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How to Get Booked on Planet Money
Planet Money is a business podcast hosted by NPR with 656 episodes. Your strongest route into Planet Money starts with evidence from its feed and the contact path this show publishes.
Planet Money is not affiliated with Let's Make A Podcast. We cannot book its guests.
What Planet Money is about
Wanna see a trick? Give us any topic and we can tie it back to the economy. At Planet Money, we explore the forces that shape our lives and bring you along for the ride. Don't just understand the economy, understand the world. Support public media by joining NPR+ at plus.npr.org. You’ll get perks for over 25 NPR podcasts, including bonus episodes and sponsor-free listening for Planet Money.
In the show’s own words, from its public feed.
- Publishes
- a few times a week
- Latest episode
- Aug 14, 2026
- Catalogue
- 656 episodes
Recent episodes
Listen to a few of these before you pitch, then reference one by name.
- You bet your life insurance
- Currency Chaos in Argentina (Summer School)
- Older workers aren’t retiring. Should they be forced to?
- Sand heists and property rights in the Caribbean (Summer School)
- What makes a toy go viral
Episode list read from the show’s public RSS feed on 2026-08-16.
3 show-specific steps to pitch Planet Money
- 1
Listen before you pitch
Start with the latest episode of Planet Money, which publishes a few times a week, currently “You bet your life insurance”. Listen for how the host frames the conversation, then make your angle fit Planet Money.
- 2
Send it to the address Planet Money publishes
Planet Money's feed publishes a contact address. We do not print Planet Money's address on public pages. A free account opens a pre-addressed draft for Planet Money in your mail app; we never send it. Get the address for Planet Money.
- 3
Lead with a specific, relevant angle
Hosts want an operator who can share real numbers, decisions, and lessons, not generic advice. Open with one sentence on why you fit Planet Money and the exact topic you would bring to an episode. See our pitch template, or write it now, prefilled for Planet Money, then grade the draft against Planet Money.
Pitch basics: read the complete guide. Planet Money is listed from Apple Podcasts (iTunes Search API), public directory data; its host can manage it below.
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