On this week's episode we discuss why Berkshire Hathway is the market's Rorschach test, Charlie Munger is still going strong at age 95, how many companies have avoided bankruptcy because of VC money, recession calls that won't age well, lessons from the new Jeopardy! champ, surveys of the week, why investors are getting smarter, why people always think it was better 50 years ago and much more.

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