Planet Money
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Planet Money
| 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 / Chicago Public Media |
| Website | http://www.npr.org/money |
| No. of episodes | (List of episodes) |
Planet Money is an American podcast and blog produced by NPR, in association with Chicago Public Media, producers of the PRI program This American Life.[1] 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.[2] Currently, episodes are produced two days a week and are around 25 minutes in length.[3]
As of September 2011,[dated info] 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,[4] 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.[5]
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".[6]
References
- ^ Schumacher-Matos, Edward (2011-06-22). "Planet Money Misfires on Local Economic Developers". NPR Ombudsman Blog. NPR. http://www.npr.org/blogs/ombudsman/2011/06/23/137349286/planet-money-misfires-on-local-economic-developers. Retrieved 2012-02-18. "Planet Money is a joint venture between NPR and This American Life."
- ^ "'Giant Pool Of Money' Named To Decade Top 10 List". Planet Money. April 5, 2010. http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2010/04/giant_pool_of_money_named_to_d.html. Retrieved 2010-06-03. "The Giant Pool of Money — the hour-long This American Life episode that explained the housing bust and gave rise to Planet Money — was just named one of the top 10 works of U.S. journalism of the past decade."
- ^ "Planet Money". Podcast Directory. NPR. http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_detail.php?siteId=94411890.
- ^ "Planet Money". Contributors. NPR. http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/. Retrieved 2010-06-03.
- ^ Fine Print: A 'Back-Door' Bailout? from Planet Money Blog, 2:22 PM ET, 3 October 2008
- ^ TREASURY SEC. GEITHNER EXPLORES WAYS TO PAY FOR HEALTH CARE Wednesday, March 4, 2009 from C-SPAN archives
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