00:00 — Introduction

00:26 — Superbowl

00:33 — Olympics

00:39 — Worldcup

00:39 — Who Wins

01:34 — Why Cities Bid

01:41 — Wrap Up

Sources:

- The Super Bowl's Economic Impact: Big Game, Big Money, Big Costs (NC State University): https://cnr.ncsu.edu/news/2026/01/the-economic-impact-of-the-super-bowl/

- Will the Super Bowl supercharge the Bay Area economy? Here's what experts say (San Francisco Chronicle): https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/super-bowl-lx-2026-18108666.php

- Going for the Gold: The Economics of the Olympics (Journal of Economic Perspectives / American Economic Association): https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.30.2.201

- The Economics of Hosting the Olympic Games (Council on Foreign Relations): https://www.cfr.org/backgrounders/economics-hosting-olympic-games

- Hosting the Olympics Is a Terrible Investment (FiveThirtyEight): https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/hosting-the-olympics-is-a-terrible-investment/

- The Economics of the World Cup (Victor Matheson, College of the Holy Cross): https://hcapps.holycross.edu/hcs/RePEc/hcx/HC1805-Matheson_WorldCup.pdf

- FIFA World Cup 2026 host cities worried on costs (The Sports Examiner / Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy): https://www.thesportsexaminer.com/football-fifa-world-cup-2026-host-cities-worried-on-costs/

- Bringing Home the Gold? A Review of the Economic Impact of Mega-Events (Harvard Growth Lab): https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/files/growthlab/files/cid_wp320_megaevents.pdf

- Expert pitch: WVU professor says Super Bowl is rarely a win for host cities (West Virginia University): https://wvutoday.wvu.edu/media-center-blog/2024/02/08/expert-pitch-wvu-professor-says-super-bowl-is-rarely-a-win-for-host-cities

- Does hosting the Olympics, the World Cup or other major sports events really pay off? (The Conversation): https://theconversation.com/does-hosting-the-olympics-the-world-cup-or-other-major-sports-events-really-pay-off-222118

- Santa Clara will be reimbursed millions for hosting Super Bowl (San José Spotlight): https://sanjosespotlight.com/santa-clara-will-be-reimbursed-millions-for-hosting-2026-super-bowl/

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00:00 — Introduction

01:00 — Where in America Can You Actually Live a Healthy Life?

01:17 — How AI Actually Gets Made (Spoiler: It Involves Destroying Books)

01:19 — Big Tech Just Showed You Where the Money Is Going

01:19 — Tesla Is Done Making Cars. Sort Of.

01:19 — A 54-Year-Old Recluse Just Quietly Beat Taylor Swift

01:19 — Wrap Up

Sources:

- Zip code better predictor of health than genetic code (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health): https://hsph.harvard.edu/news/zip-code-better-predictor-of-health-than-genetic-code/

- America's Healthiest States – 2026 Study (SmartAsset): https://smartasset.com/data-studies/healthiest-states-2026

- ACSM American Fitness Index 2025 (American College of Sports Medicine): https://acsm.org/fittest-us-cities-2025/

- Anthropic 'destructively' scanned millions of books to build Claude (Washington Post): https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/01/27/anthropic-ai-scan-destroy-books/

- Meta Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2025 Results (Meta Investor Relations): https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/meta-reports-fourth-quarter-and-full-year-2025-results-302673127.html

- Microsoft FY26 Q2 Earnings Press Release (Microsoft Investor Relations): https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/investor/earnings/fy-2026-q2/press-release-webcast

- Microsoft, Meta Earnings Put a Focus on Payoffs From AI Spending (Bloomberg): https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-28/microsoft-meta-earnings-put-a-focus-on-payoffs-from-ai-spending

- Tesla ending Model S and X production (CNBC): https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/28/tesla-ending-model-s-x-production.html

- Amazon Layoffs: 16,000 Jobs Cut as AI Competition Heats Up (Bloomberg): https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-28/amazon-to-cut-16-000-jobs-trimming-bureaucracy-amid-ai-tussle

- Update on our organization (Amazon Corporate Blog): https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/amazon-layoffs-corporate-jan-2026

