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The Indicator from Planet Money

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🗓️ 18 July 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

The movies come to Indicators of the Week. We dig into why one film is letting you reserve tickets a whole year in advance, what ticket prices might tell us about tariffs and inflation, and how Los Angeles might be cutting back on the red tape when it comes to making movies there.

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0:00.0	NPR.
0:11.5	This is the indicator from Planet Money.
0:13.7	I'm Daryan Woods.
0:14.7	And I'm Whalen Wong.
0:16.2	Waylon, I've got a story for you.
0:18.0	Ooh, story time. Okay.
0:20.4	Once upon a time, there was a producer who loved movies very much.
0:25.5	Hmm.
0:26.7	He decided to make a whole week-long podcast series about it.
0:30.5	Wait a second.
0:31.6	That sounds familiar.
0:33.2	His name, simply Angel Carreras.
0:37.9	We have not received any hate letters.
0:41.0	I have not been publicly crucified, so I think we have succeeded with flying colors.
0:46.0	Yay!
0:46.1	He said hate letters to Indicator and NPRADO.
0:48.6	Please don't do that.
0:49.7	No, no.
0:50.0	My ego is so fragile.
0:52.2	Angel Carreras has enter the chat.
0:54.8	Welcome to the show, Angel.
0:56.8	So nice to see you guys and be here.
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