In this episode, we speak with Wailin Wong about the importance of accurate data - and the threat of its politicization in the current era. In particular, she talks about what is commonly referred to as the “jobs report,” produced by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

https://www.bls.gov/

Wailin is the host of The Indicator podcast from Planet Money on National Public Radio. 

https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510325/the-indicator-from-planet-money 

Show Notes:
In the episode, we talk quite a bit about this episode of The Indicator, where Wailin and her Co-Host discuss the very laborious process behind the collection of these jobs numbers. 

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1102884171

A more recent episode covers what it means when we get revisions to these numbers. 

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1256812323 

And if you are interested in exploring the Project Pan Subreddit, check it out here. 

https://www.reddit.com/r/ProjectPan/

Credits

The graphic for this episode is a screenshot taken from the December “jobs report” which illustrates the gap we discuss in this program.  

https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf

Hosts:

Hosts: Sean Johnson Andrews - http://breakingculture.substack.com 

Madhurima Chakraborty  - https://madhurimachakraborty.net/ 

Show music: composed by Kris Stokes - https://www.krisstokes.com