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The Indicator from Planet Money
Fintechs seek bank charters for control and credibility
Bank status can unlock insured deposits and Federal Reserve access, but it also subjects fintech companies to demanding oversight and compliance.
Sep 9, 2026 · 9 min
Planet Money
Inflation creates different economies for different generations
The episode shows how prices, wages, assets, and economic timing shape financial stress in ways national statistics can obscure.
Sep 9, 2026 · 24 min
Jocko Podcast
Act decisively without mistaking motion for adaptation
The episode examines how leaders can act under uncertainty while using feedback, reflection, and consistency to avoid paralysis or overcorrection.
Sep 9, 2026 · 1h 37m
Office Hours with Prop G
Everyday contempt can forecast a marriage’s collapse
The conversation connects small acts of disrespect, economic strain, and unresolved resentment to the larger question of whether long-term partnership can preserve both fairness and desire.
Sep 9, 2026 · 37 min
Morning Brew Daily
OpenAI’s math claim collides with questions about AI conduct
The episode connects a disputed scientific breakthrough with broader concerns about data practices, competition, education, and institutional trust.
Sep 9, 2026 · 31 min
PBD Podcast
Arthur Brooks reframes success around love, purpose and service
The conversation asks high achievers to measure a successful life by relationships, faith, contribution and adaptability rather than achievement alone.
Sep 9, 2026 · 1h 59m
Marketplace
States test hospital price caps as markets brace for inflation
The episode connects healthcare affordability, monetary policy, mortgage risk, and trade tensions through the competing pressures facing households and institutions.
Sep 9, 2026 · 25 min
Wantrepreneur to Entrepreneur | Start and Grow Your Own Business
Patience can quietly stall entrepreneurial growth
The episode reframes patience as useful only when it supports sustained progress rather than delaying decisions, testing, or execution.
Sep 9, 2026 · 9 min
Young and Profiting (YAP) with Hala Taha: Entrepreneurship and Self-Improvement Podcast
Small businesses must close the backdoors hackers exploit
Weak access controls, vendor exposure, social engineering, and emerging AI risks can turn a modest security gap into regulatory, financial, and reputational damage.
Sep 9, 2026 · 1h 12m
The Vault Unlocked
Agency owners need an operating layer to escape the growth swamp
Agencies can outgrow founder-led execution yet lack the managers, systems, and metrics required to scale profitably.
Sep 9, 2026 · 39 min
This Week in Startups
Venture capitalists warn founders of IP risks in frontier AI models
As AI developers face mounting intellectual property disputes, startups must navigate the thin line between leveraging frontier models and protecting their own proprietary technology.
Sep 9, 2026 · 1h 21m
A Bit of Optimism
Great speakers guide audiences instead of displaying knowledge
The episode argues that persuasive communication depends on conviction, preparation, and audience awareness more than performance or information density.
Sep 8, 2026 · 47 min
The Indicator from Planet Money
Canada targets American goods as tariff fight widens
The dispute threatens an integrated auto industry while testing Canada’s ability to absorb economic pain without surrendering leverage in future USMCA negotiations.
Sep 8, 2026 · 9 min
Office Hours with Prop G
China turns biotech strength into strategic leverage
The episode connects a high-stakes Trump-Xi meeting with a less visible shift in pharmaceutical power that leaves the United States reliant on Chinese supply chains.
Sep 8, 2026 · 54 min
BigDeal
Meditation turns reactive habits into deliberate choices
The conversation connects meditation with relationships, ambition, trauma, intuition, and the difficult practice of changing without demanding perfection.
Sep 8, 2026 · 55 min
Morning Brew Daily
Women drive job gains as diesel costs reshape the economy
The episode connects an unexpectedly strong labor market with rising energy costs and a wider debate over how institutions shape public understanding.
Sep 8, 2026 · 29 min
Life Wide Open with CboysTV
CboysTV turns crashes, pranks and Shredfest into shop folklore
The episode shows how a creator crew turns vehicle mishaps, reckless bets and event planning into a shared culture of risk and improvisation.
Sep 8, 2026 · 1h 33m
Marketplace
U.S.-Canada tariffs test a deeply linked economy
The dispute shows how quickly political retaliation can disrupt businesses, markets, and the economic ties built between neighboring countries.
Sep 8, 2026 · 26 min
3 Takeaways™
Presidents Need Congress Before Sending Forces Into War
The episode tests whether constitutional restraints can survive when presidents face urgent threats, incomplete intelligence, political pressure, and incentives to act alone.
Sep 8, 2026 · 19 min
Wantrepreneur to Entrepreneur | Start and Grow Your Own Business
Constraints force entrepreneurs to rethink how they work
The episode argues that limiting available time can expose low-value work and redirect entrepreneurial effort toward higher-impact decisions.
Sep 8, 2026 · 8 min
REAL AF with Andy Frisella
Hosts link political distrust to immigration, Nike and rising costs
The episode shows how institutional skepticism, immigration disputes and corporate politics converge in a broader argument about accountability and personal responsibility.
Sep 8, 2026 · 1h 15m
We Fixed It, You're Welcome
Why promising innovations fail before markets are ready
The episode examines how timing, financing, customer economics, and organizational design determine whether ambitious ideas become viable businesses.
Sep 8, 2026 · 45 min
The Indicator from Planet Money
BLS forecasts get the future mostly right—within limits
Career decisions increasingly depend on long-range projections, but the data’s usefulness depends on how much it can see beyond current trends.
Sep 7, 2026 · 9 min
Jocko Podcast
Jocko argues competition beats martial-arts callouts
The discussion examines how public challenges, rank, etiquette, and ego can turn a test of skill into a damaging rivalry.
Sep 7, 2026 · 21 min