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From the "Seduction Phase" of agentic AI to the terrifying prospect of human cognitive atrophy. We debate the rise of Claude Bot and local LLMs, breakdown Dario Amadei’s warning of a "country of geniuses," and ask if we are becoming nothing more than "Meat AI." Plus, how to posit ...  Show more

From the "Hard to Kill" special forces event in Vegas to the science of why complaining physically rewires your brain. We debate the widening political gap between young men and women, breakdown the "Free Soul" aesthetic of the guy doing better than you, and ask if Claude Code ha ...  Show more

On episode 426 of Animal Spirits, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michael Batnick⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ben Carlson⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ discuss why the stock market is getting boring, S&P 493 vs. the Mag 7, are small caps dead, it's tough being a contrarian, healthcare stocks are cheap, the K-shaped food ...  Show more

On today’s episode, Clay is joined by Lyn Alden to discuss fiscal dominance and its implications for investors. While many value investors claim that following the macro environment isn’t all that important, Lyn makes the compelling case that fiscal dominance has a considerable i ...  Show more

On episode 385 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss: Warren Buffett's massive cash pile, the performance of the average stock this year, the Polymarket whale, markets in everything, Twitter replies now and then, the cost of college is going down, Bitcoin is ...  Show more

On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michael Batnick⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ben Carlson⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ are joined by John Burrello, Senior Portfolio Manager at Invesco to discuss: their Income Advantage suite of ETFs, how options work, ...  Show more