Our friends at the Indicator from Planet Money caught up with congressional correspondent Deirdre Walsh to talk about her reporting on how members of Congress and their families trade stock. Then, in classic style, the Indicator team tried their hands at doing so themselves. We will be back in your feeds Friday with the weekly roundup. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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Hey, there.
It's the NPR Politics podcast.
I'm Tamara Keith.
I cover the White House.
And today we want to highlight some reporting from our friends over at the indicator from Planet money about how lawmakers are making money from the stock market.
Our own Deirdre Walsh has been following this story for months and joined up with the indicator team to talk about it in June.
This is the indicator from Planet money.
I'm Waylon Wong.
And I'm Darian woods.
And we have NPR's congressional correspondent Deirdre Walsh with us today.
She's dialing in from the House of Representatives.
Hi, Deirdre.
Hey there, Deirdre.
The stock market is on a tear right now, and you reported this story that caught our attention about a company that partnered with the financial firm subversive to allow everyday people to invest like members of Congress.
Right?
So this was initially created by a trader who calls himself unusual whales.