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December board game update

By Alex Goldmark,
Nick Fountain, Luis Gallo
Published January 16, 2026 at 11:50 AM EST

This is a short update on the Planet Money Board Game project, find episode one here and episode two here. 

Back in episode two, we asked for your help designing the Planet Money board game. Hundreds of you sent in notes and audio. Thank you! 

In this audio update, Alex and Nick talk through some of the feedback you all sent in, what changes we've made as a result, and announce a new – almost final – version of the game to test.  

Next up, we'll finalize the design and choose a theme. You'll have a chance to suggest cards to include! Then, the series will turn to following the production and the economics of getting a game to shelves, and what it takes to get the best placement in big box retail. Wish us luck! 

Sign up below to get game updates, including when we have a name to announce later this month.

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Alex Goldmark
Alex Goldmark is the executive producer of Planet Money and The Indicator from Planet Money.
Nick Fountain
Nick Fountain is a reporter and co-host of Planet Money, where he covers the cracks in our economy that explain how the world works.
Luis Gallo
Luis Gallo is a Colombian-American producer, journalist, and artist. Before joining Planet Money, he reported for 99% invisible about Medellín's tourism boom turning sour for locals. He co-wrote and produced the series LOUD: The History of Reggaeton with Spotify Studios and Futuro Studios. He reported on the underground market for Venezuelan women's hair for Latino USA and was a senior producer at Audible where he investigated the radicalization of teenagers online and the lives of Vietnam War draft dodgers-turned scientists and Nobel laureates at the NIH. He has covered hidden New York City history during the AIDS crisis and was an artist-in-residence at the Queens Museum researching Latine and Black solidarity during the civil rights era.
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