Continuing Coverage
The same team of producers have created three follow-up episodes to "The Giant Pool of Money" as "Your Guide to the Meltdown". On October 3, 2008, This American Life broadcast "Another Frightening Show About the Economy", examining what regulators could have done to prevent the economic crisis. "Bad Bank" aired February 27, 2009, explaining insolvent banks and toxic assets. Finally, on June 5, 2009, "The Watchmen" aired and examined role of Congress and regulators since the creation of the American financial system in the 1930s.
A fifth episode entitled "Return to the Giant Pool of Money" was aired on September 25, 2009. Davidson and Blumberg have also gone on to work with other NPR reporters on a regular podcast covering economics, global finance, and other business topics using similar storytelling techniques: NPR's Planet Money.
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