Erika Beras

Thirty years ago, two copper gilded Bhairav masks were stolen from a temple in Nepal. The mask's owners thought they were gone for good – but they ended up in two American museums.

Last year U.S. Steel announced it would be sold to Nippon Steel, a Japanese steel company. U.S. Steel's journey from its perch as the biggest company in the country to this moment started decades ago.

The team from Planet Money looks into obscure laws that allow a spouse to sue someone for contributing to the breakup of their marriage.

Our Planet Money team regularly explains the financial world to adults. But recently they gave themselves the challenge of explaining the complex workings of the economy... to kids.

Typically, when demand for a product goes up, so does the price. But at Thanksgiving, when demand for turkeys is at its highest, turkey prices drop. Our Planet Money team looks into this mystery.

All-you-can-eat buffets highlight an economic idea known as the flat rate pricing bias. To explain how it works, our Planet Money team went to the buffet capital of America: Las Vegas.

In an unlikely country, Uruguay, a particle physicist figured out how to convert energy grids to renewable energy. We tell the story of how he did it.

New economic research has found that schools are much more likely to call a mom than a dad when they need to reach a parent.

How do artists get paid for a song in the age of streaming? Our Planet Money podcast team decided to become a record label and release a song to find out.

NPR's Planet Money recently got ahold of a 47-year-old song about inflation that has never been released. They decided to start a record label to try to get the song out into the world.

The Planet Money team got a cassette tape in the mail with a 47-year-old song about a timely topic: inflation.

Almost 50 years ago, a band made an incredible song about Inflation. Then the song was lost to the dustbin of history. Now, Planet Money is on a mission to make this record a hit.

Since 2005, 10 communities in the Atlanta area have declared their own cityhood. Some residents of Buckhead, the richest and whitest part of Atlanta, have been pushing to become a separate city.

The more than 5,000 sanctions against Russia are tanking the ruble and hurting everyday Russians. There are worries that a recession is looming.

We go behind the scenes of a "dark store" to see what it takes to get groceries delivered in minutes.

The Los Angeles and Long Beach ports are the point of entry for more than a third of the goods imported into the U.S. Since they're backed up, smaller ports are helping relieve some of the congestion.

NPR's Planet Money team goes to the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to find out how they got so big, and why that's led to a bottleneck on consumer goods just when the retail sector is surging.

We've heard a lot about Afghanistan and its varying crises after the Taliban takeover. One of those crises is an economic one dealing with currency. Planet Money explains Afghanistan's money problems.

President Biden recently announced an executive order to limit non-compete clauses. Planet Money asks, where did these clauses come from, what do they do, and are they really ruining the job market?

AMC Theaters is the latest stock to have gotten caught in a meme wave. But this time, the company seems to be taking advantage of the ride.