What'd You Miss This Week
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Facebook's Plans for Its Cryptocurrency to Rival the Dollar
28 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Facebook's Head of Calibra David Marcus joined to discuss why the social media company is launching the cryptocurrency Libra and the regula...
Alexis Ohanian's Push to Make Paid Paternity Leave a Right
21 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, former Alphabet engineer and activist Liz Fong-Jones joined to discuss the challenges of working as a trans person at Alphabet and how the ...
The Holy Grail of the Food Industry: Lab-Grown Meat
14 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Uma Valeti, the co-founder and CEO of Memphis Meats, joined to discuss his company's work developing "the Holy Grail of the food industry,"...
How the #YangGang Took Over the Internet
07 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Democratic Presidential candidate Andrew Yang joined to discuss why he is the best person to take on Donald Trump and why universal basic i...
Warren Mosler Makes the Case for MMT
31 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week Modern Monetary Theory pioneer Warren Moesler, who is the author of "The Seven Deadly Innocent Frauds of Economic Policy," came on to make t...
ESPN President Jimmy Pitaro's Plan to Take on Cord-Cutting
24 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, ESPN president Jimmy Pitaro sat down for an exclusive interview to discuss his plan to fight cord-cutting and why ESPN is staying out of th...
Why Barry Silbert Thinks Bitcoin's Revival is Different This Time Around
17 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Tom Finke, the Chairman and CEO of Barings, came on to discuss why the Asia-Pacific is a growth region despite tariff concerns, and why cre...
The Markets 'Trade' Calm for Volatility
10 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Stefan Selig, the former Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade under President Obama, joined to discuss President Trump's lat...
"Avengers: Endgame" May Not Be Done Breaking Box Office Records
03 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, "Avengers: Endgame" directors Joe and Anthony Russo joined to discuss their record-breaking new Marvel movie. Beyond Meat Founder and CEO E...
Health Care Stocks Feel "The Fear of the Fear" of Medicare-for-All
26 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Michael Newshel, an analyst at Evercore ISI, came on to talk why health care stocks are reacting to the 2020 Medicare-for-All debate. Karl ...
Using Reggae to Communicate Monetary Policy
19 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jamaica's Finance Minister Nigel Clarke joined to discuss his country's success as the best performing stock market of 2018 and using regga...
The Tale of Two Housing Markets
05 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Ivy Zelman, CEO of Zelman and Associates, and the author of the Z report, came on to talk about trends in the the housing market and if thi...
Stephen Moore's Self-Described "Steep Learning Curve"
29 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Stephen Moore, visiting fellow at the Heritage Foundation, came on after President Trump announced he was nominating him the the Federal Re...
Fed Tightening May Be 'Back in Play' Later This Year
22 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Rett Wallace, the CEO of Triton Research, came on to talk about why he sees almost nothing in Lyft's IPO filing to asses the business and w...
The Progressive Case for Free Trade
15 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy came on to talk about his proposed millionaire's tax and why he has spoken with Amazon. Nobel Laureate Robe...
Rebuilding Trade Trust between the U.S. and EU
08 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we talked with European Commission Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom about negotiating a trade deal between the EU and U.S. Dennis Purce...
The Laws That Could Crown the World's Richest Cat
01 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Henson Efron estate attorney Christopher Burns came on to talk about the laws that could let Karl Lagerfeld's beloved cat become a milliona...
Why China is "Just a Paper Tiger"
15 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Kyle Bass, founder and Chief Investment Officer at Hayman Capital Management, came on to talk about why he's sticking with his 2020 recessi...
Ending D.C.'s Debt Obsession
08 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jason Furman, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Obama, came on to talk about why he wants D.C. to end its debt obsession. C...
Why Elizabeth Warren Still Calls Herself a Capitalist
01 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Sen. Elizabeth Warren joined for a wide-ranging interview to discuss her wealth tax, why Democrats are embracing a tax policy message and t...
The American Brain Drain
25 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This Week, former IMF deputy managing director Anne Krueger came on to talk about what she calls "Trump's Brain Drain" and how higher education is get...
Why Brexit is a lot like The Big Lebowski
18 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Tim Harford, senior columnist at the FT, joined to talk about the political brinkmanship on both sides of the Atlantic. Sara Menker, the fo...
Why the Street's Biggest Facebook Bear Just Got More Bearish
11 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg joined from from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, to talk about their 5G rollout and why is predicting...
