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Squawk Pod is a daily, guided curation of the top moments and takeaways from CNBC’s flagship morning show, “Squawk Box”, anchored by Joe Kernen, Becky Quick and Andrew Ross Sorkin. Each day, the podcast includes news making interviews, perspective and analysis from iconic guest hosts, and slices of debate and discussion—from the heated to the hilarious— all wrapped with exclusive context and color from Senior Producer Katie Kramer.

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Nvidia’s Blowout & an E-Shaped Economy 8/27/26NVIDIA’s blowout quarter and what it signals for AI demand and margins; U.S.27 Aug 2026 · 38 min · 16 chapters
Angles of AI: Flexible Power, AI in Op-Eds, & Top Talent Moves 8/26/26This episode of Squawk Pod (“Angles of AI: Flexible Power, AI in Op-Eds, & Top Talent Moves 8/26/26”) covers: Bill Gates’ 12-page AI warning; Stanley Druckenmiller’s AI-assisted Wall Street Journal…26 Aug 2026 · 46 min · 15 chapters
Canada’s Side of Tariffs, DoD Drones, & The Bond Market Speaks 8/25/26The episode covers (1) Stanley Druckenmiller’s critique of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s plan to more than double Treasury debt buybacks, arguing it’s “price management” and that only fiscal…25 Aug 2026 · 41 min · 16 chapters
USTR Jamieson Greer & a GPU Lifecycle 8/24/26The episode covers three main stories: U.S.-Canada trade talks collapsing and new tariffs; Treasury plans to fund larger long-term bond buybacks; and what happens to GPUs when chipmakers release…24 Aug 2026 · 43 min · 17 chapters
Debating a California Wealth Tax & Adding AI to Therapy 8/21/26The episode covers two main topics: (1) a debate over California’s proposed Proposition 40 wealth tax and what it could do to Silicon Valley and the broader economy; (2) Talkspace’s AI “companion”…21 Aug 2026 · 36 min · 14 chapters
U.S. Debt, Data Centers in the Midterms, & Coinbase CEO 8/20/26(1) U.S. debt and Fed policy, including Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s bond buyback strategy to keep long yields down and the Fed minutes hinting at possible future rate hikes; (2) Trump’s…20 Aug 2026 · 37 min · 14 chapters
Moderna & Merck’s Cancer Treatment Win & Figma CEO 8/19/26Squawk Pod covers (1) Moderna and Merck’s melanoma cancer vaccine results and market reaction, (2) broader AI/tech and market items, and (3) Figma CEO Dylan Field on AI in product design and investor…19 Aug 2026 · 43 min · 23 chapters
AI “Genies” & Hims & Hers CEO Andrew Dudum 8/18/26Two-part CNBC “Squawk Pod” episode. First segment discusses AI “Genies” avatars and then broader tech/market headlines; second is a rare interview with Hims & Hers CEO Andrew Dudum on making…18 Aug 2026 · 54 min · 22 chapters
OpenAI President Greg Brockman: Now Is the Time to Act 8/17/26Greg Brockman (OpenAI co-founder/president) warns that AI compute is becoming the “new oil” and that cybersecurity must be upgraded now because automated attacks will soon chain together many small…17 Aug 2026 · 40 min · 21 chapters
A Wisconsin Upset & Gary Vee’s Next Bet 8/14/26The episode of CNBC’s Squawk Pod covers three threads: (1) Wisconsin’s Democratic governor primary upset, (2) Frank Luntz’s critique of polling and prediction markets, and (3) business/tech angles on…14 Aug 2026 · 29 min · 14 chapters
Truth Social’s Advantage & AI Anxiety 8/13/26The episode covers three main topics: (1) a lawsuit over Truth Social’s “early access” subscription that allegedly lets paying users see Trump posts seconds/fractions of a second before the public,…13 Aug 2026 · 26 min · 12 chapters
