Tag: podcasts

• The Intelligence from The Economist: Just getting started: El Salvador’s president for life

  August 14, 2025

  Listen: https://ift.tt/sEQnkmN First he came for the gangs; then, for his critics. Now Nayib Bukele has come for El Salvador’s constitution, and there is little to stop him staying in… more ›

• The Vergecast: How to save a smart home company

  August 14, 2025

  Listen: https://ift.tt/xwIyUJO This week on The Vergecast, we enter the Jen-era of Hot Girl Vergecast Summer, with a deep dive into the business of the smart home. The Verge’s smart home reviewer, Jennifer… more ›

• Cleaning Up: Leadership in an Age of Climate Change: The Inevitable End of Fossil Fuels | Ep221: Michael Liebreich & Bryony Worthington

  August 14, 2025

  Listen: https://ift.tt/wG360ZF What if the energy transition isn't a race, but a steady march toward the end of fossil fuel usage? Do we need to move more like the tortoise,… more ›

• Past Present Future: Politics on Trial: Oscar Wilde vs the Philistines

  August 14, 2025

  Listen: https://ift.tt/jDs5h3u Today’s episode in Politics on Trial is about three trials that took place over two months in the late spring of 1895 that brought about the destruction of… more ›

• What’s Your Problem?: Mapping the Unmappable

  August 14, 2025

  Listen: https://ift.tt/a6Ge4vx  Philipp Kandal is the chief product officer of Grab, an app that serves several countries across Southeast Asia. Two of Grab’s main businesses are delivery and mobility –… more ›

• Ollie on Work: Dror Poleg – Why Careers Are Becoming Like Showbiz

  August 13, 2025

  Listen: https://ift.tt/gAXjyZW Most people are still planning careers like it's 1995. But time itself has compressed. ChatGPT reached 100 million users in eight weeks. The Ford Model T took 70… more ›

• Better Offline: CZM Rewind: The Academics That Think ChatGPT Is BS

  August 13, 2025

  Listen: https://ift.tt/0Q7efTG In a paper released earlier this year, three academics from the University of Glasgow classified ChatGPT's outputs not as "lies," but as "BS" – as defined by philosopher… more ›

• The Powers That Be: Daily: Altman’s Beltway Bargain

  August 13, 2025

  Listen: https://ift.tt/CulhG9P Ian Krietzberg joins guest host Julia Ioffe to discuss Sam Altman’s latest gambit: offering ChatGPT Enterprise to U.S. government agencies for next to nothing, in hopes of building… more ›

• Tech Brew Ride Home: (BNS) Could AI Spending Blow Up The Economy? With Paul Kedrosky

  August 10, 2025

  Listen: https://ift.tt/qnB2RN4 I spoke with the great Paul Kedrosky to discuss the significant impact of AI capital expenditure (CapEx) on the economy, exploring how it contributes to GDP growth and… more ›

• Ones and Tooze: Tariffs and Gaza

  August 9, 2025

  Listen: https://ift.tt/zx9d8Um The U.S. economy is starting to feel the impact of Trump's tariffs—including the ticking up of inflation—but other consequences could take months and years to be felt. Adam… more ›