The ExxonMobil Shareholder Vote: CalPERS CEO & US Chamber SVP 05/29/24
After two activist investors pushed ExxonMobil to reduce emissions, the company sued the activists, prompting them to withdraw their proposal. The litigation has cost ExxonMobil’s board the support of...
29 Touko 202430min
Elon Musk’s xAI Plans, $5 McDonald’s Meals, & SeatGeek CEO 05/28/24
The McDonald’s $5 value meal is coming in June, aimed at relieving inflation-weary consumers. But franchisees are also inflation-weary; Scott Rodrick, a franchisee in California, discusses the pressur...
28 Touko 202426min
BONUS: Dan Doctoroff: “Even When You Lose, You Can Win” 5/27/24
Dan Doctoroff is the New Yorker largely responsible for rebuilding New York after 9/11. The legacy of his long career in business and government includes his oversight as deputy mayor in the creation ...
27 Touko 202420min
An NCAA Deal & Special Needs Advocacy on Social Media 5/24/24
The NCAA has signed off on a deal that could change college sports–and student athletes–forever. Chair of Carolina Coastal University Athletics Joe Moglia discusses the $2.8B that could be coming to c...
24 Touko 202431min
French President Emmanuel Macron & Live Nation’s ‘Monopoly’ 5/23/24
The Department of Justice has sued Live Nation, the parent of Ticketmaster. Attorney General Merrick Garland alleged that the company “relies on unlawful, anticompetitive conduct to exercise its monop...
23 Touko 202428min
Election Campaigning: Appeals to Voters & Debate Details 5/22/24
The 2024 campaign cycle is in full swing. Pollster Frank Luntz discusses the candidate appeals to voters, and the first debate’s details that remain unconfirmed. President Biden announced a plan to fo...
22 Touko 202425min
Whole Foods Co-Founder & Scarlett Johansson vs. OpenAI 5/21/24
Scarlett Johansson is taking aim at OpenAI after the company used a voice “eerily similar” to hers for its ChatGPT40 chatbot. Former White House CTO Aneesh Chopra weighs in on the controversy, the lat...
21 Touko 202438min
Iranian Succession, China’s Property Woes, & Tourists in Space 5/20/24
Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has died in a helicopter crash. Karim Sadjadpour, senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for Peace Middle East Program, explains the issues Raisi’s death poses for Iran...
20 Touko 202429min
