![Robert Smith playing the part of JP Morgan calls in the prominent bankers of the day to help solve the financial panic of 1907.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/ee8411b/2147483647/strip/true/crop/809x1078+554+0/resize/150x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2020%2F03%2F23%2F_pm_thefed_thumb_notext_wide-08ad11cf131edff2a206ebfb7eb62f125ee2bafe.jpg)
Bronson Arcuri
Bronson Arcuri is a video producer at NPR, where he directs the "Planet Money Shorts" video series and helps out with Tiny Desk Concerts from time to time. He also produced "Elise Tries" and "Ron's Office Hours" along with the "Junior Bugler" series, which he still insists was "pretty good for what it was."
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The Federal Reserve is designed to deal with financial panics because it was created by one.
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Seven of the 10 most profitable films of all time are horror movies, and the reason why is quite simple.