“We're a network today,” he told me. “But our goal is to become the network, where people say 'I use Ionna for all of my travel.'” I wanted to have Cutler on to find out how that's going, especially in a historically rough era for the EV industry. (Despite the slowdown in sales from some of Ionna's backers, its plans haven't changed, he told me.)
Before becoming one of the best-known value investors in the world, Pabrai was running a business generating roughly $6 million in revenue. The company was successful on paper, but he was deeply unhappy. Pabrai eventually took an extensive personality assessment that included interviews with coworkers, family members, and people close to him. The conclusion was surprisingly simple.
In our final episode, it's time to talk about Neil Gorsuch and the future of SCOTUS. Host Susan Matthews enlists Slate's jurisprudence team-Amicus co-hosts Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern-to discuss Gorsuch's key rulings to date, his unpredictability, and how this textualist will shape this court (and our country) for decades to come.
Jessica Morris stars as the presenter of Sarah Cares, a call-in radio show/podcast in which she solves listeners' emotional dilemmas, often in tough-love, no-nonsense fashion. On the verge of signing a big-time New York contract, her week goes awry when her studio falls victim to a bomb scare. Then on the following day her phone lines are blockaded by Edward, an aggrieved and apparently abusive husband; Sarah had previously told his wife to ditch him.
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For heavy rare earths, China processes 99% of them. When Beijing tightened export controls, the timeline to industrial pain was measured in weeks, not quarters. “When China turned off the taps, within six weeks, American industry was struggling,” the guest said. That fragility is compounded by a stockpile that has been hollowed out.
The über-rich have enjoyed a remarkable degree of sway in Donald Trump's Washington-but they may now be facing a backlash. The Washington Roundtable traces the signs of invigorated "pitchfork politics," such as Zohran Mamdani's pied-à-terre tax in New York, a wealth tax on the ballot in California, and recent protests against the Amazon founder Jeff Bezos's involvement in the Met Gala -and what these efforts reveal about the cultural and political limits of oligarchy.
“I don't like competition when it comes to art or food,” Tucci explained. “I think it's silly. I know they're hugely successful, but I just find it false and weird. To me, cooking is the opposite of that. It should be a thing that brings people together, not separates them. A thing that allows for communion, not for competition.”
What's happening now is no surprise, but it feels like it's happening all of a sudden. In addition to her analysis, the episode features conversations with Eco Beverages co-founder Anna Nadasdy and Russian River Brewing co-owner Natalie Cilurzo.
Since April 20, at least three ships have been hijacked off Somali waters and one near the Yemeni coast. A sailor's voice note from a seized vessel has spread online. As the Iran war shakes the region, is it fueling attacks on key shipping routes?
"I had mixed feelings when Alex came around. You know, partially I was like, f-k. I wanted that. Another part was just like, that's the way it goes. You know, Alex has been real competitive with me, trying to do things that he knows I want to do and you know he's younger, he's real competitive ... He knew that was my life's goal, and he did it before me because he was a competitive, kind of like, twerp."
The episode examines 'the two friends' complicated relationship, uncovering new layers of Mikey's mental state while offering crucial insight into the man Richie is when audiences first meet him in Season 1.'
As it was happening, I was thinking to myself viewers at home must be watching and going, 'This is a horrible show.' It was so loud. The kids were blocking the cameras, you couldn't see the animals, I'm sweating. You can hear my nervous laughter.
"There's a lot of hatred towards me for looking like this," he explains on the Friends Keep Secrets podcast. The negative comments affected him so deeply that he no longer wanted to attend public events, especially when they turned toward calling him a cheater amid the Carpenter breakup.
