Episodes 1,000
Avg. Duration 43m
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Since Dec 2017
Latest Episode Dec 2025

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Bloomberg's Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway explore the most interesting topics in finance, markets and economics. Join the conversation every Monday and Thursday.

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MeatEater's Steven Rinella on the Economic History of Hunting

Dec 15, 2025 53m Transcript

When we think about America’s economic rise, we usually point to agriculture or the industrial revolution. But in the early days of colonization, one of the biggest economic drivers wasn’t crops or…

D.A. Wallach Explains Why Biotech VC Is So Different

Dec 12, 2025 50m Transcript

Most people think of venture capital as funding software startups or, these days, some new AI tool. But VC also plays a major role in developing new medicines and treatments. That’s the world of D.A.…

This Is What It Takes to Get a Data Center Financed

Dec 11, 2025 45m Transcript

Data centers are weird things. They're partly real estate assets. They're partly extremely advanced technological products. And they have to find a way to consume a tremendous amount of electricity…

Dan Ivascyn Is Excited About a New Era in Fixed Income

Dec 08, 2025 57m Transcript

In the years since the financial crisis, bond investors didn't get much return for taking on risk. With low interest rates and little sign of inflation, investors had to accept lower-quality assets…

How Microsoft Excel Conquered Corporate America

Dec 07, 2025 18m Transcript

Excel. If you work in corporate America, that word either inspires laser-focused productivity or pure dread. Over the last 40 years, the spreadsheet software has become synonymous with the best — and…

Affirm's Max Levchin Breaks Down How Buy Now, Pay Later Really Works

Dec 05, 2025 53m Transcript

Max Levchin probably knows as much about online payments as anyone. He was part of the original "PayPal mafia" before going on to become co-founder and CEO of Affirm, the $22 billion player in the…

AI Can Tell Us Something About Credit Market Weakness

Dec 04, 2025 44m Transcript

There have been some wobbles in credit markets lately. It hasn't been too dramatic, but we've had some blowups, leading Jamie Dimon to speculate about the presence of other "cockroaches" lurking in…

Travis Kavulla Explains Why Electric Bills Shot Up

Dec 01, 2025 57m Transcript

There's an incredible amount of focus on the grid this days. That's notable because for a long time, the grid was hardly of any interest. For years, load growth was flat. It was a sleepy market. And…

This Is Why Credit Card Interest Rates Are So High

Nov 28, 2025 44m Transcript

Some people pay off their credit cards at the end of each month. They use the cards as a payment method and collect points and rewards, and never have to pay any interest. For other users, interest…

Graham Allison on the Risks of a US-China War

Nov 27, 2025 49m Transcript

The US and China are in a "Thucydides Trap," whereby the risk of war is heightened when an established power is threatened by a rapidly rising power. This is the framework that's been popularized by…

Ray Dalio on the Five Forces That Make This a Historical Moment

Nov 24, 2025 58m Transcript

You're not imagining it. This really is a moment of tremendous historical change. Various forces are all aligned right now and reshaping how the world operates. That's the view of Ray Dalio, the…

Risky Business Preview

Nov 23, 2025 3m Transcript

Here’s a preview of another podcast we enjoy, Risky Business with Nate Silver and MariaKonnikova. Risky Business is a weekly podcast about making better decisions. Hosted byjournalist and…

Why America's Cattle Ranchers Keep Getting Squeezed

Nov 22, 2025 43m Transcript

The country's cattle herd has shrunk to its smallest size in decades and beef prices have been soaring this year, with hamburgers and steaks becoming the latest flashpoints in the political debate…

What Susan Collins Wants to See Before Supporting Another Rate Cut

Nov 21, 2025 47m Transcript

In early November, it looked like almost a sure thing that the Federal Reserve would cut rates. Since then, the odds have come in dramatically, as a number of FOMC members have been talking about…

Tyler Cowen on Why AI Hasn't Changed the World Yet

Nov 20, 2025 51m Transcript

In many respects, AI technology is already mind-blowing, and can perform many tasks far better than the average person. And yet by and large, its impact has been hard to detect. We haven't seen some…

The Politics of AI Are About to Explode

Nov 19, 2025 45m Transcript

AI wasn't much of a topic in the 2024 election. But it will almost certainly be big in 2028, and probably even the 2026 midterms. There are concerns about all the money being spent and whether a…

Jeffrey Gundlach Says Almost All Financial Assets Are Now Overvalued

Nov 17, 2025 59m Transcript

Stocks are overpriced. Bonds are overpriced. And private assets are a powder keg. This is the view of Jeffrey Gundlach, the founder and CEO of DoubleLine Capital. As part of our 10-year anniversary…

Citi's Dirk Willer on How You Know When the Bubble Is Over

Nov 15, 2025 39m Transcript

According to Dirk Willer, the Global Head of Macro Strategy at Citigroup, we are definitely in bubble territory. Per his research, the stock market has been in a bubble since May. Unlike many people,…

Why Paul Kedrosky Says AI Is Like Every Bubble All Rolled Into One

Nov 14, 2025 47m Transcript

In recent weeks, there's been renewed anxiety about the sustainability of the AI boom. This is partly due to comments from OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar about a possible role for a government backstop in…

Cliff Asness on How Markets Got Dumber in the Last 10 Years

Nov 13, 2025 57m Transcript

The Odd Lots podcast has been around for 10 years. Unfortunately, markets have gotten less rational over the same time frame. At least this is the contention of Cliff Asness, the co-founder and CEO…

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