🎙️ Podcasts

80,000 Hours Podcast (Rob Wiblin)

AI researcher Ajeya Cotra explains why predictions about artificial general intelligence range from modest economic growth to "10,000 years of technological progress" by 2050, largely due to disagreements over whether AI will automate physical infrastructure as quickly as cognitive work, and whether historical steady growth or long-term acceleration is the better guide to the future.

Adam Taggart | Thoughtful Money

Housing demand has crashed to historic lows with sales down 42% from peak levels, triggering severe price corrections in Sunbelt markets and threatening broader declines as both domestic and international migration slow to multi-decade lows.

New York Times Podcasts

The Trump administration, led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, has engineered an acute fuel crisis in Cuba by cutting off oil shipments from Venezuela and Mexico through tariffs and regime change in Caracas, pushing the 67-year-old communist regime to its most precarious position yet.

New York Times Podcasts

The Trump administration, led by Cuban-American Secretary of State Marco Rubio, has engineered Cuba's worst economic crisis in 67 years by cutting off oil supplies from Venezuela and Mexico, creating conditions experts believe may finally force regime change after decades of failed US attempts.

Impact Theory

The video argues that opposition to the SAVE Act—which would require proof of citizenship and photo ID to vote—stems not from concerns about voter suppression, but from a political strategy to leverage census counting of non-citizens to gain House seats and electoral votes, while potentially creating a permanent future voting bloc.

The Prof G Pod (Scott Galloway)

Economist Mark Zandi warns that true inflation is closer to 3% than the reported 2.4% due to distorted October data and will likely worsen mid-year as tariff costs finish passing through to consumers, while journalist Liz Hoffman reveals the DOJ's antitrust chief was fired for blocking politically connected merger deals.

The Knowledge Project (Shane Parrish)

Nicolai Tangen, CEO of Norway's $2 trillion sovereign wealth fund, argues that high ambitions drive success regardless of failure, while the inability to predict macro events makes speed and agility more valuable than forecasting. He views AI as a once-in-a-lifetime productivity revolution transforming education and work, even as it creates bubble-like conditions, and warns that societal closedness and declining interpersonal skills pose the greatest threats to prosperity.

The David Lin Report

John Wu of Ava Labs argues that Bitcoin's 45% correction reflects a paradigm shift from ideological 'OG' investors to institution-driven ETFs, while crypto competes with AI stocks for speculative capital in an 'attention economy'—creating a rationalization phase where discerning investors can find opportunity amid 10,000 coins consolidating to a few winners.

The David Lin Report

Saxo Bank's Ole Hansen warns that gold's parabolic rise reflects breaking market plumbing and systemic stress, predicting a near-term technical correction but maintaining a $6,000 target within 12 months as debt concerns and Eastern demand override traditional rate sensitivity.

Impact Theory

The hosts analyze the DOJ's decision to halt Epstein file releases amid allegations of White House interference, while warning that Spain's criminalization of platform speech threatens democratic discourse and examining shifting Western political attitudes on immigration and historical accountability.

20VC with Harry Stebbings

Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski argues AI will collapse software creation costs to zero and eliminate data switching friction, threatening traditional SaaS valuations while enabling Klarna to slash headcount from 7,000 to under 3,000 without new funding.

New York Times Podcasts

Tech giants are spending hundreds of billions on massive AI data centers, flooding rural communities like St. Joseph County, Indiana with projects that promise high-paying construction jobs but spark intense backlash over strained resources, anonymous developers, and loss of rural quality of life.