Metacasts: Investing Evening Edition

Today's episode examines the structural shift from capital-light software monopolies to a capital-intensive era defined by energy, copper, and infrastructure constraints. We analyze the transition of the 'Magnificent Seven' into heavy industrial identities and the systemic risks posed by escalating sovereign debt and the weaponization of global maritime chokepoints.

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0:00 - Introduction
0:43 - The AI Infrastructure Arms Race
8:02 - The New Era of Credit and Equity Rotation
13:16 - Global Choke Points and Energy Volatility
17:01 - Monetary Policy and the Fiscal Precipice
19:54 - Political Shifts and Institutional Erosion
22:18 - Conclusion

Referenced sources:
Global FX Mid-Year Outlook pushbacks, payrolls, CNY, GBP (At Any Rate)
Tech Selloff Rattles Markets, King Reveals Tax Bill, Naples Powers Italy Growth (Bloomberg Daybreak: Europe Edition)
OpenAI IPO Delay Report, King Reveals Tax Bill, Naples Powers Italy Growth (Bloomberg Daybreak: Europe Edition)
Micron Soars After AI-Fueled Forecast Shatters Projections (Bloomberg Intelligence)
Bloomberg Surveillance TV June 26th, 2026 (Bloomberg Surveillance)
Stocks Fall at End of Bruising Week for AI (Bloomberg Surveillance)
Bloomberg Surveillance TV June 25th, 2026 (Bloomberg Surveillance)
PCE Reaction and US Eco Outlook (Bloomberg Surveillance)
Is The Fed Panic Already Fading Weekly Roundup (Forward Guidance)
'The Daily' and 'The Opinions' How A.I. Is Changing Loneliness and Taste (Hard Fork)
2026 Mid-Year Outlook Crosscurrents and Divergence Amidst an Increasing AI Surge (Insights Now)
Ep. 364 William Beach on the US Fiscal Precipice, Tax Reform, and AI's Impact on Labour (Macro Hive Conversations With Bilal Hafeez)
MacroVoices #538 Lyn Alden Is The War Really Over and What's Next For Markets (Macro Voices)
Markets Happy Hour Podcast - June 25, 2028 - Breaking the Mold (Markets Happy Hour Podcast with Aoifinn Devitt)
The Democrats have their own MAGA now (Noahpinion)
Rory Johnston on Why His $200 Oil Prediction Didn't Turn Out Right (Odd Lots)
Meta's Prediction Market App, Europe vs. Big Tech, and Hollywood's Comeback (Pivot)
AI Is Dumber Than Investors Think - ft. Gary Marcus (Prof G Markets)
Europe's Largest Asset Manager Warns of AI Debt Deluge Crowding Out (The Credit Edge by Bloomberg Intelligence)
How to win at AI (if you're not the US or China), with AI minister Kanishka Narayan (The Economics Show)
The Rebasement Trade (The Macro Trading Floor)
S&P to 8,000 This Year (The Markets)
AI Is Crossing the Frontier of Human Knowledge Kevin Weil (The a16z Show)
Consumer Confidence and the U.S. Midterms (Thoughts on the Market)
Washington Weekly Podcast Housing bill, Primary elections, US-Iran update (UBS On-Air: Market Moves)
UBS On-Air Paul Donovan Daily Audio 'Tech vibes' (UBS On-Air: Market Moves)
Tech shares zigzag (Unhedged)

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Today's episode examines the structural shift from software-centric competition to a raw struggle for the physical bottlenecks of the AI era, from semiconductor scarcity to energy constraints. We analyze how this hardware-driven arms race is reshaping global credit markets, redefining NATO's security architecture, and forcing a fundamental reconfiguration of geopolitical leverage.

