More for Palantir, less for mRNA, and a disaster database redemption arc

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The Indicator from Planet Money

2025-08-08

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It's ... Indicators of the Week! Our weekly look at some of the most fascinating economic numbers from the news. On today's episode: Palantir crosses a billion dollars in quarterly revenue (what do they actually do again?); mRNA vaccine research gets a big cut in RFK Jr's health department; and a climate disaster database gets a new lease on life. Related episodes:How Palantir, the secretive tech company, is rising in the Trump eraAn indicator lost: big disaster costsMoonshot in the arm For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org. Fact-checking by Sierra Juarez and Cooper Katz McKim. Music by Drop Electric. Find us: TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Newsletter. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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  • NPR. This is The Indicator from Planet Money.

  • I'm Waylon Wong here with Darian Woods.

  • Hello.

  • Hello.

  • And darkening, nay, brightening The Indicator's doorstep is the astonishing Amanda Aronchik.

  • I was like, darkening, I only bring lightness and joy.

  • It's true.

  • Amanda,

  • you have delighted us at quite an opportune moment

  • because right now on this day at this very second is...

  • Indicators of the Week!

  • What?

  • I had no idea that that's why I was here.

  • What a surprise.

  • Well, I hope you brought an indicator because on today's episode we have...

  • Palantir sales soar.

  • The health department cuts more.

  • And for a billion dollar database, a new...

  • That's all after the break.

  • Darian, it is Indicators of the Week.