Topic
COVID-19
The pandemic and the political and scientific battles fought in its wake.
Danny Jones Podcast·Culture
Professor Jiang says Xi Jinping is a frontman for red nobility families who run China from overseas
On the Danny Jones Podcast, Professor Jiang offers a spicy theory of Chinese power, useful as a provocation, weaker as a full explanation.
How I Built This with Guy Raz·Money
Kim Vaccarella says she turned down over $100 million rather than sell control of Bogg Bag
The Bogg Bag founder says she walked away from life-changing money, spiraled afterward, then sold a smaller stake after the company hit $50 million in annual sales.
How I Built This with Guy Raz·Money
Susan Griffin-Black says EO Products went from a $30,000 packaging account to owing $2 million after COVID sanitizer whiplash
The EO Products founder turned a sanitizer surge into a warning about the ugly math behind sudden growth.
How I Built This with Guy Raz·Money
Aman Narang says Toast's revenue fell over 90 percent during COVID before it cut 55 percent of staff
The Toast CEO's survival story is a reminder that being essential software for restaurants is fantastic right up until restaurants are legally unable to be restaurants.
Culture
Joe Rogan says multiple sitting and former US presidents personally contacted Spotify to get him removed
Rogan names no names but the table fills them in fast, and nobody is asking for receipts.