The Journal.
Episodes
Elon Musk’s Unusual Relationships With Women at SpaceX
12 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The billionaire founder showed several female employees at SpaceX an unusual amount of attention or pursued them. WSJ's Joseph Palazzolo describes the...
New York’s U-Turn on a Plan to Reduce Traffic
11 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The nation’s first congestion-pricing plan was set to take effect at the end of June. But last week, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul called to indefinite...
Shein: Fast Fashion, Slow IPO
10 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The fast-fashion giant hoped to have a splashy U.S. public offering this year. WSJ's Shen Lu explains how the divide between Beijing and Washington go...
Trillion Dollar Shot, Episode 4: The Disruptors
09 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The rising popularity of GLP-1 drugs could cause all kinds of ripple effects. According to one estimate, 9% of the U.S. population could be on Ozempi...
‘It Came out of Nowhere’: The Rise of Dr Pepper
07 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There is a new contender in the cola wars, and it isn’t a cola. It’s Dr Pepper. WSJ’s Jennifer Maloney unpacks how after decades as a distant co...
Why Biden Is Cracking Down on Asylum at the Border
06 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
President Biden unveiled a last-ditch effort to lower illegal crossings at the southern border this week. The move focuses on asylum seekers, and the ...
Behind Closed Doors, Biden’s Age is Showing
05 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For much of his career, Biden built a reputation as a master negotiator. He’s known for his detailed knowledge of issues—and for hitting his strid...
A Conversation with Alphabet’s Captain of Moonshots
04 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Astro Teller, the CEO of Aphabet’s X, runs a lab dedicated to solving some of the world’s most pressing problems while also coming up with viable ...
Mexico Has a New President. Will She Be Different?
03 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Claudia Sheinbaum, the former mayor of Mexico City, will become Mexico’s first female president. Sheinbaum has pledged to be a continuation of her p...
Trillion Dollar Shot, Episode 3: Brad
02 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Bradley Olson has tried a lot of different diets over his 20-year weight-loss journey, including popular programs like WeightWatchers. But nothing was...
The Origin Story of Trump's Guilty Verdict
31 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A New York jury has found former President Donald Trump guilty on 34 charges. WSJ reporter Joe Palazzolo recalls the original investigation that event...
The Big Short: China Edition
30 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For years, China’s real estate market was booming. Developers, home buyers and Western banks rushed to invest. But the boom turned into a bubble, wh...
The Trustbuster Taking on Ticketmaster
29 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter heads the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division. He speaks with Ryan Knutson about the DOJ’s lawsu...
$2.8 Billion for College Athletes and a New World for the NCAA
28 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For over a century, the NCAA has refused to pay athletes. After a recent settlement, that’s going to change. The organization has agreed to set asid...
Introducing Science Vs - Ozempic: Is It Scarier Than We Thought?
26 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Trillion Dollar Shot, our new series about drugs like Ozempic, will be back next week. Until then, we think you’d enjoy a show from our friends over...
The First Person to Get Elon Musk’s Neuralink Brain Chip
24 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Elon Musk’s Neuralink is on a mission to enable humans to communicate with computers using their thoughts. Now they have successfully implanted thei...
Could Paris Hilton Create the 'Next Disney?'
23 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Paris Hilton and her husband, VC investor Carter Reum, talk about "strict" parenting, the importance of A.I. and the huge economic value of her spoile...
Years After Surfside Collapse, Florida Condos Are In Crisis
22 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Florida condominium buildings are undergoing inspections after the state set new requirements for how often the structures are put to the test. WSJ's ...
Why Israel and Hamas Could Be Headed Into a Forever War
21 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Seven months into the war, Hamas is far from defeated. The Islamist militant group is using guerrilla tactics and a vast underground tunnel network to...
Did ‘Roaring Kitty’ Just Spark a Meme Stock Sequel?
20 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Meme stocks took off last week after an unexpected tweet appeared from “Roaring Kitty,” a social media account associated with former financial co...
Trillion Dollar Shot, Episode 2: Bank Breakers
19 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As demand for the new class of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs skyrockets, one thing has stood in the way of many people trying to access them: cost. With a p...
The Race to Save an Iconic Train From Falling Into the Ocean
17 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Pacific Surfliner train in Southern California runs along some of the most beautiful coastlines in America. But some fear it might soon fall into ...
The Life of One of Wall Street’s Greatest Investors
16 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jim Simons pioneered a revolution in financial trading, embracing a computer-oriented, quantitative style in the 1980s well ahead of Wall Street. Foll...
Live from Seattle: A Weird Economy + Election = ??
