This week: Netflix has agreed to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery. <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:zxqezqfhjwidbrsvk66ded57">Felix Salmon</a>, <a href="https://www.elizabethspiers.com/">Elizabeth Spiers</a>, and <a href="https://www.axios.com/authors/epeck">Emily Peck</a> are joined by the New York Times’ <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/nicholas-kulish">Nicholas Kulish</a> to discuss the ricochet effect of such a massive media merger on the film and television industries. Then, Michael and Susan Dell have announced a $6.25 billion donation to the so-called “Trump accounts” for children. Nick, who has been <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/business/dell-children-trump-accounts.html">covering the story</a>, helps the host unpack the motive behind this unusually massive donation and what these accounts represent to various parties. And finally, The Guardian has revealed wide-spread and insidious <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/03/customers-pay-more-rising-dollar-store-costs?CMP=share_btn_url">consumer-fraud at Dollar General and Family Dollar</a>. The hosts and Nick dive into how the massive dollar store chains are ripping off their already financially stretched customers. 
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