The US loses tech hires, sayonora to Sora, and Afroman's win
The Indicator from Planet Money
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🗓️ 27 March 2026
⏱️ 9 minutes
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On today’s episode: The US ain’t doing too hot in attracting European tech workers; OpenAI takes its video generator Sora behind the barn; and a rapper, pound cake, and the police.
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| 0:00.0 | NPR. |
| 0:02.1 | This is the indicator from Planet Money. |
| 0:13.8 | I'm Waylon Wong. |
| 0:15.0 | I'm Darym Woods and back for more this week. |
| 0:18.6 | Mary Childs. |
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| 0:38.2 | Hi. You never left. I didn't. I won't do it. And Mary, you have joined once again for our favorite day of the week. It is Indicators. Indicators of the week. Indicators of the week. So this is the way, who is that voice? This is the day of the week when we talk about our favorite numbers from the news. |
| 0:41.4 | On today's episode, |
| 0:42.6 | the US loses its edge |
| 0:44.1 | in the battle for European tech workers. |
| 0:47.0 | Sora is no more. |
| 0:49.6 | An Afro-Man saves the First Amendment. |
| 1:00.8 | It's indicated to the week, Daryon, you're up first. |
| 1:09.5 | My indicator is 112, as in Europe gained a net new 112 tech workers from the US in the first half of last year. |
| 1:15.3 | Usually Europe loses its tech workers to the US, but for the first six months of 2025, |
| 1:17.9 | that situation was reversed. |
| 1:22.6 | This is according to Revelliolabs in collaboration with The Economist magazine. |
| 1:24.9 | This is a sign of the times. |
| 1:30.0 | Yeah, I mean, historically, Silicon Valley has been a huge drawcard for anybody working in tech. |
| 1:37.4 | You've got 56 of the world's 100 most valuable tech companies in the U.S., whereas Europe has only six. |
| 1:42.2 | Well, I mean, I guess the U.S. tech scene has benefited from being one big country, compared to Europe, right? Which is obviously a collection of all different countries, |
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