15 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If the upcoming presidential election could be summed up by a song, what would it be? And will voters cast their ballots based on a bright future or a...
North Korea’s Propaganda Mastermind
14 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For six decades, one man has been largely responsible for creating North Korea’s propaganda machine: Kim Ki Nam. He served all three North Korean di...
How FTX Found Billions to Repay Customers
13 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When FTX collapsed into bankruptcy in 2022, many customers never thought they'd see their money again. But FTX's assets have rebounded. WSJ’s Andrew...
Trillion Dollar Shot, Episode 1: Birth of a Blockbuster
13 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Before Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound, there was Lotte Bjerre Knudsen. In the 1990s, the young scientist at the Danish drug company Novo Nord...
A Lawyer Says He Doesn't Need Help for Psychosis. His Family Disagrees.
10 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
WSJ’s Julie Wernau wanted to test a hypothesis: are there more mentally ill homeless people now, compared to before the pandemic? That question led ...
Can Chinese Customers Rescue Starbucks?
09 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Starbucks has a problem: Sales at U.S. stores have fallen sharply and now the company is looking to China, its second biggest market, to boost its rev...
The Suitcases Full of Cash Flowing Through Airports
08 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
London and Dubai's international airports have become conduits for billions of dollars of illicit funds, potentially linked to corruption, drug traffi...
Why Is Tesla Pulling Back on EV Charging?
07 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tesla announced last week that it’s laying off the team responsible for the biggest electric-vehicle charging network in the U.S. The move comes as ...
The 20,000 Steps to a Walmart Manager's Six-Figure Salary
06 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Walmart is offering higher pay, bonuses and more stock options this year to retain and attract managers. WSJ’s Sarah Nassauer spent a day with one m...
Guns and Death Threats in Canada’s Baby-Eel Fisheries
03 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The high price of baby eels has triggered an upsurge in illegal fishing and criminal activity in Canada. Earlier this year, the country announced a ba...
The NBA's Media Rights Are Up for Grabs. Billions Are at Stake.
02 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The National Basketball Association is in advanced stages of a new round of media-rights deals. WSJ’s Amol Sharma unpacks why several major media pl...
Mayhem at Paramount as Merger Looms
01 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On Monday, Bob Bakish stepped down as CEO of Paramount, one of America’s most iconic media companies. WSJ’s Jessica Toonkel reports on how Bakish’...
Trump Allies Draft Plans to Rein in the Fed
30 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump's allies have drafted plans to curb the Federal Reserve’s independence, should Trump win a second term. WSJ’s Andrew Restuccia unpack...
Amazon’s Secret Operation to Gather Intel on Rivals
29 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For almost a decade, Amazon staff went undercover on Walmart, eBay and other marketplaces selling products under the guise of a company called ‘Big ...
JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon on What's Next for the Economy
26 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jamie Dimon discusses his concerns about the future of the economy, the effect of overseas wars and the importance of U.S. leadership in a wide-rangin...
Pro-Palestinian Protests and Arrests at U.S. Colleges
25 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
With a fresh round of pro-Palestinian protests sweeping campuses nationwide, university administrators are cracking down. WSJ’s Melissa Korn explain...
How Gambling Scandals Are Rocking Sports Leagues
24 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Less than six years after a Supreme Court ruling paved the way for legal sports gambling, U.S. sports leagues are facing an onslaught of betting scand...
Inside the White House's Scramble to Avert a Bigger Middle East War
23 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Over the course of 19 days, U.S. officials raced to contain escalating tensions between Israel and Iran amid a series of attacks. WSJ’s Michael R. G...
Donald Trump’s First Criminal Trial Is Underway
22 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Former President Donald Trump is expected to spend the next six weeks in a Manhattan courtroom, defending himself against accusations he covered up a ...
How Cyber Thieves Are Disrupting U.S. Goods
19 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Reports of freight fraud are on the rise, vexing trucking companies and regulators. And victims say that they aren’t getting any real help from law ...
Think It’s Expensive to Buy a Home? Try Owning One.
18 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s not just the cost of buying a home that’s going up. It’s also the hidden costs — like taxes, maintenance and insurance — that are going...
Why the Fed Is Steering Away From Rate Cuts
17 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Yesterday, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell called into question whether the Fed will be able to lower interest rates this year as hoped. WSJ’s N...
Many Cities Fear the ‘Doom Loop.’ St. Louis is in One.
16 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Cities such as San Francisco and Chicago are trying to save their downtown office districts from spiraling into a doom loop. St. Louis is already trap...
The Russian Military is Using Elon Musk’s Starlink
15 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SpaceX’s satellite-internet devices are ending up in the hands of American adversaries and accused war criminals. WSJ’s Thomas Grove and Micah Mai...
