Ricardo's Podcast

Ricardo is back for another episode with Mwayi. Mwayi starts off with a tribute to his Grandmother for International Women's Day (3:17) before Ricardo goes on a rant about Elizabeth Warren (5:37). Ricardo announces that he's officially giving up red meat (17:10). The guys then settle into talking about the latest ruling in France on Uber (19:02) and an Airbnb scam in London (22:00). Finally, the guys talk about investing in the age of the Coronavirus (31:20), is now a buying opportunity or a chance to lose even more money?

A look back on Saturday night's big heavyweight fight between Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury. I got it all wrong. Fury dominated and it was a great night for heavyweight boxing. Where do both fighters go from here? Should Fury v. Joshua be the next big heavyweight fight and was Wilder's corner right to throw in the towel? Listen and find out. 

In this quick episode Ricardo follows up on the fallout of N26 leaving the UK because of Brexit. He wonders how they could have handled the situation differently and if this will be a problem for the company going forward. Ricardo ends by responding to the question on why he hasn't added more African content to the podcast (7:00)

Ricardo calls up his good friend Rafe Bartholomew of the Athletic to discuss the Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder rematch. They start out talking about Ryan Garcia and Blair Cobbs before jumping right into the fight with a review of the first fight, a discussion the the heavyweight division and predictions for the second fight. 

Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon has a plan to end the era of all-male, all-white corporate boards: The investment bank will refuse to take a company public unless it has at least one woman or non-white board member. The move could make a big difference with male-dominated startups, experts say

In this episode, the arrival of Valentine's Day has Ricardo feeling a little nostalgic but not for the reasons you might think. After a brief intro, Ricardo discusses N26, the German fintech startup, leaving their UK customers behind due to Brexit. He then has a brief discussion on the XFL and why it will most certainly fail before ending with a few thoughts on Bloomberg entering the presidential race.

Music by:

Kiota the Friend--Alkaline

Smino--Amphetamine

Joey Purp--Elastic

Lute--GED

Duckwrth--Michuul

Cooking Soul--Raw Quartet, Danger, Still Ballin, Real Life and Nia Jazz

9th Wonder--Love Kills

J Dilla--Sometimes

In this episode, Ricardo talks about overreacting to his son's performance at tennis practice. He then talks about his son winning his first race at kindergarten sports day then finishes the episode talking about discovering a picture of his kids on Instagram and what it means to manage your children's privacy in the digital age. 

In this episode Ricardo talks about his upcoming trip to New York and what it means to spend so much time away from friends and family (1:14); Uber is now allowing drivers to set their own fares. Why are they doing that? (6:30); Goldman Sachs and Amazon plan to join forces to extend loans to merchants selling on Amazon's platform (15:07); and a few quick thoughts on the Super Bowl (23:35)

A few thoughts on Novak Djokovic's historic five-set victory over Dominic Thiem.