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There are more travel agents than ever… because AI can’t do taste.The biggest IPO of the year so far is Cerebras… this IPO is about wafers and weddings.It’s Fed Chair Jerry Powell’s last day of work… we give him two grades for his 8-year tenure.Plus, Kool-Aid now thinks it’s a we ...  Show more

New apps are cataloging your closet to make and save you money… Hello, wardrobe investing.Lime e-scooters filed to IPO… but says its big risk is potholes (seriously, potholes).There’s an underground stock trading league held in a boxing gym… you bet on betters betting.Plus, MBAs ...  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

Lately we've noticed that something we think about all the time here at Planet Money is having a viral moment: recession indicators!From the more practical (like sales for lipstick going up and men's underwear going down) to the absurd and nonsensical (like babysitter buns coming ...  Show more

In the past couple years, demand has gone wild for drugs like Ozempic – and its cousins, Zepbound, Wegovy, and Mounjaro. For people who had never been able to lose weight before, suddenly the numbers on the scale were plummeting. And everybody wanted to get their hands on them. N ...  Show more

What do Moo Deng the pygmy hippo, social media sensation Hawk Tuah, and the President of the United States all have in common? They've all inspired highly valuable, highly volatile memecoins. The humble memecoin began as a sort of satirical send up of speculation in the crypto wo ...  Show more