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0:00 - Introduction
0:44 - The Intelligence Arms Race: AI, Robotics, and the Hardware Bottleneck
8:16 - Geopolitical Flashpoints: From the Strait of Hormuz to NATO’s Future
13:59 - Credit Cycles and the Rise of Alternative Asset Classes
17:54 - The New Era of Monetary Policy and Central Bank Shadows
21:08 - Stagnation and Supply: The Global Struggle for Infrastructure and Housing
23:03 - Conclusion

Referenced sources:
Oaktree's Danielle Poli - private credit boring is beautiful - live from AGM's RIA Field Trip (Alt Goes Mainstream: The Latest on Alternative Investments, WealthTech, & Private Markets)
Business Warns Burnham, Europe's Big NATO Pitch, Micron Revives AI Trade (Bloomberg Daybreak: Europe Edition)
Bloomberg Surveillance TV June 24th, 2026 (Bloomberg Surveillance)
Making Sense of the Tech Selloff (Bloomberg Surveillance)
WarTalk The BS Détente (ChinaTalk)
It takes two to contango (Geopolitical Dispatch)
Mixing things up How portfolio finance helps LPs find balance (Private Debt Investor Podcast)
America Finally Has a Housing Plan. Trump Is Blocking It. (Prof G Markets)
Why Alan Greenspan Is Key to Understanding Today's Fed (The Journal.)
America's waning power (The Rachman Review)
290. Can Burnham's 'business friendly socialism' grow the economy (The Rest Is Money)
What a Quieter Fed Could Mean for Markets (Thoughts on the Market)
UBS On-Air Paul Donovan Daily Audio 'Oil prices-past, present, and futures' (UBS On-Air: Market Moves)

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Today's episode examines the structural decoupling of tech valuations from realized productivity, as the massive capital expenditures driving the AI boom hit the constraints of energy costs and rising sovereign debt. We analyze the transition from a globalized era of cheap expansion to a fragmented landscape defined by domestic re-shoring, labor scarcity, and the intensifying race for semiconductor security.

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0:00 - Introduction
0:35 - The Silicon Shakeup and the AI ROI Question
8:20 - Market Bubbles, Commodities, and the Search for Yield
13:24 - Demographic Drifts and the End of Cheap Labor
16:12 - The Great Re-Shoring: US Industrial Policy and the China Race
18:47 - Geopolitical Flashpoints and the New Middle East Order
20:44 - Conclusion

Referenced sources:
The US dollar's 'immigrant' origins (Behind the Money)
Deadly Europe Heatwave, Stocks Struggle After Rout, Italy Calms US Rift (Bloomberg Daybreak: Europe Edition)
Bloomberg Surveillance TV June 24th, 2026 (Bloomberg Surveillance)
Making Sense of the Tech Selloff (Bloomberg Surveillance)
Bloomberg Surveillance TV June 23rd, 2026 (Bloomberg Surveillance)
Semiquincententacles (Eye On The Market)
A Republican Party, if you can keep it (Geopolitical Dispatch)
At The Money Do Agricultural Commodities Belong in Your Portfolio (Masters in Business)
China is winning the other tech race (Noahpinion)
The Chips Are Down (Paul Krugman)
SpaceX Stock Just Crashed - Here's Why (Prof G Markets)
Inside Trump and Netanyahu's Complicated Relationship (The Journal.)
IL50 Why Central Banks Are Losing Control of Inflation ft. Manoj Pradhan (Top Traders Unplugged)
UBS On-Air Paul Donovan Daily Audio 'Murky situations' (UBS On-Air: Market Moves)
How to surf turbulent markets (Unhedged)

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Today's episode examines the transition from managed globalization to an era of strategic bottlenecks, where energy, silicon, and liquidity are increasingly weaponized. We analyze the cascading risks of geopolitical chokepoints, the inflationary impact of the AI infrastructure arms race, and the Federal Reserve's retreat into a more opaque, reactive monetary posture.

