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The Indicator (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. Sign up for our newsletter. Support public media by joining NPR+ at plus.npr.org. You’ll get perks for over 25 NPR podcasts, including bonus episodes for Planet Money and sponsor-free listening for The Indicator.

Website ↗ Last published 6 November 2026 475 posts collected by Sputnik

Said on The Indicator (Planet Money)

“Workers aren't just workers. They're also earners. And earners become spenders, and spenders increase demand for products and services, which leads to more jobs.” — Adrian Ma, The Indicator (Planet Money)
Adrian Ma · 6 Nov 2026 Listen →
“As a society, we've gotten better about encouraging Tina, she can grow up to be a doctor or a lawyer or an engineer. We're less good at telling Timothy he can also be a teacher or a nurse.” — Drew McCaskill, The Indicator (Planet Money)
Drew McCaskill · 6 Nov 2026 Listen →
“Anthropic also told its investors that it has committed to spend about $900 billion on computing. About half of that is coming in the next four years. So its past financial results may not give investors a super clear insight on what's to come.” — Ricky Mulvey, The Indicator (Planet Money)
Ricky Mulvey · 5 Nov 2026 Listen →
“Amazon is one of Anthropic's suppliers. Amazon is also one of Anthropic's customers. Amazon is also an investor and also potentially a competitor to Anthropic as well.” — Ricky Mulvey, The Indicator (Planet Money)
Ricky Mulvey · 5 Nov 2026 Listen →
“So you pay for AI like it's Netflix, companies pay for AI like it's steak.” — Wayland Wong, The Indicator (Planet Money)
Wayland Wong · 5 Nov 2026 Listen →
“Almost all of the benchmarks are about how well a machine by itself, with no human help, can solve a problem. It's considered cheating if the human helps. I think that's the wrong mindset. We should be building benchmarks where humans and machines are encouraged to work together, and the tool designers are encouraged to make tools that work well with humans rather than without humans.” — Erik Brynjolfsson, The Indicator (Planet Money)
Erik Brynjolfsson · 4 Nov 2026 Listen →
“AGI is the burning desire. AGI is where they're aiming. AGI is just around the corner. That's just a code word for saying make the models more and more human-like.” — Daron Acemoglu, The Indicator (Planet Money)
Daron Acemoglu · 4 Nov 2026 Listen →
“There must be something concrete, tangible, which people could see. There must be some asset backing, so there wouldn't be a balloon economy, just like what happened in the 2008 global financial crisis.” — Muhammad Abdullah Usmani, The Indicator (Planet Money)
Muhammad Abdullah Usmani · 2 Nov 2026 Listen →

Hosts

The Indicator (Planet Money) is hosted by Waylon Wong , Adrian Ma , Ricky Mulvey , Darian Woods , Adrienne Ma , Wayland Wong , Darien Woods , Cooper Katz McKim , Patty Hirsch , Angel Carreras , Stephen Basaha and Darren Woods .

Recent Episodes

  1. 6 Nov 2026

    Caution: Men NOT at Work

    With Laura Ulrich and Drew McCaskill

  2. 5 Nov 2026

    Can Anthropic make enough money to justify its value?

    With Kevin Roos

  3. 4 Nov 2026

    Will AI take my job? Ask an economist!

    With Daron Acemoglu and Erik Brynjolfsson

  4. 3 Nov 2026

    Is it time to reconsider the adjustable rate mortgage?

    With Chen Zhao and Patricia Sanchez

  5. 2 Nov 2026

    How crypto world made inroads in Pakistan

    With Betsy Jules , Jim Angel , Bilal bin Sakib and Muhammad Abdullah Usmani

  6. 30 Oct 2026

    Corporate tax cheats, recession deal eats and costly Halloween treats!

    With Alex Miasi

  7. 29 Oct 2026

    Can Montana end Citizens United?

    With Maria Aspen

  8. 28 Oct 2026

    Is it time to abolish the MBA?

    With Chris Marquis and Erica James

  9. 27 Oct 2026

    Why Meta is giving you Muse for free

    With Alex Kantrowitz and Patrick Wardle

  10. 26 Oct 2026

    How bots are overtaking humans on the internet

    With Erin Kassan and Eveni Waldani

  11. 23 Oct 2026

    CoreWeave woes, Pokémon foes, and maple syrup lows

  12. 22 Oct 2026

    Can a "moneyball" system work for campaign funding?

Guests

Maria Aspen (4 episodes), Austan Goolsbee (3 episodes), Jon Cohen (3 episodes), Mark Cuban (2 episodes), Daryl Fairweather, PhD (2 episodes), Jason Kebler , Ijindu Ume , Rebecca Baird Rember , Jennifer C. Bocher , Abdul El-Sayed , Brittany Luce , Awesome Khalil , and 200 more.