Wheels Come Off at Tesla, Tucker's Texts, and...

This week, Alex and Ellis talk about the rise of storytelling in tech and why X is now openly pleading for its haters to come back. Then they sit down with Tarek Mansour, co-founder and CEO of Kalshi, to discuss insider trading, his rivalry with Polymarket, regulatory chaos, spor ...  Show more

Kara and Scott discuss Trump's threat to invoke the Insurrection Act amid ICE violence and protests in Minneapolis. Then, Paramount files a lawsuit against Warner Bros. in a desperate bid to block the Netflix deal, Apple strikes an AI deal with Google, and the FBI raids a Washing ...  Show more

Jane, Dara, and Matt talk about Amazon's pay raise, Sen. Bernie Sanders’s Stop BEZOS Act, and the new politics of big tech. References and further reading: Alexia Fernández Campbell’s piece on Vox about Amazon’s pay raises Sarah Butler of the Guardian lays out the pay raise versu ...  Show more

Acting US Labor Secretay Julie Su is optimistic about ongoing negotiations between striking auto workers and the big car companies. She talks about the United Auto Workers strike, the resurgence in worker power, and the latest in the job market with hosts Jonathan Ferro and Bloom ...  Show more

Emily Stewart joins Dara and Matt to discuss the prospects for Covid relief and Janet Yellen. Resources: "Janet Yellen's mistake" by Matthew Yglesias, Slowboring.com "Electoral politics on an unfair playing field" by Aaron Strauss, Slowboring.com White paper Hosts: Matt Yglesia ...  Show more

Glenn and Stu discuss CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta and his polar opposite opinions when on with Joe Rogan vs. while on CNN. Glenn and Stu give an update on the supply chain shortage and how China is poised to have a lot of control. Bill O’Reilly joins for his weekly news recap, includi ...  Show more