00:00 — Introduction

00:38 — Your Body Has a Fat Switch Scientists Just Turned Off

02:57 — The Real American Midlife Crisis

02:57 — Wrap Up

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00:00 — Introduction

00:07 — The NFL's Invented Holiday

00:07 — The Week the Playbook Died

01:07 — Wrap Up

Sources:

- The Economics of the Super Bowl, By the Numbers (TIME): https://time.com/7371897/super-bowl-2026-ads-ticket-prices-sports-betting-halftime-show/

- Super Bowl Spending Statistics (Finder): https://www.finder.com/banking/super-bowl-spending-statistics

- 2026 Super Bowl Ad Cost Reaches Staggering Amount (Sportsnaut / Bloomberg): https://sportsnaut.com/nfl/2026-super-bowl-ad-cost-10-million

- Super Bowl LX Prize Money: How Much Does Each Team Get Paid? (The Pioneer Woman): https://www.thepioneerwoman.com/news-entertainment/a35419491/how-much-money-super-bowl-winners-losers-make/

- The Economics of the Super Bowl: A Winning Play for Business (DECA Direct): https://www.decadirect.org/articles/the-economics-of-the-super-bowl-a-winning-play-for-business

- Bitcoin crashes below $61,000 — worst drawdown since FTX (CoinDesk): https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/02/05/bitcoin-drops-below-usd65-000-heading-to-worst-one-day-drawdown-since-ftx-blowup

- Bitcoin crash accelerates as investors flee risky assets (NBC News): https://www.nbcnews.com/business/markets/crypto-crash-bitcoin-gold-rcna257556

- Stock market next week: Outlook for Feb. 9-12, 2026 (CNBC): https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/06/stock-market-next-week-outlook-for-feb-9-12-2026.html

- Weekly Trader's Stock Market Outlook (Charles Schwab): https://www.schwab.com/learn/story/weekly-traders-outlook

- Week Ahead Economic Preview: Week of 9 February 2026 (S&P Global): https://www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/mi/research-analysis/week-ahead-economic-preview-week-of-9-february-2026.html

- 2026 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony recap (NBC Olympics): https://www.nbcolympics.com/news/live/opening-ceremony-live-updates-2026-winter-olympics-milan

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00:00 — Introduction

00:40 — What We Think Imagination Is

00:41 — What Imagination Actually Is

00:42 — The Foundation of Everything

00:42 — The Real Question

00:42 — The Only Translator

00:42 — What It Means

00:42 — Wrap Up

Sources:

- Can bonobos use their imagination? (National Geographic): https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/bonobos-imagination-make-believe-study

- At a Bonobo's 'Tea Party,' Scientists Find Hints of Imagination (New York Times): https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/science/bonobo-kanzi-imagination.html

- Bonobos can imagine and pretend, study finds by staging a tea party (NBC News): https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/bonobo-imagine-pretend-tea-party-study-rcna257134

- Do apes have an imagination? A new study suggests Kanzi the bonobo did (Scientific American): https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/kanzi-the-famous-bonobo-may-have-understood-pretend-objects/

- Evidence for representation of pretend objects by Kanzi, a language trained bonobo (Science (journal)): https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adz0743

- This bonobo had a pretend tea party — showing make believe isn't just for humans (Nature): https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00357-7

- Remembering Kanzi — Ape Initiative (Ape Initiative): https://www.apeinitiative.org/remembering-kanzi

- Bonobo population and conservation (African Wildlife Foundation): https://www.awf.org/wildlife-conservation/bonobo

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00:00 — Introduction

00:03 — The Progression

00:12 — The Physics Problem

00:43 — The Disappearing Map

00:43 — The Trees That Survived Two Wars

00:43 — The Question

00:43 — The Super Bowl Conspiracy

00:43 — Wrap Up

Sources:

