David and Jacob were wonderful! We had 400 in the audience and everyone was happy with the presentation, including the many enthusiastic students who stayed and chatted for a half hour after their talk. Sponsors really enjoy being involved in an event that generates that kind of energy and also educates
David Kestenbaum and Jacob Goldstein
correspondents with NPR’s Planet Money team
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David Kestenbaum and Jacob Goldstein
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David Kestenbaum and Jacob Goldstein are correspondents with NPR's Planet Money team. Their stories, which are heard by millions of listeners on Morning Edition, All Things Considered and This American Life, explain the economy with humor and insight. The Planet Money team understands the economy by diving in -- and brings audiences along for the ride. They made T-shirts, and followed them from a Mississippi cotton field to a factory in Bangladesh and back to the U.S. again. They bought one of the toxic assets that nearly destroyed our economy -- and met the homeowners inside it. They ask weirdly interesting questions like "what is money?, which Ira Glass called "the most stoner question" ever posed on This American Life. In addition to his work at NPR, Jacob has written for The New York Times Magazine and The Wall Street Journal, among other publications. He has degrees from Columbia and Stanford, is the father of two young daughters, and can play the guitar and harmonica simultaneously. David Kestenbaum has been a correspondent at NPR for 15 years and holds a PhD in physics from Harvard. A Fulbright scholar and rock climber, David is the father of two young boys. He can't play guitar or harmonica.
David Kestenbaum and Jacob Goldstein
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From Light to T-Shirts
An Economic History Of The World, In 45 Minutes
Artificial light used to be a luxury; today, you can get as much as you want from the flick of a switch. David and Jacob tell the story of light -- which turns out to be the story of innovation. Also: They follow the journey of a T-shirt around the world, from a Mississippi cotton field to a factory in Bangladesh. With Emmy-winning video from four continents, the story of the T-shirt reveals the hidden world -- and the human stories -- behind our increasingly global economy.
What is Money? From Stone Coins, to Gold Coins, to Bitcoin.
Some things are universal -- they arise spontaneously in cultures spread across space and time. Music. Sex. Math. Also, Money. But what exactly is money? The question is weirder, more interesting -- and more illuminating -- than you might expect.
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