IRS information sharing, bonds bust, and a chorebot future

The Indicator from Planet Money

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🗓️ 11 April 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Today on the show, we discuss why the IRS is sharing some taxpayer information, why bonds and stocks both fell, and how robots will replace you,or at least most of your chore wheel, in the near future.

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0:00.0	NPR.
0:11.7	This is the indicator from Planet Money.
0:13.4	I'm Adrian Ma here with Daryan Woods.
0:15.7	Hey, hey.
0:16.2	Coming to us from a cross-interstellar planet money galaxy is Planet Money's very own, Amanda Ronchick.
0:23.6	Hello. I come in peace.
0:25.9	Amanda, you picked the perfect time to join us.
0:29.5	I did. How so?
0:31.7	It is Indicators of the week.
0:34.1	Indicators of the week.
0:40.4	So many things happened this week. So many things happened this week.
0:42.8	Today on the show, we're talking about... The IRS makes a deal with DHS, Department of Homeland Security.
0:47.7	Bonds and stocks went down.
0:49.8	Is that meant to happen?
0:51.7	And robots are coming to replace you, or maybe at least most of your chore wheel.
0:58.0	Ooh, that sounds nice.
0:59.4	All of that after the break.
1:02.5	Want to know what's happening in the world?
1:04.6	Listen to the State of the World podcast.
1:07.1	Every weekday, we bring you important stories from around the globe.
1:10.8	In just a few minutes, you might hear how democracy is holding up in South Korea.
1:14.9	Or meet Indian monkeys that have turned to crime.
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