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  • Yesterday · 40 min

    The A.I. Billionaire Class

    Meta makes a deal to keep Zuckerberg happy as Musk eyes a power-consolidating merger. Plus, Airbnb’s latest play for the hotel crowd.

  • October 17 · 49 min

    Banana Prices Stay Sane

    Inflation is going bananas (unless you’re talking about the actual fruit). Plus, Meta has a cute assistant for you and Kelly Clarkson picks a fight with a niche Brooklyn magic shop.

  • October 10 · 56 min

    DiscoDance

    David Ellison gets his Hollywood mega-merger. Plus, economic unrest in Europe and is A.I. destroying education?

  • October 3 · 47 min

    The Personal Finance-sode

    Adam Auriemma on budgeting, renting versus buying, investments, financial advisors, and more!

  • September 26 · 59 min

    Fabulous, Beautiful Debt

    Robin Wigglesworth on the epic history of bonds, the state of the bond market, and the aesthetics of debt.

  • September 19 · 52 min

    Avoiding the A.I. Apocalypse

    A.I. fears reach a fever pitch, Kevin Warsh votes to raise rates, and the SEC allows stocks to trade like crypto.

  • September 15 · 33 min

    Money Talks: The Zero-sum Mistake

    The director of the Ford Foundation’s mission investments program explains why the assumption that you can’t make a positive impact AND a profit is all wrong.

  • September 12 · 50 min

    The Private Equity Confidence Game

    A deep dive into the life of billionaire investor Leon Black, the private-equity behemoth he helped build, and his unfortunate friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.

  • September 5 · 45 min

    The $12.93 Billion Emoji Joke

    Nvidia pays big for Hugging Face, bond yields continue to rise, and Kalshi and the NBA give two big cheaters the boot.

  • August 29 · 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 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 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.

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