The Genius Episode: Ben Franklin & Elon Musk 4/06/22
Filmmaker Ken Burns’ new two-part documentary on PBS documents the life and complicated legacy of Benjamin Franklin. The documentarian joins Franklin biographer Walter Isaacson to discuss how the foun...
6 Apr 202228min
Matt Damon: Solving for the Water Crisis 4/05/22
In an extended interview, Matt Damon and Gary White discuss founding their nonprofit Water.org, following over a decade funding global access to safe water and sanitation. The actor and engineer share...
5 Apr 202233min
Musk’s 9% Twitter Stake & Workers Unite 4/04/22
Tesla CEO Elon Musk purchased a giant stake in Twitter making him the largest outside shareholder in the social media stock, not long after criticizing the company for what he said was its failure to ...
4 Apr 202234min
Reading the ‘Recession Predictor’ 4/01/22
The bond market briefly flashed a warning that recession could be imminent; Joe Kernen, Becky Quick, Andrew Ross Sorkin, and CNBC’s senior economics reporter Steve Liesman explain Wall Street’s hype a...
1 Apr 202226min
Polling the Public: Inflation Fight or Wealth Tax? 3/31/22
Wall Street and Washington are still hung up on the Biden administration’s proposed billionaire income tax, but pollster and political strategist Frank Luntz says the majority of Americans are more co...
31 Mar 202228min
Meme Mania Returns 3/30/22
Meme stock mania has returned to the markets. Wild swings in GameStop and AMC stock have drummed up more interest in retail trading trends; Tastytrade founder and Co-CEO Tom Sosnoff considers meme tra...
30 Mar 202225min
Buybacks & Billionaires with Sen. Elizabeth Warren 3/29/22
President Joe Biden’s $5.8 trillion 2023 federal budget proposes tax hikes on the ultra-wealthy and new rules on corporate buybacks. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) makes the case for reforms to execu...
29 Mar 202231min
Biden’s Budget, Shanghai’s Lockdown, & the On-Stage Slap 03/28/22
President Joe Biden’s 2023 federal budget proposes tax hikes on the ultra-wealthy and on corporations while providing billions of dollars in new spending at the Defense and Justice Departments. Joe, B...
28 Mar 202231min
