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Big Take
by Bloomberg and iHeartPodcasts · English
The Big Take from Bloomberg News brings you inside what’s shaping the world's economies with the smartest and most informed business reporters around the world. The context you need on the stories that can move markets. Every afternoon.
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Can $700 Million Buy Republicans the US Senate?How campaign finance—especially Republican outside spending—could determine control of the 2026 U.S. Senate, and how that money may affect the 2028 presidential landscape.30 Sep 2026 · 17 min
China’s New Message to Its Billionaires: Pay UpBloomberg’s “The Big Take” explains China’s crackdown on wealthy people, focusing on new rules targeting offshore trusts and a deadline for billionaires to pay back taxes.29 Sep 2026 · 13 min
Could Bond Yields Break the Stock Market?Whether rising bond yields could “break” the stock market, and what signals (valuations, deficits, inflation, yield-curve risk) imply for stocks and the economy.28 Sep 2026 · 18 min
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Can $700 Million Buy Republicans the US Senate?How campaign finance—especially Republican outside spending—could determine control of the 2026 U.S. Senate, and how that money may affect the 2028 presidential landscape.30 Sep 2026 · 17 min · 14 chapters
China’s New Message to Its Billionaires: Pay UpBloomberg’s “The Big Take” explains China’s crackdown on wealthy people, focusing on new rules targeting offshore trusts and a deadline for billionaires to pay back taxes.29 Sep 2026 · 13 min · 6 chapters
Could Bond Yields Break the Stock Market?Whether rising bond yields could “break” the stock market, and what signals (valuations, deficits, inflation, yield-curve risk) imply for stocks and the economy.28 Sep 2026 · 18 min · 11 chapters
Weekend Listen: There's a Mind-Boggling Number of Rich People in AmericaThe episode argues that U.S. tax breaks framed as “small business” benefits mainly help a “fat layer” of very wealthy owners of pass-through entities (S-corps), not just ordinary entrepreneurs.27 Sep 2026 · 1 h · 33 chapters
Crafting America’s Favorite Countertops Is Killing WorkersHow artificial stone (often quartz) countertop fabrication exposes workers to high crystalline silica, leading to silicosis and related illnesses, and how lawsuits and proposed regulations are…25 Sep 2026 · 22 min · 8 chapters
This Isn’t Your Grandparents’ UNThe episode argues the UN is “not equipped” to prevent wars amid hot conflicts (Iran/Strait of Hormuz) and rising energy costs, and that AI regulation is stalled because the US won’t cooperate.24 Sep 2026 · 16 min · 10 chapters
Why Everyone Is Talking About High Diesel PricesRecord-high diesel prices (about $6.50/gal) and how they ripple through the U.S.23 Sep 2026 · 17 min · 7 chapters
US-China AI Race to Take Center Stage at Trump-Xi MeetingThe Sept. Trump-Xi summit and what each side hopes to gain on trade, rare earth leverage, and AI—plus why the U.S. and China may still need cooperation on AI safety.22 Sep 2026 · 17 min · 12 chapters
How Much Is the Hormuz Blockade Costing the US?Cost and readiness impacts of the U.S. “Blockade 2.0” of Iranian oil in the Strait of Hormuz, including dollars, munitions depletion, opportunity costs, and morale.21 Sep 2026 · 15 min · 6 chapters
Big Pharma Needs New Drugs. China Has ThemHow China’s biotech boom is reshaping big pharma’s drug pipelines through faster, cheaper licensing—while raising U.S. geopolitical and competitive concerns.20 Sep 2026 · 17 min · 9 chapters
Japan Hikes Rates, Reshaping Carry TradeThe Bank of Japan’s first-in-month synchronized rate hikes with the Fed and ECB, and how higher Japanese rates and a costlier yen could reshape the yen carry trade, global markets, and U.S.18 Sep 2026 · 17 min · 9 chapters
Most Americans Say They’re Working Class. Are They?The episode asks whether “working class” is still a clear economic category or has become a shifting identity, and how that affects midterm politics.17 Sep 2026 · 18 min · 7 chapters
Why the Federal Reserve Raised Interest RatesThe Federal Reserve’s unanimous 25-basis-point rate hike, why it happened, how markets reacted, and the political fallout.16 Sep 2026 · 18 min · 13 chapters
Can the AI Industry Slow Down?The AI industry’s push to slow frontier model development, and whether governments (especially the U.S.) will set enforceable guardrails amid political and geopolitical pressure.15 Sep 2026 · 16 min · 16 chapters
Why Canada Is Cozying Up to EuropeThe episode discusses Canada’s pivot toward Europe amid rising tensions with the U.S., focusing on Prime Minister Mark Carney’s outreach in Europe and the trade war backdrop.14 Sep 2026 · 18 min · 13 chapters
LIV Golf’s $5 Billion Path to BankruptcyLIV Golf’s rapid burn-through of roughly $5B+ in Saudi PIF funding, its Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, and what “LIV 2.0” could look like—plus how LIV changed the PGA Tour.13 Sep 2026 · 16 min · 9 chapters
How India Is Training the Robots of the FutureThe episode explains how India is becoming a major source of “egocentric” first-person video data used to train humanoid robots to navigate and perform tasks in the real world.11 Sep 2026 · 18 min · 10 chapters
So Could AI 'Kill Us All'?The episode debates whether AI could “kill us all,” framed by an AI safety reckoning.10 Sep 2026 · 16 min · 6 chapters
Trump Needs a Win. Enter His Venezuela Oil DealThe Trump administration’s plan to take a 35% stake in Venezuela oil via North American Blue Energy Partners, develop 17 Venezuelan oil fields, and secure 20% of production at cost plus a right of…9 Sep 2026 · 18 min · 8 chapters
Why the Bond Market Has Everyone On EdgeThe bond market’s recent surge in yields and why it’s unsettling global markets, framed around the 10-year Treasury as the “most important number” setting baseline interest rates.8 Sep 2026 · 16 min · 13 chapters
Americans Are Spending Billions to Help Their Pets Live LongerPet longevity “biohacking,” specifically whether dogs should be put on peptides/rapamycin and other wellness interventions; includes market context and vet/science uncertainty.4 Sep 2026 · 19 min · 15 chapters
The Hottest New Trade Is Your Own ElectricityHomeowners with solar panels and batteries use dynamic electricity pricing to “vibe-code” or automate energy arbitrage—charging when prices are low (sometimes negative) and exporting or using stored…3 Sep 2026 · 17 min · 10 chapters
Deadly Flooding in Nepal Highlights Asia’s Climate VulnerabilityDevastating glacial-flooding in northern Nepal after a glacier collapse, and how climate-driven cryosphere changes are increasing landslides/flash floods across mountainous Asia and beyond; what…2 Sep 2026 · 17 min · 10 chapters
CIA Director Visits Moscow As Ukraine Stares Down a Dangerous WinterRussia’s escalating attacks on Ukraine heading into winter, NATO/Europe pressure via “hybrid warfare,” and what CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s Moscow visit signals about NATO deterrence.1 Sep 2026 · 14 min · 6 chapters