A trap-loving DJ takes on economics

The Indicator from Planet Money

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🗓️ 21 April 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

It's time for The Indicator Quiz! We test you, dear listener, on your knowledge of topics that we've covered on The Indicator.

Today's quiz show involves a DJ from Vancouver, Washington that tests his economic education on the World Trade Organization, the Panama Canal, and of course, Bad Bunny.

Play along with us and see how you do!

Are you interested in being a contestant on our next Indicator Quiz? Email us your name and phone number at [email protected] and put "Indicator Quiz" in the subject line.

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0:00.0	NPR.
0:11.9	This is the indicator from Planet Money.
0:14.0	I'm Waylon Wong.
0:15.0	And I'm Adrienne Ma.
0:16.3	Typically on the show, we do some sort of incisive, very smart, serious econ explainer about the news of the day.
0:24.8	But the world is, it's worlding a lot right now.
0:29.2	We have got tariff shock and stock market upheaval and Katie Perry going to space.
0:36.7	Did you hear what she's saying when they were in space?
0:39.7	Was it, um, no, what did she sing?
0:43.6	She's saying, what a wonderful world, the Louis Armstrong song.
0:47.1	Good choice, I was going to say.
0:48.9	I was like, is it the one about kissing a girl?
0:51.9	It's a good song.
0:52.8	Where are we?
0:53.7	I have blasted off into a different planet.
0:56.1	Let's come back down to Earth to take the indicator quiz.
1:01.0	That's right, the indicator quiz, where we test one lucky contestant's knowledge of the topics we've been covering on the show so far.
1:08.4	And you, dear listeners at home, you could play along, test your wits.
1:12.8	Today on the show, we have, can we call you by your professional name?
1:17.1	DJ Melvin, hello.
1:19.2	Hey.
1:21.3	Hello, DJ Melvin.
	...

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