

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Planet Money with Alex Mayyasi and Erika Beras
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 22 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: Book Launch and Live Taping

Join the team behind the popular podcast ‘Planet Money’ and celebrate the publication of their new book, PLANET MONEY: A Guide to the Economic Forces That Shape Your Life.

Ticket for this event comes with a free copy of the book, PLANET MONEY.

Book author and longtime contributor Alex Mayyasi and co-hostswill bring Planet Money’s signature brand of storytelling to the stage and discuss some highlights from the new book, including unlikely origin stories, revealing truths about human behavior, and insightful suggestions for navigating chaotic times drawn from the latest ideas in economics.

Kevin Zollman, Herbert A. Simon Professor of Philosophy and Social and Decision Sciences and Director, Institute for Complex Social Dynamics at Carnegie Mellon, will be the special guest interview this evening.

Come prepared to engage with the silly and the sublime and ask some questions of your favorite Planet Money hosts and reporters.

Alex Mayyasi is a longtime contributor to Planet Money and the author of Planet Money: A Guide to the Economic Forces That Shape Your Life (April 2026). Previously he was the founding editor of Gastro Obscura, which earned two James Beard Awards and published a bestselling travel book, and a writer and editor at Priceonomics.

His writing on business and economics has appeared in publications such as Smithsonian, the Washington Post, and The Atlantic. Mayyasi also consults for the University of Chicago economics department. He’s the co-author of You Are Under Arrest for Masterminding the Egyptian Revolution (a Memoir).

Erika Beras is a reporter and host for NPR’s Planet Money podcast. Prior to joining the team in 2021 she spent four years as a reporter at Marketplace. As a freelancer, she was a regular contributor to Scientific American podcasts and filed stories for NPR’s Morning Edition, All Things Considered and Latino USA. She also contributed to PRI’s The World, the BBC and Monocle 24 Radio and wrote stories for National Geographic and NewYorker.com. Before that, she spent a decade as a staff reporter for NPR Member station WESA and at The Miami Herald.

Her reporting has taken her places as varied as The Democratic Republic of Congo, Switzerland and Erie, Pennsylvania. Beras is a returned Peace Corps Volunteer and a graduate of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. A native Spanish speaker, she grew up in New York City and lives in Pittsburgh.
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- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, storytelling
- **Interested Audience**: 
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## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Pittsburgh
- **state**: PA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Carnegie Library Lecture Hall
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- **full address**: Carnegie Library Lecture Hall, Pittsburgh, United States

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- **organizer**: Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures (https://allevents.in/org/pittsburgh-arts-and-lectures/2580233)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 22 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Carnegie Library Lecture Hall, Pittsburgh, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art, storytelling
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Planet Money with Alex Mayyasi and Erika Beras ?
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