Today, we're treading deep in some chicken sh*t with Propublica investigative journalist Jesse Eisenger.
Recently, in the most European city of Brussels, there was mingling with the finest folks in competition law and economics. They …
Today, we target those analysts notes that tell us what they think the price should be and how much faith we should put in that m…
Today we wrestle with ethics and technology. Stephanie Hare's wonderful new book. Technology Is Not Neutral, gives us a much need…
This week, we'll get Will Page’s impressions of the bubbles gathering around that island and what tsunami warning horns ought to …
This week we explore the current craze in the mergers and acquisitions going on just now. And asking, do they actually create add…
We've made quantitative easing easy-ish to understand, now we need to infiltrate the institutions that do that easing: the centra…
A lot of financial journalism about companies and markets lives and dies based on access. But what are other ways of finding out …
Today we bring on the sexy topics of fractional reserve lending and quantitative easing with Michael McMahon from the Bank of Eng…
Joining us this week is writer Kurt Andersen discussing his books Fantasyland and Evil Geniuses
This week we look into rating agencies and ask: Why were they invented? What is their purpose? Who pays their wages?
With all the emphasis on hard metrics and financials, it's often easy to overlook the culture of companies and the role it plays …
SPACs Are This Year's Vanilla: Our Conversastion with the FT's Brooke Masters Part Two
Today we have our first of two episodes featuring Brooke Masters, the Chief Business Commentator and Associate Editor of the Fina…
This week we look at the vague way in which various groups have measured the concept of time spent or tried to parcel out the att…
Today we look back Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos. Was this a unique case of "faking it until you make it" or this what everyone i…
Today we're going to take a break from blowing bubbles and instead go smoking…and look at the smoke signals we should, and import…
We're back to blowing bubbles in the housing market with Daryl Fairweather, an acclaimed economist from Redfin, where we ask if t…
We add a new acronym to our alphabet soup: FOFO--Fear of Finding Out, as we discuss hyper-competition in China with economist Geo…
For the last two episodes of the year, we’re looking back at favorite episodes for both Richard and Will. This week, Will’s favor…
For the last two episodes of the year, we’re looking back at favorite episodes for both Richard and Will. This week, Richard’s fa…
We're back to blowing bubbles, the original source of this inspirational podcast, and we deep dive into the force that's driving …
This time we look at the themes and dreams that markets put out there to attract the investor's dollar. If it's too good to be tr…
On this episode, we discuss hyper-competition in the hedge fund world with Seth Wunder.