The Indicator from Planet Money

A Business podcast by NPR

4.7 • 8,200 ratings

Want connect with NPR and email directly about potential partnerships?

A little show about big ideas. From the people who make Planet Money, The Indicator helps you make sense of what's happening today. It's a quick hit of insight into work, business, the economy, and everything else. Listen weekday afternoons.

Recent Episodes

Why are fewer Americans working the night shift?
Published: March 6, 2026
Listen
Want a 2.5% mortgage? Buy it.
Published: March 5, 2026
Listen
The anxiety rattling China’s youth
Published: March 4, 2026
Listen
Why Paramount went looney tunes for Warner Bros.
Published: March 3, 2026
Listen
Should the families of organ donors be compensated?
Published: March 2, 2026
Listen
ICE is bad for business, heat is bad for coffee, and sci-fi is bad for markets
Published: February 27, 2026
Listen
How your favorite fish sticks might be funding Russia's war
Published: February 26, 2026
Listen
What an Epstein recording reveals about how elites get jobs
Published: February 25, 2026
Listen
Do traders who place big bets make big money?
Published: February 24, 2026
Listen
Why there are roving rotisserie chicken mobs
Published: February 23, 2026
Listen

Listen to All Episodes From The Indicator from Planet Money