Consumer Spending Trends Amid Rising Interest Rates

(0:00) Addressing the podcast hack

(2:55) Macro picture: inflation cools, what happens to rates, market sentiment, soft landing, tech run-up

(20:34) Consumer sentiment: demand crash coming?

(30:31) BREAKING: Ripple gets big win in SEC case, token rips

(36:33) Lina Khan's losing streak, "spray and pray" strategy, overzealous regulators

(51:08) EV supply/demand mismatch

(1:04:58) Fraught NATO summit, ammo crisis, Sweden joins NATO

(1:18:52) Science Corner: New paper on reversing cellular aging

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