Planet Money started off as a project for a single episode of This American Life (the "Giant Pool of Money" episode, one of the best pieces of reporting on the

Planet Money started off as a project for a single episode of This American Life (the "Giant Pool of Money" episode, one of the best pieces of reporting on the credit crisis, while we were still in the first part of it). They've shared content a couple of times since, so it's not surprising that it's pretty much the same material.