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The Indicator from Planet Money

Episodes

Should colleges accept money from bad people?

The shadowy world of merchant cash advances

Will Trump’s shipping insurance plan work?

No healthcare premiums? In this economy?! Here's how.

Why are fewer Americans working the night shift?

Want a 2.5% mortgage? Buy it.

The anxiety rattling China’s youth

Why Paramount went looney tunes for Warner Bros.

Should the families of organ donors be compensated?

ICE is bad for business, heat is bad for coffee, and sci-fi is bad for markets

How your favorite fish sticks might be funding Russia's war

What an Epstein recording reveals about how elites get jobs

Do traders who place big bets make big money?

Why there are roving rotisserie chicken mobs

Can I get my tariff money back now?

Retirement luck, Hassett hassles the Fed, and boneless chicken in ... court?

Why this rural town wants an ICE facility

How well are ICE's 12,000 new officers being trained?

How Iran's flagging economy inflamed its protests

Jobs numbers, immigrants in healthcare, and ... Jesus Christ?

What it costs to be an elite figure skater like the 'Quad God'

What is going on with gold and silver?

The boxed meal helping Americans stay on budget

Are we in an economic 'doom loop'?

Just how bad are these job numbers?

How college sports juiced Olympic development

Warming your house the green way just got more expensive

All these data centers are gonna fry my electric bill … right?

America's next top Fed Chair

A huge EU-India deal, Heated Rivalry, and a hefty $200k to Olympians

Hawaii’s worker shortage goes NUTS

Why isn’t corporate America standing up to Trump?

Can Europe sell America?

How Pakistan is revving up a fight against tax dodgers

Davos drama, credit card caps and tariff truths

How beef climbed to the top of the food pyramid

Is Greenland really an untapped land of riches?

Are U.S. defense contractors lavishing their investors too much?

ICE influencers, a world-record trade surplus, and the moon goes nuclear

Why Trump resurrected the Monroe Doctrine

Can a good story change economic reality?

One Fed battle after another

How far can philanthropy go to fill government gaps?

How AI is shrinking the job market for teens

Venezuela didn't steal U.S. oil. Here's what happened

Can you trust you're getting the same grocery prices as someone else?

How cocaine smuggling through Latin America really works

Why China pulled the plug on Japan

Venezuela’s economic descent (Updated)

We resolve to watch these 2026 indicators

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