Podcast · 67 episodes
Lemonade Stand
by Vox Media Podcast Network · English
Three guys with the expertise to run a lemonade stand explain the world of business. a podcast by Aiden, Atrioc, and DougDoug. Part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.
Latest episodes
The Man Who Made League of Legends | Ep. 082 Lemonade Stand 🍋Mark Merrill, co-founder of Riot Games (and current Chief Product Officer), discusses Riot’s origin, mission-driven “player-first” culture, how leadership and org structure changes affected internal…30 Sep 2026 · 1 h 53 min
We Got Banned | Ep. 081 Lemonade Stand 🍋The episode is a political-media and AI-misuse roundup. It criticizes a White House move to ban major outlets from covering events, discusses a Supreme Court decision blocking Trump’s mail-in voting…23 Sep 2026 · 1 h 25 min
The Secret Business of F1 ft. Guenther Steiner | Ep. 080 Lemonade Stand 🍋Gunther Steiner discusses how Formula 1’s business model and popularity changed after Liberty Media’s takeover and Netflix’s Drive to Survive, plus how Haas F1 was built to compete with limited…16 Sep 2026 · 1 h 33 min
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The Man Who Made League of Legends | Ep. 082 Lemonade Stand 🍋Mark Merrill, co-founder of Riot Games (and current Chief Product Officer), discusses Riot’s origin, mission-driven “player-first” culture, how leadership and org structure changes affected internal…30 Sep 2026 · 1 h 53 min · 41 chapters
We Got Banned | Ep. 081 Lemonade Stand 🍋The episode is a political-media and AI-misuse roundup. It criticizes a White House move to ban major outlets from covering events, discusses a Supreme Court decision blocking Trump’s mail-in voting…23 Sep 2026 · 1 h 25 min · 41 chapters
The Secret Business of F1 ft. Guenther Steiner | Ep. 080 Lemonade Stand 🍋Gunther Steiner discusses how Formula 1’s business model and popularity changed after Liberty Media’s takeover and Netflix’s Drive to Survive, plus how Haas F1 was built to compete with limited…16 Sep 2026 · 1 h 33 min · 37 chapters
This Week Was Absurd | Ep. 079 Lemonade Stand 🍋The hosts riff on political absurdities (Alaska and Texas elections), then pivot to tech news: Uber pulling back in Nigeria/Uganda, Tesla’s driverless Cybercab launch in Austin, and a broader debate…9 Sep 2026 · 1 h 34 min · 35 chapters
The Midterms Episode ft. Adrienne Elrod | Ep. 078 Lemonade Stand 🍋A “Politics week” primer on U.S. midterms, explaining what they are, why they matter (especially for Congress’s power over legislation and war/appropriations), and which races could shift control of…2 Sep 2026 · 1 h 47 min · 43 chapters
Economic D-Day Is Here | EP. 077 Lemonade Stand 🍋The “Economic D-Day” framing for escalating US economic pressure on Iran, Canada-US tariff renegotiations under USMCA, and a major Moderna breakthrough in personalized RNA cancer vaccines; plus a…26 Aug 2026 · 1 h 43 min · 33 chapters
War AND Peace | Ep. 076 Lemonade Stand 🍋“War AND Peace” (Project Swagger Ep. 076) mixes heavy geopolitics with lighter sports/business news.19 Aug 2026 · 1 h 37 min · 35 chapters
The American AI Rebellion | Ep. 075 Lemonade Stand🍋The “American AI Rebellion” episode focuses on AI-enabled creation of bacteriophages (viruses that attack bacteria) as a potential breakthrough against antibiotic resistance, alongside broader…12 Aug 2026 · 1 h 44 min · 45 chapters
The Markets Have Gone Crazy | Ep. 074 Lemonade Stand 🍋Markets and prediction/AI-adjacent investing are becoming more volatile and more leveraged, causing outsized losses even amid record indices; states are clashing with federal regulators over…5 Aug 2026 · 1 h 36 min · 34 chapters
The News But We Change Personalities | Ep. 073 Lemonade Stand 🍋The hosts “change personalities” via a hat to retell current news stories from different viewpoints.29 Jul 2026 · 1 h 40 min · 37 chapters
