The Real Eisman Playbook

Sign up for The Real Eisman Playbook Premium at http://www.steveeisman.com On this episode of The Real Eisman Playbook, Steve Eisman examines how dependent the entire AI investment boom has become on just a handful of companies, and why their failure to deliver could tip the US into recession and trigger a large market correction. He walks through who is actually financing the hundreds of billions going into AI infrastructure, lays out the bull, bear and doomsday scenarios, and closes with the five major risks he believes could derail the whole investment story.

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On this episode of The Weekly Wrap, Steve Eisman explains how the Democratic sweep of Congress in the midterms has shifted the AI narrative again, triggering a Thursday selloff in which the S&P fell 4.4% and the Nasdaq 5.5%. He also covers a long list of earnings and closes with his list of 20 favorite sci-fi novels.

00:00 - Intro

02:08 - Implications of the Midterms on the AI Narrative and the Economy

07:46 - The Change in the AI Narrative Because of Coreweave

10:15 - Google Search Being Replaced?

11:32- Anthropic Amended Its S-1

16:01 - Earnings Reports

26:54 - My Favorite Sci-Fi Novels

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On episode 82 of The Real Eisman Playbook, Steve Eisman welcomes Aidan McCaig and Brandon Ewink of the Lemonade Stand podcast for a conversation about what worries a younger audience: a brutal entry-level job market, housing that feels out of reach, and AI reshaping everything. They also discuss agentic AI managing money, CoreWeave's debt, private equity, and more!

00:00 - Intro

02:00 - Post-College Prospects & Housing

14:40 - The AI Of It All

27:35 - AI Agents Managing Money

32:59 - Private Equity

48:58 - Podcasting & New Media

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On this episode of The Weekly Wrap, Steve Eisman digs into Anthropic's newly released S-1 and notes that revenue growth fell from 147% in Q2 to 45% in Q3 as tokenmaxxing ended. He then walks through an earnings week in which Google fell 12%, ServiceNow dropped 27%, Amazon held its capex flat for the first time, and Intel and Caterpillar were punished. He closes with a couple of mailbags on CoreWeave's debt and the Telepocalypse narrative.

00:00 - Intro

02:16 - Some More Thoughts on France

03:32 - Anthropic Dropped Its S-1

08:43 - Earnings

21:59 - More Thoughts on CoreWeave

24:01- The Telepocalypse

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On episode 81 of The Real Eisman Playbook, Steve Eisman sits down with Benn Steil, Director of International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations for a conversation covering today's inflation dilemma, the dollar's exorbitant privilege versus France's sovereign bond crisis, and why the trajectory of US debt is ugly even if the doomsayers have been wrong for 40 years.

00:00 - Intro

00:40 - The Fed, Inflation, & Rates

08:50 - Scott Bessent

13:11 - The Federal Deficit

22:20 - France

27:20 - Henry Wallace

39:15 - Bretton Woods

46:28 - The Marshall Plan

49:08 - Outro

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On this episode of The Weekly Wrap, Steve Eisman discusses CoreWeave's climbing debt, fading confidence in AI data center economics, and whether the business model is unworkable. Steve also walks through a packed earnings week, featuring Meta's strong 26% revenue growth, Tesla's stunning 0% revenue growth, SpaceX's capex-heavy results, and why Netflix is going ex-growth as YouTube conquers the newer forms of media. He also takes a mailbag question regarding the housing market.

00:00 - Intro

01:55 - French Sovereign Bonds Are In Trouble

03:04 - The AI Narrative Has Changed

05:32 - A Whole Bunch of Earnings

17:18 - Mailbag: Should You Buy a Home?

19:29 - Outro

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Steve Eisman reunites with Danny Moses, his former partner from the Big Short days and now host of the On The Tape podcast, for a wide-ranging conversation covering the AI trade, the deficit, private equity's monetization problem, and why Danny sees uncomfortable parallels between today's AI debt issuance and the warehouse lines that fueled the subprime mortgage crisis.

00:00 - Intro

02:00 - On The Tape

04:55 - The Fed, Scott Bessent, & the Housing Market

10:38 - The AI Story

22:43 - Private Equity

28:14 - Transitioning to Media

35:13 - The Debt & the Deficit

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On this episode of The Weekly Wrap, Steve Eisman examines the growing risks and opportunities surrounding AI, from rising debt at AI data center companies to concerns about the future of the AI boom. He also breaks down the latest bank earnings and the impact of agentic AI on financial institutions.

00:00 - Intro

02:21 - War in Iran Updates

02:50 - The Telepocalypse

04:47 - CoreWeave & Something of a Tech Correction

06:48 - Bad News in France

08:09 - Impact of Agentic AI on Financial Institutions

12:10 - Earnings Season Began with the Banks

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On episode 79 of The Real Eisman Playbook, Steve Eisman sits down with AI critic Gary Marcus to unpack the growing fears surrounding artificial intelligence, from rogue AI agents and cybersecurity failures to predictions of human extinction. They examine whether these companies are amplifying doomsday narratives to attract investment and shape regulation in their favor.

00:00 - Intro

01:10 - The AI Doomsday Narrative

17:30 - Anthropic & OpenAI's Motivations

20:48 - Recent Changes

26:32 - Hacking Scandals

34:40 - Are Anthropic & OpenAI Manufacturing Hysteria?

36:11 - Gary's Speech at the UN

43:40 - Closing Thoughts

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On this episode of The Weekly Wrap, Steve Eisman delivers a comprehensive Q3 2026 market breakdown. He discusses why energy was the best performing sector, why utilities got crushed, and why the SAASpocalypse narrative flipped. Steve also acknowledges that over 65% of the S&P 500 is now a single bet on AI and closes with updates on FICO and Glass House Brands.

00:00 - Intro

01:53 - War in Iran, Interest Rates, & Oil Prices

02:38 - Snapshot of the Economy & Key Weaknesses Emerging

04:27 - An Analysis of the Third Quarter

18:06 - Why I Covered FICO & Sold Glass House Brands

19:02 - Mailbag: Diversifying Away From AI

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