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The most important stories about money, business and power. Hosted by Ryan Knutson and Jessica Mendoza. The Journal is a co-production of Spotify and The Wall Street Journal. Get show merch here: https://wsjshop.com/collections/clothing
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Will the U.S.-Iran Cease-Fire Hold?
The U.S. and Iran agreed to a two-week cease-fire. President Trump said the truce was conditional on Iran opening up the Strait of Hormuz. WSJ’s Damia...
More Coding, Less Slop? Why OpenAI Ditched Sora
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After the smash success of ChatGPT, OpenAI positioned its video generation model Sora as AI’...
Is the High Over for Hemp Drinks?
A new billion-dollar industry of hemp-derived THC drinks exploded onto the market last year by exploiting an apparent legal loophole. Now, a federal b...
The Adult Women Caught in Epstein’s Web of Abuse
Get your tickets to our L.A. live show here!After Jeffrey Epstein’s death, Svetlana Pozhidaeva said she finally felt free. The former Russian model, w...
How Do You Refund $166 Billion?
After the Supreme Court ruled that many of President Trump’s tariffs were illegal, thousands of companies have sued the government in the hopes of get...
Israel Wants "Decisive Victory" in Iran. Is It Succeeding?
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When the war with Iran started, Israel had three goals: reduce the threat from Iranian missi...
Is ChatGPT Ready for Sex?
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OpenAI planned to launch an “adult mode” for ChatGPT, opening the door to AI-generated, sexu...
The New Legal Strategy That Beat Social Media
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In a landmark case, a 20-year-old woman just beat Meta and YouTube in court. WSJ’s Erin Mulv...
Fertility Inc.: The Embryo Editing Dinner
Genetically engineered babies are banned in the U.S. But that isn’t stopping Silicon Valley tech titans from trying to make one. In this final install...
How Jeffrey Epstein Made Millions From His Connections
Get your tickets to our L.A. live show here!The most recent batch of the Epstein files show how easily Jeffrey Epstein collected confidential informat...
How ICE Went From Deport… to Airport
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If you’ve taken a flight lately, you might have noticed hourslong lines to get through Trans...
Iran Thinks It’s Winning the War
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Just weeks after the war started, Iran believes it is winning, but not because it has more fire...
Americans Are Now a Target in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
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Fertility Inc.: One Dad, One Hundred Babies
In the third episode from the fringes of the fertility industry, The Journal examines the rise of the surrogacy superuser. In the absence of meaningfu...
Is Cuba on the Brink of Collapse?
President Trump’s oil blockade is grinding Cuba’s economy to a standstill, spreading unrest and intensifying pressure on the Communist regime. On Mond...
How Gamblers Are Rigging College Basketball
Earlier this year, federal prosecutors unsealed an indictment alleging a widespread cheating scandal in D1 college basketball. WSJ's Jared Diamond rep...
Big Banks vs. Big Crypto
Congress is moving to increase regulation over the crypto industry with the CLARITY Act. But the potential legislation has provoked a big clash betwee...
The Ticketmaster Breakup Trial Just Got Messier
Just one week into the blockbuster antitrust trial between the Justice Department and Live Nation, the two parties reached a tentative agreement. WSJ’...
Fertility Inc.: ‘Our Money Was Gone’
The Journal’s investigation into the wild west of the fertility industry continues, this time from an intended parent’s perspective. Ryan Knutson spea...
The Escalating Crisis at the Strait of Hormuz
The shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz has triggered a global economic disruption and created a major military and political challenge for the Trump Adm...
The Global Scramble for Patriot Missiles
Since the start of the war in Iran, the U.S. and regional allies have relied on American-made Patriot missile systems to counteract Iran’s airstrikes....
The Battle Over AI in Warfare
Anthropic is taking the Trump administration to court, after the Trump administration designated the AI company a security threat and tried to cancel...
Kristi Noem’s $200 Million Mistake
Kristi Noem brought a camera-ready leadership style to the Department of Homeland Security. Now, after a turbulent year leading the agency, Trump has...
Fertility Inc.: When the Surrogate Gets Left With the Bill
Reproductive technology is a modern miracle. It's made it possible for millions of people to become parents who might otherwise not have been able to....
Inside the Nasty Fight to Take Over Hollywood
After a months-long bidding war, Paramount Skydance has secured a deal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, snatching the media giant away from Netflix....
Will Gas Prices Go Up Because of the Iran War?
The conflict with Iran has raised energy prices and sent shock waves through markets. WSJ’s Rebecca Feng explains what’s happening in the Strait of Ho...
Trump’s Shifting Reasons for War With Iran
The U.S.’s war with Iran has entered its fourth day. The Trump administration has given several reasons for initiating attacks on Iran. All of them ar...
What's Next for Iran?
After a joint U.S. and Israeli military campaign against Iran killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran has launched its own strikes in retur...
Camp Swamp Road Ep. 6: Your Side, Their Side and the Truth
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Jennifer Spivey Foley has her day...
U.S. and Israel Attack Iran
A special episode from our sister podcast, What’s News.
The U.S. and Israel launched a wave of strikes against Iran, targeting its leader...
The AI Economic Doomsday Report That Shook Wall Street
A viral blog post by a relatively unknown research firm sent the stock market on a wild ride this week. The post by Citrini Research tapped into a new...
How One Company Is Navigating a New Era of Tariff Uncertainty
Newell Brands, the Atlanta-based maker of dozens of household brands including Rubbermaid, Coleman and Yankee Candle, paid more than $170 million in t...
Inside Mexico's Decision to Take Down a Drug Lord
After Mexican authorities killed El Mencho, the country’s most powerful drug lord, his cartel responded with violence across the country. The operatio...
A Chinese Manufacturer Came to Ohio. Its Rivals Are Struggling to Compete.
President Trump has spent much of the past year trying to pump up international investment in U.S. factories. He's promised to bring back jobs that ha...
Anthropic’s Pentagon Problems
Anthropic is feuding with the U.S. military, despite their massive $200 million contract. The company says that its AI model, Claude, cannot be used f...
Trump's Tariffs Are Illegal. He's Got a Plan B.
In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that President Trump’s global tariffs are illegal. It is the first time the Supreme Court has definitively...
In A Landmark Trial, Zuckerberg Takes the Stand
Yesterday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified in a first-of-its-kind trial with one central question: Are social media platforms causing mental health...
The Flu Shot Drama at the FDA
The Food and Drug Administration agreed to begin a review of biotech company Moderna’s application to make a new seasonal flu shot available. The deci...
Insiders Are Cashing In on Prediction Markets
Prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi are booming, but they’re facing questions about users betting on information that is not publicly availa...
The Viral Band Trying to Sing Its Way to a U.S. Visa
Boy Throb is a new boy band going viral on social media, but member Darshan Magdum is stuck in India. To get him to the U.S., the band needs to convin...