The War Is Back | Ep.072 Lemonade Stand 🍋The episode mixes comedy with current-events analysis, focusing on (1) the “return” of the Iran war and its spillover into Middle East shipping and oil prices, (2) U.S.-Canada tariff escalation and…22 Jul 2026 · 1 h 33 min · 38 chapters
We ONLY read Fox News this week | Ep. 071 Lemonade Stand 🍋The hosts “only read Fox News” for the episode, using it to satirize how the outlet frames politics and world events. They focus on: Fox’s U.S.15 Jul 2026 · 1 h 35 min · 39 chapters
The World Cup of News | Ep. 070 Lemonade Stand 🍋A World Cup-themed “news bracket” episode where the hosts claim each country’s current news predicts its match outcome.8 Jul 2026 · 1 h 32 min · 29 chapters
This Has Been a Weird Week | Lemonade Stand🍋The episode “This Has Been a Weird Week | Lemonade Stand🍋” covers three main news threads: Venezuela’s earthquake and political/economic fallout; Russia-Ukraine fighting intensifying around Crimea;…1 Jul 2026 · 1 h 35 min · 33 chapters
Everyone is banning Social Media | Lemonade Stand 🍋The hosts discuss global bans/restrictions on social media for minors, focusing on the UK’s plan to ban major platforms for children under 16 (including YouTube) starting in 2027, and compare it to…24 Jun 2026 · 1 h 36 min · 32 chapters
The Company Automating Everything | Ep. 067 Lemonade Stand 🍋The episode argues that “autonomous” should mean automating physical systems broadly (cars, trucks, mining, construction, farming, maritime, drones, even battlefield logistics), and that the…17 Jun 2026 · 1 h 43 min · 40 chapters
The Tide is Turning | Ep. 067 Lemonade Stand 🍋The episode mixes gaming news with a political/tech analysis of the Russia-Ukraine war, then pivots to AI-enabled surveillance risks, global reserve-currency shifts toward gold, and a discussion of…10 Jun 2026 · 1 h 41 min · 47 chapters
It's Been 500 Days | Ep. 065 Lemonade Stand 🍋The hosts mark “500 days” into Donald Trump’s second term and focus on financial corruption and conflicts of interest, especially (1) the proposed “anti-weaponization” IRS slush fund and (2) how…3 Jun 2026 · 1 h 33 min · 37 chapters
The New Ferrari is Ugly and the Pope is Pissed (Unrelated) | Ep. 64 Lemonade Stand 🍋The hosts debate backlash to Ferrari’s newly revealed model (called ugly), then pivot to Pope Francis’ AI encyclical, and cover an Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo, before shifting to Korea’s…27 May 2026 · 1 h 41 min · 35 chapters
Who Has The Cards? | Ep. 063 Lemonade Stand 🍋The episode is a discussion of the “Who Has The Cards?” dynamics around Donald Trump’s China summit with Xi Jinping, plus side stories about airline pricing and prediction-market manipulation.20 May 2026 · 1 h 32 min · 35 chapters
We Designed the Perfect Country | Ep. 062 Lemonade StandThe hosts and guests use a “dream country” simulator (country.dugdug.com) with 12 sliders (military, democracy, infrastructure, culture, science, diplomacy, education, business subsidies, vanity,…13 May 2026 · 1 h 32 min · 44 chapters
The Trial of the Century | Ep. 061 Lemonade Stand 🍋The “Trial of the Century” in Oakland, California between Elon Musk and Sam Altman/OpenAI, focused on whether OpenAI’s shift to a for-profit structure was a “charity scam” and who should control it;…6 May 2026 · 1 h 38 min · 43 chapters
Are English Speaking Countries Unhappier? | Ep. 060 Lemonade Stand 🍋The hosts discuss why English-speaking countries (the “Anglosphere”: Britain, US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand) appear to be experiencing larger declines in happiness than nearby countries, using…29 Apr 2026 · 1 h 28 min · 36 chapters
Judging History’s Greatest ScamsA mock “courtroom” judging whether famous “scams” were truly illegal/immoral, using a legal-process lens.22 Apr 2026 · 1 h 52 min · 51 chapters