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Saturday · 42 min
Canadian Beef
Meta settles teen safety suit, the U.S.-Canada trade war escalates, and Scott Bessent messes around in the markets again.
August 22 · 54 min
P(doom) and Other AI Questions
Noah Brier gets us up to speed on the state of artificial intelligence right now; from the A.I. arms race with China to the probability that we are all doomed.
August 18 · 26 min
Money Talks: Do Childcare Subsidies Pay Off?
Yale researcher Martha Gimble explains The Budget Lab’s research into early childhood education and care policies.
August 15 · 44 min
What the Shell?
The Treasury Department axes a database intended to prevent shady shell companies, billionaire whimsy strikes again, and the heat is threatening the Italian cheese bank.
August 8 · 55 min
The Unwanted Art Boom
The baby boom has led to an unwanted art boom, Scott Bessent is saving the yen, and weather apps are preventing you from having fun.
August 4 · 42 min
Money Talks: Live from the Library of Mistakes
Felix talks sovereign debt with Lee Buchheit, the man finance ministers consult when even they don’t get it.
August 1 · 54 min
Too Situationally Aware to Fail
Citadel bails out Leopold Aschenbrenner’s tanking hedge fund, the crack spread is growing, and nobody wants the SEC to kill quarterly reports.
July 25 · 46 min
Explosive You-Know-What
All eyes are on Taylor Farms and their contaminated lettuce, Trump tries a new tariff tactic, and Japan’s prime minister claims to barely sleep.
July 21 · 35 min
Money Talks: Plastic, Plastic Everywhere
Beth Gardiner explains how we ended up holding the (plastic) bag for Big Oil’s wastefulness.
July 18 · 53 min
What’s A.I. Doing to Our Energy Bills?
Data centers are driving up energy prices, mobile homes might become more affordable, and…what’s up with the South Korean stock market?
July 11 · 56 min
You’ve Got IPO
AOL’s holding company goes public, the World Cup boosts prediction markets, and Eric Trump loses more than $600 million on Bitcoin.
July 7 · 52 min
Money Talks: The Economics of Repugnant Transactions
Nobel Prize winner Alvin Roth explains what we learn when markets are shaped by big ethical questions.
July 4 · 54 min
Synergy’s Must-Watch Final Episode
Comcast splits from NBCUniversal, World Cup ratings are complicated, and Trump reveals $1.4 billion in crypto earnings.
June 27 · 49 min
The Greenspanaissance
Alan Greenspan’s legacy is alive and well, JPMorgan’s line of succession becomes foggier, and SoftBank releases another wacky PowerPoint.
June 23 · 36 min
Money Talks: The Art of Trade War
Soumaya Keynes and Chad P. Bown explain how the rules of international trade are being rewritten.
June 20 · 49 min
Investing in SpaceX’s Future on Mars
SpaceX has a uniquely huge IPO, we finally have a deal with Iran, and “tobacco-bonds” no longer make sense.
June 13 · 40 min
We Hate the Inflation
Inflation rates jump, Social Security is reported to run out by 2032, and a new study correlates iPhones and lower birth rates.
June 9 · 38 min
Money Talks: 500 Years of the Dollar
Brendan Greeley explains how the dollar had power long before America.
June 6 · 47 min
The Index Fund Problemtunity
Alphabet raises $80 billion, index funds bend their rules for AI, and Spain’s unemployment rate is way down.
May 30 · 41 min
Least Cool Ferrari Ever
Ferrari reveals its new EV, the UN shares an alternative metric to GDP, and Europe won’t embrace A/C despite deadly heatwaves.

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