$10M AI Music Scam Duped Everyone & Inflation Cools...Kinda

$10M AI Music Scam Duped Everyone & Inflation...

Up next

Recapping Powell’s Turbulent Legacy & Fans Go Crazy Over Swatch Collab

#846: Kevin Warsh confirmed as the next Fed Chair as Jerome Powell looks back on a tumultuous tenure. Swatch and Audemars Piguet collaborate on a Royal Pop collection that has fans waiting in long lines outside. The tobacco industry scores a win as the FDA clears the way for them ...  Show more

Billionaires Go to China with Trump & Americans Aren’t Talking to Neighbors Anymore

#845: Tech heavyweights travel to China alongside Trump to talk trade, AI, and the Iran War. Amazon employees are inflating their token usage, i.e. tokenmaxxing just to hit AI usage targets. America’s productivity is firing on all cylinders thanks to…not AI, but professional serv ...  Show more

Recommended Episodes

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

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

🌮 “Choco Taco 2.0” — Salt & Straw’s Taco Bell collab. Electric Cars’ last call. Interview with Friend AI’s CEO. +AOL RIP
The Best One Yet

The founder of Friend joins the pod for an interview… And announces he’s making a Friend AI movie.Taco Bell and Salt & Straw resurrected the Choco Taco… It’s a new playbook for collabs.Electric cars sales hit a record last Q… but it reminds us of the cannabis industry.Plus, AOL i ...  Show more

🤓 “Ivy League-ish” — Harvard’s profit puppy. eBay’s all-time-high. Trickle Down AI-nomics. IBO = Initial Baby Offering.
The Best One Yet

Harvard’s biggest profit puppy? Executive Education… They’re stretching the Crimson to earn some cash.eBay stock is (shockingly) at an all-time high… Because eBay now tracks “enthusiasm” as an official metric.Microsoft is spending $120 billion this year on AI servers… with that $ ...  Show more

BONUS 💰 “The Money Pod” — Our Best Money stories from 2024
The Best One Yet

#1. Wells Fargo launched a credit card you can pay rent with… but they underestimated how Savvy Millennials would use it. (6/24/2024)#2. An Olympic gold medal winner has a day job — as an investment banker… so we’ll tell you the secret to a successful side hustle. (8/7/2024)#3. L ...  Show more