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Wordle is becoming a TV Show… cause the NYT is a gaming biz with a news hobby.A Batman-style AI facemask teaching kids English?... 1 viral toy explains China’s AI strategy.Robinhood’s co-founder launched a rocket company… Cowboy’s focus is SpaceX monop-alums.Plus, Liam & Olivia a ...  Show more

Apple’s next big thing? AirPods with cameras… but the cameras don’t record.Reebok sales have 3x’d since quitting Adidas… cause it’s letting Shaq & Allen Iverson cook.Whirlpool ended its 70-year dividend streak… because we’ve entered the DIY Economy.Plus, grocery store shopping ca ...  Show more

Note: This episode originally ran in 2015.German families in the 60s loved tasty, cheap American-raised chicken that was suddenly coming in after the war. And Americans were loving fun, cheap Volkswagen Beetles. This arrangement was too good to last.Today on the show, how a trade ...  Show more

Memecoins are having a moment. Everyone from Hawk Tuah to President Donald Trump to animal influencers like Moo Deng the pygmy hippo have been turned into cryptocurrency. But what are the costs of all the hype?On today's show — a modern parable. How an orphaned baby rodent became ...  Show more

Ever wondered why you can buy fresh Peruvian blueberries in the dead of winter? The answer, surprisingly, is tied to cocaine. Today on the show, we look at how the War on Drugs led to an American trade policy and a foreign aid initiative that won us blueberries all year round. An ...  Show more

This week we discuss the new Pope from Chicago, LABUBU being the new Furby, Nina West as Miss Piggy, plus our thoughts on the movie Sinners & the new bracket format for DragRace All Stars 10. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc ...  Show more