GLP-1 and women, the AI office boom, and RTO: CEO ego?
The Indicator from Planet Money
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4.7 • 9.5K Ratings
🗓️ 26 June 2026
⏱️ 9 minutes
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On today’s episode: The effect of GLP-1s on women and the workplace; NYC’s once flailing office space is BACK; your boss asking you to come back to the office miiiight be a narcissist.
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| 0:00.0 | NPR. |
| 0:02.0 | This is the indicator from Planet Money. |
| 0:08.0 | I'm Waylon Wong. |
| 0:09.0 | And I'm Darien Woods. |
| 0:10.0 | And joining us today, a man who is cooler than the other side of the pillow, one Cooper |
| 0:16.0 | Katzvickam. |
| 0:17.0 | Yay! |
| 0:18.0 | Thank you for having me. |
| 0:19.0 | Yes, I'm wearing three fedoras right now if you can't see. |
| 0:21.5 | Cooler than cool. |
| 0:22.7 | Now, Cooper, you're here right on time because today is... |
| 0:27.5 | It's the day of the week. |
| 0:29.9 | It's the day of the week where we talk about our favorite numbers from the news. |
| 0:34.8 | And today we're covering GLP-1s and women's employment. |
| 0:38.6 | Office space in New York City, so hot right now. |
| 0:41.6 | And is your CEO a narcissist? |
| 0:45.3 | All of that after the break. |
| 0:52.1 | It's indicators of the week. Waylon Wong, why don't you go first? |
| 0:55.3 | My indicator is 26.9 percentage points. |
| 0:58.7 | That is the increase in the employment rate for women who are not working |
| 1:02.7 | and then take GLP-1s to lose weight. |
| 1:05.7 | And this number comes from a new working paper by Harvard economist Rebecca Diamond. |
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