Podcast Episodes
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Season 2 Episode 13
Since a big white Chinese spy balloon floated across the ocean and into U.S. airspace, the United States has shot down four objects over North Americ…
3 years, 5 months ago
Why Everybody Is Wrong About a Recession and Housing’s Great Comeback
Season 2 Episode 12
Last fall, three-quarters of voters told CNN that the U.S. was in a recession. A Bloomberg economic model said that the odds of a recession by the fa…
3 years, 5 months ago
The Spectacular Rise and Fall of Fake Meat in America
Season 2 Episode 11
For the past 50 years, Americans have basically responded to the case against eating animals by eating more animals. The share of Americans who call …
3 years, 5 months ago
China’s Spy Balloon Is Down. Cold War 2.0 Risks Are Rising.
Season 2 Episode 10
If we’re being honest, the whole thing is kind of funny. A Chinese spy balloon floated across the U.S. Nobody died, unless we count the balloon itsel…
3 years, 5 months ago
Econ Megapod: The Debt Ceiling Is Dumb, and the Inflation “Crisis” Might Be Over
Season 2 Episode 9
We’ve got a double-barrelled podcast for you. Jeanna Smialek, economics reporter for the ‘New York Times,’ joins us to break down the debt-ceiling sh…
3 years, 5 months ago
The Dark Side of Being Obsessed With Productivity
Season 2 Episode 8
"Productivity is a trap. Nobody in the history of humanity has ever achieved work-life balance. The real problem isn’t our limited time. The real pro…
3 years, 5 months ago
How AI Could Change Apple and Google, Writing and Music, and Everything Else
Season 2 Episode 7
“The story of 2022 was the emergence of AI," wrote Ben Thompson, the author of the Stratechery newsletter and podcast. "It seems clear to me that thi…
3 years, 6 months ago
Why Big Tech's Jobs Bubble Burst. Plus, SBF's Scandal Deepens.
Season 2 Episode 6
Derek breaks down the biggest economic mystery of the moment: Why are the most successful tech companies collectively laying off more than 130,000 pe…
3 years, 6 months ago
America Isn’t Ready for the Weight-Loss-Drug Revolution That’s Coming
Season 2 Episode 5
We have historically thought about weight as the mere outcome of our deliberate choices about diet and exercise. We have not typically thought about …
3 years, 6 months ago
How Americans Got Everything About Food—Fat, Sugar, and Obesity—‘Entirely Backwards’
Season 2 Episode 4
Today’s episode is about what Americans don’t get about food—and the historical origins of our diet delusions. Our guest is Dr. David Ludwig, an endo…
3 years, 6 months ago