Introduction:

• Episode 485: What’s your major? by NPR Planet Money (Aired on 8/20/2014; Duration: 16:45)
  • could be used for courses taken by first-year students
• Nice information on salary by major and state: https://cew.georgetown.edu/cew-reports/valueofcollegemajors/#explore-data
  • could also be used when covering labor market
• Episode 739: Finding the Fake News King/ by NPR Planet Money (Aired on 12/2/2016; Duration: 18:45)
  • shows the importance of assessing the quality of news sources
• A movement to fight misinformation … with misinformation by The Daily from the NYT (2/9/2022; Duration 29:21)

Opportunity Cost and Benefits from Trade:

• Episode 963: 13,000 Economists. 1 Question by NPR Planet Money (Aired on 1/10/2020; Duration: 21:01)
  • discusses concepts such as opportunity cost, thinking at the margin, and comparative advantage. It also includes more advanced topics such as causal inference and the lump of labor fallacy. 
• Episode 755: The Phone at The End of The World by NPR Planet Money (Aired on: 7/17/2017; Duration: 19:23)
  • showcases the benefits of trade and the danger of protectionist policies in Argentina

Demand and Supply:

• The Pickle Problem by NPR Planet Money (Aired on 11/25/2015; Duration: 17:35)
  • excellent for showing the power of markets
• Episode 962: Advanced Fairness At the Marathon by NPR Planet Money (Aired on 1/3/2020; Duration: 23:56)
  • discusses the definition and importance of markets
• Episode 209 – Make Me a Match by Freakonomics (Aired on 12/20/2017; Duration 52:47)
  • discusses both school admissions and organ transplants
• Episode 769: Speed Dating For Economists by NPR Planet Money (Aired on 5/5/2017; Duration: 24:01)

Price Controls:

• Episode 562: A Mall Divided by NPR Planet Money (Aired on 08/22/2014; duration: 12:54)
  • great for minimum wage discussions and issues arising when adjacent counties/states have different min wages
• Does Raising the Minimum Wage Kill Jobs by NPR Planet Money (Aired on 3/4/2014: length: 4:32)
  • given that the static model in most intro textbooks show that unemployment is created by price controls, this podcast shows that answering the question from is complicated and that research has shown mixed results. 
• Is it time to control rent? by The Indicator from NPR Planet Money (Aired on 1/31/2022; Duration: 9:14)
• Price controls, black markets, and skimpflation: The WWII battle against inflation by NPR Planet Money (Aired on 2/8/2022; Duration:  23:24)

Taxes:

• Why a gas tax holiday might not be something to celebrate by NPR The Indicator (Aired on 7/5/2022; Duration 9:36)
  • Discusses tax incidence and elasticity
• The Kansas Experiment  by NPR Planet Monday (Aired on 01/11/17; Duration: 21:18)
  • perfect when covering the Laffer Curve (Bonus: Laffer is interviewed in the podcast)
• Episode 945: The Liberty City by NPR Planet Money (Aired on 10/18/2019; Duration: 23:30)
  • includes information on Von Ormy, Texas, a city that does not collect taxes

International Trade:

• When tariffs Hit Home  by NPR Planet Money – The Indicator (Aired on 1/23/2019; Duration: 9:29)
• Tariffs and Tourists and Trade Wars, Oh My! by NPR Planet Money The Indicator Podcast (Aired on 9/26/2018; Duration: 9:34)
• Episode 833: Worst. Tariffs. Ever by NPR Planet Money (Aired on 3/30/2018; Duration: 21:06)
  • Excellent review of the consequences of Smoot-Hawley tariff act of 1930. 
• Episode 835: Tariffied by NPR Planet Money (Aired on 4/13/2018; Duration: 21:32)
• Did China Eat America’s Jobs? by Freakonomics Radio (Aired on 1/25/2017; Duration: 38:21)
  • A more in-depth discussion about the consequences of trade and its benefits and costs.   
  • It includes a discussion about those that have been harmed by trade and policies that could be implemented to help them. 

Externalities, Public Goods, and Common Resources:

• refer to Environmental Econ podcasts

Imperfect Competition (Monopoly, Monopolistic Competition, Oligopolies:

• Episode 579: Is the NCAA an Illegal Cartel?  by NPR Planet Money (Aired on 10/25/2017; Duration: 19:34)
• The monetization of college sports by NPR The Indicator (Aired on 7/19/2022; Duration: 9:55)
• Episode 787: Google is Big. Is that bad? by NPR Planet Money (Aired on 9/4/2017; Duration: 11:11)
• Episode 643: The Taxi King by NPR Planet Money (Aired on 5/23/2018; Duration 20:29)
  • Goes over the taxi medallion model in NYC
• The Maple Syrup Cartel by The Indicator from NPR Planet Money (Aired on 4/10/2019; Duration: 9:50)
• Episode 978: Coronavirus, Oil, and Kansas by NPR Planet Money (Aired on 3/11/2020; Duration 18:16)
  • OPEC + cartel coordination + supply and demand
• The Case Against Google by The Indicator from NPR Planet Money (Aired on 10/22/2020; Duration 9:50)
• The Case Against Facebook by NPR Planet Money (Aired on 12/16/2020; Duration: 21:00)
• Episode 440 – Does Advertising Actually Work? (Part 1: TV) by Freakonomics (Aired on 11/18/2020; Duration 40:47)
• Episode 441 – Does Advertising Actually Work? (Part 2: Digital) by Freakonomics (Aired on 11/25/2020; Duration 51:56)
• Prime Day makes third-party sellers anxious by NPR The Indicator (Aired on 7/12/2022; Duration: 9:59)
  • discusses market structures, market power, and competition

Equity and Justice

• Here’s why Black students are defaulting by NPR The Indicator (Aired on 7/18/2022)
  • discusses for-profit colleges, the wealth gap, and disadvantages black students face
• The economic effects of being denied an abortion by NPR The Indicator (Aired on 7/6/2022; Duration: 9:46)
• The promise and peril of crypto for Black investors by NPR The Indicator (Aired on 6/28/2022; Duration: 9:30)