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Episodes
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 ...