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Musk v. Altman Trial Begins & Adidas’ Supershoe Powers Sub-2Hr Marathoners

Episode 832: Neal and Toby break down the chaos where gunshots were fired nearby the White House Correspondents’ Dinner over the weekend. Next, a preview of the Elon Musk vs. OpenAI trial with CNN’s AI reporter Hadas Gold as she explains the major implications of this legal battl ... Show More

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Apr 24

US Soldier Caught Betting in Maduro Raid & Marijuana Reclassified as Less Dangerous

Episode 831: Neal and Toby talk about a US soldier who was involved in the capture of Nicolás Maduro arrested for placing Polymarket wagers on the raid itself. Then, US reclassifying state-licensed marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III.Then, AI coding startup Cursor inks a $6 ... Show More

27m 28s

Apr 23

Meta Surveils Employees to Train its AI & What Happens When You Give Cocaine to Salmon?

Episode 830: Neal and Toby chat about Meta’s plans to track employee mouse movements and keystrokes to help train its AI models. Next, Anthropic’s all new powerful Mythos model has some unwelcomed users. Then, a new Looney Tunes film just dropped a trailer, even though it was nea ... Show More

28m 30s

Nov 2025

Flight Cancellations At Major Airports Start Today; First Time Home Buyers Older Than Ever; Viral Starbucks ‘Bearista’ Cup

Headlines: – Welcome To Mo News (02:00) – Flight-Cancellation Plans Prompt Scramble Across Travel Industry (04:20) – Senate To Vote On Pathway To End Shutdown (06:40) – SNAP Benefits Must Be Fully Paid by Trump Administration By Friday, Judge Orders (07:10) – First-Time Home Buye ... Show More

22m 26s

Aug 2024

🦏 “Dude Where’s My Horn?” — Economics saves Rhinos. Big Tech’s AI FOMO. CapCut’s crazy speed.

In South Africa they’re preemptively de-horning rhinos to save them from poachers… Economics is saving the rhino.Big Tech is being driven by AI FOMO… and Wall Street is analyzing their AI spending receipts. There is 1 app more powerful than TikTok… It’s called CapCut and it’s cru ... Show More

23m 47s

Sep 2025

🚛 “Sloppy Soundtracks” — Spotify’s AI purge. NFL’s 3 huge sales. Starbucks’ McDonald moment. + Anthropologie’s $1K rock.

Starbucks is decaffeinating itself, closing 400 stores… but there’s hope for Starbs at McDonald’s.3 NFL teams just sold at record prices... They sold to Private Equity, but what about fan shares?Spotify deleted 75M AI songs, while AI slop is slowing your work day… Welcome to the ... Show More

22m 56s

Oct 2025

Government shutdown begins, gold surges, Nike and Buffett deals

The US government has officially shut down after lawmakers failed to reach a funding deal, furloughing 750,000 workers and risking delays to jobs and inflation data critical for the Fed’s next moves. Markets opened Q4 lower, with futures and the dollar slipping while gold rallies ... Show More

22m 55s

Jul 2024

🐮 “Got Dairy?” — Big cheese's turnaround. Flo’s $1B menopause app. Starbucks’ double-pump plan.

Women’s health app Flo just hit a $1 billion valuation… so it’s expanding to Millennial Menopause.We crunched the numbers on Starbucks… it’s officially Wall Street’s least-loved fast food chain.The Dairy Industry is living its best life… because Big Milk bet the farm on cheese.Pl ... Show More

23m 13s

Oct 2025

US Shutdown Begins As Stocks Drop & Gold Rallies On Funding Standoff

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) Congress blew past a midnight funding deadline, triggering the US government’s first shutdown in nearly seven years — and the third under President Donald Trump. (2) US equity-index futu ... Show More

28m 24s

Jun 2024

💳 “The savviest credit carder” — Wells Fargo’s rent card craziness. The stock market’s AI Mafia. DiGiorno’s “Chaos Pizza”.

How Savvy Millennials are causing Wells Fargo to lose $10 million per month on a rent-paying credit card.How the “AI Mafia” of 6 stocks (led by Nvidia) is adding the stock market to the “Vibecession”.And DiGiorno is using what they call “Chaos” to retake their #1 status in frozen ... Show More

23m 28s

Jul 2024

🧙 “Cyclops are Hot” — “Romantasy'' is driving book sales. NBA should go Inter-continental. Etsy human-touch rule.

“Romantasy” (romance + fantasy) delivered books their first year of sales growth in 3 years.The NBA’s new TV deal is worth $76B over 11-years… now we think it should got inter-continental with 2 expansion teams.Etsy just announced a major turnaround plan… “Keeping Commerce Human” ... Show More

23m 54s

Oct 2025

🐶 “Cute > Compute” — DoorDash’s delivery bot. Etsy’s ChatGPT website-killer. America’s 15th Shutdown. +Ford Poetry.

DoorDash’s 1st food delivery robot has as a strategic feature… Cuteness.Etsy stock jumped 16% on a shopping deal with ChatGPT… but AI agents are also a website-killer.The impact of the Government Shutdown?… Just look at Cava lunch bowls & soybeans.Plus, since it’s the 1st day of ... Show More

21m 3s

Aug 2024

👟 “Dad Shoe Destiny” — New Balance’s renaissance. Ulta’s Warren Buffett win. Sports Betting vs. Stock Investing.

New Balance just passed Under Armour in sales… because of its Dad Shoe pivot.Warren Buffett’s newest investment? $260M in Ulta Beauty… because Ulta changed how ya buy makeup.A wild new study breaks down a big new tradeoff… Every $1 in sports betting is $1 not invested.Plus, only ... Show More

23m 56s

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