An Evening with NPR’s Planet Money: A Guide to the Economic Forces That Shape Your Life

Join the team behind the Peabody Award-winning podcast Planet Money — Mary Childs, Darian Woods, Amanda Aronczyk, and Alex Mayyasi — for a conversation with New York Times-bestselling economist Emily Oster about how thinking like an economist can help everyone make more rational and enriching choices in all aspects of their lives from work and career, to raising kids, to dating and dining, to of course, retirement planning. Drawing on more than a decade of reporting — exploring how AI might help you or replace you, demystify dating markets, and revealing the hidden secrets to building wealth — Planet Money has shared thousands of creative, entertaining stories about the big, complicated forces that move our economy and shape our lives. The new book, Planet Money: A Guide to the Economic Forces That Shape Your Life — written with longtime contributor Alex Mayyasi — is an indispensable guide to how economics shapes our world, and how we can harness key principles to make our own lives a little richer. Bringing the podcast’s signature brand of storytelling to the stage, Mayyasi and the Planet Money co-hosts join us to help navigate a chaotic economic landscape, showing how the state of our finances reveals fundamental truths about human behavior that go way beyond our pocketbooks. Every decision is in some way an economic decision, down to how should we spend our time. Join us to hear stories and evidence from the world of economics and help you spot more opportunities in your own daily life — plus the chance to ask some questions of your favorite Planet Money hosts and reporters. Apr 06, 2026 Your support helps us continue creating online content for our community. Donate now: http://www.92NY.org/Donate Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/92ndStreetY Instagram: https://www.Instagram.com/92ndStreetY TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@92ndstreety Archives: https://www.92ny.org/archives