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0:00 - Introduction
0:36 - Geopolitical Chokepoints and the Global Energy Risk
7:11 - The AI Arms Race and the Infrastructure Boom
11:19 - The Private Market Pivot and IPO Resurgence
15:02 - Muskism, SpaceX, and the New Capitalism
18:14 - The New Fed and the End of Hand-Holding
20:22 - Conclusion

Referenced sources:
Breaking bread at Franklin Templeton's Private Markets RIA Advisory Council - Franklin Templeton's Dave Donahoo and Summit Wealth Group's Chelsea Ganey (Alt Goes Mainstream: The Latest on Alternative Investments, WealthTech, & Private Markets)
Burnham Poised for Power, SpaceX's Icarus Moment, Greece's Summer Paradox (Bloomberg Daybreak: Europe Edition)
Carnival Leads Cruise Stocks Lower on Weak 3Q Outlook (Bloomberg Intelligence)
Microsoft and Chevron Sign 20-Year Power Deal For Texas Data Center (Bloomberg Intelligence)
Bloomberg Surveillance TV June 23rd, 2026 (Bloomberg Surveillance)
Market Pullback and Alan Greenspan's Legacy (Bloomberg Surveillance)
What the IPO Boom Tells Us (Exchanges)
The sheep and the scapegoats (Geopolitical Dispatch)
Will Surrendering to Iran Relieve Trump's Gas Pains (Paul Krugman)
Starmer Resigns, Reflecting Pool Fiasco, and Amazon Dumps OpenAI Movie (Pivot)
Why Britain's Economy Has Been Stuck For 20 Years (Prof G Markets)
Does Elon Musk represent a new form of capitalism (The Big View)
Why iPhones Will Probably Get Even More Expensive (The Journal.)
Meb Faber's Investing in America, Out July 4th (Investing in America Series) #636 (The Meb Faber Show - Better Investing)
What's Next for Consumer AI Josh Elman Joins a16z (The a16z Show)
Why Warsh May Let Markets Sweat (Thoughts on the Market)
Fixed Income Conversation Corner Private Credit edition with Dan Oneglia (Blackstone) and Leslie Falconio (UBS CIO) (UBS On-Air: Market Moves)
UBS On-Air Paul Donovan Daily Audio 'Equity volatility, economists' indifference' (UBS On-Air: Market Moves)

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Today's episode examines the global transition from predictable, rule-based policy to an era of intentional ambiguity across central banking, AI development, and geopolitics. We analyze how the Fed's new 'skinny statement' approach, the US-Iran strategic decoupling, and the divergence in US-China AI architectures are forcing institutional allocators to move from predictive positioning to continuous reactive monitoring.

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0:00 - Introduction
0:40 - Central Bank Shifts and the New Fed Era
5:48 - Strategic Investing: From Endowments to Empires
11:20 - Geopolitical Friction and the Iran Accord
15:29 - The AI Arms Race: US vs. China
19:14 - UK Political Turmoil and Economic Growth
22:17 - Conclusion

Referenced sources:
The Walt Disney Company (Acquired)
Starmer Nears Exit, Iran Truce Takes Shape, Europe's Record Heatwave (Bloomberg Daybreak: Europe Edition)
Bloomberg Surveillance TV June 22nd, 2026 (Bloomberg Surveillance)
Special Report Alan Greenspan Dies at 100 (Bloomberg Surveillance)
Playing a weak hand (Geopolitical Dispatch)
The MOU and Warsh A Changing Macro Landscape (Notes on the Week Ahead)
Grace Shao on What the World Should Know About Chinese AI (Odd Lots)
HOT TAKE Starmer resigns, what comes next (Political Currency)
EMQs Keir Starmer's problem with ministers (Political Currency)
No, We Do Not Have An Iran Deal (Prof G Markets)
Signal over Noise A new Fed framework (UBS On-Air: Market Moves)
UBS On-Air Paul Donovan Daily Audio 'Sticking with the optimistic bias' (UBS On-Air: Market Moves)

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Today's episode examines the structural shift toward a landscape of strategic opacity, from the Fed's retreat into data-driven reactivity to the emergence of high-stakes geopolitical maneuvering in the Strait of Hormuz. We analyze how the transition from software-driven AI ambitions to massive, capital-intensive physical infrastructure is fundamentally reshaping global liquidity and sovereign debt dynamics.

