Money Stuff: The Podcast

Prediction markets like Polymarket are creating a vast new surface area for market manipulation, as demonstrated by bets on a single, potentially vulnerable temperature sensor in Paris. The extreme...

Footwear company Allbirds rebranded to New Bird AI and pivoted to AI infrastructure, causing its stock to surge over 500% despite a questionable business plan and minimal committed funding. The New...

Bill Ackman has launched a complex activist campaign at Universal Music Group, using a merger structure to propose a U.S. listing, debt-funded buybacks, and the sale of its Spotify stake to boost t...