Can the WNBA Cash in on the Caitlin Clark Effect?
12 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Caitlin Clark has lifted women’s college basketball to new heights, setting records on and off the court. Now the Iowa superstar is going pro and jo...
How Employer-Funded Child Care Can Work
11 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Providing child care for employees may not seem like a savvy business choice, but some companies swear by it. WSJ’s Harriet Torry explores the diffe...
What Arizona's Abortion Ban Means for the 2024 Election
10 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, the Arizona Supreme Court revived an abortion ban enacted in 1864, decades before the state's formation. WSJ's Laura Kusisto explains how t...
Biden’s New Plan to Cancel Student Debt
09 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Biden administration is proposing a sweeping initiative to slash student debt for nearly 30 million borrowers. WSJ’s Andrew Restuccia unpacks th...
Why No Labels’ Presidential Campaign Failed to Launch
08 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
No Labels, the centrist group which was trying to field a third-party presidential candidate, is abandoning its efforts to find someone to lead its “...
Janet Yellen Has a Warning for China
05 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is in China trying to discourage government officials and business leaders from flooding the world with cheap goods. W...
The Failures Inside Boeing's 737 Factory
04 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In January, a door panel blew off a Boeing 737 MAX plane during an Alaska Airlines flight. Informal communication logs between workers at the Boeing p...
A Deadly Strike on Aid Workers in Gaza
03 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Amid an increasingly dire humanitarian crisis in Gaza, seven aid workers from World Central Kitchen were killed by an Israeli airstrike. WSJ’s Steph...
The Battle Over Disney’s Board
02 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Disney's business has been struggling in recent years, and there's a fight over how to fix it. On one side is Nelson Peltz, an activist investor, who ...
Ryanair: Cheap, Cramped and Making Its CEO a Fortune
01 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Michael O’Leary has been running Ryanair for the past 30 years — the longest tenure of any major airline boss. During that time he has turned a pa...
Six Days of Chaos at MGM’s Casinos
29 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A gang of young criminals. A more than $30 million ransom. Casinos in disarray. WSJ’s Robert McMillan brings us inside a cyberattack that brought ma...
25 Years in Prison from “The Trial of Crypto’s Golden Boy”
29 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Caitlin Ostroff and Rachel Humphreys attend Sam Bankman-Fried’s sentencing hearing and parse through the reasoning behind Judge Lewis Kaplan’s rul...
Donald Trump’s Meme Stock Moment
28 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Not long ago, Donald Trump’s social-media company, Truth Social, seemed like it was on life support. But when the company went public this week, its...
The Baltimore Bridge Catastrophe
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Early Tuesday morning, a 1,000-foot container ship lost power and plowed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge leaving six people still unaccounted for. T...
What Will Sam’s Sentence Be? from "The Trial of Crypto’s Golden Boy"
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Caitlin Ostroff and Rachel Humphreys dive into a mountain of court filings to understand the arguments that will be made at Sam Bankman-Fried’s sent...
Will Getting Rid of Bosses Fix the Workplace?
26 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Bayer is throwing out the corporate playbook to try a radical experiment: getting rid of a huge swath of its bosses. After years of tumbling stock pri...
Sam's Life in a Brooklyn Jail from "The Trial of Crypto's Golden Boy"
26 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We’re back for Sam Bankman-Fried’s sentencing. After the crypto golden boy was found guilty on all counts in November, this week he’ll find out ...
Why the U.S. Government Is Suing Apple
25 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Department of Justice announced a landmark lawsuit against Apple, alleging that it has built a monopoly in smartphones by thwarting innovative app...
Trump Needs $450 Million He Doesn’t Have
22 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump’s finances are under stress. He faces a $454 million judgment against him in a civil-fraud case. Meanwhile, his campaign fundraising is...
Is Fighting Misinformation Censorship? The Supreme Court Will Decide.
21 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, the Supreme Court is considering whether the Biden administration unlawfully pressured tech companies to suppress social media posts oppose...
Can Reddit’s IPO Survive Its Own Users?
20 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The social-media platform Reddit is making its stock-market debut Thursday and is offering a chunk of shares in its initial public offering to users, ...
Why Women Are Leaving Goldman Sachs
19 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When David Solomon became CEO of Goldman Sachs just over five years ago, he made promoting women to senior levels of the firm a priority. But female e...
How Two Binance Employees Ended Up Detained in Nigeria
18 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Two Binance employees, Tigran Gambaryan and Nadeem Anjarwalla, are being held by Nigerian authorities in a guarded house. According to their families,...