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0:00 - Introduction
0:31 - The Great Fed Pivot and Policy Uncertainty
5:25 - New Era Market Dynamics and Value Investing
11:15 - Geopolitical Tensions and the Strait of Hormuz
15:53 - The Tech-Driven Shift in Global Power
19:35 - The AI Infrastructure and Debt Surge
21:55 - Conclusion

Referenced sources:
Global Commodities Seeing the Invisible (At Any Rate)
Andy Burnham Wins, US-ASML China Clash, Europe's Russia Outreach (Bloomberg Daybreak: Europe Edition)
Accenture Forecast Sends Stock Tumbling a Record 20% (Bloomberg Intelligence)
The Global Economic Outlook (Bloomberg Surveillance)
Bloomberg Surveillance TV June 18th, 2026 (Bloomberg Surveillance)
How Chinese make sense of the AI future (ChinaTalk)
Macro Matters BE's Anna Wong on Warsh, Fed & Inflation Outlook (FICC Focus)
A New Era Is Beginning In Markets Weekly Roundup (Forward Guidance)
Memorandum of unravelling (Geopolitical Dispatch)
'Hard Fork' Live, Part 3 Differing Visions of an A.I. Future (Hard Fork)
The Fed (Finally) Admits the Problem Rooster Reacts June 18, 2026 (Hedgeye Podcasts)
MacroVoices #537 Brent Johnson There's No Turning Back (Macro Voices)
Markets Happy Hour Podcast - June 18, 2026 - To The Moon (Markets Happy Hour Podcast with Aoifinn Devitt)
Donald Trump, Champion of Renewable Energy (Paul Krugman)
Trump's Iran Deal, SpaceX's Wild Ride, and Snap's Specs (Pivot)
How's Britain and George Osborne, 10 years on from Brexit (Political Currency)
China wanted western tech. Now, the tables have turned. With John Minnich (The Economics Show)
Bryan Taylor There Is No Equity Risk Premium #635 (The Meb Faber Show - Better Investing)
Bryan Taylor There Is No Equity Risk Premium (Investing in America Series) #635 (The Meb Faber Show - Better Investing)
Inside the AI Debt Surge (Thoughts on the Market)
UBS On-Air Paul Donovan Daily Audio 'Little of substance' (UBS On-Air: Market Moves)
Washington Weekly Podcast US-Iran memorandum of understanding, G-7 summit takeaways (UBS On-Air: Market Moves)
Kevin Warsh's first remarks (Unhedged)

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Today's episode examines the dissolving boundaries between industrial policy and speculative mania, centered on the unprecedented $2.75 trillion valuation of SpaceX. We analyze the systemic risks of the 'trillionaire's orbit,' the Fed's transition toward reactive policy under Chair Warsh, and the emergence of 'choke point economics' in global energy and semiconductor supply chains.

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0:00 - Introduction
0:39 - The Trillionaire's Orbit: SpaceX, AI, and Market Mania
7:47 - The Warsh Era and the New Fed Mandate
11:56 - Geopolitical Chokepoints and Energy Shocks
15:42 - The New Investor Playbook: Secondaries and Dispersion
18:41 - The Great Imbalance: Trade Wars and Chip Controls
20:38 - Conclusion

Referenced sources:
Iran Deal $300B Sweetener, SpaceX Overtakes Amazon, AI CEO Career Coaches (Bloomberg Daybreak: Europe Edition)
SpaceX Pounces on $60 Billion Cursor Takeover Days After IPO (Bloomberg Intelligence)
Kevin Warsh's First FOMC Meeting as Fed Chair (Bloomberg Surveillance)
Bloomberg Surveillance TV June 16th, 2026 (Bloomberg Surveillance)
WTT AI Fundamentals, Valuation, and the Next Allocator Dilemma (Capital Allocators – Inside the Institutional Investment Industry)
Will the MATCH Act Change Chip Controls (ChinaTalk)
All Options Considered Volatility Forum Singapore 2026 (FICC Focus)
Iran is Trump's Katrina (Noahpinion)
The Iran War's Lasting Scars Across Asia (Odd Lots)
Hype and Glory (Paul Krugman)
OpenAI's Financials Leaked - The Losses Are Staggering (Prof G Markets)
UK May-26 CPI Inflation Report (The Central Banks' Watcher)
How Elon Musk Made a Trillion Dollars (The Journal.)
Warsh's Opening Act at the Fed (Thoughts on the Market)
Talking Markets Podcast (Secondaries market) with Nate Walton, Ares Management (UBS On-Air: Market Moves)
UBS On-Air Paul Donovan Daily Audio 'Fed fun' (UBS On-Air: Market Moves)
Notes from the FT Global Bond Summit (Unhedged)

