checking by Sierra Juarez. Planet Money’s executive producer is Alex Goldmark


    Music in this episode:

    Bob Bradley, “Cyber Crime”

    Jason Bowld; Colin Doran, “Falling Apart 2”

    Runman, “Dark Shop”

    Martin Haene [SUISA], “Heavy Trip”

    Adam Riches [PRS], Murray David Stockdale [PRS], Sammy Gordonski [PRS], “Monster”

    Alex Arcoleo;Josh Oliver, “Day Dreamer”

    Alex Arcoleo, “Best Part”


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  • In Gaza, money is falling apart

    In Gaza, money is falling apart
    Sep 20 2025

    Israel has been blocking the flow of physical money into Gaza since the start of the war. So whatever paper cash was in Gaza before the war, that’s all that’s been circulating. It’s now falling apart from overuse.

    Two best friends, one in Gaza and one in Belgium, are now trying to get money in.

    But how do you get money into a bank account in Gaza? And how do you get that money out, in Gaza, when there are no functioning banks or ATMs? And almost no electricity. And spotty internet. And what is there to buy? How does money even work in Gaza right now?

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    This episode was hosted by Sarah Gonzalez. It was produced by Sam Yellowhorse Kesler. It was edited by Marianne McCune, and fact-checked by Sierra Juarez. It was engineered by Cena Loffredo, Robert Rodriguez, and James Willetts. Alex Goldmark is Planet Money’s executive producer.

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Its very interesting they talk about tax loopholes in a way that makes you want to listen to it.

Very Interesting

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This is one of my all time favorite podcasts! keep up the great work 😃

Best!

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Amazing podcast, the energy of the hosts is unmatched (is it just me or does Mary sound exactly like Cortana?)
Everyone should be tuning into every episode.

The tax loophole is still my favorite episode... so far!!

Incredibly informative analysis on... everything!

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This show is a classic, everybody performs so great and such good stories, I highly suggest.
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Way too much advertising which makes it real annoying to listen. otherwise the content is good.

too much advertising

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