Plus: Apple has reported record September-quarter sales. And YouTube TV and Disney are in a showdown, with an agreement between the two set to expire at midnight. Julie Chang hosts.
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WSJ What’s News - JPMorgan Steps Into Fund Tokenization
P.M. Edition for Oct. 30. JPMorgan Chase said today that it tokenized a private-equity fund on its blockchain platform, an offering available to the wealthy clients served by its private bank. We hear from WSJ reporter Vicky Ge Huang about why the bank made this move, and whether others are making similar ones. Plus, earnings season continues, with companies including Amazon and Apple reporting strong quarterly results. And Prince Andrew is a prince no more—King Charles is stripping him of his royal titles. Alex Ossola hosts.
READ: Arnold Schwarzenegger Has Become Gavin Newsom’s Toughest Opponent Yet
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WSJ Minute Briefing - Meta and Microsoft Earnings Drag Down Nasdaq
Plus: Amazon shares jump after the bell due to higher earnings. And Chipotle stock falls after economic strains turn customers away. Katherine Sullivan hosts.
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Science In Action - How science got here, and where next
As anti-science leaves research reeling, does evidence-based policy in a scientific society have much of a future? Michael Mann, Naomi Oreskes, Angie Rasmussen and Deb Houry discuss some of the sources and motivations that perhaps belie the current state of scientific affairs.
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Lost Debate - Things Are Really Bad
Ravi welcomes back Tangle News founder Isaac Saul to discuss his viral essay, “Things Are Really Bad Right Now,” and why he believes recent actions should trouble Americans across the spectrum. They dig into alleged abuses in immigration enforcement, killings at sea, politicized prosecutions, and mounting pressure on the press. Isaac explains why abandoning party loyalty—and focusing only on whether leaders uphold basic principles—led him to sound the alarm, and how his mixed audience reacted. The conversation closes with a challenge: what values are we willing to defend, no matter who holds power?
Motley Fool Money - Alphabet Soars While Meta Sinks
2025 has been the year of AI capex (so far). Companies have been announcing huge spending increases and signing deals to secure critical supplies like semiconductors for years into the future. So far, the market has responded well to these announcements. Except today when Meta announced the most ambitious AI capital spending plan of the Magnificent 7 companies and the market blinked.
Tyler Crowe, Matt Frankel, and Jon Quast discuss:
- Meta’s ambitious spending plan sending the stock down
-Microsoft’s and Alphabet’s earnings and outlook getting mixed reviews
-One year without Brian Niccol at Chipotle
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Companies discussed: META, GOOG, MSFT, CMG, SBUX, AMZN
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Guests: Matt Frankel, Jon Quast
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The Journal. - Is the Economy Getting Better or Worse? The Fed Says It’s Hard to Tell
On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve announced a highly anticipated quarter-point cut to interest rates. But the road to future rate cuts is pretty murky. WSJ’s Nick Timiraos explains how missing government data is obscuring the Fed’s view of the economy, and why Fed Chair Jerome Powell says a December rate cut is “not a foregone conclusion.” Ryan Knutson hosts.
Further Listening:
- The Government Shutdown: Who Will Blink First?
- The Drama at the Fed as It Debates Cutting Rates
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State of the World from NPR - Trump, Xi and the U.S.-China Relationship
President Trump met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in South Korea amid a tense tariff war between the two countries. Trump was upbeat after the meeting in which both sides agreed to trade concessions. We take a look at the state of U.S.-China relations with a former U.S. ambassador to China.
And ahead of that meeting, President Trump signed several rare earth agreements with Asian countries to reduce America's reliance on China. We hear why the U.S. is anxious to find other sources for these minerals and ask if it’s too little too late.
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Marketplace All-in-One - How can we build a more resilient labor market?
As big companies announce waves of layoffs, lots of workers are worried about AI coming for their jobs. On today’s show, we tune in to part of Kimberly’s recent panel discussion at Aspen Ideas: Economy. President of the AARP Foundation Claire Casey, 1Huddle founder and CEO Sam Caucci, and Union College of Union County New Jersey President Margaret McMenamin share their insights on building a more diverse and resilient labor market in the years ahead. Plus, we hear a listener’s recent win: sewing a historically-accurate dress to sport at the local Renaissance Faire. Nice stitching, Hannah!
Here’s everything we talked about today:
- "Layoffs are piling up, raising worker anxiety. Here are some companies that have cut jobs recently" from AP News
- "Tens of Thousands of White-Collar Jobs Are Disappearing as AI Starts to Bite" from The Wall Street Journal
- VIDEO: "Beyond Lip Service: Building a Resilient Labor Market" from Aspen Ideas: Economy
Join us tomorrow for “Economics on Tap.” The YouTube livestream starts at 3:30 p.m. Pacific time, 6:30 p.m. Eastern.
The Bulwark Podcast - Heidi Heitkamp: How Trump’s Trade Chaos Hurt Farmers
President Trump meets with Xi Jinping and agrees to an embarrassingly one-sided trade deal, as the “China Hawks” in the administration cower. Meantime, the government shutdown moves to a more painful phase, with funding for SNAP expiring on Nov. 1. Former Sen. Heidi Heitkamp joins Tim to discuss how the chaos from Trump’s trade wars has already hurt farmers, how Democrats should play their next moves on the shutdown, and her surprising support for Mamdani/Platner style candidates.
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