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Planet Money

You asked for coupons, Delaware, and the truth about goldfish

Planet Money

NPR

Business, News

4.629.8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2022

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

On today's show, we're answering listener questions from the Planet Money inbox. Like, who really benefits from retail coupons? And why are goldfish so cheap?

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Transcript

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0:00.0

This is Planet Money from NPR.

0:06.3

Maybe it's a good time to give a little behind the scenes tour of the Planet Money idea

0:11.0

factory.

0:12.2

Some days, everything is easy.

0:14.3

We're in the middle of a story where following our curiosities, chasing after answers, writing

0:19.7

or editing, living, laughing, loving.

0:23.2

But inevitably, that story gets published.

0:26.6

In the day after that, we get like a curiosity hangover.

0:30.8

We start thinking, will I ever find a great story again?

0:35.8

It is in moments like these that we pour ourselves a cup of coffee, get a greasy breakfast sandwich,

0:41.6

and pop open the Planet Money inbox.

0:45.6

Because dear listeners, you are a curious bunch.

0:48.8

You always have questions.

0:51.4

And today, we're answering some of them.

1:22.4

It's the Planet Money listener question show.

1:24.4

We're back with our first listener question answerer, Dave Blanchard.

1:29.4

Dave, hello.

1:30.4

Hi Nick Fountain.

1:31.4

Alright Dave, your question comes from Gary of Bainbridge Island, Washington.

1:36.0

And it's about fish.

1:37.4

He writes,

1:38.4

My wife recently purchased a few goldfish for her fourth grade classroom.

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