- The Winter Olympics in Italy were meant to be sustainable. Are they? (NPR): https://www.npr.org/2026/02/05/nx-s1-5687277/winter-olympics-italy-environmental-impact

- Winter Olympics 2026 Confront Warming World Climate in Milan Cortina (Bloomberg): https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2026-winter-olympics-climate-change/

- How climate change will make hosting the Winter Olympics more challenging (ABC News): https://abcnews.go.com/International/climate-change-make-hosting-winter-olympics-challenging/story?id=129814754

- Warming climate puts future of Winter Olympics at risk (The Invading Sea / Climate Central): https://www.theinvadingsea.com/2026/02/03/winter-olympics-climate-change-cortina-dampezzo-italy-artificial-snow-utah-ski-fossil-free/

- 1.6 million cubic metres of fake snow are ready for the Winter Olympics (Euronews): https://www.euronews.com/green/2026/01/28/16-million-cubic-metres-of-fake-snow-are-ready-for-the-winter-olympics-why-is-this-problem

- A short history of how the Winter Olympics came to rely on fake snow (Quartz): https://qz.com/2116950/beijing-2022-will-be-the-first-winter-olympics-using-100-percent-fake-snow

- At Lake Placid in 1980, artificial snow saved the Winter Olympics (Washington Post): https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2022/02/11/olympics-lake-placid-snowmaking-1980/

- Winter Olympics and Climate Change (University of Pittsburgh Global Hub): https://www.globalhub.pitt.edu/blog/winter-olympics-and-climate-change

- What Artificial Snow at the 2022 Olympics Means for the Future of Winter Games (TIME): https://time.com/6146039/artificial-snow-2022-olympics-beijing/

- NFL addresses 49ers injuries viral conspiracy theory electrical substation (CBS Sports): https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-addresses-49ers-injuries-viral-conspiracy-theory-electrical-substation/

- Injuries, energy fields and the strange theory that has made its way to the Super Bowl (NBC News): https://www.nbcnews.com/sports/football/49ers-san-francisco-electrical-substation-injuries-super-bowl-rcna257536

- 49ers stars weigh in on EMF theory regarding injuries (Fox News): https://www.foxnews.com/sports/49ers-stars-even-keeled-electromagnetic-field-injury-theory-i-have-no-other-choice

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00:00 — Introduction

01:04 — The Stock Crash That Shook Pharma

01:26 — The Metric That Built a $150B Market

01:26 — The Leaky Bucket

01:26 — The Real Question

01:26 — Wrap Up

Sources:

- Novo Nordisk 2026 Outlook: Sales Expected to Decline 5-13% (Benzinga): https://www.benzinga.com/markets/guidance/26/02/50347819/novo-nordisk-stock-falls-as-2026-outlook-signals-pricing-pressure-slowing-sales

- Eli Lilly Q4 Earnings Blow Past Estimates; Guides for $80B-$83B in 2026 (CNBC): https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/04/eli-lilly-lly-earnings-q4-2025.html

- Eli Lilly's GLP-1 Growth Surges as Novo Nordisk Braces for Decline (CNBC): https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/04/eli-lilly-novo-nordisk-earnings-glp1-market.html

- Novo Nordisk Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript (Investing.com): https://www.investing.com/news/transcripts/earnings-call-transcript-novo-nordisk-q4-2025-beats-eps-and-revenue-forecasts-93CH-4484819

- Obesity Drug Stocks Slump as Wall Street Reassesses $150B Market Thesis (Reuters): https://finance.yahoo.com/news/obesity-stocks-slump-novos-underwhelming-182728439.html

- Novo Nordisk 2025 Financial Report: US +8%, International +14% at CER (PharmExec): https://www.pharmexec.com/view/novo-nordisk-2025-financial-report-2026-sales-operations-profit-outlook

- Wegovy Sales Double in Q4; Pill Launched at $149/Month (Fierce Pharma): https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/novo-nordisk-predicts-milder-sales-growth-2025-after-obesity-star-wegovy-doubles-numbers-q4

