Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchBankruptcy 🪙 — Amazon is taking loses. Twitter is chaotic and FTX is bankrupt.
Episode 1
After becoming the first company to lose US$1 trillion in market value (yes, ever), Amazon is taking a long, hard look at its business, because somet…
3 years, 6 months ago
Office cuts 🏢 — WeWork is pulling back. Canva is introducing AI. And NASA is launching a new climate satellite.
Episode 1
Cost-cutting is the name of the corporate game these days, and WeWork is no exception.
Just a few months ago, text-to-image AI seemed like super-futur…
3 years, 6 months ago
Non-alcoholic 🍺 — There’s a new gen of non-alcoholic drinks. What if you could date using a Love is Blind app? And Meta has a big layoff.
Episode 1
Keurig Dr. Pepper invested US$50 million for a minority stake in Athletic Brewing, a leader in the booming non-alcoholic craft beer market.
Picture th…
3 years, 6 months ago
Live pod 🎙 — Retirees are going back to work. The feds want to fund health care. And FTX is over.
Episode 1
Live from The Peak’s Bet on Canada Summit in Toronto!
Retirees used to spend their time sunning in Florida. These days, they’re going back to work.
The…
3 years, 6 months ago
Cleaning fees 🧹 — Airbnb is building cleaning fees into the prices. Canada’s proposed online streaming bill is making creators sweat. And Americans head to the polls today!
Episode 1
Executives at Airbnb want you to know they have, in fact, read all your angry tweets about out-of-control cleaning fees, and that they’re listening a…
3 years, 6 months ago
Four day workweek 4️⃣ — You’re not getting enough sleep. Unilever is experimenting with the four-day workweek. And Xi is trying to cool down nuclear tensions.
Episode 1
In exchange for not seeing the sun after work until spring, you’re now getting an extra hour of sleep—and the odds are, that’s something you desperat…
3 years, 6 months ago
Strike 🪧 — CUPE education workers are going on strike. The Fall Economic Statement is out. And you may start controlling your phone with your brain.
Episode 1
Over 55,000 Ontario education workers, including early childhood educators, educational assistants and custodians, are set to walk off the job today.…
3 years, 6 months ago
Musk makes his mark 🐦 — The Fed hikes interest rates again. Musk makes his mark at Twitter. And Google is using AI to predict natural disasters.
Episode 1
The US Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 75 percentage points, bringing its benchmark rate range to 3.75%-4% and effectively making any type o…
3 years, 6 months ago
Death of Yeezys 👟 — The sneaker market is in a spiral. TouchBistro raises a big round. And Canada has a new immigration plan.
Episode 1
The Adidas-Kanye West split meant the death of Yeezy: The immensely popular and influential line of shoes the controversy-mongering rapper designed f…
3 years, 6 months ago
Zero COVID 😷 — China is still struggling with COVID. Canadians are starting to feel the crunch of inflation. And Campari is buying a bourbon maker.
Episode 1
From squashing presidential term limits to picking fights with Taiwan, a lot is going on in China these days... so much so that we almost forgot abou…
3 years, 6 months ago