Podcast · 363 episodes
Big Take, page 2
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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TikTok Experimented With Users’ Algorithms. One Died By SuicideHow social-media algorithms and safety “experiments” may have worsened teen mental health, and how Meta’s Aug. 26 settlement could force industry-wide safeguards.31 Aug 2026 · 23 min · 16 chapters
Our Town Chapter 4: All Metal Mode“Our Town” Chapter 4 (“All Metal Mode”) follows Gainesboro, Tennessee as Christian nationalist podcasters Andrew Isker and CJ Engel escalate conflict with locals opposing Ridge Runner, a planned…28 Aug 2026 · 43 min · 23 chapters
US Fed Chair Warsh Takes the MicThe episode previews Kevin Warsh’s first major Jackson Hole speech as U.S.27 Aug 2026 · 19 min · 8 chapters
How Two-Minute Microdramas Became a Billion-Dollar IndustryHow China’s microdramas (vertical, 1–3 minute “mini soap operas”) became a global, app-based industry—and how AI is now cutting costs, threatening jobs, and reshaping who benefits.26 Aug 2026 · 20 min · 10 chapters
The Mormon Church’s Real Estate EmpireThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ (Mormon Church) real estate empire, focusing on how it buys, finances, and develops land into master-planned communities, and the transparency…25 Aug 2026 · 17 min · 10 chapters
Why Big Donors Aren’t Translating to Big Success in the US MidtermsHow big individual donors, PACs, and dark money are shaping the 2026 US midterms—and why high spending doesn’t reliably translate into electoral wins.24 Aug 2026 · 20 min · 11 chapters
Our Town Chapter 3: One Little Bacon-Wrapped SausageChapter 3 examines how Christ Church (Christchurch) in Moscow, Idaho has reshaped a university town into a segregated, patriarchal “town of Kirkers,” and how that model is being used as a warning and…21 Aug 2026 · 46 min · 17 chapters
What Trump’s Tariffs Mean for Canned SoupHow Trump-era and second-term tariffs on steel (especially tin plate) flowed through the supply chain to raise prices for canned soup and other canned foods, without restoring tin-plate manufacturing…20 Aug 2026 · 21 min · 13 chapters
What's Behind the Bond Market RollercoasterThe episode explains what’s driving the recent surge in U.S. Treasury yields (including the 30-year hitting 5.3%+) and why the U.S.19 Aug 2026 · 20 min · 11 chapters
The Unexpected Rise of North Korea’s EconomyNorth Korea’s economy is rebounding despite sanctions, driven by new cash flows—especially from Russia and China—and by military cooperation that also accelerates weapons development.18 Aug 2026 · 20 min · 11 chapters
How Amazon Landed on Mamdani’s Labor AgendaNew York City’s proposed Delivery Protection Act, backed by Mayor Zoran Mamdani, would require licensing for last-mile delivery hubs and make companies like Amazon responsible for employing last-mile…17 Aug 2026 · 19 min · 8 chapters
Our Town Chapter 2: This Dangerous Venture of YoursGainesboro, Tennessee becomes a battleground over Ridge Runner’s “Highland Rim” Christian agrihood project, promoted nationally and opposed locally by residents researching and counter-messaging…14 Aug 2026 · 39 min · 19 chapters
A Major Earthquake Challenges Colombia’s New Right-Wing PresidentThe episode covers Colombia’s response to a 7.4 magnitude earthquake that struck just after right-wing President Abelardo de la Espriella was inaugurated.13 Aug 2026 · 18 min · 9 chapters
The Chinese AI Model Rattling Silicon Valley and WashingtonThe episode centers on the U.S.-China AI race after Moonshot AI’s surprise release of Kimi K3, described as a top-tier Chinese model that rattled markets and Washington.12 Aug 2026 · 18 min · 11 chapters
The Controversy at Phia, Phoebe Gates’ Buzzy StartupThe episode covers the “cookie-stuffing” controversy involving Fia (an online shopping assistant app/browser extension) and how it may have falsely claimed affiliate commissions.11 Aug 2026 · 20 min · 13 chapters
The Hedge Fund Toolkit Behind the Yen InterventionThe U.S. and Japan’s yen-support intervention led by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, why it happened, whether it’s working, and the risks/endgame for U.S. interest rates and mortgages.10 Aug 2026 · 18 min · 9 chapters
Our Town Chapter 1: Sometimes You Find SilverChapter 1 of Our Town (“Sometimes You Find Silver”) follows how a metal-detector hobbyist in Gainsboro, Tennessee, uncovers a real-estate venture (Ridge Runner USA, linked to New Founding) that…7 Aug 2026 · 45 min · 18 chapters
The Situation at Situational AwarenessThe episode (“The Big Take”) covers the rise and collapse of the hedge fund Situational Awareness, which bet heavily on AI.6 Aug 2026 · 19 min · 13 chapters
Introducing: Our TownGainesboro, Tennessee, where a small-town land dispute becomes a broader social experiment.6 Aug 2026 · 2 min
The $19 Billion Menopause EconomyThe episode examines the “$19 billion menopause economy”: a fast-growing market for menopause/perimenopause products and services driven by a care gap in mainstream medicine. Guests: Kristen V.5 Aug 2026 · 19 min · 12 chapters
Why a Weak Yen Is America’s ProblemThe U.S. and Japan coordinated currency intervention to prop up a weak yen, and why it’s a global problem for consumers and markets.4 Aug 2026 · 18 min · 11 chapters
Big Oil’s Big Wartime ProfitsHow Iran-war disruption and volatility boosted profits for Big Oil, why gas prices stayed high even when crude fell, and the political backlash/Justice Department scrutiny in the U.S.3 Aug 2026 · 17 min · 11 chapters
Weekend Listen: Why Private Credit Got Entangled With InsuranceWhy private credit growth became entangled with life insurance after 2008, and how insurer regulation can function like a “state backstop” that socializes losses from private equity/private credit…2 Aug 2026 · 52 min · 21 chapters
The Future of the Democratic Party Runs Through MichiganThe midterm Democratic primaries and what they signal for the Democratic Party’s future, focusing on the Michigan Senate primary as a “litmus test” for how far the progressive wing can break through.31 Jul 2026 · 18 min · 9 chapters