- Novo Nordisk's Worst Year on Record; First Non-Danish CEO (Euronews): https://www.euronews.com/business/2026/02/04/novo-nordisk-stock-sinks-by-17-after-bleak-2026-forecast

- In Weight Loss Drug Battle for 2026, Eli Lilly Pulls Ahead (Benzinga): https://www.benzinga.com/markets/guidance/26/02/50388700/in-weight-loss-drug-battle-for-2026-eli-lilly-pulls-ahead-of-novo-nordisk

- Novo Nordisk Wikipedia (Market Cap History, Workforce Cuts, Timeline) (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novo_Nordisk

- Ozempic and Wegovy Pumped $26 Billion into Novo Nordisk (Fortune): https://fortune.com/2025/03/31/ozempic-wegovy-novo-nordisk-nvidia/

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00:00 — Introduction

00:48 — The Profit Illusion

01:00 — Renting Is Winning — Or Is It?

01:00 — The 43-to-1 Wealth Gap

01:00 — Homeownership vs. the S&P 500

01:00 — The Dead Investor Advantage

01:00 — The Three Things That Actually Matter

01:00 — Wrap Up

Sources:

- ATTOM Year-End 2025 U.S. Home Sales Report (ATTOM Data Solutions): https://www.attomdata.com/news/market-trends/home-sales-prices/2025-year-end-home-sales-report/

- Home-Selling Costs Surpass $67,000 in 2025 (Clever Real Estate): https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/home-selling-costs-surpass-67-000-in-2025--triple-sellers-expectations-302557224.html

- Bankrate 2025 Rent vs. Buy Affordability Study (Bankrate): https://www.bankrate.com/real-estate/rent-vs-buy-affordability-study/

- 39 Major U.S. Metro Areas Flip: Renting Now Cheaper Than Buying Nationwide (InvestorsObserver): https://programbusiness.com/news/39-major-u-s-metro-areas-flip-renting-now-cheaper-than-buying-nationwide/

- Homeowners' Net Worth Is Now 43 Times Higher Than Renters' (Money / NAR): https://money.com/homeowners-wealthier-than-renters-net-worth/

- The Wealth Gap: Homeowner vs. Renter Net Worth (Urban Institute): https://www.themortgagefirm.com/article/what-s-your-net-worth-homeowners-vs-renters

- Buying Stocks or Buying Homes? (Texas A&M Real Estate Research Center): https://trerc.tamu.edu/article/buying-stocks-or-buying-homes/

- Real Estate vs. Stocks: Which Has Higher Returns? (U.S. News & World Report): https://money.usnews.com/investing/articles/real-estate-vs-stocks-which-has-higher-returns

- 6% of Today's Home Sellers Are At Risk of Selling at a Loss (Redfin): https://www.redfin.com/news/selling-at-a-loss-2025/

- The Median Renter in America Has a Net Worth of $10,400 vs. $400,000 for Homeowners (CNN Business): https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/16/economy/renter-homeowner-net-worth-gap

- When Rent Costs Soar, Is Buying Your Next Best Option? (Yahoo Finance): https://finance.yahoo.com/news/rent-costs-soar-buying-next-021055117.html

- The Endowment Effect (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis): https://www.stlouisfed.org/publications/page-one-economics/2022/04/01/the-endowment-effect

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00:00 — Introduction

00:16 — The Crash

00:17 — Why Gold Is the World's Oldest Fear Gauge

00:17 — Silver's Even Wilder Ride

00:20 — What Lit the Fuse

00:29 — What It Might Be Telling Us

00:29 — Wrap Up

Sources:

- Silver and gold extend losses after last week's historic plunge (CNBC): https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/02/gold-silver-sell-off-historic-plunge-.html

- Gold and silver prices are slumping after their meteoric rise. Here's why. (CBS News): https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gold-price-silver-today-precious-metals/

