Job retraining and the brain, DC dining, and Robinhood's sports bet

职业再培训与大脑,华盛顿特区的餐饮,以及罗宾汉的体育博彩

The Indicator from Planet Money

2025-08-22

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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: Job retraining boosts mental health (with more mixed results for romance); the complex picture behind why dinner reservations are down in DC; and the trading platform Robinhood gets into the sports definitely-not-betting game. Related episodes: The cautionary tale of a recovering day trading addict The nepo baby premium, frothing markets, and Apple vs. Apples 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 Cooper Katz McKim and Corey Bridges. 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 the amazing Adrian Ma.

  • Hello.

  • And the delightful Darian Woods.

  • A pleasure as always.

  • The Indicator triumvirate has gathered here on this fantastic Friday

  • because it is the most hallowed day.

  • Indicators of the week.

  • On today's episode, we've got...

  • New evidence on job retraining.

  • Diner numbers going down in D.C.

  • And the trading platform Robinhood is offering you a whole new way to lose money.

  • Where do I sign up?

  • We'll explain after the break.

  • Indicators of the week.

  • Up first, Darian Woods.

  • My indicator is one in three.

  • One in three injured workers who avoided depression because they went through retraining.

  • That's according to this working paper out this week through the National Bureau of Economic Research.

  • Okay, so that sounds like a pretty hopeful result.