{"id":463867,"date":"2026-02-12T08:56:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T08:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/463867\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T08:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T08:56:08","slug":"the-indicator-from-planet-money-npr-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/463867\/","title":{"rendered":"The Indicator from Planet Money : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1770886568_283_.png\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3377x1900+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F4d%2Fa3%2F4e7521054d6daf405079287e158e%2F3cc3e44d-72e8-4f09-af1f-98852c42457b.png\" class=\"img\" alt=\"Ilia Malinin of Team United States competes in Men's Single Skating - Short Program on day four of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games at Milano Ice Skating Arena on February 10, 2026 in Milan, Italy.\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n                Ilia Malinin of Team United States competes in Men&#8217;s Single Skating &#8211; Short Program on day four of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games at Milano Ice Skating Arena on February 10, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Elsa\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>                    Elsa\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                hide caption\n            <\/p>\n<p>            toggle caption<\/p>\n<p>        Elsa\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Behind every Ilia Malinin or Alysa Liu, there is an army of elite figure skating coaches and choreographers who have been with them from the beginning. On today\u2019s show, how much does it cost to achieve Olympic glory and why is it so expensive?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Related episodes:\u00a0<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/02\/05\/nx-s1-5701399\/how-college-sports-juiced-olympic-development\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">How college sports juiced Olympic development<\/a>\u00a0<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/08\/01\/1197967951\/paris-2024-olympics-hosting-costs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Why the Olympics cost so much<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at <a href=\"http:\/\/plus.npr.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">plus.npr.org<\/a>. Fact-checking by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/people\/1268825622\/sierra-juarez\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sierra Juarez<\/a>. 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