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PM does a pop culture draft: 1999 edition

Planet Money

19 HOURS AGO
Planet Money

Planet Money

19 HOURS AGO
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Welcome to the inaugural Planet Money Pop Culture Draft! In today's episode (a Planet Money+ episode we’re releasing into the main feed) we're gonna go back to the year 1999. Three hosts, Kenny Malone, Wailin Wong, and Jeff Guo, go head to head and each dr...

Highlights

In this lively episode, three Planet Money hosts turn back the clock to 1999 for a spirited pop culture draft, where every pick is a window into the economic currents beneath the year’s biggest hits and hidden trends.
03:15
Movies must be from the top 100 domestic grossing films of 1999.
13:40
The Blair Witch Project's micro-budget and viral marketing created a horror phenomenon.
18:50
The first Pokemon movie was a gateway to anime and a major cultural export
32:05
'No Scrubs' represents risk avoidance in relationships where financial contribution is unbalanced
40:07
Whoopi Goldberg was paid in Flooz currency and became its largest external shareholder.
44:58
Napster was a huge economic story that changed the music industry and led to platforms like Spotify

Chapters

What happens when economists pick pop culture?
00:00
How do you draft a year like 1999?
03:15
Can a movie about truth and lies change an industry?
10:51
Was Pokémon the ultimate global export?
18:50
What do boy bands reveal about relationships and trade?
24:04
Did house hunting become America's new obsession?
37:37
Was Napster the most disruptive idea of them all?
44:58

Transcript

Kenny Malone: This is Planet Money from NPR. Hey, Kenny Malone here, interrupting, to some degree, your regularly scheduled Planet Money programming. Because what we have today is a special episode. It's a sample of one of our recent bonus episodes. You ca...