- Gold Slump Eases as Traders Weigh Unwinding of Crowded Bets (Bloomberg): https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-01/gold-silver-extend-declines-after-dramatic-reversal-of-rally

- Unprecedented Crash Sees Gold Sink 21% from Record High, Silver Price Drops 40% (BullionVault): https://www.bullionvault.com/gold-news/gold-price-news/gold-silver-record-020220261

- The price of gold and silver has fallen sharply. Where did this plunge come from? (Euronews): https://www.euronews.com/business/2026/02/01/the-price-of-gold-and-silver-has-fallen-sharply-where-did-this-plunge-come-from

- Silver, gold sell off as precious metals markets nosedive (CNBC): https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/30/silver-gold-fall-price-usd-dollar-fed-warsh-chair-trump-metals.html

- Stock futures crash as gold loses $600 in 3 days (Rolling Out): https://rollingout.com/2026/02/02/stocks-plunge-gold-silver-crash-selloff/

- Silver and gold hit record highs – then crashed. Before joining the rush, you need to know this (The Conversation): https://theconversation.com/silver-and-gold-hit-record-highs-then-crashed-before-joining-the-rush-you-need-to-know-this-274622

- Silver Thursday (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Thursday

- Gold price predictions from J.P. Morgan Global Research (J.P. Morgan): https://www.jpmorgan.com/insights/global-research/commodities/gold-prices

- Gold Price History (Trading Economics): https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/gold

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00:00 — Introduction

00:18 — Grammy Winners and Invisible Credits

00:18 — Max Martin

00:18 — The Hitmaker Economy

00:18 — Bad Bunny Makes History

00:18 — Wrap Up

Sources:

- The complete list of 2026 Grammy winners and nominees (NPR): https://www.npr.org/2026/02/01/nx-s1-5693046/2026-grammy-awards-full-list-winners-nominees

- Who won Grammy Awards for 2026? See the full winners list here (CBS News): https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/grammy-awards-winners-2026-list/

- Billie Eilish Makes Grammys History With First-Ever Song of the Year Milestone (Parade): https://parade.com/news/billie-eilish-walks-away-from-the-grammys-with-a-first-ever-achievement

- Jack Antonoff (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Antonoff

- Jack Antonoff's Grand Desire: Why Working With Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter & Bleachers Is His Dream Creative Playground (GRAMMY.com): https://www.grammy.com/news/jack-antonoff-interview-working-with-taylor-swift-sabrina-carpenter-bleachers

- Here Are All of Max Martin's Record-Setting Hot 100 No. 1s as a Producer (Billboard): https://www.billboard.com/lists/max-martin-most-hot-100-number-1s-producers/

- Max Martin (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Martin

- Finneas O'Connell (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finneas_O'Connell

- Finneas O'Connell: Grammy Producer's Studio Secrets (Tape Op Magazine): https://tapeop.com/interviews/165/finneas-oconnell

- CP NewsAlert: Canada's Cirkut wins Grammy for producer of the year (Canadian Press): https://www.nsnews.com/the-mix/cp-newsalert-canadas-cirkut-wins-grammy-for-producer-of-the-year-11820424

- How 4 years in Halifax shaped this music producer who's up for 7 Grammys (CBC): https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/cirkut-henry-walter-music-producer-lady-gaga-halifax-9.7013286

- How Songwriters Get Paid (Nashville Songwriters Association International): https://www.nashvillesongwriters.com/how-songwriters-get-paid

- Groundhog Day 2026: Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow, predicting 6 more weeks of winter (Yahoo News): https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/article/groundhog-day-2026-punxsutawney-phil-sees-his-shadow-predicting-6-more-weeks-of-winter-122739121.html

- Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow on Groundhog Day 2026 (CBS Pittsburgh): https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/groundhog-day-2026-punxsutawney-phil/

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00:00 — Introduction

00:15 — Catherineohara

00:15 — Fedchair

00:21 — Wrap Up

Sources:

