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“The Puerto Rico Song” might be the song of the summer… but it’s from $5B AI startup, Suno.Salt & Straw is on sale for $200M… after inventing more ice cream flavors than anyone.We have it all wrong - AI isn’t taking jobs from young college grads... It’s actually work from home. P ...  Show more

From our Sold Out Live Show in Los Angeles, it’s the 1st guest we’ve ever interviewed whose official title is “Chief Inventor.”Because after half-a-dozen stalled startups, a rejection on Shark Tank in front of 3M viewers, and running low on cash, Jamie Simonoff sold his Ring home ...  Show more

Drake is not a happy man. Months after the success of Kendrick Lamar’s diss track “Not Loke Us,” Drake’s team finally filed a legal petition. The petition calls out UMG and Spotify for inflating the track’s streaming numbers. So is there evidence? Plus: Abercrombie & Fitch is sti ...  Show more

Ever wondered why you can buy fresh Peruvian blueberries in the dead of winter? The answer, surprisingly, is tied to cocaine. Today on the show, we look at how the War on Drugs led to an American trade policy and a foreign aid initiative that won us blueberries all year round. An ...  Show more

A surprising drop for Instagram — less posting, fewer ad dollars. Why Meta’s loss turns out to be Meta’s gain. TikTok wants its users to flip out, as it launches a new post format. The surprising underdog now winning the influencer marketing race. And we now know why a big chu ...

For episode 2 of Planet Money Summer School, we are talking strategy. You have your million dollar business idea, and maybe some money in your pocket to get it up and running. But now you enter into a crowded market. You have to deal with competition. So, what can you do to make ...  Show more