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Today's episode examines the global retreat from predictable, rule-based markets toward a landscape of managed confusion and high-cost redundancy. We analyze how geopolitical friction in the Strait of Hormuz, regulatory crackdowns on AI, and China's structural economic pivot are collectively forcing a fundamental re-pricing of global risk.

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0:00 - Introduction
0:37 - The Fragile Middle East Peace and Energy Markets
6:38 - Global Macro Shifts and the End of Low Inflation
12:23 - The AI Arms Race and Regulatory Crackdown
17:39 - The 2026 IPO Frenzy and Tech Consolidation
19:46 - China’s Economic Rebalancing and Trade Friction
21:50 - Conclusion

Referenced sources:
Hormuz Reality Check, SpaceX Keeps Surging, Jobs Shape Political Fight (Bloomberg Daybreak: Europe Edition)
Fox to Buy Roku at $22 Billion Value in Streaming Video Push (Bloomberg Intelligence)
US and Iran Prepare for Deal Signing, SpaceX Soars (Bloomberg Surveillance)
Emergency Pod Claude Fable Fried + What's Up at BIS (ChinaTalk)
Emergency Pod Claude Fable (ChinaTalk)
Flex Capacitor (Doomberg)
Signed, still sealed, undelivered (Geopolitical Dispatch)
Regulatory Risk is Coming For AI David Woo on AI Data Center CapEx and Iran War (Monetary Matters with Jack Farley)
The White House UFC Fight, SpaceX's Big Pop, and Fox's Roku Deal (Pivot)
The Iran Deal Isn't What It Seems (Prof G Markets)
Is The Iran-US Deal Actually Done! with Andreas Steno Macro Mondays (Real Vision: Finance & Investing)
Huang Qifan on China's Trade Surplus Problem (Sinification)
Why central bankers face an inflation reckoning (The Big View)
The Great IPO Frenzy of 2026 (The Journal.)
The Bull Case After the Pullback in Stocks (Thoughts on the Market)
UBS On-Air Paul Donovan Daily Audio 'How to do a rate hike' (UBS On-Air: Market Moves)

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Today's episode examines the structural decoupling of financial valuations from physical realities, headlined by the unprecedented SpaceX IPO and the rise of space-based AI infrastructure. We analyze how the transition toward vertically integrated, heavy-asset models is driving global inflationary pressures, complicating central bank mandates, and rewriting the legal architecture of the credit markets.

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0:00 - Introduction
0:35 - The SpaceX IPO and the New Era of Hyper-Scalers
7:02 - Macro Shifts: Structural Inflation and Central Bank Divergence
10:26 - Energy Volatility and the Strait of Hormuz Crisis
13:50 - Geopolitical Friction and the New Trade Order
16:56 - Distressed Debt and the Evolution of Private Credit
19:10 - Conclusion

