Coffee County and Bacon County

The musicians in the orchestra for Phantom of the Opera tell reporter Jay Caspian Kang about what it’s like to play the exact same music every single night—for decades.

Sandy Allen tells the story of learning to play an instrument that suddenly sounds very different — his own voice.

As a kid, Nichole Perkins always liked a very specific type of song.

We asked for your stories about amusement parks.

Producer Jane Feltes spends a day with two young Mormons, on mission to possibly the least receptive environment they could find...the Upper West Side of Manhattan.

Ira with Planet Money economics correspondent Adam Davidson on why—even after everything President Obama has done to save Wall Street, actions which have led to record profits and bonuses—Wall Street seems ungrateful.