Episode 63: Neal and Toby get you ready for the weekend as they dive into the latest rift between Disney & DeSantis and why this one is costing the state nearly 2,000 jobs. Plus if ESPN moves to streaming does that mean cable is officially dead? Meanwhile more people than ever are smoking weed while they work and why does Congress care so much about AM Radio ... Show More
Apr 2022
The End of the Golden Age of Streaming
What can save Netflix? Who killed CNN+? What the hell is going on between Disney and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis? It's a big media hellscape roundup. Rich Greenfield, general partner at LightShed Ventures, forecasts a rocky future for streaming. Nick Papantonis, a reporter for ... Show More
52m 57s
Nov 2019
The Launch of Disney+, the War on Billionaires, and the 4-Day Work Week
Youngme Moon , Felix Oberholzer-Gee , and Mihir Desai discuss several topics from a busy news week, including the launch of Disney+ (what does it mean for Netflix?), the growing public animosity towards billionaires, and proposals to move to a 4-day work week.Some Recent Picks:Fl ... Show More
31m 18s
Mar 2022
“Don’t Say Gay”
The furor over Florida’s latest culture-war legislation has Disney, among the state’s largest employers, turning red.
This episode was produced by Haleema Shah, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, and edited by Matt Collette and Sean Rameswaram, who also ho ... Show More
25m 27s
May 2024
Will New DEA Rules Light Up the Weed Business?
This week: A new DEA designation for cannabis means high times for pot smokers, but what about the industry? Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers discuss the future of the cannabis business, Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao’s lax, four-month prison sentence, and why ... Show More
47 m
Jun 2020
Big Brother Craig Wasserman Shares the Latest Cannabis News
The crew talks about the Heroes ACT, Israel's export of cannabis, and a new Republican out of the Bay Area, Nikka Piterman, who supports legalization. Plus, what really happened during an explosion in DTLA that was blamed on cannabis. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://w ... Show More
39m 12s