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Hello and welcome to the Planet Money Supply Chain Holiday Extravaganza.

I'm Wailin Wong.

And I'm Kenny Malone.

If you're hearing this podcast, it is too late for you.

Too late to buy presents.

You know, given all the warnings about shipping delays, container ship backups, labor shortages,

we were told to shop early and that last minute shoppers might be doomed.

And maybe those problems were a tad overstated.

But we at Planet Money knew there would still be listeners out there in need of 11th hour

gift ideas.

And so we've been hard at work coming up with an exclusive gift guide, made up of special

items that for all kinds of reasons are basically immune to supply chain problems.

Cue the happy music.

Today on the show, we are going to tell you how you can get a highly collectible action

figure.

We've got an exclusive beverage that will be the star of your next party.

And we commissioned the next great holiday song because shockingly, there weren't any

about the greatest gift of them all.

We are here to save the day for last minute shoppers.

We have today five gift ideas that are virtually immune to supply chain problems.

And we've enlisted some members of our Planet Money extended family to help bring you those

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