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Latest episodes

Oct 14, 2024 • 1h 4min
Kristen Faulkner, Venture Cyclist
Cyclist Kristen Faulkner, reigning USA Road Race champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist, on how her venture capital career has informed her competitive outlook and business model. Plus, pro-cycling presenter Jez Cox on making a living commentating on the international sport. Ian Stewart guest hosts.

Oct 4, 2024 • 56min
Manhattan Michelle Griffith
Top-ranked Manhattan luxury real estate agent Michelle Griffith of Elliman on the island's durable appeal -- spanning so many booms, busts, interest-rate cycles, crises and today's remote-work hangover. Griffith appears on NBC's Open House and Million Dollar Listing NY.

Sep 26, 2024 • 57min
Mo News: Mosheh Oinounou
Mosheh Oinounou, founder of digital insurgent Mo News, on the Mideast's new imbalance of power -- from Israel's ops in Lebanon and Iran; to Hamas's tunnel vision; to what Tehran really wants. All with a bit over a month left until the U.S. elects a new president.

Sep 20, 2024 • 53min
The Bulwark's Tim Miller
Tim Miller, former Republican strategist, on his journey into and out of the GOP. The Never Trumper discussed electoral post-mortems, tipping points, swing states, cognitive dissonance, iconoclasts ... much more.

Sep 16, 2024 • 54min
Miami Vice at 40
Miami Vice, the groundbreaking TV series full of star cameos, debuted 40 years ago. So much fact-vs-fiction and art imitating life -- which then tried to imitate that art. We talk to a retired Miami smuggler who always bumped into Crockett and Tubbs -- and NPR TV critic Eric Deggans on the show's four decades of influence.

Sep 12, 2024 • 52min
ICYMI
• Social media "blue-collar musician" Just Joe Altier
• Oliver Darcy on leaving CNN
• Caleb Silver on Investopedia at 25

Sep 3, 2024 • 50min
David Zipper
David Zipper, senior fellow at MIT's Mobility Initiative, on vehicle bloat, the elusive "15-minute city," EVs and much more. Ian Stewart guest hosts.

Aug 23, 2024 • 53min
Oliver Darcy
Media reporter Oliver Darcy, recently of CNN's "Reliable Sources" newsletter, on leaving the global news giant to launch Status -- which publishes directly to readers. We discussed cable's brutal year; the struggle to get people to pay for news; and the risk-reward profile of building it yourself in 2024.

Aug 15, 2024 • 56min
Punk legend John Doe (X)
John Doe of the seminal LA punk band X on the early days of the movement; staying in business through the decades and X's ninth --and final -- studio album, "Smoke and Fiction." Guest host: Ian Stewart.

Aug 12, 2024 • 55min
Investopedia's Caleb Silver
Market volatility and economic consternation are back. And so we bring back friend-of-the-show Caleb Silver -- editor in chief of Investopedia (turning 25 this year) and previously CNN's head of U.S. business news. We discussed the Fed, generational wealth, creative destruction...the works.