Why Big Tech's Jobs Bubble Burst. Plus, SBF's Scandal Deepens.
Derek breaks down the biggest economic mystery of the moment: Why are the most successful tech companies collectively laying off more than 130,000 people if the overall unemployment rate is still hist...
24 Jan 202347min
America Isn’t Ready for the Weight-Loss-Drug Revolution That’s Coming
We have historically thought about weight as the mere outcome of our deliberate choices about diet and exercise. We have not typically thought about weight like a disease. But in the past 18 months, t...
20 Jan 202353min
How Americans Got Everything About Food—Fat, Sugar, and Obesity—‘Entirely Backwards’
Today’s episode is about what Americans don’t get about food—and the historical origins of our diet delusions. Our guest is Dr. David Ludwig, an endocrinologist who has researched and written on obesi...
17 Jan 202347min
True or False: 10 Controversial Predictions About the Future of Streaming, Tech, and Media
Last year was a bloodbath for media of all stripes. Netflix crashed, the advertising market cratered, Disney fired a CEOBob and replaced him with a CEOBob, and meanwhile, the domestic box office for f...
13 Jan 202340min
Why There Is So Much Bullsh*t in Science
We should be living in a golden age of creativity in science and technology. We know more about the universe and ourselves than we did in any other period in history, and with easy access to superior ...
11 Jan 20231h
The 2023 Economy FAQ: Is Recession Inevitable? Will Housing Crash? Can Tech Recover?
Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson of Ritholtz Wealth Management rejoin the pod to talk about what they learned from the topsy-turvy 2022 economy and make predictions about 2023 markets. If you have ques...
4 Jan 202344min
PE Greatest Hits: Thompson and Klosterman Debate Why Society Got So Negative
This has been an amazing year for the show, and I’m so grateful for everybody who has listened. I’m off the last two weeks of the year but I wanted to keep something in your feed over the holidays, so...
27 Dec 202249min
PE Greatest Hits: Derek and Ryen Debate the Most Impressive Sports Statistic of All Time
This has been an amazing year for the show, and I’m so grateful for everybody who has listened. I’m off the last two weeks, but I wanted to keep something in your feed over the holidays, so this week ...
20 Dec 202253min
