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Wind turbines off the coast of Rhode Island. Supporters say offshore wind projects are a valuable resource for meeting rising power demand and ensuring electric reliability.

Wind turbines off the coast of Rhode Island. Supporters say offshore wind projects are a valuable resource for meeting rising power demand and ensuring electric reliability. DON EMMERT/AFP via Getty Images/AFP hide caption

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Climate

Trump's attacks on offshore wind could hurt infrastructure spending across the economy

President Trump has tried to kill offshore wind's future in the U.S. But industry analysts say the attacks could hurt business confidence across the U.S. economy.

Women working full-time, year round, earn an average of 81 cents for every dollar men working full-time, year round make.

Women working full-time, year round, earn an average of 81 cents for every dollar men working full-time, year round make. simplehappyart/Getty Images hide caption

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It's Equal Pay Day. Women have lost ground for the second year in a row

The annual observance marks how far into the new year women must work to make what men earned in the previous year. This year, it's March 26, a day later than it was in 2025.

It's Equal Pay Day. Women have lost ground for the second year in a row

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Tracing the tax that's supposed to fund TSA

TSA workers are going unpaid as security lines get longer Matt Rourke/AP hide caption

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Tracing the tax that's supposed to fund TSA

Every time you buy a ticket that leaves a U.S. airport, you pay a fee that’s supposed to help fund the TSA. So why have TSA workers been working without pay? Today on the show, we explore the history behind an earmarked tax and its very personal impacts.

Tracing the tax that's supposed to fund TSA

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Matt Ubel, standing on his farm near Wheaton, Kansas, motions to the fertilizer spreader he’ll use to spread urea fertilizer this spring.

Matt Ubel, standing on his farm near Wheaton, Kansas, motions to the fertilizer spreader he'll use to spread urea fertilizer this spring. Frank Morris hide caption

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Middle East conflict

War with Iran disrupts fertilizer exports as U.S. farmers prepare for planting season

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Gulf states are major fertilizer producers, and the war with Iran has triggered a 25% price hike just as struggling U.S. farmers are planting corn.

Iran war disrupts fertilizer exports just as U.S. farmers begin to plant crops

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Our BOOK vs. the global supply chain
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Planet Money

Our BOOK vs. the global supply chain

When you come across a book at a yard sale or a bookstore, you might pay more attention to the words between the covers than the physical form of the book itself. But content and the form are both crucial to a book’s success. Each book you pull off the shelf, is the product of thousands of decisions, big and small, tying together vast supply chains and armies of workers from around the world. 

Our BOOK vs. the global supply chain

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Laura Marquez-Garrett (center), a plaintiffs' attorney for the Social Media Victims Law Center, gathers with family members of victims as they react to news that the jury has found Meta and YouTube liable in the social media addiction trial, outside the Los Angeles Superior Court on March 25, 2026.

Laura Marquez-Garrett (center), a plaintiffs' attorney for the Social Media Victims Law Center, gathers with family members of victims as they react to news that the jury has found Meta and Google liable in the social media addiction trial, outside the Los Angeles Superior Court on March 25, 2026. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Technology

Jury finds Meta and Google negligent in social media harms trial

The jury ordered the companies to pay $6 million in damages over defective design. The landmark verdict may influence the outcome of 2,000 other pending lawsuits.

Jury holds Meta and Google liable for role in young woman’s mental health issues

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A United Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 airplane passes a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 while taking off from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).

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Your next flight doesn't have to be so expensive. Here's why

Why are flight tickets so expensive right now? Increased oil prices seems like it’d be the obvious answer. That’s mostly right. Airlines used to do some financial magic to help keep airfare down as oil prices increased, a strategy called “fuel hedging.” But they stopped. And now fliers are on the hook for a lot of the difference. 

