Episodes

Scott Bessent Fails to Calm Bond Market & This Chinese Movie is So Bad, It’s Good

Did Moderna Just Cure Cancer? & Trains Have a $200M Theft Problem

Disney Goes to War Against the FCC & People Can “Rent Now, Pay Later”

Meta’s $1.4T Trial Over Child Safety Begins & Is AI Buying and Destroying Used Books?

Americans Are Suiting Up Again & Ferrari’s Mocked First EV is Selling Fast

Is Sports Betting the New American Investment Plan? & Candy Crush Keeps Crushing It

Bob Iger, Josh Kushner Buys LA Lakers for $12.5B & The FAA is Run by Gamers

Bumble Allows Men to Message First & UMich Drops Letter Grades for Freshmen

#908: Flock cameras are a useful tool for law enforcement but there’s growing backlash of a mass surveillance state. Lake Mead plummets to historic low levels. Mark Zuckerberg releases his own manifesto on the future of AI. Toby looks into the trend to Texas’ own Wall Street – better yet, Y’all Street. Finally, Nvidia and Wall Street firms ink a deal to raise $500 billion in financing for the chipmaker’s customers. Submit your password guess! https://forms.gle/4EdBi3X8N4eMnBd56 Come to our Augu...

#907: The U.S. economy unexpectedly lost 23,000 jobs in July – a sharp miss from economists' expectation of an 83,000-job gain. Plus, more than 5,000 investors are still copying Leopold Aschenbrenner's trades, despite his hedge fund's meltdown. Burger King overtakes Wendy's as the nation's second-largest burger chain. Finally, buc-ee’s dodges John Oliver to sue another small business. Come to our August trivia! https://mbdtrivianight-august2026.splashthat.com/ Grab tickets to our Performance Re...

#906: Bank of America is spending $250M a year on GLP-1 weight loss drugs for its employees. SpaceX's first post-IPO lockup expired Thursday after releasing 912 million restricted shares into the public market. A group of 20 undergraduate students at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business manages a $12 million private real estate investment fund, and AI creates its first synthetic virus. Submit your password guess! https://forms.gle/4EdBi3X8N4eMnBd56 Come to our August trivia! https://m...

EA misses quarterly bookings estimates ahead of Saudi-backed buyout. Disney agrees to let TikTokers use its characters in videos, and gene-edited puppies will melt your heart... but won’t give you allergies. Helicopter parenting is extending into the workplace, with employers reporting that more parents are helping manage their adult children's careers. Hollywood’s entering its AI era & for the first time in Billboard Hot 100 history, country songs occupy all five of the chart's top five spots. ...

SpaceX’s AI Spending Rattles Investors & Influencers Blasted for Attending OpenAI’s Summer Camp

US-Japan Team Up to Save the Yen & The Hugo Spritz, the New Drink of the Summer?

Sam Altman Roasted for “ChatGPT Parenting” & “Spider-Man” Scores 2nd Best Opening Ever

25-Year Old AI Hedge Fund Prodigy Wiped Out & Jersey Mike’s Goes Public

Investors Question Kevin Warsh’s Credibility & People Are Talking Less?

FIFA Draws Backlash for “Selling Soul of Football” & Apple Wants You to Lease Your iPhone

Major American Cities Are Losing Kids & Ford Wants You to Customize Your Car

Peptides Win Support from FDA Committee & Philly Gets LeBron on a Bargain

Trump Charges Instant Access to Truth Posts & AMC Says Movies Are So Back

OpenAI’s Rogue Model Hacks Another Company & The US is Losing its Lead in Farming

Miami is Now Pricier Than NYC & The Massive Train That’s Making Adults Cry

US Reignites Trade War Against Canada & CDs Are Making a Comeback