Why Is It So Hard to Predict the Next Great Quarterback?
This week we have the NFL draft, which is an annual exercise in failure. Every year, some NFL team makes a disastrous quarterback decision but also overlooks a potential star. Why is it so damn hard t...
29 Apr 202235min
The End of the Golden Age of Streaming
What can save Netflix? Who killed CNN+? What the hell is going on between Disney and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis? It's a big media hellscape roundup. Rich Greenfield, general partner at LightShed Ve...
26 Apr 202252min
Instant Reaction Pod! Elon Musk Buys Twitter. So, What Happens Next?
Charlie Warzel, author of the Galaxy Brain newsletter at The Atlantic, joins to talk about what Elon Musk will do to Twitter and how his acquisition could change media, tech, and politics. Host: Derek...
26 Apr 202240min
Why Are American Teenagers So Sad and Anxious?
The United States is experiencing an extreme teenage mental-health crisis. It is one of the most troubling and fascinating social phenomena in the country today. From 2009 to 2021, the share of Americ...
22 Apr 20221h 2min
How Joe Biden Lost Millennials
The White House has a big youth problem. Since the day of his inauguration, Joe Biden’s approval has declined by about 7 points among Americans over 50—and by an astonishing 19 points among Americans ...
19 Apr 202250min
The News About Shanghai’s COVID Lockdown Is Shocking. The Reality Might Be Worse.
What’s happening in China’s largest and richest city right now is quite unbelievable. Shanghai is now several weeks into a government lockdown to stop the spread of COVID variants. In a metro with rou...
15 Apr 202246min
Instant Reaction Pod! Elon Musk Offers to Buy 100 Percent of Twitter.
Well, that escalated quickly. Days after Elon Musk become the single largest individual shareholder of Twitter, he has offered to buy the company and take it private. Wait, what? Derek welcomes Strate...
14 Apr 202229min
When Will the Ukraine War End? (Plus: 10 Good Minutes on What the Hell Elon Musk Is Doing With Twitter)
On today's show, we start with Ten Good Minutes on the extremely funny and very chaotic saga of Elon Musk vs. Twitter. Last week, Musk bought enough Twitter shares to become the company's largest indi...
12 Apr 202257min
