Podcast Episodes

Dianne Feinstein’s Replacement Is Here. Who Is She?

California Democrats were already jockeying to run for Dianne Feinstein’s Senate seat next year and Governor Gavin Newsom sidestepped the contenders …

2 years, 9 months ago

Where the Supreme Court Can Do the Most Damage

One case on the Supreme Court’s docket could upend federal regulatory bodies’ ability to regulate at all. 

Guest: Jay Willis, editor-in-chief of Balls…

2 years, 9 months ago

TBD | Inside Crypto's House of Cards

The trial of Sam Bankman-Fried marks the end of an era where crypto rose to dizzying, Super-Bowl-commercial heights. Where does the industry go from …

2 years, 9 months ago

TBD | Who Will Pay For A COVID Vaccine?

After years of being a rare spot of universal, American-government-funded health care, this fall’s new COVID-19 vaccine is hitting the commercial mar…

2 years, 9 months ago

TBD | Is Amazon a Monopoly?

Amazon evolved from a place to get cheap used books to the “everything store”—one encompassing warehouses, logistics and shipping. 

But with the FTC n…

2 years, 9 months ago

Can Marriage Fix America?

Why is everyone—on the left and the right—suddenly touting the benefits of a married two-parent family? And what is it about this institution that ap…

2 years, 9 months ago

Wait, China’s Taking Our Pandas Back?

Everybody loves pandas—and China knows it. As we say goodbye to the National Zoo’s pandas, we look back at 50 years of “panda diplomacy” and consider…

2 years, 9 months ago

The Writer’s Strike Is Over: Who Won?

After five long months, the WGA and major Hollywood studios have reached a tentative agreement to end the strike—well, that one anyway. Who won what …

2 years, 9 months ago

Rupert Murdoch and the Future of Fox

At 92, Rupert Murdoch is retiring and handing the reins over to his son. Will Lachlan Murdoch watch over a period of managed decline—or will he chase…

2 years, 9 months ago

TBD | What Instacart’s IPO Means for Tech

As other tech companies that rode the pandemic to success started sinking, Instacart managed to stay above water—they turned a profit and even made i…

2 years, 9 months ago