Post-Gaming the Fed Decision with Alan Greenspan
21 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we post-gamed the Federal Reserve decision with former Fed Chair Alan Greenspan, who offered his thoughts on monetary policy, the economy a...
Why Paul Krugman Would Pause Rate Hikes if he was Fed Chair
14 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This Week, founder and co-CEO of Canopy Growth Bruce Linton joined to discuss his plans to become the Google of the cannabis industry. David Woo, Head...
The Buckeye State Goes All In On Bitcoin
30 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Guy Chirello, President of FirstData, came on to talk about his company's work tracking holiday shopping in real-time. Jonathan Tepper, Fou...
PG&E's New Financial and Environmental Reality
16 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Carolyn Kousky, Director for Policy Research and Engagement at the Wharton Risk Center, came on to talk about new financial and environment...
The Midterms' Green Wave
09 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week, with Vivien Azer, Senior Research Analyst at Cowen, came on to talk about how marijuana won big at the ballot box on Tuesday and what it me...
Democrats Chase Their Great White Whale
02 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Scarlet sat down with Karen Finney, senior adviser to Hillary Clinton's 2016 Presidential Campaign, about her client, Stacey Abrams, the De...
Markets Said There'll Be Days Like This
26 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Sean Stiefel, Navy Capital Founder and Portfolio Manager, came on talk about Aurora getting a listing on the New York Stock Exchange and th...
O Canada! O Cannabis!
19 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On What'd You Miss this Week, Scarlet, Joe, Caroline, and Romaine went all in the the legalization of marijuana in Canada. Tilray CEO Brendan Kennedy ...
13 Days of Hell for Homebuilders
12 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Joe, Scarlet, Caroline, and Romaine spoke with Bill Kerr, Professor at the Harvard Business School about his new book "The Gift of Talent:...
The Trade Deal Formerly Known as NAFTA
05 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On What'd You Miss this Week, Scarlet, Joe, Caroline, and Romaine spoke with Stefan Selig, former U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce and International T...
Crypto and Cannabis Are the Perfect Post-Crisis Bubbles
28 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On What'd You Miss this Week, Scarlet, Joe, Caroline, and Romaine spoke with Michael Gorenstein, Cronos Chairman and CEO, about the growing market for...
Is Unlimited Soup, Salad and Breadsticks the Key to Quarterly Growth?
21 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On What'd You Miss this Week, Scarlet, Jo, Caroline, and Romaine spoke with Peter Rawlinson, CTO of Lucid Motors, the electric car company that is try...
The Big Business of Peak NFL
07 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Scarlet sat down with New York Times Magazine Chief National Correspondent, Mark Leibovich, to talk about his new book "Big Game: The NFL i...
Why Utility Companies are Paying For California's Wildfires
31 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On What'd You Miss This Week, Scarlet, Joe and Caroline spoke with Mark Kiesel, Chief Investment Officer for Global Credit at PIMCO, about a bold call...
Why a Trump Impeachment Wouldn't Derail this Bull Market
24 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Scarlet, Joe and Caroline spoke with Nick Colas, Co-Founder of Data Trek Research, about President Trump's prediction that markets would cr...
Why Erdogan's "Peculiar Politics" Makes for Bad Economics
17 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Scarlet and Joe spoke with Adam Tooze, Columbia University professor and author of "Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the W...
MoviePass CEO Defends Everyone's Favorite Embattled Company
10 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Scarlet and Joe talked with Rett Wallace, CEO of Triton Research, about Elon Musk trolling his short-selling critics with a tweet that he w...
President Trump Wants a Dovish Fed Chair. He Fired Her
27 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Joe, Scarlet and Julie spoke with Greg Valliere, Horizon Investments Chief Global Strategist, about the feud that he has been warning for m...
Will the Fed Become President Trump's Next Punching Bag?
20 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Joe, Scarlet and Julie talked with Peter Conti-Brown, a Fed Historian at the Wharton School, about President Trump's break from precedent w...
Why Markets are Crazy to Ignore the Risks of a Trade War
13 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Joe, Scarlet and Julie Hyman spoke with Guggeheim Global Chief Investment Officer Scott Minerd about why markets are crazy to ignore the ri...
Are Markets Over-Reacting on Trade?
06 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On What'd You Miss This Week, Joe, Scarlet and Julia got an immigration update with Republican Congressman Jeff Denham of California, about what comes...
