This episode has everything: the Supreme Court making voting-rights cases harder, a gunman getting way too close to the White House Correspondents' Dinner, and AI companies spending like they found a cheat code for capitalism. Also, if you enjoy the phrase 'stablecoin conflict of interest,' congratulations, this is your Super Bowl.

• Voting rights and the map wars
• DOJ fights, surveillance, and the Comey mess
• The White House Correspondents' Dinner breach
• Hormuz hits your wallet fast
• AI goes full casino
• Crypto, media pressure, and elite weirdness

Sources:

• The Dan Bongino Show — A Powerful Response (Ep. 2506)
• The Toast — Fiddler on The Toast: Friday, May 1st, 2026
• Today, Explained — This Senator has an Eric Swalwell problem
• The Bulwark Podcast — Jon Ossoff: Trump Is a Lifelong Racist
• The Dr. John Delony Show — Girlfriend’s Dad Won’t Give Me His Blessing
• The Ben Shapiro Show — Why I Don’t Regret My Vote For Trump
• The Megyn Kelly Show — Comey Indicted Over "86 47," Massive MN Fraud Raid, King Charles Addresses Congress: AM Update 4/29
• Pod Save America — Are Trump Voters Feeling Buyer's Remorse? (With Sarah Longwell)
• Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin — The State of the Housing Market and Why Real Estate Is Not AI-Proof with Jason Oppenheim
• The Journal. — The Crypto President: Part 1
• 305 more sources

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This week had everything: oil chokepoints, negotiators contradicting each other in public, an AI bug-hunter scary enough to make banks sweat, and a stablecoin story that somehow feels even sketchier than it sounds. Also, yes, a monopoly verdict for Ticketmaster, which means the most believable story of the week was that Ticketmaster might be bad.

• Strait of Hormuz mess
• Negotiations by chaos
• Navy strain and shadow fleets
• AI's new nightmare fuel
• Deepfakes, layoffs, and giant thirsty data centers
• Crypto's political money tricks
• Healthcare scams and expensive fixes
• Ticketmaster finally gets called what it is

Sources:

• Stuff You Should Know — Some Silly Inventions That Became Wildly Popular
• 48 Hours — Witness
• Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin — Emma Grede’s Guide to Getting Paid What You Deserve and Building Unicorns
• Good Hang with Amy Poehler — Nick Offerman
• Morning Wire — Gangster Takedown In California & Airfare Soars Nationwide | 4.24.26
• The Journal. — The Crypto President: Part 1
• Global News Podcast — EU approves $100bn loan to Ukraine
• The Dylan Gemelli Podcast — Episode #114 Featuring Dr. Susan Chobanian! The Queen of Rhinoplasty! The PATIENT FIRST Plastic Surgeon, Rejuvenation techniques and advancements, Ethics in cosmetic surgery and more!!
• The Bulwark Podcast — Bill Kristol: The Tough Guy Really, Really Means It This Time
• Habits and Hustle — Episode 547: James Dumoulin: The Kid Who Built an 8-Figure Business By Asking Billionaires How Much They Make
• 308 more sources

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A blockade with a published start time is already a strange sentence. Then the ship trackers didn’t really match the swagger, Trump posted AI messiah art, and an AI model started scaring banks.

• Hormuz pressure cooker
• Iran’s leverage and America’s weak hand
• The navy problem nobody can meme away
• Oil shock goes global fast
• China’s quiet starring role
• Trump, the Pope, and the cursed AI image folder
• AI gets scarier, and also more annoying
• The AI backlash hits the ground
• A few other stories you’d absolutely text someone

Sources:

• 20/20 — One Last Call
• The Team House — The Future of Warfare | EYES ON GEOPOLITICS
• Pod Save America — Hasan Piker Has Thoughts on the Hasan Piker Discourse
• Park Predators — The Buddies
• The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) — Day 106: Saul Is Chosen (2026)
• The MeidasTouch Podcast — Rep. Auchincloss Discusses Trump’s Disastrous Iran Deal
• Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar — 4/13/26: Korea Flames Israel, Eric Swalwell Scandal, Norm Finkelstein On Iran War
• The Megyn Kelly Show — RFK Jr. Clashes With Dems on the Hill, Hero High School Principal, SantaCon Fraud: AM Update 4/17
• Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan — Confidence Classic: Break Free from Limiting Beliefs with Heather David, Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist
• Today, Explained — America Post-Trump
• 302 more sources

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One week the world economy is being held hostage by a narrow strip of water, the next we’re naming craters on the far side of the Moon. Also, tech companies keep promising the future right after they cancel half the demos.

