Youngme, Felix, and Mihir discuss Verizon’s write-down on Oath (Yahoo, AOL) and the challenges with building a digital advertising business. They also debate the notion of Radical Transparency, before sharing their After Hours picks for the week.

Some recent picks:

• Bloomberg article (“Wall Street Rule for the #MeToo Era: Avoid Women At All Cost“) and Response from Jefferies CEO Richard Handler
• 21c Museum Hotels
• The Truth As Told By Mason Buttle (by Leslie Connor)
• TikTok (phone app)
• Robert Stavins (follow on Twitter)
• FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data)
• RBG (Documentary on Amazon Video)
• The Man in the High Castle (Amazon Video)
• The Ringer website

You can email your comments and ideas for future episodes to: [email protected]. You can follow Youngme and Mihir on Twitter at: @YoungmeMoon and @DesaiMihirA.

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Youngme, Felix, and Mihir discuss staggering student debt levels, the FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) Movement, and share their After Hours picks for the week.

For interested listeners:

• The Basics of FIRE
• Mr. Money Moustache (FIRE blog)

Some recent picks:

• Today, Explained Podcast, Nov. 30 Episode (Humans 2.0)
• Babylon Berlin (Netflix)
• “The Prison Inside Me” (Reuters)
• Robert Stavins (follow on Twitter)
• FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data)
• RBG (Documentary on Amazon Video)
• The Man in the High Castle (Amazon Video)
• The Ringer website
• Janesville (Amy Goldstein)
• Airtable (software)
• Small Fry (Lisa Brennan-Jobs)

You can email your comments and ideas for future episodes to: [email protected]. You can follow Youngme and Mihir on Twitter at: @YoungmeMoon and @DesaiMihirA.

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Youngme, Felix, and Mihir debate whether Microsoft is trending up while Apple is trending down, before discussing the Marriott (Starwood) data breach. They also share their After Hours picks for the week.

Some recent picks:

• Robert Stavins (follow on Twitter)
• FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data)
• RBG (Documentary on Amazon Video)
• The Man in the High Castle (Amazon Video)
• The Ringer website
• Janesville (Amy Goldstein)
• Airtable (software)
• Small Fry (Lisa Brennan-Jobs)
• Educated (Tara Westover)

You can email your comments and ideas for future episodes to: [email protected]. You can follow Youngme and Mihir on Twitter at: @YoungmeMoon and @DesaiMihirA.

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Youngme, Felix, and Mihir tackle climate change, discuss the Nissan-Renault soap opera, and share their After Hours picks for the week.

For interested listeners:

• The National Climate Assessment

Some recent picks:

• The Man in the High Castle (Amazon Video)
• The Ringer website
• Janesville (Amy Goldstein)
• Airtable (software)
• Small Fry (Lisa Brennan-Jobs)
• Educated (Tara Westover)
• Burn After Reading (Netflix)
• Janelle Monae
• Company (Stephen Sondheim musical)

You can email your comments and ideas for future episodes to: [email protected]. You can also follow Youngme and Mihir on Twitter at: @YoungmeMoon and @DesaiMihirA.

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Youngme and Felix decide to “grade” The New York Times’ news coverage, before sharing their quick takes on other random things. They also share their After Hours picks for the week.

For interested listeners:

• AG Sulzberger Interview with Kara Swisher (Recode Decode Podcast)

You can email your comments and ideas for future episodes to: [email protected]. You can follow Youngme and Mihir on Twitter at: @YoungmeMoon and @DesaiMihirA.

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Youngme, Mihir, and Felix discuss how much Uber is worth as it prepares to go public, before debating China’s controversial Social Credit system. They also share their After Hours picks for the week.

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Youngme, Mihir, and Felix debate whether Netflix’s success is sustainable, before trying to wrap their heads around the unthinkably high murder rate in Latin America. They also share their After Hours picks for the week.

For interested listeners:

• Latin America is the Murder Capital of the World (Wall Street Journal)

You can email Youngme, Mihir, and Felix with your comments and ideas for future episodes at: [email protected].

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Youngme and Mihir welcome their colleague Ryan Buell to discuss whether airlines deserve their reputation for terrible customer service. They also share other customer service pet peeves, as well as their personal “Customer Experience Picks.”

For interested listeners:

• Ryan Buell in HBR: The Parts of Customer Service That Should Never Be Automated

You can email Youngme, Mihir, and Felix with your comments and ideas for future episodes at: [email protected].

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Youngme, Mihir, and Felix discuss whether the “retailpocalypse” is real, try to figure out how companies are spending their Trump tax cuts, debate whether share buybacks are a good thing or a bad thing, and offer their picks for the week.

For interested listeners:

• The future of retail? A report from Deloitte
• Mihir’s take on tax reform

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