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More or Less: Behind the Stats - Can chocolate be better than salad?

We investigate a nutritional conundrum ?can chocolate ever be better for you than salad? Today we dive in to one of our listener?s family debates and try to find an answer, with the help of nutrition experts Dr David Katz and Professor Bernadette Moore.

Reporter: Paul Connolly Researcher: Perisha Kudhail Series Producer: Tom Colls Sound Engineer: James Beard Editor: Richard Vadon

(Picture: A pyramid made of chocolate and salad Credit: Gandee Vasan / Getty Images)

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The Indicator from Planet Money - Predicting next year’s economic storylines

It's time for another intra-Family Feud! The friendly game-show competition where our hosts from Planet Money and The Indicator duke it out over which indicator will be the leading economic story in 2024. Will interest rates decline? Will 'Bidenomics' catch on? Will junk fees get taken out with the garbage?

Tell us who won by submitting your vote to Planet Money's Instagram or email us with "Family Feud" in the subject line. Voting ends Dec. 31 at midnight, and we'll announce the winner(s) on our Jan. 5 episode.

Related Episodes:
The Indicator of the Year: 2023 (Apple / Spotify)
The 'physics' behind potential interest rates cuts (Apple / Spotify)
Junk fees, unfilled jobs, jackpot? (Apple / Spotify)
We grade Fed Chair Jerome Powell (Apple / Spotify)
Industrial policy, the debate! (Apple / Spotify)

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The Indicator from Planet Money - The ‘Yellowstone’ effect on Montana

Yellowstone first aired in 2018, quickly becoming one of television's most popular shows. The show follows John Dutton, played by Kevin Costner, as he feuds with real estate developers threatening to encroach on his family ranch. Today on the show, how life imitates art in Montana, where tourism has boomed, the population has grown and housing prices have soared.

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The Indicator from Planet Money - How economics can help you stick to your New Year’s resolution

Talk of New Year's resolutions is bubbling up as 2024 quickly approaches. Whether it's a fitness goal, wanting to learn a new skill or just trying to develop better habits, a new year is the perfect excuse to start. However, it can be difficult to maintain as time passes by.

Today on the show, we talk to a behavioral economist about one of the best ways to stick to your New Year's resolutions using the power of economics.

Mixed Signals: How Incentives Really Work by Uri Gneezy

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