How a Psychiatrist Lost $400,000 on Gambling Apps
15 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In November 2022, Kavita Fischer downloaded a casino app from DraftKings, one of the top online betting companies in the U.S. Kavita was looking for r...
The Cyberattack That’s Roiling Healthcare
14 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hospitals, pharmacies and medical groups have been reeling in the wake of last month’s ransomware attack on a company widely used for insurance bill...
House Passes Bill to Ban TikTok
13 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today the House voted overwhelmingly to approve a bill that would ban TikTok from operating in the U.S. or force a sale. For years politicians have th...
Rail Unions Normally Hate CEOs. Now They Are Trying to Save One.
12 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
About a year after a major train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, an activist investor is trying to oust Norfolk Southern’s CEO, Alan Shaw. But a...
Chinese-Made Cranes at U.S. Ports: A New Trojan Horse?
11 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Nearly 80% of ship-to-shore cranes at U.S. ports are made by ZPMC, a Chinese state-owned company. In recent years, U.S. officials have grown concerned...
Why an Ivy League Basketball Team Voted to Unionize
08 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week the Dartmouth men’s basketball team voted to unionize, setting up a fight with the school over whether its athletes are students or employ...
How Sam Altman’s Bromance With Elon Musk Turned Toxic
07 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Altman once called Elon Musk, one of his OpenAI co-founders, his hero. Now Musk is suing Altman, accusing him of abandoning OpenAI’s founding mi...
Biden vs. Trump: The Rematch Nobody Wants
06 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley suspended her bid for the Republican presidential nomination.That sets the stage for another matchup betwee...
Who Wants Non-Alcoholic Beer? Everyone, Apparently.
05 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In 2017 Bill Shufelt was desperate. He’d quit his job at a hedge fund to start a business that sounded absolutely nuts: a non-alcoholic beer that pe...
From Ukrainian Teen to Russian Propaganda Star
04 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When Russian troops invaded his hometown in 2022, Ukrainian teenager Denys Kostev filmed TikTok videos cursing Vladimir Putin and praising Ukrainian c...
Can Warner Bros. Uncancel J.K. Rowling?
01 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has come under fire in recent years for comments she’s made about gender and sex that some say are transphobic. WSJ...
Why the FTC is Challenging a $25 Billion Supermarket Merger
29 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Federal Trade Commission is suing to block a $25 billion merger between two supermarket giants: Albertsons and Kroger.WSJ’s Patrick Thomas unpac...
The Downfall of Vice
28 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Vice Media was a digital-media pioneer, built on provocative journalism and the promise of reaching younger audiences, a boon for advertisers. In its ...
Inside One Publisher’s Fight Against Book Bans
27 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
School districts and state legislatures have been ramping up efforts to ban certain books from school libraries and curricula. Last year, Penguin Rand...
The Deepfake Election Has Arrived
26 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Days before the presidential primary in New Hampshire, thousands of people received a call from someone who sounded like President Joe Biden, telling ...
Influencer Arielle Charnas’s Fashion Fail
23 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Arielle Charnas is a fashion blogger turned influencer with over 1 million Instagram followers. In 2020, she launched her clothing brand Something Nav...
The Deal That Could Change Credit Cards
22 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Capital One announced plans to buy Discover Financial Services in a $35 billion deal that marries two of the largest credit-card companies in the U.S....
Fentanyl Is Bad. ‘Tranq’ Might Be Worse.
21 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The animal tranquilizer xylazine, also known as “tranq,” is finding its way into opioid supplies and wreaking havoc all over the country. It’s r...
‘It Felt Surreal’: A Cancer Diagnosis at 26
20 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Meilin Keen was diagnosed with stomach cancer at 26. She’s part of a growing demographic of people who are getting cancer diagnoses before the age o...
Alexei Navalny, Putin’s Loudest Critic, Dies in a Russian Prison
16 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For years, anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny has been an outspoken critic and political foe of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Today, Russian ...
The Deal to Hide Bad Actors in the Funeral Industry
15 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Unethical funeral homes have exploited grieving customers for decades. What consumers may not know is that many of the industry’s bad actors have be...
Sam Altman’s $7 Trillion ‘Moonshot’
14 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman kicked off an AI revolution with the viral ChatGPT. Now, Altman has set his sights on another ambitious goal: Raise up t...
The Spectacular Fall of 23andMe
13 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Five years ago, 23andMe was one of the buzziest startups in the world. Now, 23andMe’s stock is worth less than $1. WSJ’s Rolfe Winkler unpacks the...
Why Three Media Giants Are Betting on Sports Streaming
12 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
While the National Football League was getting ready for yesterday’s Super Bowl, major news was announced that caught high-level NFL executives off ...