Darian Woods
Darian Woods is a reporter and producer for 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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If you collected Pokemon cards as a kid, here's hoping you held onto them. The Japanese franchise has been popular for decades, but it's become the latest speculative boom.
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Airlines used to do some financial magic to keep airfare down as oil prices increased, a strategy called "fuel hedging." But they stopped. Now fliers are on the hook for a lot of the difference.
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The team from NPR's The Indicator podcast takes a look at the economic costs of the war in the Middle East.
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As more ICE agents hit U.S. city streets, law enforcement experts are raising concerns about their training.
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The American diet has had a roller coaster relationship with beef, but new dietary guidelines from the U.S. government puts beef back on top of the food pyramid. How did it get there again?
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The business of cocaine trafficking has changed over the years, with different players and routes. A look at how the trade really works.
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Some Bitcoin mining companies are turning away from cryptocurrency and embracing artificial intelligence. NPR's "The Indicator" podcast explains why.
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In a rural pocket of northeastern Louisiana, Meta is building a $30 billion data center called Hyperion. The project highlights an opaque system of financing that's fueling fears of an AI bubble.
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France's generous pension system has toppled governments there over questions of how to fund it. It's part of a broader problem, as nations rethink how to fund care for their aging populations.
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The economic indicator known as the Shiller PE Ratio is almost as high as it was in November 1999, just before the dot-com bubble burst. Is another bubble forming with AI?