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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. Try Planet Money+! a new way to support the show you love, get a sponsor-free feed of the podcast, *and* get access to bonus content. You'll also get access to The Indicator and Planet Money Summer School, both without interruptions. sign up at plus.npr. ...
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Hey Boss Moms! I am Dr. Lauren, CEO and founder of Think Dyslexia. This podcast explores motherhood, mom guilt, understanding that this is a JOURNEY and how to put on YOUR oxygen mask FIRST before going full speed ahead with the special education process to fight for your child's rights and SO much more. I’m here to guide you every step of the way through this journey! Are you ready to gain resources and knowledge to become confident and lose the overwhelm? Are you ready to become a Dyslexia ...
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Vital Dissent seeks to oppose calamitous escalation in US foreign policy by exposing establishment narratives with well-researched documentary content and insightful guest interviews. Topics include: an antiwar foreign policy, historical revisionism, technocracy, eugenics, government & private corruption, & the use & development of propaganda. Host Patrick MacFarlane is the Justin Raimondo Fellow at the Libertarian Institute. He is a practicing attorney. His work has appeared on Antiwar.com ...
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Daily life can wear you down. Have you ever had a day where nothing goes right? Your spouse yells at you, you fight with your teenager, your boss criticizes your work, and you wake up to find that your dog left a not-so-pleasant gift in the living room. Hear me to Feel alive!!! Let’s get loud!!!🎶🦋 Spread Smilez, think positive and be human!!!💓 With Love, RJ Saranya❤️
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Welcome to TP Elevates! A podcast geared toward mindset, mental health and mental illness suffered by athletes and others. Exploring the mental health obstacles met by many in everyday life and sports competition. This podcast takes a deep-dive to address psychological well-being and complexities that hinder ones ability to achieve higher levels of success. The TP Elevates! Podcast is available on all major platforms, including Youtube. Be sure check out the Podcast, listen in and subscribe ...
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Do you ever encounter questions in interpersonal relationships that you wish you had someone to ask? Do you know anyone who does not? This podcast is all about attaining clarity in our journey through life. Using the Torah as our timeless guide, Rabbi Gruen tackles thorny relationship problems and resolves them in his pragmatic style. Rabbi Gruen has years of experience counseling couples in their marriages and helping parents with their children. He is also the author of a best-selling book ...
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Sabbaticals have long been thought of as an academic privilege, but a growing number of companies offer them, especially since the pandemic. DJ DiDonna, a senior lecturer at Harvard Business School and founder of The Sabbatical Project, has interviewed hundreds of workers who’ve taken them and studied organizations that offer them. From his researc…
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A child's comprehension can vary widely from one child to another. One effective tool that can help improve a child's comprehension skills is decodable texts. Decodables are books designed to help children learn and practice phonics. Jen Jones, a highly qualified K-12 Reading Specialist and ELA Staff Developer, has shared that although she was not …
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India's recent announcement that it'll get rid of its highest denomination bill brings back memories of a disastrous experiment to invalidate most of its currency in 2016. Today, a critical look at the challenges of going cashless around the world. For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Po…
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Patrick is joined by Clay Huston to talk about his story of leaving the military as a conscientious objector and transitioning to antiwar activism. Vital Dissent website LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and newsletter site! Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Show Notes: Clay Huston on Twitter Clay’s website Clay on the Why I Am Antiwar…
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The job market continues to surge despite fears of an economic slowdown. In recent months, Black Americans benefited from strong labor market conditions. But May's unemployment numbers hint that could change. For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.…
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If you're a tired teacher looking for a way out of the classroom and want to turn your expertise and talents into becoming your boss, creating your flexible schedule, and building a business that serves your needs and wants, then this weekly podcast is for YOU! You will get exclusive 15-minute episodes called Mindset Monday that will give you a tas…
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Decades before the current debate about ESG and "woke capitalism," there was a guy on Wall Street investing money on behalf of nuns and labor unions. He's known today as one of the pioneers of socially responsible investing. For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.or…
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New economic research suggests that large companies can hold back inventors, and the overall economy. Today we talk to an inventor who left a big pharmaceutical company to start afresh, leading to some incredible treatments for serious diseases. For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podca…
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Is this Mars thing really happening? SpaceX did its first test launch of Starship this spring, the rocket that it's developing to send to Mars. But getting to Mars is still a long way off. So does SpaceX have the funding and business plan to pull it off? For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Ap…
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The use of artificial intelligence and specifically generative AI is growing rapidly, and tech giants like Google have an important role to play in how that technology gets adopted and developed. Sundar Pichai is the CEO of Google as well as its parent company Alphabet, which he's led as an AI-first company for several years. He speaks with HBR edi…
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Reading is fundamental, but it can be challenging for some children, particularly those with dyslexia. Despite these challenges, dyslexic children can learn to read and succeed in school and beyond. They can develop the reading skills they need with appropriate support and interventions to achieve their full potential. Terrie Noland, Vice President…
