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Bloomberg's Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway explore the most interesting topics in finance, markets and economics. Join the conversation every Monday and Thursday.

Bloomberg's Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway explore the most interesting topics in finance, markets and economics. Join the conversation every Monday and Thursday.

 

#1203

Mariana Mazzucato Thinks We Need More Moonshots

Today's guest Mariana Mazzucato is one of our most requested. Mazzucato, who is the direct... more

14 hrs Ago

55 MINS

55:58

14 hrs Ago


#1202

How an American City Can Become a Manufacturing Hub

The residents of Allentown are still sore about that Billy Joel song. While it's true the ... more

Yesterday

52 MINS

52:15

Yesterday


#1201

How Baltimore's Mayor Is Fighting the City's Vacant Housing Crisis

Since Mayor Brandon Scott took office in 2020, he's fixated on a very visible problem in B... more

04 May 2026

49 MINS

49:22

04 May 2026


#1200

Inside the Booming Market for Dinosaur Fossils

Two years ago, Citadel's Ken Griffin paid [almost $45 million] (https://www.bloomberg.com/... more

02 May 2026

48 MINS

48:53

02 May 2026


#1199

How Taiwan Became the World's Most Perilous Geopolitical Chokepoint

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has highlighted the potential for long-running theoret... more

01 May 2026

56 MINS

56:46

01 May 2026


#1198

BlackRock's Rob Goldstein on the Next Megatrends in Finance

The last few decades have been marked by a number of megatrends in finance including the e... more

30 Apr 2026

56 MINS

56:13

30 Apr 2026


#1197

What's Actually Going On With Private Credit

The private credit market has grown enormously fast in recent years — so much so tha... more

27 Apr 2026

50 MINS

50:47

27 Apr 2026


#1196

Presenting Foundering Season 6: The Killing of Bob Lee, Part 1

The Killing of Bob Lee, Part 1: San Francisco Has Blood On Its Hands Three years ago, Bob ... more

26 Apr 2026

37 MINS

37:14

26 Apr 2026


#1195

Understanding the Most Viral Chart in Artificial Intelligence

We live in an era of charts that are going up and to the right. This image obviously descr... more

25 Apr 2026

56 MINS

56:54

25 Apr 2026


#1194

James Bosworth on the "Orange Wave" Happening Across Latin America

We're living in an extraordinary moment for Latin American politics. From the ousting of M... more

24 Apr 2026

50 MINS

50:01

24 Apr 2026


#1193

Google's Liz Reid on Who Will Own Search in a World of AI

Not too long ago, search engines were the dominant form of querying the internet. But that... more

23 Apr 2026

51 MINS

51:06

23 Apr 2026


#1192

Daniel Yergin Sees a 'Different World' Emerging After the Hormuz Crisis

When it comes to the history of oil and energy, nobody is more famous or well respected th... more

22 Apr 2026

45 MINS

45:35

22 Apr 2026


#1191

Brad Jacobs on His Big Bet on Building Insulation

He's done it again. On Sunday night, building supply company QXO [announced] (https://bloo... more

21 Apr 2026

40 MINS

40:39

21 Apr 2026


#1190

Jack McClendon on Why It's So Hard to Create a New American Oil Boom

The White House wants gasoline prices to be lower, and it wants to see American oil compan... more

20 Apr 2026

46 MINS

46:18

20 Apr 2026


#1189

Alex Imas on Why Economists Might Be Getting AI Wrong

Everyone knows that new technologies can be really disruptive to the labor market, but eve... more

18 Apr 2026

47 MINS

47:02

18 Apr 2026


#1188

Planet Money Turned Everyday Annoyances Into an Economics Book

There are a lot of things to be annoyed about in modern life. The high cost of food and ho... more

17 Apr 2026

39 MINS

39:01

17 Apr 2026


#1187

Brad Setser on the War in Iran and the Future of the US Dollar

It's possible that the war in Iran could reshape financial flows in significant ways. Perh... more

16 Apr 2026

51 MINS

51:59

16 Apr 2026


#1186

War in Iran Is Already Reshaping East Asia's Energy Future

The war in Iran has caused the price of all kinds of commodities to surge, and that has a ... more

15 Apr 2026

37 MINS

37:23

15 Apr 2026


#1185

Presenting What Next TBD: Why Everyone is Freaking out About Private Credit

It's fueling the A.I. bubble, it's coming to your retirement portfolio—and it's flas... more

14 Apr 2026

37 MINS

37:23

14 Apr 2026


#1184

Ziad Daoud Explains How War with Iran Will Reshape the Gulf

Regardless of whether the war with Iran continues, it seems likely to have a lasting impac... more

13 Apr 2026

45 MINS

45:15

13 Apr 2026


#1183

The Big Macro Force That's Been Driving Stocks Higher for Years

Stocks have gone up over the years because corporate earnings continue to grow. That part ... more

11 Apr 2026

36 MINS

36:08

11 Apr 2026


#1182

How Shipping Insurance Really Works During a War

When the conflict with Iran started, some of the first headlines we saw had to do with shi... more

10 Apr 2026

53 MINS

53:18

10 Apr 2026


#1181

Thomas Peterffy on Interactive Brokers' Plan to Professionalize Prediction Markets

Right now, when you think about prediction markets, you basically think about two main com... more

09 Apr 2026

50 MINS

50:56

09 Apr 2026