Peacock, potassium and other Paris Olympics Indicators

The Indicator from Planet Money

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🗓️ 26 July 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Indicators of the Week is BACK, and this time, we're going for the gold! (...In educating our listeners on the economics and business stories behind the Olympics.)

In this Olympics-themed episode, we'll learn what economic factors help countries win more medals, how NBCUniversal is betting on these games to support its streaming service, and what it takes to feed 15,000 hungry athletes. (Hint: A LOT of potassium. And pain au chocolat. And baguettes.)

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0:00.0	NPR This is the indicator from Planet Money.
0:15.0	Please welcome the hosts of today's episode of
0:21.0	Indicators of the Week.
0:24.1	Whoo!
0:26.1	From Chicago, Whalen Waw
0:30.5	Chicago has the best flag and I will Greco-Roman wrestle anyone who says otherwise.
0:36.0	From Washington, D.C.
0:39.0	Adrian Ma.
0:41.0	What's up?
0:42.0	From Planet Bunny, Kitty Malone!
0:45.0	That's right, the Olympics just got planetary suckers.
0:50.0	Listen to all these people.
0:51.0	Listen to them.
0:52.0	They're here for us.
0:53.6	I mean, it makes sense.
0:54.4	We do have three Olympic-themed indicators this week.
0:58.7	So when we come back, we are going to learn
1:00.7	what factors help countries win medals?
1:03.0	How NBC is betting on these games to save its struggling streaming service.
1:09.0	And what it takes to feed 15,000 hungry athletes.
1:13.8	That's coming up after the break.
1:17.1	Support for this podcast and the following message
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