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How much safer do Flock cameras make us?
2026-09-15 | 9 min.
Flock cameras promise to reduce crimes like car theft. But these automated license plate readers come with a trade-off: a wide-reaching surveillance network. Today on the show, does Flock actually make communities safer?

Fact checking by Sierra Juarez.

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— Stuck In China’s Panopticon

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A Beautiful Bill, Mamdani's Market, and Stock Subscriptions
2026-09-14 | 9 min.
It’s time for another Indicator Quiz! For today’s quiz, we’re testing the Indicator knowledge of a brilliant mathematician. Will we stump his theoretician brain? Tune in and find out!

Interested in being a contestant on our next Indicator Quiz? Email us your name and phone number to [email protected] and put "Indicator Quiz" in the subject.

Fact checking by Sierra Juarez.

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— An urban planner, infinite scroll, and … what is a public good?

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Bessent's yen bet, cold Argentine data centers set, and the summer box office net
2026-09-11 | 9 min.
This week’s indicators: Is The U.S. Treasury Department futzing with financial markets?; Is Patagonia’s pretty picturesque setting … for data centers?; Was the summer box office actually swell?

Fact checking by Sierra Juarez.

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— A Treasury showdown with the bond market

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Are small town colleges going extinct?
2026-09-10 | 8 min.
Our favorite entry on the regional economy from the latest Beige Book reveals a troubling development in higher education.

Fact checking by Sierra Juarez.

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— Community colleges are kind of underrated

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Let's play ... Who Wants To Be a Bank!
2026-09-09 | 8 min.
Why do so many fintech companies — like Square and Mercury — want to be banks? And what does it take to get there? Find out today when we play our fake game show … Who Wants To Be A Bank!

Fact checking by Sierra Juarez.

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—Is this a bank?

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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.

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