- Aphex Twin overtakes Taylor Swift for monthly YouTube listeners (NME): https://www.nme.com/news/music/aphex-twin-overtakes-taylor-swift-for-monthly-youtube-listeners-3923810

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00:00 — Introduction

00:09 — U.S. Olympians Finally Get Retirement Security

00:09 — The World Made a Deal While We Built Walls

00:09 — What the Stock Market Is Actually Telling Us

00:09 — The Ozempic Economy Isn't What You Think

00:09 — Your Bedtime Might Be a Heart Risk Factor

00:09 — Wrap Up

Sources:

- USOPC and USOPF Announce $100 Million Gift to Support Post-Games Financial Security for Team USA Athletes (U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee): https://www.usopc.org/news/2025/march/04/united-states-olympic-paralympic-committee-and-united-states-olympic-paralympic-foundation-announce-100-million-gift-to-support-post-games-financial-security-for-team-usa-athletes

- Ross Stevens Pledges $100 Million to US Olympians, Paralympians (Bloomberg): https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-05/ross-stevens-pledges-100-million-to-us-olympians-paralympians

- EU and India conclude landmark Free Trade Agreement (European Commission): https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_184

- India and the EU clinch the 'mother of all deals' in a historic trade agreement (NPR): https://www.npr.org/2026/01/27/nx-s1-5689875/india-eu-trade-agreement

- Being a night owl may increase your heart risk (American Heart Association): https://newsroom.heart.org/news/being-a-night-owl-may-increase-your-heart-risk

- Ozempic is changing the foods Americans buy (Cornell University): https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2025/12/ozempic-changing-foods-americans-buy

- Ozempic, GLP-1 Users Spend More at Restaurant Chains Like Olive Garden (Bloomberg): https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-02/ozempic-glp-1-users-spend-more-at-restaurant-chains-like-olive-garden

- Live coverage: Federal Reserve set to hold interest rates steady (Yahoo Finance): https://finance.yahoo.com/news/live/live-coverage-federal-reserve-set-to-hold-interest-rates-steady-in-first-policy-meeting-of-2026-145632014.html

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00:00 — Introduction

00:43 — Gold Breaks $5,000

00:51 — Social Media Goes on Trial

00:51 — Michael Burry Is Buying GameStop Again

01:00 — Nike Is Replacing Workers with Robots

01:00 — Saudi Arabia's $1.5 Trillion Mega-Project Gets a Reality Check

01:00 — Your BPA-Free Products Might Not Be Safe Either

01:00 — Wrap Up

Sources:

- Gold Tops $5,000 as Global Upheaval Fuels Precious Metals Rally (Bloomberg): https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-25/gold-tops-5-000-as-global-upheaval-fuels-precious-metals-rally

- Meta, TikTok and YouTube Face Landmark Trial Over Youth Addiction Claims (Associated Press / Washington Post): https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/01/27/social-media-trial-kids-addiction-meta-tiktok-youtube/

- GameStop Shares Move Higher After Michael Burry Says He's Been Buying the Stock (CNBC): https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/26/gamestop-shares-move-higher-after-michael-burry-says-hes-been-buying-the-stock.html

- Nike to Cut 775 Employees as It Accelerates Automation (CNBC): https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/26/nike-to-lay-off-775-employees-at-us-distribution-centers.html

- Nike Slashes 775 Jobs in US to Speed Up Automation (Reuters): https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/nike-cut-775-jobs-us-2026-01-26/

- Saudi Arabia to Scale Back Flagship NEOM Project (Financial Times): https://www.ft.com/content/neom-saudi-arabia-scaled-back

- Scientists Question the Safety of BPA-Free Packaging (McGill University / Toxicological Sciences): https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/01/260114084134.htm

- Vacation Planning Boosts Happiness (Applied Research in Quality of Life): https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100218125204.htm

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00:00 — Introduction

00:14 — Big Tech's Make-or-Break Week

00:18 — China's AI Boom One Year Later

00:59 — Exercise Rivals Therapy for Depression

00:59 — ADHD Meds Work Differently Than We Thought

00:59 — AI Predicts Disease From Sleep Data

00:59 — Student Loan Collections Resume

00:59 — Everyday Chemicals Harming Gut Bacteria

00:59 — Winter Storm Travel Chaos

00:59 — Wrap Up

Sources:

