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About one in 20 car loans made to young people are in serious delinquency. That’s the highest rate since the global financial crisis. Today on the show, former FDIC chair Sheila Bair answers young listeners' car buying questions.
Sheila Bair’s book is How Not to Lose a Million Dollars: A Young Person's Guide to Avoiding the Tricks and Traps of Our Financial System
Fact checking by Sierra Juarez.
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It’s Indicators of the Week (now on YouTube!).
On today’s episode: You could’ve septupled your money if you invested in this scalding-hot South Korean memory chip stock; nearly half of all adults under 30 are moving back in with the ‘rents; and a new democracy is born … in Connecticut.
Fact checking by Julia Ritchey and Corey Bridges.
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— Why Americans don't want to move for jobs anymore (Encore)
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When it comes to AI, Google’s Gemini does not have the same household recognition that Claude and ChatGPT do. One big explanation: the innovator’s dilemma. We explain how Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis is trying to fight a lumbering company’s constraints to build AI superintelligence.
Sebastian Mallaby’s book is The Infinity Machine: Demis Hassabis, DeepMind, and the Quest for Superintelligence
Fact checking by Sierra Juarez.
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— The inventor’s dilemma
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Too much news, there’s just too much news. Today on the show, we tackle three big stories we’re following: Venezuela’s ever-increasing debt problem, the real story behind high egg prices, and how gaming companies are paying the pied piper.
Fact checking by Sierra Juarez.
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— What the cluck is happening with egg prices?
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Depends on where you live, but renters have a lot of power right now in the United States. What’s behind this trend and how might you be able to take advantage of the renters’ market at your next lease renewal.
Fact checking by Sierra Juarez.
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— Corporate landlords aren't the real villain
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The US defense industry is struggling to keep up with the revolution in cheap drones vs. expensive reusable military equipment.
Today on the show, we talk with Stacie Pettyjohn, the director of the Defense Program at the Center for a New American Security on the three big reasons the U.S. is falling behind.
Fact checking by Sierra Juarez.
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— How Iran is wasting American resources
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How do residents of the South Side of Chicago feel about their new neighbor: the Obama Presidential Center? A mixture of pride and excitement, tempered with some concerns about what it could do to housing affordability. On today’s show, we’re bringing you an episode from our friends at Code Switch on the new center and its relationship to the historically Black neighborhoods around it.
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Last month, new Fed Chair Kevin Warsh presided over his first interest rate decision and press conference … but he didn't talk much about maximum employment.
How much does Kevin Warsh care about the jobs side of the Fed’s dual mandate?
Fact checking by Sierra Juarez.
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— Are we in a new era of permanently higher prices?
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During President Donald Trump’s first term, he touted the USMCA as the largest and most fair trade deal ever achieved. So why is he now talking about ‘terminating’ it?
Fact checking by Sierra Juarez.
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— Are Trump’s trade deals the real deal?
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If war is so costly, why do we keep fighting them? We dig into the wars in Iran, Ukraine and Gaza to understand the incentives that lead countries into violence. Today on the show, the five factors that lead to war.
Chris Blattman’s book is Why We Fight: The Roots of War and the Paths to Peace.
Fact checking by Sierra Juarez.
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— The new economic arms race
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For many of the 43 million Americans with federal student loans, July 1 is a day to mark on the calendar. Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act is introducing stricter borrowing caps and new repayment plans. Today on the show, we talk with NPR’s Education Reporter Cory Turner about the impact.
Fact checking by Sierra Juarez.
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— Will new loan limits lower the cost of grad school?
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It’s Indicators of the Week (now on YouTube!).
On today’s episode: The effect of GLP-1s on women and the workplace; NYC’s once flailing office space is BACK; your boss asking you to come back to the office miiiight be a narcissist.
Fact checking by Emma Ferrara and Corey Bridges.
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—Why GLP-1s aren't lowering employers' costs
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Are all these AI books any good? And by good, we mean are people willing to buy them — not whether the prose is singing. We talk to two researchers who’ve got some answers and a travel guide expert on why AI can’t replace first-hand experience.
Fact checking by Sierra Juarez.
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— Human certification in the age of AI slop
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In 2019, Juan Hernandez was laid off from SpaceX. Luckily, he still had the opportunity to buy $50K - $60K of the company’s stock and, years later, it’s safe to say the risk was worth it. Today on the show, how stock options built California as a tech hub.
Fact-checking by Emma Ferrara.
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— Do traders who make big bets make big money?
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A plan to create a new $250—with President Donald Trump’s face on it—has created a lot of pushback. Who probably won’t be pushing back, though? Criminals. On today’s show, we explain why.
Fact checking by Sierra Juarez.
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— Trump crypto, Trump ballroom and Trump drones
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It’s time for The Indicator Quiz! We test you, dear listener, on your knowledge of topics that we’ve covered on The Indicator. For today's quiz show, we are putting an urban planner from Nevada to the test. Play along with us and see how you do!
Are you interested in being a contestant on our next Indicator Quiz? Email us your name and phone number at [email protected] and put "Indicator Quiz" in the subject line.
Fact checking by Sierra Juarez.
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— A trap-loving DJ takes on economics
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You pick up your phone to do one quick task, and suddenly 20 minutes have flown by without you even noticing. How do apps do that to you? Today on the show, we bring you an episode of Short Wave that explains how your phone is designed specifically to hold your attention.
Fact checking by Tyler Jones.
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Inflation is at a three-year high. That’s a problem for the Fed. Yet, under the leadership of new chair Kevin Warsh, it opted yesterday not to hike interest rates. So today on the show, who are the winners and who are the losers amidst higher inflation?
Mark Blyth’s book, co-authored with Nicolò Fraccaroli is Inflation: A Guide for Users and Losers.
Fact checking by Sierra Juarez.
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— Why big banks aren’t interested in your savings account
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To hear author David Bockino tell it, gambling has always been a key ingredient of pro sports in the U.S.—it’s as American as apple pie. Bockino is the author of the new book Over/Under: An Unexpected History of Sports Betting. So what gave rise to this new wave of sports gambling? And what are we risking placing so many bets on games?
Fact checking by Sierra Juarez.
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— Prediction markets are threatening national security. Who’s gonna fix it?
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The Trump Administration recently announced changes to how would-be immigrants get green cards. And it’s causing a lot of confusion, fear and even panic. Today on the show, we hear firsthand from people navigating green card uncertainty.
Fact checking by Sierra Juarez.
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— If economists controlled the borders
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