By Sarah Burgoyne
WSJ Minute Briefing - Target Sales Hit by DEI Boycott
Plus: Nvidia CEO Huang says U.S. export controls on advanced chips to China have failed. And Crusoe’s Texas data center for OpenAI secures $11.6 billion in funding to expand from two to eight buildings. Alex Ossola hosts.
Boycotting Target: A WSJ Podcast Series
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Song Exploder - Lorde – Sober
Lorde is a Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, and producer. Her second album, Melodrama, debuted at number one on the charts in June 2017 – five months before her 21st birthday. In this episode, Ella breaks down her song “Sober.” You’ll hear how it started, with the original demos she made with her co-producer Jack Antonoff, and how the song changed over the course of working on it for months and months.
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Marketplace All-in-One - Tariffs may be lower, but they’re still disrupting supply chains
The Port of Los Angeles says 20% of container shipments this month were canceled in the wake of President Donald Trump's tariffs. Even though those tariffs were temporarily lowered, June is also looking to be a light month for shipping into that port. We'll hear what could be ahead, as well as how U.S. companies are responding to all the tariff back-and-forth. Also: What will the GOP's tax bill mean for taxpayers' bottom line?
Global News Podcast - Paramilitaries pushed out of key state
Sudan's army says it has liberated all of Khartoum state from the paramilitary RSF. Also: the UN says new aid supplies have still not been distributed in Gaza, and rapid test could improve treatment for brain tumours.
Focus on Africa - Djibouti launches a crackdown on migrants
Why is Djibouti reportedly targeting Somalis and Ethiopians in a major anti-immigration crackdown?
Can DR Congo's former President Joseph Kabila's immunity from prosecution be lifted by authorities?
And what is driving the loss of Africa’s tropical forests?
Presenter: Richard Kagoe Producers: Bella Hassan, Yvette Twagiramariya and Blessing Aderogba Technical producer: Chris Kouzaris Senior Producer: Paul Bakibinga Editors: Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi
The Commentary Magazine Podcast - Big Beautiful Corruption
Mark Halperin joins the podcast today to talk about the continuing fallout from the Biden revelations, whether the "big beautiful bill" will pass, and whether Donald Trump's announcement of a new missile-defense system passes the smell test. Give a listen.
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Time To Say Goodbye - Empire of AI with Karen Hao
Hello!
Today we have on repeat guest Karen Hao to talk about her new blockbuster book “Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman’s OpenAI.” It’s an amazing, deeply reported book that somehow encapsulates the history of AI, Silicon Valley, and OpenAI while also making a needed and clear argument about how we should think about this technology. Truly like if “Barbarians at the Gate” met “The Shock Doctrine” and it was about AI. We talk about the beginnings of OpenAI, how it burns a colonial path throughout the rest of the world in the form of data centers and exploitative labor, and how we might find a better alternative to Sam Altman’s plan to take over the world. Can’t recommend this book more highly — go get it!
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Cato Daily Podcast - Best of Cato Daily Podcast: Courage is the Secret to Liberty
Caleb O. Brown hosted the Cato Daily Podcast for nearly 18 years, producing well over 4000 episodes. He has gone on to head Kentucky’s Bluegrass Institute. This is one among the best episodes produced in his tenure, selected by the host and listeners.
In presenting the Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty to Danish newspaper editor Flemming Rose, former ACLU president Nadine Strossen discusses the importance of unfettered freedom of speech.
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Marketplace All-in-One - DOGE job cuts have disproportionate effect on Black federal workers
Government employment has long been a reliable pathway to Black middle-class prosperity. More than 18% of the federal workforce is Black versus about 12% of the civilian workforce overall. That means that the estimated 260,000 federal jobs eliminated this year by President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency will be particularly felt by Black federal workers. But first: The House Committee working on the Republican tax bill could be in for a long day.