Your next flight doesn't have to be so expensive. Here's why

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Gas prices are rising as the war in Iran continutes, adding to pressure on gig workers who drive for food delivery apps. Here, a gas station in Los Angeles, Calif., displays prices of more than $5 per gallon on Monday.

Gas prices are rising as the war in Iran continutes, adding to pressure on gig workers who drive for food delivery apps. Here, a gas station in Los Angeles, Calif., displays prices of more than $5 per gallon on Monday. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Your Money

Higher gas prices put the squeeze on the people who deliver your food

The effects of the war in Iran are far-reaching, extending to drivers for DoorDash and Uber Eats. They're paying more for gas — and being squeezed by competition. DoorDash is rolling out some relief.

Food delivery drivers are being squeezed by higher gas prices

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A green tractor that's planting corn moves across a brown dirt field in 2007 near Rochelle, Illinois.

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Politics

Trump delivers farmers another financial blow with Iran war

Some of President Trump's policies, the latest being the war in Iran, are testing his support among farmers who are being burdened with higher costs.

Trump delivers farmers another financial blow with Iran war

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A man walks past a currency exchange office in Moscow on November 23, 2024.

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The Indicator from Planet Money

Why hasn't the Russian economy collapsed?

How has Russia’s economy not completely collapsed after four years of war, sanctions and billions in debt? One economist says it is the war that has been propping up Russia's economy, not the other way around. He calls it smertonomika or death economics.

Why hasn't the Russian economy collapsed?

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Trump administration official Kari Lake praised the president effusively in a January 2026 appearance on Voice of America's Persian language service. As she oversees the network's parent agency, critics say her comments violated the spirit and perhaps even the letter of federal law that seeks to safeguard Voice of America's editorial independence.

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Media

Voice of America staffers sue, alleging Kari Lake put on propaganda

Voice of America staffers are suing Trump administration official Kari Lake, alleging she put pro-Trump propaganda on its airwaves. She has lost numerous rulings of late.

HFR VOA SUED FOR PROPAGANDA

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Stock market numbers are displayed on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

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Worried about a shaky stock market? This is what financial advisers suggest you do

Their answer depends on how soon you need to tap into your funds — and it might simply be "do nothing."

Worried about a shaky stock market? This is what financial advisers suggest you do

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A customer fuels up his car in Linden, New Jersey, on March 18, 2026.

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Middle East conflict

War is pushing up energy prices now. Trump's policies could hurt for years to come

The war in Iran is driving up fossil fuel prices and highlighting the risks of depending on oil and gasoline. Meanwhile, the Trump administration has unwound policies that would boost alternatives.

How Trump administration's policy changes are affecting what we pay for energy

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The Indicator from Planet Money

The multimillion dollar Saturday Night Live UK gamble

Live from London, it’s Saturday Night? Saturday Night Live made its UK debut over the weekend after a well-hyped promotional campaign. Will this all-American sketch show translate to British audiences? We examine SNL’s multi-million dollar gamble. 

The multimillion dollar Saturday Night Live UK gamble

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Some countries have bet big on EVs

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Some countries have bet big on EVs

Emily Kwong talks with Camila Domonoske, who covers cars and energy for NPR, about how countries and companies that have bet big on electric vehicles are facing new, quickly moving variables in the market and the world.

Some countries have bet big on EVs

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Inside a BOOK auction
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Planet Money

Inside a BOOK auction

In the age of TikTok and Polymarket, it can be easy to overlook the humble book. But books are one of the most influential technologies ever invented. From “The Wealth of Nations” to “Das Kapital,” books have the power to shape whole economic systems… and everything else in our world. The market for books can determine which ideas make it to the masses. 

Inside a BOOK auction

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Elon Musk attends the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 22.

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Jury finds Elon Musk misled investors during Twitter purchase

A jury has found Elon Musk liable for misleading investors by deliberately driving down Twitter's stock price in the tumultuous months leading up to his 2022 acquisition of the social media company for $44 billion. But it absolved him of some fraud allegations.

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