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The Indicator from Planet Money

Bonus episode: The Indicator plays... movie business trivia!

The Indicator from Planet Money

NPR

Business

4.79.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

To cap off our weeklong series on all things Hollywood, we're going to have a little fun! Tune in to hear Adrian, Darian and Wailin battle it out as they try to name movies based on cryptic descriptions of the businesses featured in them. You can play along!

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0:00.0

NPR.

0:11.0

This is the indicator from Planet Money.

0:13.4

I'm Daryan Ma.

0:15.4

And I'm Adrienne Ma.

0:16.3

And today we have a special Sunday treat to cap off our series on the movie business.

0:22.7

And we're joined by our summer fellow Ella Feldman, who I heard has a game prepared for us.

0:28.8

That's right. This is not your typical indicator episode. Instead, we're going to play a little game in honor of Hollywood Week.

0:35.7

Today on the show, I'll be testing your knowledge of movies, specifically movie businesses.

0:42.7

Waylon's going to win. I can call it already.

0:46.2

I would put my money on Whalen as well.

0:48.8

I've also had so much cold brew this morning, so I'm like overcaffeinated.

0:53.8

Performance-enhancing drugs, really.

0:56.4

I know. Don't tell HR.

0:58.9

So here's how this game is going to work.

1:01.1

I will describe a business featured in a movie, and the first one of you to guess the movie will receive one point.

1:07.1

If you're stumped, I'll give you one hint.

1:09.0

I'll then ask a follow-up trivia question about the movie for an additional point.

1:13.4

Simple enough?

1:14.4

Sounds good.

1:15.2

Are these businesses real-world businesses that have product placement in movies, or are they in universe fictional businesses?

1:25.6

Or a mix of both?

1:27.0

They're in universe, but the universe might overlap with our

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