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More or Less: Behind the Stats - Are 672 billion pounds of corn eaten in the US every year?

National Geographic magazine recently wrote that ?people in the United States eat more than 672 billion pounds of corn per year, which breaks down to more than 2,000 pounds per person annually?.

Is this really true?

Tim Harford investigates all the things that we don?t eat, that are counted in this number.

Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: Bethan Ashmead Latham Production co-ordinator: Katie Morrison Sound mix: Giles Aspen Editor: Richard Vadon

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The Indicator from Planet Money - Does unemployment whiplash mean recession?

It's Jobs Friday! It's that time of the month where we check in on the American worker.

In September, 254,000 jobs were added to the US economy and the unemployment rate ticked down very slightly to 4.1%. It's unexpectedly strong, and relieving news for workers after a pretty lackluster summer.

But ... given how the labor market cooled over summer, is the labor market still on thin ice? And if there were to be a plummet in jobs, could anything be done to speed up the recovery?

Today on the show: How it's easier to break the economy than to fix it, and whether we can escape from the patterns of the past.

Related Episodes:
The Sahm Rule With The Eponymous Economist
How much would you do this job for? And other indicators

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Cato Daily Podcast - These Candidates Have Terrible Views on Freedom of Speech

Democratic VP nominee Tim Walz seems to have a poor understanding of what the First Amendment protects. Donald Trump pledges to use the Department of Justice to punish Google over the presentation of negative news stories about him. Cato's Brent Skorup and Nico Perrino of FIRE detail the candidates' troubling views.

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The Indicator from Planet Money - Champagne. Neapolitan pizza. Now döner kebabs?

In Germany, döner kebabs are more than just an affordable, satisfying street food. They're a symbol of Turkey's culinary influence in the country. Today on the show, how an effort to give döner kebabs a protected status under a little-known EU regulation could dish out some real economic consequences, in Germany and beyond.

Special thanks to Sidney Gennies, Sönke Matschurek, and Maren Möhring.

Related episodes:
Cheese wars
Coca Cola vs. Coca Pola (Apple / Spotify)

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The Indicator from Planet Money - Are we about to lose TikTok? Like actually tho?

TikTok could begin shutting down in the U.S. as soon as January 19 of next year. But the app is not going down without a fight. The company is asking a panel of federal judges to block the law in a high-profile case that pits free speech versus national security. Today on the show, how TikTok got to this point and what we can expect from the app's last ditch effort to stay alive in the U.S.

Related episodes:
Tick tock for TikTok? (Apple / Spotify)
Is Project Texas enough to save TikTok? (Apple / Spotify)

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60 Songs That Explain the '90s - “Mr. Brightside”—The Killers

Join us as Rob kicks off a new era of '60 Songs' with a deep dive into the 2000s anthem “Mr. Brightside” by the Killers. Of course, along the way, Rob brings the head-scratching tangents that you know and love. New decade, same Rob. What are you waiting for?


Later, Rob is joined by The Ringer’s Chris Ryan to discuss more about the magic of “Mr. Brightside.”


Host: Rob Harvilla

Guest: Chris Ryan

Producers: Jonathan Kermah and Justin Sayles

Additional Production Support: Olivia Crerie

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More or Less: Behind the Stats - How do you breed seventeen octillion rats?

Are GPs really working less hours per week? Does Wetherspoons really pay one in every ?1000 of tax in the UK? Are more people in the UK economically inactive? How long does it take two rats to produce 17 octillion rats?

Tim Harford investigates some of the numbers in the news.

Presenter: Tim Harford Reporters: Natasha Fernandes and Bethan Ashmead-Latham Producer: Nathan Gower Series producer: Tom Colls Production co-ordinator: Katie Morrison Sound mix: Sarah Hockley Editor: Richard Vadon