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How the US and Iran Might Spin Their Deal to End the War
After nearly four months of fighting, the US and Iran have declared a memorandum of understanding aimed at halting hostilities between the two sides a...
Weekend Listen: Why 2026 Is Beginning to Look Like 1929 (with Andrew Ross Sorkin)
Almost a century after the Wall Street crash of 1929, Andrew Ross Sorkin says he believes some of its most dangerous ingredients are reappearing. Join...
SpaceX’s Record-Breaking Wall Street Debut
SpaceX went public today, with the largest IPO in history. Following months of buildup, shares opened at $150 and were trading at $161.11 at market cl...
Who’s Really Paying for This Year’s World Cup?
The 2026 World Cup kicks off today in Mexico City. It’ll be the largest in FIFA’s history, spanning three host countries and 48 competing teams and is...
In the $100 Billion Wedding Economy, Hiring a Witch Is More Than Hocus Pocus
Weddings are famously expensive. But with consumer prices on the rise and inflation accelerating at its fastest pace in three years last month, 2026’s...
China Tightens Its Grip on Billions in Offshore Wealth
Offshore trading has long given Chinese investors access to global markets — often through legal gray areas. Now, Beijing is stepping in with its bigg...
From California to Maine, Unpacking the Races That Will Shape the Midterms
The field for 2026 US midterm elections is coming into focus, with key primaries this week in Maine and South Carolina, as well as bellwether state el...
Weekend Listen: FIFA’s Jill Ellis on the the World Cup
Jill Ellis has seen soccer from every angle: as an elite player, as the two-time World Cup champion coach of the U.S. Women’s National Team and as an...
Can AI Save This Failing Rural Economy?
By many metrics, Meta is falling behind in the AI race. So CEO Mark Zuckerberg is building one of the largest data centers in the world — a facility t...
As Protests Roil Bolivia, We Sit Down With the President
President Rodrigo Paz ended 20 years of socialist rule in Bolivia with promises of unity, democracy and prosperity — and plans to tap the country’s mi...
How H-1B Restrictions Popped Dallas’ Housing Bubble
For more than a decade, the towns north of Dallas, Texas – places like Frisco, Prosper and Celina – have seen an unprecedented housing boom, thanks in...
Huge AI Bonuses Spark South Korea Tech Wealth Fight
Samsung recently made headlines when it narrowly averted a strike by offering eye-popping bonuses to its chip workers. But the move has seemingly back...
How a Tombstone Emoji Killed America’s Consumer Watchdog
The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is tasked with enforcing consumer finance laws and holding some of the country’s most powerful banks, lend...
Weekend Listen: Indonesia’s $15 Billion Free Lunch Experiment
Indonesia’s free lunch program is a massive operation, feeding tens of millions of people every day across a vast archipelago.
On this e...
China Is Recruiting US Citizens to Work for Its Government
The mayor of an affluent suburb of Los Angeles pleaded guilty to acting as an agent of the Chinese government last month. And while cable networks acr...
The DOJ Is Using a Powerful Legal Tool to Unmask ICE Critics on X and Reddit
Free speech lawyers are watching in real time as the US government escalates efforts to unmask anonymous critics of ICE.
On today’s Big Take pod...
Unpacking Trump’s $1.8 Billion Anti-Weaponization Fund
The US Justice Department has announced it would establish a $1.776 billion legal fund to compensate people who claim they’ve been targeted unfairly b...
US Ramps Up Threats to Cuba With Trump’s Venezuela Blueprint
The Trump administration is ramping up pressure on Cuba’s regime. Just this month, it indicted former President Raúl Castro, announced the deployment...
Next Africa: Did Aid Cuts Make The Ebola Outbreak Worse?
The Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo may have been spreading for months, according to the World Health Organization.
On th...
Weekend Listen: China vs the US: Kishore Mahbubani on a Zero-Sum Rivalry
Beyond this month's talks between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump, there’s an epic tale that has been unfolding for decades...
Why You Should Care About What’s Happening in the Bond Market
The global bond market buckled over the past week. Yields on 30-year US Treasuries hit their highest level in almost 20 years, while long-term debt yi...
It’s Not Just You: New Grads Face the Tightest Labor Market in Years
Graduation is here — but the jobs aren’t. On today’s Big Take podcast, we check in with recent graduates facing a brutal hiring landscape where 42% ar...
The Economic Impact of Gerrymandering
For months, Democrats and Republicans have been locked in a fierce battle over the way districts are drawn across the US. As both parties try to gain...
SoftBank’s $60 Billion OpenAI Bet Sparks Concerns
SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son has made a $60 billion bet on OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman – a commitment that has some insiders worried.
On tod...
Where the US-China Trade Relationship Stands Now
Trade was one of the most contentious issues heading into the Beijing summit between Presidents Trump and Xi. But while the summit generated “good vib...
Weekend Listen: A Stock Market of Amazonian Proportions
Amazon is everywhere, from your doorstep to outer space. So, what is the current state of the Everything Store? This week on Everybody's Business, hos...
The Biggest Takeaways from the Trump-Xi Summit
Tensions between the US and China have deepened since the last time a US president traveled to Beijing for a summit, in 2017. President Trump’s return...
The $100 Billion Gen Alpha Economy
The oldest Gen Alphas are still in high school, but some of the early reviews have been scathing. Unruly. Nihilistic. Bad at reading. Yet when Bloombe...
The Russian Operation Using AI Fakes to Target Voters
This year has seen an uptick in falsified videos and other online disinformation with a common theme: advancing Kremlin interests.
On today’s Bi...
Modi Is More Powerful Than Ever — Even as India’s Economy Strains
Despite India facing economic headwinds, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party defied expectations with a stunning state election sweep — capped by a h...
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s Legacy
After eight years as chair of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell’s term concludes this week. On today’s Big Take podcast, host David Gura sits down wi...
Weekend Listen: Will the Xi-Trump Summit Be Over Before It Starts?
As a high-stakes Trump–Xi summit looms, tensions over the Iran war and defiance of US sanctions threaten to derail what could be one of the year’s mos...
Trump Is Losing the ‘MAHA Moms’
Supporters of the Make America Healthy Again movement helped put President Trump in office for a second term. But just months ahead of the US midterm...
Boston Fed President Collins on FOMC Dissent and Kevin Warsh’s Nomination
The Federal Reserve in the United States has struggled to return inflation to its 2% target while navigating criticism from President Trump and scruti...
NASA’s Chief on Beating China to the Moon and the Odds Aliens Have Already Found Earth
Can NASA put astronauts on the moon in 2028? Why does the US need a lunar base? NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman joins guest host Tim Stenovec on tod...
Beijing’s Veto of Meta’s Manus Deal Signals Shift in the Global AI Race
China’s decision to block Meta’s $2 billion acquisition of AI startup Manus stunned the global AI industry.
On today’s Big Take Asia podcast, h...
The Jet Fuel Crunch Arriving Just in Time for Your Summer Vacation
For global airlines, this year was supposed to be a big one. The industry projected record profits — backed by more than 5 billion passengers — and a...
Weekend Listen: Writer Amitav Ghosh on Why India Has Lost Its Way
For more than 30 years, the Indian-born writer Amitav Ghosh has built a global following with novels that draw on deep historical research.
But...
The Online Games Where the House Always Wins
Game apps like High 5 Casino and Monopoly GO! are wildly popular. Players pay up for perks and the mobile game industry makes money – a lot of money....
How the US Government Plans to Refund $166 Billion in Tariffs
The US government is required to pay back $166 billion in revenue it collected as part of sweeping global tariffs struck down by the Supreme Court ear...