- Catherine O'Hara, Emmy-winning comedian of 'Schitt's Creek' and 'SCTV' fame, has died at 71 (Philadelphia Inquirer / AP): https://www.inquirer.com/obituaries/catherine-ohara-schitts-creek-home-alone-sctv-obituary-20260130.html

- Catherine O'Hara, comedy star of 'Home Alone' and 'Schitt's Creek,' dies at 71 (NBC News): https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/catherine-ohara-comedy-star-home-alone-schitts-creek-dies-71-rcna256748

- Canadian comedy legend Catherine O'Hara, who lit up SCTV and stole scenes on Schitt's Creek, dead at 71 (CBC News): https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/catherine-ohara-obituary-9.7069157

- Catherine O'Hara, star of 'Beetlejuice,' 'Home Alone' and 'Schitt's Creek,' dies at 71 (CBS News): https://www.cbsnews.com/news/catherine-ohara-dies-schitts-creek-home-alone-beetlejuice/

- Trump nominates Kevin Warsh for Federal Reserve chair to succeed Jerome Powell (CNBC): https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/30/trump-nominates-kevin-warsh-for-federal-reserve-chair-to-succeed-jerome-powell.html

- Trump picks Kevin Warsh to lead the Federal Reserve (NPR): https://www.npr.org/2026/01/30/nx-s1-5645091/trump-kevin-warsh-federal-reserve-chair

- 3 things to know about Kevin Warsh, Trump's nod for Fed chair (The Conversation): https://theconversation.com/3-things-to-know-about-kevin-warsh-trumps-nod-for-fed-chair-274781

- History Says February Is a Terrible Month for the Stock Market (Nasdaq / Motley Fool): https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/history-says-february-is-a-terrible-month-for-the-stock-market.-heres-how-its-shaping-up

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00:00 — Introduction

00:27 — Dryjanuary

00:40 — Blackhistorymonth

04:58 — Groundhogday

Sources:

- A scoping review of Dry January: Evidence and future directions (Brown University / Alcohol and Alcoholism): https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12415855/

- Trying Dry January? One month without alcohol linked to better sleep, mood and health (Brown University): https://www.brown.edu/news/2026-01-12/dry-january

- Dry January as an experiment, not a punishment (Harvard Gazette): https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2026/01/dry-january-as-an-experiment-not-a-punishment/

- Dry January helped drive drinking rates to 96-year low (Harvard Gazette): https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/10/dry-january-helped-drive-drinking-rates-to-96-year-low/

- New study debunks the health benefits of moderate alcohol consumption (Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs): https://www.news-medical.net/news/20240725/New-study-debunks-the-health-benefits-of-moderate-alcohol-consumption.aspx

- Is moderate drinking actually healthy? Scientists say the idea is outdated (Stanford Report): https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2025/08/moderate-alcohol-consumption-drinking-health-benefits-impacts-research

- The origins of Dry January (NPR): https://www.npr.org/2026/01/01/nx-s1-5662527/the-origins-of-dry-january

- Carter G. Woodson: The Man Behind Black History Month (HISTORY): https://www.history.com/articles/the-man-behind-black-history-month

- Celebrating Black History Month's founder (Harvard Gazette): https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2022/02/celebrating-black-history-months-founder/

- Feb. 7, 1926: Carter G. Woodson Launched Negro History Week (Zinn Education Project): https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/carter-woodson-black-history-month/

- Groundhog Day: Ancient Origins of a Modern Celebration (Library of Congress Folklife Today): https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2022/02/groundhog-day-ancient-origins-of-a-modern-celebration/

- How accurate are Punxsutawney Phil's Groundhog Day predictions? (NOAA / WGRZ): https://www.wgrz.com/article/news/nation-world/how-accurate-is-punxsutawney-phil-groundhog-day-2026/507-ac01e25b-bf41-47db-bacc-bddadfc16f6d

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