| Hosting | Adam Davidson, David Kestenbaum, Chana Joffe-Walt, Jacob Goldstein, Caitlin Kenney, Amy Stevens, Alex Blumberg |
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| Language | English |
| Updates | Twice weekly |
| Length | About 25 minutes |
| Debut | September 6, 2008 |
| Provider | National Public Radio |
| Website | http://www.npr.org/money |
| No. of episodes | (List of episodes) |
Planet Money is an American podcast and blog produced by NPR. The podcast launched on September 6, 2008 to cover the global financial crisis of 2008–2009 in the wake of the Federal takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. It was created after the success of "The Giant Pool of Money", an episode of This American Life.[1] Currently, episodes are produced two days a week and are around 25 minutes in length.[2]
As of September 2011, Planet Money's contributors consist of four correspondents (Adam Davidson, David Kestenbaum, Chana Joffe-Walt, and Jacob Goldstein), associate producer Caitlin Kenney, contributing editor Alex Blumberg.[3], production assistant Jess Jiang, and editor Uri Berliner.
Planet Money was the first to break small print in the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 which allowed deviation from the original Paulson plan.[4]
The Planet Money team also produces regular reports for Morning Edition and All Things Considered and occasionally produce episodes of This American Life. Senator Max Baucus praised the show's attempts to explain the financial crisis "in terms the average American starts to understand".[5]
Planet Money is rated as a "Best Business Podcast" by BestPodcasts.net.[6]
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