Target, Klarna and Sesame Street's New Addy : The Indicator From Planet Money

Sesame Street crew relocates to new TV home after Trump funding axe

Despite entertaining and educating children since 1969, Beloved television juggernaut Sesame Street was facing the axe.

Target, Klarna and Sesame Street's new addy : The Indicator from Planet Money

Can you tell me how to get... how to get to Indicators of the Week? This week's econ roundup looks at Target's sagging sales, Klarna's pay-later problem, and Sesame Street's new streaming address. Related: When do boycotts work? (Apple / Spotify) Buy now, pay dearly? 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 Sierra Juarez. Music by Drop Electri…

Link Tank: SNL Set Builder Retires and Sesame Street Heads to Netflix

An SNL Icon Retires Fans of Saturday Night Live have long wondered: What happens behind the scenes of the sketch-comedy show? In 2024, we got a glimpse with Jason Reitman’s Saturday Night, which showcased just how stressful producing weekly live sketch comedy can be.  After 50 years of constructing Saturday Night Live’s sets for their various sketches, Stephen “Demo” DeMaria is retiring at age 87. And while DeMaria likely felt stressed out at ti…