The Indicator from Planet Money
A bite-sized show about big ideas. From the people who make Planet Money, The Indicator helps you make sense of what's happening in today's economy. It's a quick hit of insight into money, work, and business. Monday through Friday, in 10 minutes or less.
Episodes (304)
The Devil Wears Prada Index, SNAP, and flight cancellations
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How to get your tariff cash back
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The Iran war puts the petrodollar regime to the test
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Corporate landlords aren't the real villain
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Is anyone gonna do anything about these Iran War trades?
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Fed chair, health care, and AI shoe repair
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Fixing the oil crisis might not fix the Persian Gulf
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Think the oil shock is bad in the US? Look here
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How the workplace helps you win Survivor
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Can you really do what you love?
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Class myths, an influx of e-ships, and pricey Olympics tix!
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Where AI data centers are reducing power bills
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How are drivers riding out the gas crisis?
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Why infinite scroll's inventor wants to kill his creation
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Is the economy red, orange, yellow or green?
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Jobs that new college grads are and are not landing
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Greetings from: Our favorite public goods
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Why Pokémon cards are growing faster than your retirement account
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Who's afraid of private credit?
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Do school lunches really need an overhaul?
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The US loses tech hires, sayonora to Sora, and Afroman's win
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Tracing the tax that's supposed to fund TSA
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Your next flight doesn't have to be so expensive. Here's why
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Why hasn't the Russian economy collapsed?
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The multimillion dollar Saturday Night Live UK gamble
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Trump and truckers, Poland prospers, and a booming ant biz
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How Iran is wasting American resources
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How much is the Iran war costing us?
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A trucker, a farmer, and an entrepreneur walk into a global supply shock
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Can anything save the news biz?
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A lot of gas trapped, oil reserves tapped, and Live Nation gets a (tiny) cap
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Should colleges accept money from bad people?
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The shadowy world of merchant cash advances
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Will Trump’s shipping insurance plan work?
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No healthcare premiums? In this economy?! Here's how.
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Why are fewer Americans working the night shift?
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Want a 2.5% mortgage? Buy it.
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The anxiety rattling China’s youth
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Why Paramount went looney tunes for Warner Bros.
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Should the families of organ donors be compensated?
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ICE is bad for business, heat is bad for coffee, and sci-fi is bad for markets
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How your favorite fish sticks might be funding Russia's war
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What an Epstein recording reveals about how elites get jobs
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Do traders who place big bets make big money?
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Why there are roving rotisserie chicken mobs
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Can I get my tariff money back now?
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Retirement luck, Hassett hassles the Fed, and boneless chicken in ... court?
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Why this rural town wants an ICE facility
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How well are ICE's 12,000 new officers being trained?
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How Iran's flagging economy inflamed its protests
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