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Patrick is joined by Ted Carpenter to discuss the history and future of US and China policy regarding Taiwan. Vital Dissent websit LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and newsletter site! Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Show Notes: Ted Carpenter at The Libertarian Institute Ted Carpenter at Antiwar.com…
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Indicators all about kicking the can down the road but never far enough. A deal on water in the west, the US's tippy top credit rating gets put on notice, and tech companies want us to have less fun and fewer shared passwords. For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.…
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Money market funds are a key aspect of the financial system and hold about $5.75 trillion of assets. Today, we explain what makes up a money market fund, why they've been looking shaky lately, and why a potential debt default is making things worse. For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple P…
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Strategy is about making the future happen, not just reacting to it, according to author Gary Hamel. And with generative artificial intelligence, senior leaders suddenly wield an awesome new tool to change the fortunes of their organizations. The promise of generative AI is more than just a sweet hack to boost productivity and streamline operations…
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A corporate titan and a cautious professor face off before Congress and ... agree with each other? From the ivory tower to inside the boardroom, the pressure campaign to regulate AI. For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.…
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For all the talk about AI, one of the burning questions is how the technology will affect the workforce. Today, we talk to the authors of one of the first empirical studies that looks at AI in the workplace. For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.…
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One of the first things we learn about people is what they do for a living. But the link between work and identify has moved far beyond that, especially in certain industries, geographies, and cultures. Many of us put everything we have into our jobs, expecting our careers to fulfill us. Author Simone Stolzoff argues for a different approach. He wa…
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As a parent of a child with dyslexia, dysgraphia, and dyscalculia, it's natural to want the best for them, especially regarding education. However, navigating the complex world of special education can be challenging, and parents often need help advocating for their children effectively. Dan Jordan, a licensed professional counselor and founder of …
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Patrick is joined by Joseph Solis-Mullen to discuss the state of US-China relations regarding Taiwan. Vital Dissent website LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and newsletter site! Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Show Notes: Joseph Solis-Mullen at The Libertarian Institute Joseph Solis-Mullen on Twitter…
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It's another Indicator Quiz episode! We bring a listener onto the show and test their econ knowledge. This time around, the quiz is all about the banking system and its recent troubles. Are you interested in being a contestant on our next Indicator Quiz? Just email us your name and phone number at indicator@npr.org and put "Indicator Quiz" in the s…
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It's Indicators of the Week! We round up the economic indicators that caught our attention. On today's episode, we look at growing U.S. household debt, the shrinking sales of Home Depot and Montana's new TikTok ban. For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.…
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In the background of the debt ceiling fight between Congress and the Biden administration, we peek inside a little-known program created for citizens who want to help pay off the national debt. This special fund has been collecting donations from civic-minded Americans since the 1960s. For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, s…
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Read just about any business history and you realize just how much a firm’s success depends on its culture. Without the right culture, you can't have successful innovation. You can't compete successfully. You can't thrive over the long term. So, if you want to lead your organization into a future that features generative artificial intelligence, yo…
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Patrick ponders the question of whether a film can truly capture the antiwar ethos. Vital Dissent website LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and newsletter site! Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Show Notes: Is There Such A Thing as an Antiwar Film? By Agniezska Soltysik Monnet Is there any such thing as an ‘anti-war film’? By Tom Brook…
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Nobel-winning economist Robert Lucas Jr. died on Monday. His revolutionary theories transformed the field of macroeconomics. His influential "Lucas critique" argued economic policy must take into account people's decisions in reaction to the policy itself, and just as importantly, their expectations. Not only is he remembered as a brilliant mind, b…
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The United States is unusual in that it has thousands of relatively small and specialized banks. Even after adjusting for population size, countries like Canada, the U.K., India and Brazil have far fewer banks. Today, we examine America's love affair with small banks and why having so many could be a double-edged sword. For sponsor-free episodes of…
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You don’t have to be a famous author to suffer from writer’s block. We all can get stuck in our thought processes and mired in our actions. That's true for leaders and managers as well, explains Adam Alter, a marketing professor at the NYU Stern School of Business. He has studied how people hit plateaus or roadblocks in their work and careers. And …
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Part of the lack of awareness around dyslexia's special education is that it is a relatively new area of focus in many educational systems. Dyslexia was not widely recognized as a learning difference until the 20th century, and even today, many schools and educators are not fully equipped to identify and support dyslexic students. Dean Bragonier is…
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In recent years, we've seen dozens of cities ban new dollar stores from opening up. The thinking goes, by keeping dollar stores out, it'll be easier to get much-needed grocery stores to come in. On today's show, we visit two cities that have passed dollar store bans, New Orleans and Birmingham, to see if they've worked. For sponsor-free episodes of…
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