How Neel Kashkari Gets His Steaks and Rate Hikes Just Right
29 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On What'd You Miss This Week, Joe, Julia, and Julie Hyman who was in for Scarlet, had an exclusive interview with Minneapolis Federal Reserve Presiden...
Should Jay Powell Become George Bailey?
22 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On What'd You Miss This Week, Joe, Scarlet and Julia spoke with Christopher Low, Chief Economist at FTN Financial, about Jay Powell's ongoing search f...
Why the Justice Department Went After the Wrong Deal
15 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On What'd You Miss This Week, Joe, Scarlet and Julia spoke with Ed Keon, Managing Director at QMA, to talk about the name calling with the U.S.'s bigg...
The Talent War in Crypto Hiring
08 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On What'd You Miss This Week, Joe, Scarlet and Julia spoke with Adam Enbar, co-founder of the Flat Iron School, a coding bootcamp, about the rapid ind...
You Can Teach an Old Car Company New Tricks
01 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On What'd You Miss this week, Joe, Scarlet and Julia spoke with Sam Abuelsamid, Senior Research Analyst at Navigant about how technology funds and aut...
Why Hans Humes Thinks Venezuela is the Best Emerging Market Story Out There
25 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This Week, Joe, Scarlet and Julia spoke with Hans Humes, Chairman and CEO of Greylock Capital about his call that Venezuela is the best emerging marke...
Why Not Trading Can Be A Great Strategy
18 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On What'd You Miss This Week, Joe Weisenthal, Scarlet Fu and Julia Chatterley spoke with Peter Borish, Quad Group Chief Strategist, about why investor...
Why David Woo is So Incredibly Bullish on the U.S. Dollar and You Should be Too
11 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On What'd You Miss This Week, Joe Weisenthal, Scarlet Fu and Julia Chatterley spoke with David Woo, Head of Global Rates and Currencies Research at Ba...
Bernie Sanders Wants to Hire You
04 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On What’d You Miss This Week, Joe Weisenthal, Scarlet Fu and Julia Chatterleyspoke with Pavlina Tcherneva, Associate Professor of Economics at Bard ...
Are We Thinking About Tech IPOs All Wrong?
27 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On What’d You Miss This Week, Joe Weisenthal, Scarlet Fu and Julia Chatterley spoke with Rett Wallace, CEO of Triton Research, about why investors a...
The Libertarian Case for Big Government
20 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On What'd You Miss This Week, Joe Weisenthal, Scarlet Fu and Julia Chatterley talked with Peter Atwater, President at Financial Insights, about why Pr...
Where’s All Our Data Going?
13 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On What’d You Miss This Week, Joe Weisenthal, Scarlet Fu and Julia Chatterley had their eyes glued on Capitol Hill as Mark Zuckerberg came face to f...
Stop Worrying About Tech Stocks
06 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On What'd You Miss This Week Joe Weisenthal, Julia Chatterley and guest host Julie Hyman discussed why Elon Musk is taking President Trump's side when...
It's Hard to Have Winners in Trade Wars
30 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On What'd You Miss This Week Joe Weisenthal, Scarlet Fu and Julia Chatterley took a look at the recent market fluctuations and shifting narratives wit...
Facebook's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week
23 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On What’d You Miss This Week, Joe Weisenthal, Scarlet Fu and Julia Chatterley tackled Facebook's existential crisis. Techonomy CEO and "The Facebook...
The Wait for Higher Wages
09 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On What’d You Miss This Week, Joe Weisenthal, Scarlet Fu and Julia Chatterley spoke with Bloomberg View Columnist Conor Sen and Karl Smith, Niskanen...
Is Private Equity the Holy Grail of Investing?
02 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On What’d You Miss This Week, Joe Weisenthal, Scarlet Fu and Julia Chatterley spoke with Daniel Rasmussen, Founder and Portfolio Manager at Verdad A...
What Alaska Can Teach Us About Universal Basic Income
23 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On What'd You Miss This Week, Joe Weisenthal, Julia Chatterley and Lisa Abramowicz, who filled in for Scarlet Fu who is on vacation, spoke with Damon ...
Why the U.S. is Running Short of Truck Drivers and What it Means for the Economy
16 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On What'd You Miss This Week, Joe Weisenthal, Julia Chatterly and Scarlet Fu spoke with New River Investment Portfolio Manager and Bloomberg View Colu...
Coming Soon: What'd You Miss This Week
05 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This month, Bloomberg is excited to bring you a brand new show. Every Friday on What'd You Miss This Week, we'll feature the most interesting intervie...