Silicon Valley Bank’s Downfall

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

Scott is back! He and Kara discuss Fed Chair Jerome Powell's response to the DOJ's criminal investigation. Plus, Trump pressures oil executives to invest in Venezuela, and California’s proposed wealth tax has billionaires fleeing. Watch this episode on the ⁠⁠Pivot YouTube channel ...  Show more

Silicon Valley Bank collapsed on Friday — the second-largest bank failure in our nation’s history. In today’s special episode, Scott and Ed break down what happened, how it happened, and what might happen next. Scott also addresses government bailouts, the consolidation of bankin ...  Show more

The biggest bank failure since the 2008 financial crisis is stoking fears of a larger financial meltdown across regional US banks. Silicon Valley Bank, a key lender for startups and the tech industry, collapsed last week. As regulators take over, many people around the country ar ...  Show more

SVB’s collapse is the biggest bank failure since 2008. Insider’s Ben Bergman explains why the bank collapsed, why the Biden administration intervened, and what this means for the economy writ large. This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy and Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Mat ...  Show more

Amazon, Google, Facebook and the entire tech sector just laid off tens of thousands of employees. How did America’s fastest growing industry become its most troubled? Annie Lowrey, staff writer at The Atlantic, joins Offline to break it down. She makes the case that while this ...