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The story behind two sneaky forces that drive us to buy more products, more often: Planned obsolescence and psychological obsolescence.

On a recent flight, someone bumped into flight attendant Maddie Peters. Her tray of drinks went airborne. Half directly onto Doug Parker's lap, who is the CEO of American Airlines.

In 1973, a coup took Chile from socialism to capitalism. That economic shift was implemented by a ruthless dictator with the help of a handful of economists known as the Chicago Boys.

We meet the man who invented duty free shopping and find out if these tax free stores are really saving us any money.

Meet Sue, the dinosaur who sparked a gold rush for fossils buried in the badlands of North Dakota, Wyoming, and Montana.

A truce in the U.S.-China trade war seemed close. And then the arrests started.

How the Federal Reserve won its independence, and then held on during an attack—a physical attack—by the President of the United States.

In 2010, Panera launched several pay-what-you-want cafes. On today's show: We talk to Panera founder Ron Shaich about how this turned out.

It takes strategy and skill to sell snacks at a baseball game. Meet the hot dog vending legend of Fenway Park.

The first lottery was a royal affair with poems, golden flatware and invited criminals. Also, how someone won the lottery over and over.