Episodes
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The Indicator from Planet Money
Medicare for All faces a transparency test
The debate turns on whether projected savings are credible and whether hospitals, doctors, and policymakers can adapt to lower, clearer prices.
Aug 26, 2026 · 9 min
Jocko Podcast
Jocko and Echo test war’s place in human nature
The discussion examines whether competition, sacrifice, discipline, and respect are independent human values or expressions of an underlying martial instinct.
Aug 26, 2026 · 1h 30m
Planet Money
Antarctica’s shared wealth tests global cooperation
The episode asks whether valuing Antarctica’s environmental services can strengthen the fragile cooperation protecting a resource no country owns.
Aug 26, 2026 · 41 min
BigDeal
Divorce lawyer maps the quiet path from disconnection to infidelity
James Sexton argues that relationships usually erode through recognizable habits long before a breakup or affair becomes visible.
Aug 26, 2026 · 1h 32m
Morning Brew Daily
Football’s CTE evidence collides with business and culture fights
The episode connects new concerns about repeated football impacts with market missteps, AI-era credibility questions, and escalating trade tensions.
Aug 26, 2026 · 32 min
PBD Podcast
AI safety researcher warns competition could outrun human control
The conversation tests whether governments can restrain systems that may surpass human understanding while countries, companies, and individuals race to build them.
Aug 26, 2026 · 2h 1m
Marketplace
The Fed confronts inflation it cannot fix alone
The episode tests how far interest rates can go when tariffs, commodities, supply chains, and climate pressures shape prices and public finances.
Aug 26, 2026 · 26 min
Wantrepreneur to Entrepreneur | Start and Grow Your Own Business
AI reads leadership readiness beyond resumes
Better signals of capacity could help organizations reduce biased hiring, improve role fit, and understand how people grow into more complex work.
Aug 26, 2026 · 32 min
Young and Profiting (YAP) with Hala Taha: Entrepreneurship and Self-Improvement Podcast
John DeJoria turns rejection into a business philosophy
The episode examines how poverty, homelessness, and repeated rejection informed a model of entrepreneurship built on trust, quality, loyalty, and generosity.
Aug 26, 2026 · 1h 42m
The Vault Unlocked
Military antenna research takes an unexpected turn toward pain relief
The episode examines how a promising drug-free pain device balances striking personal stories with limited evidence and unresolved regulatory hurdles.
Aug 26, 2026 · 43 min
This Week in Startups
Venture capitalists clash over Bill Gates' warnings on AI job displacement
As artificial intelligence threatens widespread job displacement, the tension between Silicon Valley's market optimism and the need for state intervention is reaching a boiling point.
Aug 26, 2026 · 1h 31m
The Contrarians with Adam and Adir
Negotiation expert Vicki Medvec reveals strategies for mastering high-stakes deals
Mastering negotiation strategies like anchoring and package deals can prevent costly deadlocks and unlock massive hidden value in business transactions.
Aug 26, 2026 · 57 min
A Bit of Optimism
Mary Holland Nader turns visibility into financial independence
The conversation examines how founders can use attention, intuition, and vulnerability to advance a mission without surrendering control.
Aug 25, 2026 · 58 min
The Indicator from Planet Money
Medicare for All reshapes costs, jobs, and drug research
The proposal could reduce patients’ out-of-pocket costs and tie coverage less closely to employment, but it would demand major new spending and disrupt health care.
Aug 25, 2026 · 9 min
Office Hours with Prop G
China’s growth model faces tests from defense, debt and robots
The episode connects Taiwan’s military buildup, Evergrande’s collapse and China’s robot ambitions to wider questions about security, growth and global trade.
Aug 25, 2026 · 52 min
Morning Brew Daily
Sanctions, ticket prices and friction reshape everyday markets
The episode connects geopolitical pressure, consumer backlash and deliberately slower technology to a broader question about who absorbs the costs of change.
Aug 25, 2026 · 31 min
Life Wide Open with CboysTV
A cow mayor, a supercharged truck and a wedding hypercar
The episode turns creator-world chaos into a portrait of rural spectacle, risky motorsports, expensive machines and wedding-season mischief.
Aug 25, 2026 · 1h 26m
Marketplace
AI could hollow out the tax base before governments adapt
If automation removes wage income at scale, governments may face a fiscal shock just as public needs rise and existing tax systems weaken.
Aug 25, 2026 · 26 min
3 Takeaways™
Al Roth tests morality against market consequences
The episode asks whether policies meant to protect people can worsen outcomes when they ignore persistent demand, incentives, and evidence.
Aug 25, 2026 · 16 min
Wantrepreneur to Entrepreneur | Start and Grow Your Own Business
Fractional CFOs turn financial data into scalable growth
Founders need more than accurate books to make better decisions, build durable companies, and prepare for a sale, succession, or legacy.
Aug 25, 2026 · 35 min
We Fixed It, You're Welcome
Smucker’s Hostess deal exposes the limits of nostalgia
Hostess’s struggle shows how a famous brand can falter when operations, customer targeting, product strategy, and cultural relevance pull apart.
Aug 25, 2026 · 57 min
This Week in Startups
China uses robot sports to build public sympathy for automation
The battle for AI dominance is moving beyond software, as nations use cultural public relations to prepare their populations for a highly automated workforce.
Aug 25, 2026 · 1h 20m
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Fatherhood reshapes men’s brains, hormones and priorities
The science challenges narrow ideas of masculinity while showing how caregiving, relationships and social policy shape family health.
Aug 24, 2026 · 1h 28m
The Indicator from Planet Money
Cities fear politics could pull federal grants mid-project
The proposed rules could make local governments hesitate to pursue ambitious projects if federal support becomes vulnerable to shifting political priorities.
Aug 24, 2026 · 9 min