Pablo Torre joins to talk about the DOJ investigation into Kawhi Leonard’s Aspiration deal, Steve Ballmer, and the business of sports journalism. We talk ESPN, billionaire reputation management, and investigative work in the content economy.

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From Bravo’s gated communities to the contemporary influencer economy, we trace how being a housewife became a big business — with New York Magazine’s Bridget Read on Mormon MomTok, recessionistas, the Housewife entrepreneur, and Salt Lake tradwives making money selling the promise of staying home.

Under the Mormon Influence: How the women of Utah blogged and posted their way into American hearts and wallets

Little Bosses Everywhere

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Anton Jäger joins Liz to discuss his new book, Hyperpolitics: Extreme Politicization without Political Consequences. We chat about the low-cost, high-speed political culture that took shape as mass organizations declined while mass participation accelerated through the crises of 2008 and Covid. We get into the economics of platform media, political infotainment, Elon Musk and other Slop-preneurs, and how a politics that feels like civil war can end up stabilizing the same old order.

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Max Read joins us to talk through OpenAI’s Hugging Face incident, the para-influencer network shaping AI policy, swagless CEOs and the return of Effective Altruism

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Liz is joined by our old pal Alexandra Scaggs to talk through Scott Bessent’s odd maneuver in the bond market, financial repression, institutional legitimacy and more funny money business.

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Liz is joined by TrueHoop’s Henry Abbott to talk through the funny business surrounding the sale of the Lakers, the investigation into Mark Walter, and the increasingly strange world of sports ownership—who actually owns the teams, where the money comes from, and what happens when private capital takes over professional sports.

Ballistic: The New Science of Injury-Free Athletic Performance by Henry Abbott

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A very special announcement from TRUEANON PODCAST

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We are joined by Jack Poulson to talk about a little-known State Department agency that is sending machine guns to Ukraine, hiring mercenaries in Mexico, and selling AI to Colombia.

Read Covert Action Diplomacy by Jack Poulson

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We examine two parallel cases of public mythmaking: Victor Marx and Jason Arday. We trace their wild stories, fabulism allegations, and the institutions that helped turn their personal mythology into public authority.

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Originally published July 2nd, 2026.

Gambling week rolls on as we talk about the future of prediction markets, pump.fun bounty calls, insider trading, and more.

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