AI Deals Go Round and Round & Cava’s CEO 8/12/26The episode of CNBC’s Squawk Pod (Aug 12, 2026) covers three business/health themes: NVIDIA’s $500B AI infrastructure financing deal, Kava’s earnings amid food-safety fears, and President Trump’s…12 Aug 2026 · 28 min · 11 chapters
Nvidia’s Investable Chips, the VA Governor, & AI Gone Rogue 8/11/26Squawk Pod (Aug 11, 2026) covers: (1) Nvidia’s “investable chips” push—Nvidia signs MOUs with Apollo, Blackstone, BlackRock, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs, and KKR to mobilize $500B+ in third-party…11 Aug 2026 · 42 min · 23 chapters
Open-Sourcing Meta & Grand Theft Auto VI Pre-Orders 8/10/26The episode covers three main business/policy stories: Meta’s AI strategy and open-sourcing, Berkshire Hathaway’s latest results and Fed independence politics, and Take-Two’s Grand Theft Auto VI…10 Aug 2026 · 36 min · 17 chapters
AI-Made Viruses, A July Jobs Report, & Meta’s Child Harms Case 8/7/26The episode links AI to labor and economic disruption, AI-enabled biological threats, and current business/policy news.7 Aug 2026 · 35 min · 10 chapters
Google’s AI Reshuffle, Calls to the Fed, A Great Wealth Transfer 08/06/26Squawk Pod covers 2026 macro policy (Fed rate path vs inflation), market leverage risks, Google/Alphabet AI leadership changes, SpaceX share lockups, defense- and weapons-shortage chatter, and a…6 Aug 2026 · 38 min · 16 chapters
SpaceX’s First Earnings, Janet Yellen, & Uber CEO 8/5/26Squawk Pod (Aug 5, 2026) covers: (1) Iran nuclear/Strait of Hormuz talks, (2) SpaceX’s first earnings as a public company, (3) Janet Yellen on the economy and inflation, (4) Uber’s earnings and…5 Aug 2026 · 45 min · 17 chapters
Treasury Sec. Bessent: A Deal with Iran 8/4/26Squawk Pod covers (1) Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on coordinated yen-buying intervention, Fed “FEMA” repo facility upsizing, and prospects for a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz amid Iran…4 Aug 2026 · 49 min · 21 chapters
Kalshi CEO on NY’s Lawsuit, A Yen-tervention, Water Cyberattacks 8/3/26New York’s lawsuit against Kalshi, alleging prediction markets are illegal gambling and seeking to force restitution/penalties; Mansour’s response centers on federal regulation, customer protection,…3 Aug 2026 · 41 min · 22 chapters
Exxon’s Profits, Anthropic’s Hacking Revelation, & FIFA’s Debate 7/31/26The episode covers three threads: (1) U.S. oil and ExxonMobil earnings amid rising crude prices and Iran-related Strait of Hormuz disruption; (2) AI safety concerns after Anthropic’s “Clawed” models…31 Jul 2026 · 39 min · 17 chapters
The Fed Holds Interest Rates Steady & Dr. Fauci Pleads the Fifth 7/30/26The episode (Squawk Pod, 7/30/26) covers three threads: Fed policy, the Fauci Senate hearing, and escalating U.S.-Iran conflict affecting oil.30 Jul 2026 · 50 min · 24 chapters
Hugging Face Hack, SK Hynix, & Senior Scams 7/29/26The episode covers three main areas: AI’s role in business and cybersecurity, South Korea’s memory-chip market volatility (SK Hynix), and a Senate hearing on rising scams targeting seniors.29 Jul 2026 · 32 min · 20 chapters
Fed Meeting Kickoff & Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) 7/28/26The episode of Squawk Pod (July 28, 2026) covers: the Federal Reserve’s meeting kickoff under new Chair Kevin Warsh, including whether policy should be restrictive and how money supply (monetarism)…28 Jul 2026 · 40 min · 26 chapters
It’s All One Trade: Steve Eisman’s AI Market Play 7/27/26The episode is a CNBC “Squawk Pod” segment focused on two big themes: (1) markets reacting to oil/geopolitics and (2) the “AI trade” dominating stocks and investment risk, plus a medical breakthrough.27 Jul 2026 · 42 min · 25 chapters