• Hormuz turns into a global pressure cooker
• Ceasefires, mediators, and deadline theater
• War fog, missing pictures, and a munitions hangover
• Allies hedge while China plays grown-up
• Meanwhile, the Moon had a better week
• AI grows up, gets cautious, and still looks dangerous

Sources:

• All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg — Josh Shapiro on Trump, Iran War Chaos, Israel's Failure, the Economy, and 2028 Race
• Pivot — F-Bomb Diplomacy, Cabinet Shake-Up Signals, and OpenAI’s Podcast Play
• Global News Podcast — The Happy Pod: The decades long wait for the World Cup
• Giggly Squad — Giggling about housewives, brand deals, and anal beads
• Behind the Bastards — Part Three: The Phil Spector Episodes
• My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark — Rewind with Karen & Georgia - 91: Live at the Sony Centre in Toronto
• Founder's Story — Mark Manson: The Subtle Art of Building a 20 Million Copy Empire | Ep. 337
• Global News Podcast — Trump warns Iran 'whole civilisation will die tonight'
• All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg — SpaceX IPO, Iran War Fallout, Quantum Bitcoin Hack, The Space Opportunity
• The MeidasTouch Podcast — Trump Stunned as Iran Turns Tables on him In War!!
• 295 more sources

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Today has everything: goal advice that might actually stop the self-loathing, creators turning job-shadowing into a business, AI doing way too much way too fast, and the very unsettling fact that some decluttering jobs really do require a respirator.

• Goals that stop feeling fake
• How to make yourself actually do things
• Creators, authenticity, and the Staj angle
• Hazmat decluttering is not a metaphor
• AI is getting useful and deeply weird
• Hormuz is one of those places the whole world suddenly remembers
• A few health realities worth not ignoring

Sources:

• Modern Wisdom — How to Wake Up Excited About Your Goals - Chris Bailey - #1077
• Founder's Story — He Tried Hundreds of Jobs So You Don’t Waste 10 Years in the Wrong One | Ep. 333 with Gabriel DeSanti Content Creator & Founder of Staj
• Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard — Ike Barinholtz #4
• The MeidasTouch Podcast — Trump Panics in War and Calls to End NATO
• Crime Junkie — MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Joseph “Jo-Jo” King III
• The MeidasTouch Podcast — All Hell Breaks Loose as Trump’s Blockade Collapses!!!
• The Daily — Trump Says He’s Ready for Diplomacy. Iran? Not So Much.
• The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) — Day 92: Jephthah's Vow (2026)
• Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend — Arsenio Hall
• The MeidasTouch Podcast — Tuesday Afternoon Breaking News Updates with Ben - 3/31/26
• 297 more sources

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One headline says diplomacy is working, the next says brace for $200 oil, and somehow the security line at the airport is five hours long. If that sounds like a parody of modern government and markets, unfortunately, no, that was the week.

• Iran conflict and the oil panic
• Markets, messaging, and the smell test
• The drone math is brutal
• Energy damage gets wider fast
• Airport and TSA meltdown
• AI lobbyists, agents, and mission drift
• Quick hits worth texting

Sources:

• The Bill Simmons Podcast — NBA Hot Takes, OKC’s Red Flag, and Giannis vs. Father Time With Kirk Goldsberry and Joe House
• The Matt Walsh Show — Ep. 1757 - Everything In Society Has Been Feminized, And It’s Been A Total Disaster. Here’s Proof.
• Call Her Daddy — Parenting Your Parents
• Modern Wisdom — A Masterclass in Changing Your Limiting Beliefs - Nir Eyal - #1074
• The Team House — Tactical Success, Strategic Failure - Week 4 of the Iran War | EYES ON GEOPOLITICS
• Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan — Confidence Classic: Step Into Your Worth and Stop Holding Back with Heather!
• The MeidasTouch Podcast — Trump Loses Control of War as Markets Implode
• The MeidasTouch Podcast — All Hell Breaks Loose as Trump Abandons Bases in War!!!
• Global News Podcast — Iran ridicules - then rejects - US peace plan
• The MeidasTouch Podcast — Governor Cooper Discusses Iran War and NC Senate Race
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One story has missiles, mines, and oil tankers getting shaken down in the Strait of Hormuz. Another has crypto gamblers trying to price a war in real time while AI fakes muddy everything. And then there are the Epstein files, which somehow still manage to get darker.

• Iran conflict and the marathon problem
• Cheap drones, expensive missiles, and oil panic
• AI fog of war and betting on chaos
• The Epstein files get bigger and uglier
• The Phoebe case and forensic faceplants

Sources:

• The Ben Shapiro Show — Ep. 2389 - BREAKING: Iran’s NEXT Leader… KILLED
• Serialously with Annie Elise — 376: Jeans Around Her Knees, Lost CCTV & a Case That Still Haunts Australia | Phoebe Handsjuk
• 48 Hours — The Millionaire, the Model and the Hit Man
• Habits and Hustle — Episode 538: High Performing Women and Why They Lose Attraction in Relationships When They Lead
• Up First from NPR — Iran War, Political Violence in US, New Action on Housing Affordability
• Serialously with Annie Elise — 377: Epstein Files Part 2: They Got Away With It…Who's Protecting Them?
• Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan — Confidence Classic: The Method to Solve Any Problem Fast with Jeremy Utley
• Global News Podcast — Iran renews attacks on Gulf countries
• Call Her Daddy — Kerry Washington: Power, Perfection & Olivia Pope
• Morning Wire — Evening Wire: Trump’s NATO Pressure Campaign & Banksy Unmasked | 3.16.26
• 319 more sources

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A weird thing is happening right now. Your future boss, your future client, and maybe a chatbot in between are all building a version of you from whatever they can find online. Also, separate but somehow related, people are trying to use AI for target selection in war, for medical advice, and scammers are using it to rob your aunt with better customer service than most banks.

• Personal brand for the machine era
• AI wants to help everywhere, which is not reassuring
• AI can scam you, diagnose you, and insult you back
• Oil shock, drone swarms, and the cost of bad strategy

Sources:

• Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan — Why Your Personal Brand is a Non-Negotiable in the AI Era with Melanie Borden
• Morbid — The 1916 Jersey Shore Shark Attacks (Part 1)
• Global News Podcast — US aerial refuelling plane crashes in western Iraq
• IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson — One Year of IMO with Michelle and Craig
• Global News Podcast — Mojtaba Khamenei named as Iran's new supreme leader
• Habits and Hustle — Episode 535: Dr. Stephanie Venn-Watson: The Longevity Nutrient That Could Slow Aging and Protect Your Cells
• Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard — Armchair Anonymous: Remodeling Disaster
• The Bill Simmons Podcast — Tatum’s Stunning Return, Wemby’s Big Weekend, and a 2011 MVP Deep Dive With Zach Lowe
• Love Trapped — I Am the Anonymous Woman | EP 4
• The Mel Robbins Podcast — #1 Body Image Expert: How to Repair Your Relationship with Your Body & Food
• 298 more sources

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One minute it's a giant air campaign with the most action-movie name possible. The next minute we're learning cheap drones are baiting million-dollar missiles, lasers are suddenly real, and an AI company is fighting the Pentagon over what its models should be allowed to do.

• Operation Epic Fury
• Regional escalation and the price of geography
• The drone math is insane
• Lasers are here, but calm down
• AI, targeting, and one extremely uncomfortable question
• Anthropic versus the Pentagon
• Deepfakes, platforms, and the dumbest part of modern war
• A quick reality check on war powers

Sources:

• The MeidasTouch Podcast — Omg! GOP Panics as Epstein Cover Up Leads to Massive War!!!
• Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar — 3/2/26: US Jets Crash, Hegseth Won't Rule Out Ground Troops, Gas Prices Surge, Austin Shooting
• The Headlines — Trump Says More U.S. Casualties Are ‘Likely’ in War With Iran, and Oil Prices Jump After Attack
• Today, Explained — You, me, and ADHD
• Morning Wire — U.S. Decapitates Iran & D.C.’s ‘Epic Fury’ Divide | 3.2.26
• The Bulwark Podcast — Derek Thompson: Ruling by Emergency
• Morning Wire — BREAKING: U.S. Launches Operation Epic Fury On Iran | 2.28.26
• Pod Save America — Trump Deports Noem
• The MeidasTouch Podcast — 🚨Trump Suffers as Dark Past Surfaces during War!!
• MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories — In Too Deep (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
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Today has everything: a hockey myth with missing nuance, the only skincare routine most people actually need, and AI companies basically telling the Pentagon, yeah, not that. Also, tariffs are back in court because apparently economic policy now runs on vibes and lawsuits.

• Miracle on Ice, minus the movie glow
• Skincare advice for people who are tired of being sold 14 serums
• Debt advice that is brutally practical
• Family money, franchises, and real-estate delusion
• AI wants everything, governments want control, nobody is relaxed
• Tariffs, trade law, and expensive confusion
• One cartel boss dies, chaos does not

Sources:

• Unblinded with Sean Callagy — Mike Eruzione: USA Wins Gold, the Miracle on Ice, and the Mindset of a Champion
• The Mel Robbins Podcast — #1 Dermatologist: The Ultimate Skincare Routine for Amazing Skin
• The Ramsey Show — This Family Drama Has a Gravitational Pull
• The Ramsey Show — Managing Money Well Matters At Every Income Level
• The Matt Walsh Show — The Truth About White People No One Wants To Hear
• Dateline NBC — Murder & Magnolias - Ep. 3: Wendy #2
• The MeidasTouch Podcast — Trump Panics as He Goes Silent After SOTU
• The Team House — From Army Intel in Iraq to CSO of Coinbase | Philip Martin | Ep. 398
• Today, Explained — The authoritarian hangover
• MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories — The Rumor Mill (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
• 308 more sources

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