The Devil Wears Prada Index, SNAP, and flight cancellations
The Indicator from Planet Money
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4.7 • 9.5K Ratings
🗓️ 24 April 2026
⏱️ 9 minutes
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On today’s episode: A dramatic SNAP decrease, fuel costs ground flights, and the Devil Wears Wages Increasing Slightly Faster Than A Small Sample Of Luxury Items!
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| 0:00.0 | NPR. |
| 0:02.0 | Dear Whalen, this is your co-host and friend, Adrian Ma. |
| 0:17.2 | And friend? |
| 0:18.5 | That's right. |
| 0:20.0 | It has been nigh of Fortnite since we last podcast, and I bring |
| 0:23.9 | you news from the economic front lines. Today we'll be joined by Planet Money co-host Nick Fountain. |
| 0:30.1 | Hey, hey. To it, together, we shall perform the episode known as Indicators. The week! |
| 0:39.4 | We, your pen pals, are here |
| 0:41.3 | to bring you the important numbers |
| 0:43.3 | from the news and tell you |
| 0:45.1 | what's happening in the economy this |
| 0:47.3 | week. Yeah, I'll be talking about Snap, the |
| 0:49.3 | federal food stamp program. I'll be |
| 0:51.2 | talking about two of our favorite Ann |
| 0:53.1 | slash Anna's, and Hathaway and Anna Wintour. |
| 0:55.7 | And I will talk about the epic economic term known as demand destruction. |
| 1:02.2 | Ooh! After ye old break. |
| 1:14.0 | Indicators of the week, Adrian Ma, you're up first. Myators of the week, Adrienne Ma, you're up first. |
| 1:16.7 | My indicator of the week is 20,000. |
| 1:25.5 | As in the German conglomerate Luftanzah Group is canceling 20,000 flights over the next six months because of surging fuel prices. |
| 1:27.2 | Do they have any flights left? |
| 1:31.1 | Hopefully you're not planning too many flights to Berlin soon. |
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