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Episode 784: Neal and Toby discuss the swelling trade deficit despite Trump’s aggressive tariffs. Then, the grandson of the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup inventor is publicly criticizing Hershey’s for skimping out for cheaper ingredients. Also, Etsy sells its secondhand marketplace t ...  Show more

Episode 783: Neal and Toby recap Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony in the landmark trial on social media addiction. Then, a debate arises between state law and federal law on the allowance of prediction markets. Also, India’s AI summit draws some of the biggest names in tech as the cou ...  Show more

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi dropped by the Acquired studio for an Eats delivery, so we broke out the cameras and asked him to hang out for a wide-ranging conversation. :) We talk about his 20 years working with Barry Diller, starting his career at Allen & Company, how the Uber CEO ...  Show more

Patrick Bet-David, Adam Sosnick, Tom Ellsworth, and Vincent Oshana discuss whether nationwide cell outages in the U.S are the result of tech failure or a cyber attack, non-U.S. citizen Kelly Wong being appointed by the San Francisco's Board of Supervisors to city's Ele ...

Friday, February 25th, 2022

Biden and NATO impose additional sanctions on Russia as Putin initiates a full-scale invasion of Ukraine; we have additional insights into Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s reluctance to prosecute Donald; the “Don't Say Gay” bill has passed the Flori ...

Matt is joined by Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw to check in on Warner Bros. Discovery and CEO David Zazlav after a rocky earnings call last week. They discuss the disappointing movie quarter, their murky path to streaming profitability, the state of the MAX brand, whether they will keep ...  Show more