Hi, buddy. Welcome to Dan Snow's history here. One thing that's particularly fascinating

during this COVID crisis, but frankly, ever since 2008, is what on earth is money? And

if the government and other organisations can print it seemingly without end, why are

we worried about having not enough it? I don't understand. Isn't the great joy of having

a podcast? Is that you can ask some of the world's most intelligent, articulate people,

the questions that pop up into all of our heads? What even is money? Am I talking about

the old fashioned coins and notes in my pocket? Am I talking about the figures on my app

or on my desktop? What is it? Where is it? And given that we spend so much time in our

lives talking and freaking out about it, it's bizarre how few of us can actually define

what it is. Now, someone who can define what it is, is it Jacob Goldstein? He is a legend.

Every year he presented the NPR podcast, Planet Money, a smash hit. He's now doing

lots of exciting projects, but he's also written an amazing book called Money, The True

Story of a Made Up Thing. And we had a great chat. This was enlightening and important,

and I enjoyed it enormously. I could have gone for hours. It'll be glad that I didn't.

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