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24 alternatives to Planet Money

A podcast covering the global economy

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Planet Money launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Prehype Podcast▲107
Entrepreneurs speaking to people they think are interesting
2015 · podcasts.apple.com · its alternatives →
2
Full Stack Radio▲128
A podcast for devs interested in building great products.
2015 · fullstackradio.com · its alternatives →
3
Planet Money - #Episode 386: The Power of Free▲68
If you think about every other price in the world — a dolla…
2015 · its alternatives →
4
Data Skeptic Podcast▲64
Data/Stats/ML podcast with a great Mini series
2015 · dataskeptic.com · its alternatives →
5
Seedcamp Podcast▲118
A weekly podcast from Europe's leading Acceleration Fund
2015 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
6
Biz Please - The Biz Awakens▲59
Debut episode of Mashable's new podcast about money & tech.
2016 · mashable.com · its alternatives →
7
a16z Podcast: An Economics Take on the Sharing Economy▲68
Future of Work discussion with Arun Sundararajan
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
8
OPT-IN! — A Marketing and Sales Podcast▲53
Why every business should have a podcast
2016 · podcasts.apple.com · its alternatives →
9
Tim Ferriss Show - Challenging Reality w/ Eric Weinstein▲65
Quite possibly one of my favorite podcast episodes ever.
2016 · tim.blog · its alternatives →
10
Ruby on Rails Podcast #204: Money and open source▲81
Sean and Kyle talk the economics of open source software.
2015 · 5by5.tv · its alternatives →
11
Exponent - The Amazon of Podcasts▲74
Ben and James discuss the costs of success
2015 · overcast.fm · its alternatives →
12
The Web Platform Podcast - 67: Keeping Fluent with Web Technology▲59
A podcast that dives deep into ‘all things’ web
2015 · thewebplatform.libsyn.com · its alternatives →
13
The Podglomerate▲70
A hybrid podcast network and production house
2017 · thepodglomerate.com · its alternatives →
14
Freakonomics - This Is Your Brain on Podcasts▲60
Scientific evidence that podcasts are good for your brain
2016 · freakonomics.com · its alternatives →
15
Freakonomics Radio - Fixing the World, Bang-for-the-buck▲58
A team of economists running the numbers on the UN's goals
2015 · feedproxy.google.com · its alternatives →
16
Episode #89: Trump, Brexit and An Extraordinary Time with Marc Levinson▲53
Marc Levinson is an economist and historian..
2016 · podcasts.apple.com · its alternatives →
17
a16z Podcast: Fintech Revolution or Evolution?▲63
Cashless, cardless, walletless, frictionless future
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
18
a16z Podcast: Banking on the Blockchain▲76
What the future of banks might be
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
19
Context Matters▲102
Podcast on intersection of business, technology & culture
2015 · its alternatives →
20
Under the Radar - 1: Adapting to the market▲66
A new podcast for independent app developers
2015 · marco.org · its alternatives →
21
Hatching – Launching A New Company!▲71
A podcast about the inner workings of Need/Want
2015 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
22
SaaS Business - 11: Entrepreneurs and Money: Steps and Missteps with Dan Franks▲71
An interview with the co-founder of Podcast Movement
2015 · traffic.libsyn.com · its alternatives →
23
Podcatch▲81
A good podcast listen, now.
2015 · dave.podcatch.com · its alternatives →
24
Zero to Scale - Nailing the Launch and Email List Building with Bryan Harris▲59
A podcast about going from zero to $20k/mo and beyond
2015 · zerotoscale.com · its alternatives →

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