Up First from NPR

Planet Money: Of Boats And Boxes


Listen Later

More than a third of the goods that the United States imports comes through the Ports of LA and Long Beach. So what happens when shipping backlogs mean that ships have to idle just outside those ports? And what can be done to solve the problem? Planet Money takes a trip to three ports around the U.S. to investigate what broke the global supply chain and how the ports are working to clear the bottlenecks.
...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Up First from NPRBy NPR

  • 4.5
  • 4.5
  • 4.5
  • 4.5
  • 4.5

4.5

54,110 ratings


More shows like Up First from NPR

View all
This American Life by This American Life

This American Life

91,293 Listeners

Fresh Air by NPR

Fresh Air

38,491 Listeners

Planet Money by NPR

Planet Money

30,698 Listeners

The NPR Politics Podcast by NPR

The NPR Politics Podcast

26,005 Listeners

Pod Save America by Pod Save America

Pod Save America

87,998 Listeners

The Daily by The New York Times

The Daily

113,497 Listeners

The Indicator from Planet Money by NPR

The Indicator from Planet Money

9,564 Listeners

Today, Explained by Vox

Today, Explained

10,343 Listeners

Throughline by NPR

Throughline

16,491 Listeners

Fiction - Comedy Fiction by The Sunset Explorers

Fiction - Comedy Fiction

6,448 Listeners

Short Wave by NPR

Short Wave

6,581 Listeners

Consider This from NPR by NPR

Consider This from NPR

6,451 Listeners

The Ezra Klein Show by New York Times Opinion

The Ezra Klein Show

16,511 Listeners

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart by Comedy Central

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

10,965 Listeners

The Headlines by The New York Times

The Headlines

706 Listeners