Nick Fountain
@fountain.bsky.social
Planet Money Reporter and Co-Host, former Ballpark Vendor and Cabinet Sander 📍Ventura, CA Signal: fountain.40
In Ventura County, where Brittany was busted, there’s a Facebook group where drivers warn each other about DUI checkpoints.
PBS News@pbsnews.org · 3mo agoBritney Spears was charged in California on Thursday with driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol, authorities said. https://to.pbs.org/4cKOqEM
Today's Hormuz news, basically: 'If you don't pay no tolls, we don't get no rolls' www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRSk...
Robin Hood - Men In Tights ( Toll Bridge Quote )
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The Planet Money book is out today. Please for the love of books, buy it. www.planetmoneybook.com Also, LOS ANGELES: come see me and some Planet Money friends live, next Thursday 4/16 on stage. Tix at the same link.
Planet Money: A Guide to the Economic Forces That Shape Your Life - The Planet Money Book
For their first-ever book, longtime contributor Alex Mayyasi and the hosts of NPR's Planet Money present brand new stories with insights gathered from more than a decade of reporting that reveal ways ...
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What if there were a place without traditional zoning regulations in the middle of a big city? (Picture kind of gives it away but it’s a good show, you should listen!)
Sean Galbraith@plannersean.bsky.social · 4mo agoGreat episode about Senakw www.npr.org/2026/03/27/n...
dropped the kids at the nursery (school), picked the tomatoes from the nursery.
Little known fact: Us public radio people love listening to CBS. Their newscasts are great. This is sad.
max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 5mo agoAfter nearly 100 years, CBS News Radio is being dissolved, per a note from Bari Weiss and Tom Cibrowski to CBS staff today
The internet loves pictures of big stuff on bikes. Here's today's coöperation between an dirty old Riese & Müller cargo bike and a dirty old Ikea Poäng. Never have umlauts looked so hot. (Sponsor me @riesemuller.bsky.social)
Mark Epstein convinced someone at WNYC to give him the wifi password during the 2012 blackout. This skeet is for a very niche audience.
On the most recent @planetmoney.bsky.social: what did US sanctions do to Iran's economy? How did they feed into the latest protests and crackdown in Iran? Sanctions are supposed to avert war, but how different from war are they? www.npr.org/2026/02/06/n... with @fountain.bsky.social
Iran, protests, and sanctions : Planet Money
Book tour tickets and details here.The recent protests in Iran are about so many things. Human rights, corruption, freedom. But this time – they are also motivated by economic hardship. Hardship cause...
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Live your life so that you never have to publish an op-ed in the campus newspaper about your connection with Jeffrey Epstein dukechronicle.com/article/my-c...
Seattle folks, come see me on the Planet Money Book tour.
I've had the pleasure of working in #Ventura on many occasions. The city has adopted many progressive plans, codes, and street designs (and one of my favorite parking benefit districts). If you'd like to build on that legacy, here's your chance!
Nick Fountain@fountain.bsky.social · 8mo agoMy little city of Ventura is hiring an Assistant Public Works Director/City Engineer. Would you please tell your smartest, most pedestrian- and cyclist-friendly civil engineer friend about it? Good pay, and it's a lovely place to live. cityofventura.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Cityof...
My little city of Ventura is hiring an Assistant Public Works Director/City Engineer. Would you please tell your smartest, most pedestrian- and cyclist-friendly civil engineer friend about it? Good pay, and it's a lovely place to live. cityofventura.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Cityof...
Assistant Public Works Director/City Engineer
Applications are accepted exclusively through the City of Ventura Career Site: www.cityofventura.ca.gov/jobs. Submissions through other websites or methods will not be accepted. Pay & Benefits The...
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Update on the state of the job market courtesy of a nudge by @gottliebecon.bsky.social It's bad! paulgp.com/2025/11/24/j...
Economics Job Market Update: November 2025 - A Historic Low
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Now you can rest easy knowing that the mouse in your house has been killed... on the go!
Your favorite podcaster's favorite podcaster is back (baby!) www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/b...
‘Heavyweight,’ an Acclaimed Narrative Podcast, Returns
Pushkin Industries, the podcast company that will release the show, is betting that documentary-style audio programs can still win an audience.
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The one guy who majored in cuica, the Brazilian squeaky drum: I’ve made a huge mistake, I’ll never be able to make a dime doing this White Lotus music coordinator: hold up now
I have some wicked smart colleagues and you should follow them go.bsky.app/GNFwoSV
Sarah and I went to Altadena to try to figure out what happens next.
NPR's Planet Money@planetmoney.bsky.social · 2y agoFires ripped through Los Angeles this month, destroying thousands of homes and businesses. What’s next for the people who lived there? We pass through the National Guard checkpoints to see the challenges awaiting those who want to rebuild. https://buff.ly/4hmQqCr
My big break in radio was a decade and a half ago when the 2011 Japan earthquake damaged the Santa Cruz Harbor and Wharf and they still hadn’t fully fixed it when it crashed into the ocean earlier today. Lol. Lmao, even.
surfer slacker stoner spy@briansantacruz.bsky.social · 2y agoIf you want to know the name of the NIMBY who has been blocking the repairs to the Santa Cruz wharf since 2016, her name is Gillian Greensite and she deserves the blame for what happened today www.goodtimes.sc/the-wharfs-c...
Gave Facebook Marketplace $2/day to put my furniture listing in front of more eyes and seems like they exclusively served it to scammers. Nice!
