The Indicator from Planet Money Creators & Guests

Stacey Vanek Smith is a longtime public radio reporter and host of The Indicator from Planet Money podcast.

Cardiff Garcia is a co-founder of the Bazaar Audio and host of The Indicator from Planet Money podcast.

Greg Rosalsky is an economic journalist. Currently, he writes a newsletter for NPR’s Planet Money.Previously, Rosalsky was a Producer at Freakonomics Radio.

Producer at NPR's Planet Money.

Emma Peaslee is an audio producer. Currently, she is an Associate Producer for NPR's "Planet Money."Before coming to NPR, Peaslee reported for the Atlanta's NPR station WABE, where she covered public forums about toxic chemicals leaking into neighborhoods, the world's largest 10k race, and the federal government's plan to resume executions.

Paddy Hirsch is a fiction writer and formerly the Editor at The Indicator. Hirsch is the author of Hudson's Kill, The Devil's Half Mile & the financial markets explainer book titled "Man vs Markets".

Audio producer on The Big Take podcast from Bloomberg News. Past: The Guardian, NPR, BBC, and Heist with Michael Caine for Audible Originals.

Leena Sanzgiri is the producer of The Indicator Podcast on NPR.

Emily Feng is a reporter, currently working as an International Correspondent in Beijing for NPR.Prior to joining NPR, Feng was the Beijing correspondent for The Financial Times. Before that, she was a researcher for The New York Times.

Jeff Guo is a co-host and reporter for Planet Money.

Teresa Ghilarducci is a labor economist.

Joshua Barro is a journalist who currently contributes to New York magazine as a business columnist. He is currently the host and moderator of the weekly political radio show Left, Right & Center.

Danielle Kurtzleben is a political reporter assigned to NPR's Washington Desk.

Sam Sanders is a journalist and audio presenter. Currently, he hosts the Vulture pop culture podcast "Into It" and the Stitcher podcast "Vibe Check." He also teaches Radio at the Columbia University School of Journalism.Previously, Sanders was the host of the NPR show "It's Been A Minute." He started his journalism career as a web producer for the Washington Post.Sanders received his B.A. in Music Composition and Political Science from the University of the Incarnate Word and his M.P.P. in Public Policy, Media, and Politics from Harvard Kennedy School.

Dr. Olugbenga Ajilore is an economist whose work focuses on the economy of rural America. Currently, he is a senior advisor in the Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development at the United States Department of Agriculture. He is a frequent media commentator on the labor market, particularly for Black Americans.Previously, Ajilore was a senior economist at the Center for American Progress and former associate professor of economics at the University of Toledo. He is also a past president of the National Economic Association.Ajilore received his B.A. in Applied Mathematics and Economics from the University of California at Berkeley and his Ph.D. in Economics from the Claremont Graduate University.

Dorothy A. Brown is a lawyer and professor. She is best known for her work on the racial implications of federal tax policy. Currently, she is Professor of Law at Emory University.Brown's first book, "The Whiteness of Wealth: How the Tax System Impoverishes Black Americans -- and How We Can Fix It," was published in 2021. She is also the author of the textbook "Critical Race Theory: Cases, Materials, and Problems," which is currently in its 3rd edition.Brown received her B.S. from Fordham University, her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center, and her L.L.M. in Tax from New York University School of Law.

Jennifer Doleac is an American economist and associate professor at Texas A&M Department of Economics, as well as Director of the Justice Tech Lab, a Nonresident Fellow in economics studies at the Brookings Institution, a research affiliate at the University of Chicago Crime Lab, and a research fellow at IZA.

Dr. Daniel Selim Hamermesh is an economist who specializes in labor economics. Currently, he is a Professor of Economics at the University of Texas at Austin, Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and Research Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Labor.Previously, Hamermesh was a professor of economics at Royal Holloway, University of London and Michigan State University. He was a Distinguished Scholar at Barnard College.Hamermesh has published many academic articles. His first book, "Labor Demand," was published in 1993. He has published both textbooks and popular books.Hamermesh received his A.B. from the University of Chicago and his Ph.D. from Yale University.

Charan Ranganath is a researcher, professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, and director of the Memory and Plasticity Program at the University of California at Davis.