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July 20, 2025·15m

Bonus episode: The Indicator plays... movie business trivia!

To cap off our weeklong series on all things Hollywood, we're going to have a little fun! Tune in to hear Adrian, Darian and Wailin battle it out as they try to name movies based on cryptic descriptions of the businesses featured in them. You can play along! Related episodes: When is cosplay a crime? (https://www.npr.org/2025/07/17/1255812242/star-wars-lucasfilm-cosplay-dc-marvel-disney) The story of China and Hollywood's big-screen romance (https://www.npr.org/2025/07/16/1255755400/china-hollywood-box-office-film-business-trump) Why aren't filmmakers shooting in LA? (https://www.npr.org/2025/07/15/1255699454/los-angeles-tax-credits-film-newsom-hollywood) Before La La Land there was Fort Lee, New Jersey (https://www.npr.org/2025/07/14/1255667298/hollywood-new-jersey-los-angeles-filmmaking) For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org (http://plus.npr.org/). Fact-checking by Sierra Juarez (https://www.npr.org/people/g-s1-26724/sierra-juarez). Music by Drop Electric (https://dropelectric.bandcamp.com/). Find us: TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@planetmoney), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/planetmoney/), Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/planetmoney), Newsletter (https://www.npr.org/newsletter/money). To manage podcast ad preferences, review the links below: See pcm.adswizz.com (https://pcm.adswizz.com) for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices (https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices) NPR Privacy Policy (https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy)

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