- Big Tech Earnings Week: Apple, Microsoft, Meta, Tesla (CNBC): https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/25/earnings-playbook-apple-and-caterpillar-lead-a-big-week-of-reports.html

- Inside China's AI Scene One Year After DeepSeek (Taipei Times / AFP): https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2026/01/21/2003850942

- Exercise Rivals Therapy for Depression (Cochrane / ScienceDaily): https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/01/260107225516.htm

- ADHD Stimulants Boost Wakefulness Not Focus (Washington University / New Atlas): https://newatlas.com/adhd-autism/adhd-stimulants-work/

- AI Predicts 100+ Diseases From Sleep Data (Stanford Medicine): https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2026/01/ai-sleep-disease.html

- Student Loan Garnishment Returns (Experian): https://www.experian.com/blogs/ask-experian/latest-personal-finance-news/

- 168 Chemicals Harm Gut Bacteria (University of Cambridge / Nature Microbiology): https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/01/260104202815.htm

- Winter Storm Travel Disruptions (ABC News): https://abcnews.go.com/US/live-updates/winter-storm-live-updates-tracking-dangerous-ice-snow/?id=129469173

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Sources:

- Want to live longer? The tiniest of lifestyle changes can dramatically boost longevity (Scientific American): https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/want-to-live-longer-the-tiniest-of-lifestyle-changes-can-dramatically-boost/

- The simplest way teens can protect their mental health (ScienceDaily / University of Oregon): https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/01/260106224623.htm

- Bankrate's 2026 Credit Card Debt Report (Bankrate): https://www.bankrate.com/credit-cards/news/credit-card-debt-report/

- 2025 Household Credit Card Debt Study (NerdWallet): https://www.nerdwallet.com/credit-cards/studies/household-debt-study

- Remote working statistics you need to know in 2026 (Intuition): https://www.intuition.com/remote-working-statistics-you-need-to-know-in-2026/

- Dispatch from Davos (Morning Brew): https://www.morningbrew.com/daily

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Sources:

- Roughly half the US population faces frigid temperatures and threat of storms (Associated Press): https://apnews.com/article/winter-storm-ice-snow-south-east

- Minnesota protests Trump administration's immigration crackdown (NPR): https://www.npr.org/2026/01/23/nx-s1-5686733/minnesotans-day-of-ice-protests

- Ryan Wedding, ex-Olympic snowboarder accused of being a drug kingpin, is arrested (NBC News): https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ryan-wedding-former-olympic-snowboarder-alleged-drug-kingpin-arrested-rcna255579

- US, Russia, and Ukraine hold first trilateral peace talks (Associated Press): https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-peace-talks-uae

- Silver hits record high above $100/oz as gold closes in on $5,000 (CNBC): https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/23/gold-prices-ease-on-profit-taking-after-nearing-5000-mark.html

- Cancer might protect against Alzheimer's — this protein helps explain why (Nature): https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00222-7

- Rule-breaking supermassive black hole discovered in the early universe (National Astronomical Observatory of Japan): https://www.nao.ac.jp/en/news/science/2026/20260122-subaru.html

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Sources:

- Territorial issue is key obstacle to Ukraine peace, Kremlin tells Trump envoys (Associated Press): https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-trump-envoys-peace-talks

- TikTok seals deal for new US entity (CNBC): https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/22/tiktok-deal-bytedance-oracle-silver-lake.html

- Severe winter weather expected to affect more than 200 million Americans (National Weather Service): https://www.weather.gov

- Alex Honnold is climbing Taipei 101 with no ropes, live on TV (ABC News / Associated Press): https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/alex-honnold-climbing-taipei-101-ropes-live-tv-129443066

- Sinners sets Oscars record with 16 nominations (NBC News): https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/movies/sinners-sets-new-oscars-record-16-nominations-rcna255376

- Trump filed $5 billion suit against JPMorgan Chase (Reuters): https://www.reuters.com/legal/trump-sues-jpmorgan-dimon-debanking

- An ancient forest in Ecuador is the last stand for a tiny hummingbird facing extinction (Associated Press): https://apnews.com/article/ecuador-hummingbird-extinction-yanacocha-reserve

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