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Darian Woods

Host, The Indicator from Planet Money

Darian Woods is a host of The Indicator from Planet Money. He blends economics, journalism, and an ear for audio to tell stories that explain the global economy. He's reported on the time the world got together and solved a climate crisis, vaccine intellectual property explained through cake baking, and how Kit Kat bars reveal hidden economic forces.

Before NPR, Woods worked as an adviser to the Secretary of the New Zealand Treasury. He has an honors degree in economics from the University of Canterbury and a Master of Public Policy from UC Berkeley.

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Bankruptcy, basketball, and bringing the dollar down

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Thursday

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'The Indicator from Planet Money': The young trolls of Wall Street are growing up

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Wednesday

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China's luxury liquor indicator

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The young trolls of Wall Street are growing up

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Friday

Prompt engineers ask AI questions like the rest of us. But they make the answers more useful. CFOTO hide caption

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Wednesday

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How NVIDIA momentarily became the most valuable company in the world

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The game theory that led to nuclear standoffs

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Tuesday

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Sunday

NPR staffers share their favorite nonfiction reads of 2024

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Friday

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'Planet Money': The movement to make prison phone calls free

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Thursday

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Monday

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The tower of NVIDIA

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Friday

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Boeing's woes, Bilt jilts, and the Indicator's stock rally

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