An Important Step Forward For #MeToo
This year saw some important advances for #MeToo. The US Congress passed two bills, now signed into law, that protect the rights of women who come forward to report sexual abuse in the workplace–and m...
15 Joulu 202226min
Meet The Most Fascinating People In The World
Well, some of them anyway. Each year, Businessweek’s Bloomberg 50 list introduces you to people in business, entertainment, finance, politics, science and technology whose work helped define the year....
14 Joulu 202224min
Fentanyl Deaths Are Overwhelming Cities
While everyone was focused on Covid over the past few years, America’s decades-old opioid crisis entered a new deadly phase – largely because of one drug in particular: fentanyl. Potent, cheap and ubi...
13 Joulu 202229min
Teen TikTok is More Complicated Than You Think
Bloomberg Investigative reporter Olivia Carville has spent months delving into TikTok, the hugely popular video social network. In November, she joined the podcast to talk about children who have died...
12 Joulu 202233min
Ticketmaster v. Swifties
A group of Taylor Swift fans is suing Ticketmaster, the big live event ticket provider, after sales for her upcoming concert tour went haywire. It’s also drawn the attention of the US Justice Departme...
8 Joulu 202226min
The Richest Family In the World
The secretive Al Nahyan family of Abu Dhabi has amassed a fortune of $300 billion–and they’re investing it around the globe, in everything from green energy and healthcare to Manchester City Football ...
7 Joulu 202228min
Heavy Sedation Saved People From Covid–At a High Price
In the early, scary days of the coronavirus pandemic, before vaccines, patients hospitalized with severe cases were often put on ventilators to keep them alive. That invasive treatment saved a lot of ...
6 Joulu 202225min
