What happens when our political party becomes the prism through which we see every other aspect of our identities?
What we 're living through, I think, is really the two parties taking opposite sides on whether we want to keep
making this type of social progress or whether we want to go back in time.
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So, figured out a way to pitch this?
We know books aren't exactly a new medium.
You know, a friend of mine once told me about a deeper bond with the product.
Nostalgia.
It's delicate but potent.
Sure, but let's not overthink this.
He told me that in Greek, nostalgia literally means the pain from an old wound.
It's a twinge in your heart far more powerful than memory alone.
Books aren't a spaceship, but a time machine.
Spaceships, listen.
Why don't we just tell listeners straight that it is called the Planet Money book.
It has a collection of some of our favorite stories with updates and tons of new original reporting.
Plus, it's available in bookstores now.
Back home again to a place we know we are loved.
This is Planet Money from NPR.
My friend and colleague, Bobby Allen, has been covering the bananas growth of prediction markets for NPR.