The Bipartisan Bridge & Tunnel Crowd; Bill SPAC-Man; The Four Day Workweek
Bill Ackman’s SPAC Pershing Square Tontine Holdings has acquired 10% of Universal Music Group, the label behind Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, and Drake--valuing the company at $40 billion. Tontine is the b...
21 Jun 202131min
Juneteenth Commemoration & Financial Inclusion; Covid-19’s Impact on the Brain
America celebrates its newest federal holiday: Juneteenth. Commemorating the day that enslaved African-Americans were informed of their freedom two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation...
18 Jun 202131min
The Fed Talks (About Talking); Tackling Economic Inequality, from Nonprofits to Public Office
The Federal Reserve has raised its expectations for inflation this year and brought forward the time frame for when it will next raise interest rates: likely in 2023. CNBC’s Ylan Mui digests the Fed m...
17 Jun 202132min
Handshakes in Geneva: The Biden-Putin Summit
CNBC’s Eamon Javers reports on President Biden’s first summit meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the ground in Switzerland. The three hour meeting likely covered cyber hacks, human right...
16 Jun 202126min
Alibaba’s Joe Tsai: The NBA, Jack Ma, & #StopAsianHate
Alibaba co-founder and Brooklyn Nets owner Joe Tsai discusses the global economic recovery, the NBA playoffs, founding the Asian American Foundation, and the role of sports teams in fighting for socia...
15 Jun 202136min
Paul Tudor Jones: It’s Bat “S” Crazy
Billionaire hedge fund titan Paul Tudor Jones talks inflation, market memes, and bitcoin bets in an extended interview. Ahead of the Federal Reserve’s next meeting, Jones shares his money plays, from ...
14 Jun 202139min
Inflation Nation, Billionaire Tax Loopholes & Corporate Diversity
From Wall Street to Main Street to Washington, everyone is talking about inflation, which is having a real-life impact on all of our wallets. CNBC’s Kristina Partsinevelos reports on the increasing co...
11 Jun 202126min
Meme Stock Mania with Reddit Co-founder Alexis Ohanian; Pigging Out at the Pork Expo
GameStop, Clover Health, and AMC trades are fueled by buzz on social media, but Reddit co-founder turned venture capitalist Alexis Ohanian says the trading momentum of these “meme stocks” is hardly ne...
10 Jun 202132min
