A Frightening Podcast About the Economy

I previously wrote about NPR programs about the financial crisis including the This American Life episode called The Giant Pool of Money explaining the subprime mortgage crisis. In light of more recent events in the financial world — namely the near-complete breakdown of the stock market and banking system — Alex Blumberg and Adam Davidson are teaming up again to produce a follow-up to the Giant Pool of Money, this one titled Another Frightening Show About the Economy. I have every reason to think it will be as brilliant as the first episode — a short version appeared on the Planet Money podcast last week and was truly unbelievable. Update: Another Frightening Show About the Economy is being broadcast on NPR stations and will be available online soon — but is already available here through TAL’s secret backdoor mp3 access (ssshhh…)!