Weekend Listen: Why 2026 Is Beginning to Look Like 1929 (with Andrew Ross Sorkin)
Almost a century after the Wall Street crash of 1929, Andrew Ross Sorkin says he believes some of its most dangerous ingredients are reappearing. Joining Stephanie Flanders on Trumponomics, the financ...
14 Jun 36min
SpaceX’s Record-Breaking Wall Street Debut
SpaceX went public today, with the largest IPO in history. Following months of buildup, shares opened at $150 and were trading at $161.11 at market close. On today’s Big Take podcast, host David Gura ...
12 Jun 15min
Who’s Really Paying for This Year’s World Cup?
The 2026 World Cup kicks off today in Mexico City. It’ll be the largest in FIFA’s history, spanning three host countries and 48 competing teams and is expected to generate between $11 and $13 billion....
11 Jun 16min
In the $100 Billion Wedding Economy, Hiring a Witch Is More Than Hocus Pocus
Weddings are famously expensive. But with consumer prices on the rise and inflation accelerating at its fastest pace in three years last month, 2026’s newlyweds face exceptionally high prices. On toda...
10 Jun 14min
China Tightens Its Grip on Billions in Offshore Wealth
Offshore trading has long given Chinese investors access to global markets — often through legal gray areas. Now, Beijing is stepping in with its biggest crackdown in decades. On today’s Big Take Asia...
9 Jun 18min
The Races That Will Shape the Midterms
The field for 2026 US midterm elections is coming into focus, with key primaries this week in Maine and South Carolina, as well as bellwether state elections in California. On today’s Big Take podcast...
8 Jun 19min
Weekend Listen: FIFA’s Jill Ellis on the the World Cup
Jill Ellis has seen soccer from every angle: as an elite player, as the two-time World Cup champion coach of the U.S. Women’s National Team and as an NWSL team president. She is bringing this expertis...
7 Jun 23min
Can AI Save This Failing Rural Economy?
By many metrics, Meta is falling behind in the AI race. So CEO Mark Zuckerberg is building one of the largest data centers in the world — a facility the size of about 3,000 football fields in one of t...
5 Jun 29min
