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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.
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Norway is regarded as one of the most progressive nations in the world when it comes to encouraging female participation in the workforce. Yet the country still has relatively few female business leaders.
We have five economic indicators to help you understand the world of Game of Thrones.
Home ownership used to be a central pillar of the American Dream. Today, maybe not so much.
Many states and cities have their own minimum wages, which are higher than the federal minimum of $7.25 per hour. One economist calculated a single measure that accounts for all those differences.
The market for animal smuggling is relatively new. But it's gotten really big, really fast.
Around one in seven people do not have any official ID, according to the World Bank.
Budget deficits used to be seen as a bad thing. Today, not so much...and some economists even say they don't really matter. What changed?
The comedian and former Daily Show correspondent takes on complex social issues in his HBO show, Problem Areas. He discusses his approach to melding comedy with social commentary.
China is so big and growing so fast that many people say it will inevitably become a bigger economy than the U.S. in every way. But there are several good reasons for skepticism.
Plastic bags are no boon to the environment — but banning them might be worse.
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Harley
"Everyone should have just dropped everything and focused on food" "I was cheering for the Night King. I was irritated enough at this setting. You know, clearly they did not prepare enough food for winter, they clearly do not deserve to survive this." Uh...? what did Stacy and this guy think Sansa Stark was doing this whole time? Sitting on her hands? 😂 She DID get supplies.
D_Range 211
Dang... P.M. please use spoiler alerts
Ricardo Pereira
D_Range 211 Agree
Steve Davis
interesting episode. never thought of these facts.
Mike Lukas
I would have liked to hear about the value of child care. They really portrayed working more as being only a good thing and didn't mention anything about children seeing their parents less.
Jason Salvo
Scarlet Widow? No one ever messes up the male Avenger names. Though, now I want to see some character designs for that.
Aidan Gardiner
Jason Salvo Lol subconscious implicit bias in an episode about a gender gap. that's too serendipitous
Remy
I was wondering what was happening with several of my NPR podcasts!
Andi-Roo Libecap
Remy Your comment was helpful because I didn't realize the problem was "just" NPR podcasts! I thought it was like castbox or something. THIS IS WHY I DO READ THE COMMENTS! {Thanks, Remy!}
Kiar Holland
I would have liked to hear the hours worked, broken down by profession. I know on avg men work about 52 mins more a day but haven't seen it broken down in fields.
Aidan Gardiner
I can't imagine taking a cab to travel 2 miles in 22 minutes. Any alternative mode of transport seems more efficient
Harley
introverts aren't quiet or shy. the psychological definition is introverts being more energized from alone time and quiet.
Antonio Andrade
have you seen the YouTube videos about full of food? this is something new. Well, this is due to two factors: 10% of the population is gone and with USD 3$ minimum wage a month! there is no change to afford to buy food and play for water, electricity, gasoline, etc... And that my friends, it is an indicator
Joshua Davis
thank you
Antonio Andrade
wow, thanks for sharing that's going on at Venezuela
Aidan Gardiner
there's plenty of proof that "other variables" are responsible for the wage gap. there's little evidence that "discrimination" is responsible for the wage gap, don't just throw it out there as fact when research can't prove it. listen to the freakonomics episode: "what Uber can teach us about the gender wage gap"
Lee Greathouse
I'm a male social worker and I've always worked in a female dominated environment. It's been a frequent topic of conversation in my office, but as one of 10 men in an office of 200 people it's something I've never felt comfortable talking about and it definitely creates an uncomfortable culture for those in the minority; I'm sure it's the same for women in male dominated environments.
Cory Lutz
Forget spotify, I use castbox and google pkay. Spotify took too long to join the podcast world. Am I right?
Ryan
And this is why you hold Bitcoin.
Jeff Greenert
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G Scott
the workplace ghosting thing is definitely in full effect in this job market. Seen many of my fellow coworkers do this over the past 2yrs
Abhishek Banerjee
Still not easy to switch jobs