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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.LIVE TOUR & BOOK INFO: planetmoneybook.com

Jobs that new college grads are and are not landing

8 mins; April 03, 2026

Greetings from: Our favorite public goods

6 mins; April 02, 2026

Why Pokémon cards are growing faster than your retirement account

9 mins; April 01, 2026

Who's afraid of private credit?

9 mins; March 31, 2026

Do school lunches really need an overhaul?

9 mins; March 30, 2026

The US loses tech hires, sayonora to Sora, and Afroman's win

9 mins; March 27, 2026

Tracing the tax that's supposed to fund TSA

8 mins; March 26, 2026

Your next flight doesn't have to be so expensive. Here's why

9 mins; March 25, 2026

Why hasn't the Russian economy collapsed?

9 mins; March 24, 2026

The multimillion dollar Saturday Night Live UK gamble

9 mins; March 23, 2026

Trump and truckers, Poland prospers, and a booming ant biz

9 mins; March 20, 2026

How Iran is wasting American resources

8 mins; March 19, 2026

How much is the Iran war costing us?

8 mins; March 18, 2026

A trucker, a farmer, and an entrepreneur walk into a global supply shock

8 mins; March 17, 2026

Can anything save the news biz?

9 mins; March 16, 2026

A lot of gas trapped, oil reserves tapped, and Live Nation gets a (tiny) cap

8 mins; March 13, 2026

Should colleges accept money from bad people?

8 mins; March 12, 2026

The shadowy world of merchant cash advances

9 mins; March 11, 2026

Will Trump’s shipping insurance plan work?

8 mins; March 10, 2026

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

9 mins; March 09, 2026

Why are fewer Americans working the night shift?

9 mins; March 06, 2026

Want a 2.5% mortgage? Buy it.

9 mins; March 05, 2026

The anxiety rattling China’s youth

9 mins; March 04, 2026

Why Paramount went looney tunes for Warner Bros.

8 mins; March 03, 2026

Should the families of organ donors be compensated?

9 mins; March 02, 2026

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

9 mins; February 27, 2026

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

8 mins; February 26, 2026

What an Epstein recording reveals about how elites get jobs

9 mins; February 25, 2026

Do traders who place big bets make big money?

9 mins; February 24, 2026

Why there are roving rotisserie chicken mobs

9 mins; February 23, 2026

Can I get my tariff money back now?

8 mins; February 21, 2026

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

9 mins; February 20, 2026

Why this rural town wants an ICE facility

9 mins; February 19, 2026

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

8 mins; February 18, 2026

How Iran's flagging economy inflamed its protests

8 mins; February 17, 2026

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

9 mins; February 13, 2026

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

9 mins; February 12, 2026

What is going on with gold and silver?

8 mins; February 11, 2026

The boxed meal helping Americans stay on budget

9 mins; February 10, 2026

Are we in an economic 'doom loop'?

9 mins; February 09, 2026

Just how bad are these job numbers?

9 mins; February 06, 2026

How college sports juiced Olympic development

8 mins; February 05, 2026

Warming your house the green way just got more expensive

8 mins; February 04, 2026

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

9 mins; February 03, 2026

America's next top Fed Chair

9 mins; February 02, 2026

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

9 mins; January 30, 2026

Hawaii’s worker shortage goes NUTS

8 mins; January 29, 2026

Why isn’t corporate America standing up to Trump?

8 mins; January 28, 2026

Can Europe sell America?

9 mins; January 27, 2026

How Pakistan is revving up a fight against tax dodgers

9 mins; January 26, 2026

Davos drama, credit card caps and tariff truths

9 mins; January 23, 2026

How beef climbed to the top of the food pyramid

8 mins; January 22, 2026

Is Greenland really an untapped land of riches?

9 mins; January 21, 2026

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

9 mins; January 20, 2026

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

9 mins; January 16, 2026

Why Trump resurrected the Monroe Doctrine

9 mins; January 15, 2026

Can a good story change economic reality?

8 mins; January 14, 2026

One Fed battle after another

8 mins; January 13, 2026

How far can philanthropy go to fill government gaps?

8 mins; January 12, 2026

How AI is shrinking the job market for teens

9 mins; January 09, 2026

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

9 mins; January 08, 2026

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

9 mins; January 07, 2026

How cocaine smuggling through Latin America really works

9 mins; January 06, 2026

Why China pulled the plug on Japan

9 mins; January 05, 2026

Venezuela’s economic descent (Updated)

10 mins; January 03, 2026

We resolve to watch these 2026 indicators

8 mins; January 02, 2026

Why Americans don't want to move for jobs anymore (Encore)

10 mins; December 31, 2025

Gilded Age 2.0? (Encore)

9 mins; December 30, 2025

The cautionary tale of a recovering day trading addict (Encore)

9 mins; December 29, 2025

The economic challenges facing men without college degrees

24 mins; December 27, 2025

The secret to Nintendo's success (Encore)

10 mins; December 26, 2025

Why every A-lister also has a side hustle (Encore)

9 mins; December 24, 2025

The worst year of Warren Buffett’s career

10 mins; December 23, 2025

The spite acquisition that launched Warren Buffett

9 mins; December 22, 2025

Tariffs. Consumer sentiment. Cape Ratio. Pick The Indicator of The Year!

9 mins; December 19, 2025

Catching up with a fired federal worker, a shrimper and a fraudster

10 mins; December 18, 2025

The ghosts of Obamacare past, present and future

8 mins; December 17, 2025

Will new loan limits lower the cost of grad school?

9 mins; December 16, 2025

Can American cities grow AND stay affordable?

9 mins; December 15, 2025

Nvidia chips for China, frozen Russian funds, and a lot of self-checkout stealing

9 mins; December 12, 2025

How to make $35 trillion ... disappear

10 mins; December 11, 2025

Bitcoin miners are betting on AI over crypto

9 mins; December 10, 2025

How a former Fed vice chair would approach rate cuts

9 mins; December 09, 2025

Take a penny, leave a penny, get rid of the penny

9 mins; December 08, 2025

Chips up, rent down, and are people really skimping on holiday gifts?

9 mins; December 05, 2025

A little doomsday feeling is weighing on the economy

9 mins; December 04, 2025

How Japan’s new prime minister is jolting markets

9 mins; December 03, 2025

What would it mean to actually refund the tariffs?

9 mins; December 02, 2025

Why the US chose not to have a passenger train system like Europe

9 mins; December 01, 2025

Moochers, monopolists and market-based poverty help

9 mins; November 26, 2025

Who's financing Meta's massive AI data center?

9 mins; November 25, 2025

Who’s buying all the beef?

9 mins; November 24, 2025

Pay transparency. The WhatsApp and Instagram decision. Our beef with screwworms.

9 mins; November 21, 2025

How to avoid scammers after a natural disaster

9 mins; November 19, 2025

Looking for love in the auto supply chain

8 mins; November 19, 2025

How to make switching jobs not terrifying

9 mins; November 18, 2025

Why you overpaid at that online auction

8 mins; November 17, 2025

50-year mortgages, falling real wages, and doing your rideshare due diligence

9 mins; November 14, 2025

Where the US got $20B to bail out Argentina

9 mins; November 13, 2025

Trump's backup options for tariffs

8 mins; November 12, 2025

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