NPR.

This is the indicator from Planet Money.

I'm Stacy Bannock-Smith.

And I'm Darian Woods.

And for this last week of the year, we are doing something a little bit special.

The indicator team, we will be sharing our favorite episodes of 2021.

But to kick off on Core Week, we wanted to start with one of your favorite episodes

of the year.

So, we saw your messages, your tweets, and a couple of shows rose to the top of our

extremely unscientific survey.

Would you say, Darian?

Yeah, to say the least.

It was our little poll of dedicated indicator listeners.

Like Stephanie, she emailed to say that our Bezier Ward episode from November was her favorite.

And in that show, we heard from Paul Flora.

He's an economist with the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.

You know, without question, the pandemic has prompted people to alter their lifestyles.

Sometimes it's just out of sheer fatigue and sometimes from soul searching.

Here's what Stephanie said she liked about this episode.

It shows the economics profession at its best.

Recognizing that people's struggles and hardships are what the dismal statistics represent.

I just loved it.

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