Tag: Planet Money

• Planet Money: How Black hair care grew Black power

  January 7, 2026

  Listen: https://ift.tt/BEQs6Ic The Afro is one of the most iconic hairstyles of the last century. And one of its main ingredients was a hair product – Afro Sheen. But Afro… more ›

• Planet Money: Strange threadfellows: How the U.S. military shaped what we all wear

  December 10, 2025

  Listen: https://ift.tt/Rc6SOvC From nuclear fission to GPS to the internet, it’s common knowledge that many of the most resource intensive technologies of the last century got their start as military… more ›

• Planet Money: The obscure pool of money the US used to bail out Argentina

  November 15, 2025

  Listen: https://ift.tt/CeEX49t Last month, during the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that the United States had offered to functionally loan Argentina $20 billion. Despite… more ›

• Planet Money: How DeepSeek changed the market’s mind

  February 2, 2025

  Listen: https://ift.tt/EqPye5B On Monday, the stock market went into a tizzy over a new AI model from Chinese company DeepSeek. It seemed to be just as powerful as many of… more ›