Episode 578: X-Risk Premium

Brace briefly returns to join Liz and Hollywood Celebrity John Early as they listen to some LGBTQIA+ complaints, hear some gossip, and talk some shit about John’s new movie Maddie’s Secret.Hit the tip...

23 Syys 5min

Pablo Torre joins to talk about the DOJ investigation into Kawhi Leonard’s Aspiration deal, Steve Ballmer, and the business of sports journalism. We talk ESPN, billionaire reputation management, and i...

14 Syys 1h 29min

From Bravo’s gated communities to the contemporary influencer economy, we trace how being a housewife became a big business — with New York Magazine’s Bridget Read on Mormon MomTok, recessionistas, th...

10 Syys 7min

Anton Jäger joins Liz to discuss his new book, Hyperpolitics: Extreme Politicization without Political Consequences. We chat about the low-cost, high-speed political culture that took shape as mass or...

7 Syys 5min

Max Read joins us to talk through OpenAI’s Hugging Face incident, the para-influencer network shaping AI policy, swagless CEOs and the return of Effective Altruism Hit the tip line: (646) 801-1129 | t...

3 Syys 1h 24min

Liz is joined by our old pal Alexandra Scaggs to talk through Scott Bessent’s odd maneuver in the bond market, financial repression, institutional legitimacy and more funny money business. Hit the tip...

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Liz is joined by TrueHoop’s Henry Abbott to talk through the funny business surrounding the sale of the Lakers, the investigation into Mark Walter, and the increasingly strange world of sports ownersh...

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