WSJ What’s News
Hosted by Luke Van Ness · 100 decoded episodes · newest Oct 7, 2026
What's News brings you the biggest news of the day, from business and finance to global and political developments that move markets. Get caught up in minutes twice a day on weekdays, then take a step back with our What’s News in Markets wrap-up on Saturday and our What’s News Sunday deep dive.
Episodes 100
- Sep 9, 2026 · 14 minOil surges as Trump, Apple and the NFL reshape the headlinesThe episode connects war-driven energy risks with political power, technology costs, corporate ties to China, and sports globalization.
- Sep 9, 2026 · 10 minApple’s foldable iPhone tests the premium-tech ceilingThe episode connects Apple’s biggest product launch in years to rising geopolitical, financial, infrastructure, and consumer-cost pressures.
- Sep 8, 2026 · 11 minFuel and copper surges widen the economic pressureRising energy and industrial-material costs could spread from global supply disruptions into household bills, freight, construction and heating.
- Sep 8, 2026 · 10 minAI’s math breakthrough meets a tougher test: real-world adoptionThe episode connects AI’s push into advanced mathematics with geopolitical, economic, and demographic pressures reshaping business and public life.
- Sep 5, 2026 · 5 minBond selloff collides with AI exuberance and Apple successionThe episode connects geopolitical risk, oil-market exposure and major technology bets to a volatile opening for September markets.
- Sep 4, 2026 · 14 minNorway’s oil fund questions bonds as debt risks riseGovernment bonds are being reassessed as volatility, higher yields and public debt weaken their traditional role as a portfolio hedge.
- Sep 4, 2026 · 13 minStrong jobs data rattles markets and raises Fed-rate fearsThe episode shows how resilient economic data can unsettle investors while regulators, lawmakers, and consumers confront separate high-stakes questions.
- Sep 3, 2026 · 12 minTroop deployments, drones and robotaxis test a strained worldThe episode connects prolonged military commitments and energy risks with fast-moving changes in warfare, electric vehicles, semiconductors and urban transport.
- Sep 3, 2026 · 11 minNvidia’s Hugging Face deal tests open AI’s next phaseThe acquisition could shape whether affordable, U.S.-developed AI tools and open-weight models become more accessible amid competition from China.
- Sep 2, 2026 · 11 minBond selloff exposes governments’ debt dilemmaRising government-bond yields can raise borrowing costs across mortgages, credit cards, businesses and financial markets while officials offer few fiscal answers.
- Sep 2, 2026 · 10 minJudge rejects Google ad-tech breakupThe ruling preserves Google’s ad-tech structure for now while testing whether narrower remedies can meaningfully constrain corporate power.
- Sep 1, 2026 · 12 minApple’s AI test begins as Tim Cook hands over the reinsThe episode connects Apple’s leadership transition to wider questions about AI, investor protection, medical advice, and regulatory power.