Referenced sources:
Global Rates European Rate Markets - looking ahead over 2H26 (At Any Rate)
Global Commodities A Perfect Storm (At Any Rate)
Global FX Central banks take centre stage (At Any Rate)
SpaceX Rockets To Record, UK PM Gets Defensive, Trump's Iran Deal Claims (Bloomberg Daybreak: Europe Edition)
SpaceX Jumps in First Trades Following Record $75 Billion IPO (Bloomberg Intelligence)
Bloomberg Surveillance TV June 12th, 2026 (Bloomberg Surveillance)
SpaceX Debuts on then NASDAQ and Oil Moves (Bloomberg Surveillance)
Sen. Slotkin NDAA, AI guardrails, and banning China's cars (ChinaTalk)
Awkward Truths (Doomberg)
State of Distressed Debt Ellias on Reorganizations' Global Bazaar (FICC Focus)
Policy Intervention Is Keeping The Bull Market Alive Weekly Roundup (Forward Guidance)
Three-demented chess (Geopolitical Dispatch)
Neil Howe on the SpaceX IPO Party Like It's 1999 Protect the Pile Episode 15 (Hedgeye Podcasts)
Ep. 362 Dan Rasmussen on Private Equity's Stranded Assets, Private Credit, and the AI Bubble (Macro Hive Conversations With Bilal Hafeez)
Markets Happy Hour Podcast - June 10, 2026 - Live from Dublin - Our Better Nature (Markets Happy Hour Podcast with Aoifinn Devitt)
Elon Musk, Human Ponzi Scheme (Paul Krugman)
SpaceX IPO Markets, Morals, and What It Means for You (Pivot)
The IPO Frenzy Has Begun - ft. Howard Marks (Prof G Markets)
The Return of Inflation Part II Update (The Central Banks' Watcher)
Brexit at 10 What comes next With Anand Menon (The Economics Show)
Washington Weekly Podcast US-Iran, US trade policy, FISA, & Secure America Act (UBS On-Air: Market Moves)
UBS On-Air Paul Donovan Daily Audio 'Carrying on, without keeping calm' (UBS On-Air: Market Moves)

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Today's episode examines the structural decoupling of the global economy, where the expansion of private credit and AI-driven infrastructure demands are colliding with rising sovereign debt and energy volatility. We analyze the widening gap between a high-margin automated core and a stagnating labor periphery, and the systemic risks posed by a potential break in the Treasury market.

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0:00 - Introduction
0:43 - Global Markets and the Great Divergence
7:59 - Monetary Policy and the Inflation Trap
13:08 - The AI Revolution and Industrial Rebirth
18:30 - The High-Stakes Geopolitical Chessboard
21:21 - Supply Chain Shocks and Commodity Crises
23:34 - Conclusion

Referenced sources:
Senators John Fetterman and Dave McCormick Bipartisanship, Money in DC, Datacenters, Graham Platner (All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg)
Global FX & Economics UK Outlook, GBP and SEK (At Any Rate)
Podcast Special Is Europe Getting Its Act Together (Bloomberg Daybreak: Europe Edition)
Europe Finds Its Mojo, Trump Escalates Bombing, World Cup Moves Markets (Bloomberg Daybreak: Europe Edition)
Super Micro Falls on $7 Billion Offering to Fund AI (Bloomberg Intelligence)
Bloomberg Surveillance TV June 11th, 2026 (Bloomberg Surveillance)
Inflation Data and Market Bullishness (Bloomberg Surveillance)
Bloomberg Surveillance TV June 10th, 2026 (Bloomberg Surveillance)
May CPI and Major IPOs (Bloomberg Surveillance)
Warsh Must Choose The Dollar Or The Bond Market Luke Gromen (Forward Guidance)
Hit me Bibi one more time (Geopolitical Dispatch)
What Does It Take to Run One of the World's Most Powerful Law Firms With Alan Mason, Global Managing Partner, Freshfields (Money Maze Podcast)
Why Tomatoes Are the Most Expensive They've Been in Four Decades (Odd Lots)
Social Security is Facing a Political Crisis (Paul Krugman)
SpaceX Goes Public Tomorrow - Look Out Below (Prof G Markets)
The Flip Side (The Insight by Oaktree Capital)
How Beef Got So Expensive (The Journal.)
286. Dan Neidle Pubs don't deserve a VAT cut (The Rest Is Money)
Designing the Physical World with AI (The a16z Show)
Who Owns Travel Loyalty (Thoughts on the Market)
UBS On-Air Paul Donovan Daily Audio 'How bad is the ECB error' (UBS On-Air: Market Moves)
TIP822 QXO (QXO) Can One of the World's Best Consolidators Strike Lightning Again w Kyle Grieve & Shawn O'Malley (We Study Billionaires - The Investor’s Podcast Network)

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