Joe Weisenthal
Cohost of The Odd Lots Podcast
Singer and guitarist in Light Sweet Crude
- THE FED FIGHT HITS A WHOLE NEW LEVEL Special Odd Lots out now with @levmenand.bsky.social about the potential criminal prosecution of Jerome Powell open.spotify.com/episode/1jZH...
- How the Monroe Doctrine became the Donroe Doctrine We had a great chat with Yale historian Greg Grandin about 200+ years of the US asserting dominance over Latin America podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...
- NEW ODD LOTS: What Maduro's capture means for the oil market. We talked to the great @gbrew24.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
- This could be a dream job for one of you. bloomberg.avature.net/careers/JobD...
- MEET THE POLITICIAN THE AI INDUSTRY WANTS TO STOP On the new episode we talk to NY Assemblyman Alex Bores about why a brand new pro-AI super PAC is trying to stop him from securing the nomination in the Democratic primary for New York's 12th Congressional District podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
- Reminder to send us your Voicemails
- Time for our annual call-in show! Send me and @tracyalloway.bsky.social a voicemail
- I had a really fun time talking about prediction markets with David Pierce on The Vergecast www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDqM...
- Time for our annual call-in show! Send me and @tracyalloway.bsky.social a voicemail
- This was such a blast!
- It's the crossover you didn't even know you NEEDED - our friends @weisenthal.bsky.social and @tracyalloway.bsky.social of the Odd Lots podcast on today's new TCAF YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhpU... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2pXl... Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
- What a chart for silver
- NEW ODD LOTS: We speak with longtime utility industry veteran Travis Kavulla what's really caused electricity prices to spike over the last several years. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
- *US NOV. CONSUMER CONFIDENCE 88.7; EST. 93.3
- Ongoing demolition in Bitcoin
- MONETARY MALPRACTICE A great guest contrib from Neil Dutta in today's newsletter, where he calls out the Fed's reluctance to cut rates. You can read the full thing here www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
- THE POLITICS OF AI ARE ABOUT TO EXPLODE We talk with @esaagar.bsky.social about how big tech may soon find itself friendless in DC, as basically all sides of the political spectrum are setting up to oppose AI in some way podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
- Stocks are getting killed here
- Here's a classic one. Anthropic is going to spend $30 billion on Azure. And with the deal, both Microsoft and Nvidia are both investing in Anthropic
- In yesterday's Odd Lots newsletter, I wrote about the book that I've recommended to more people than any other, and which has incredible things to say about digital media, despite having been published 40 years ago Sub to the newsletter here: www.bloomberg.com/account/news...
- Great playlist of instrumental country from Marissa
- I can't write while listening to songs with lyrics so today's Don't Rock the Inbox subscriber playlist is instrumental country and roots tunes! www.dontrocktheinbox.com/put-a-record...
- NEW ODD LOTS: Why AI is like every bubble in history rolled into one We talked to Paul Kedrosky on the way AI combines tech, real estate, and exotic financing podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
- *RUBIO SUGGESTS OBESITY AS REASON TO DENY VISAS: POLITICO
- We've been doing Odd Lots for 10 years. And in that time they've gotten stupider. On the new episode, we speak with the legend Cliff Asness about why he believes that markets keep getting less and less efficient. open.spotify.com/episode/64XN...
- yeah I've always just assumed it's pronounced like the French flag
- Although @robarmstrong.bsky.social has demonstrated a good French accent - he has fumbled with "Tricolor" in recent months. I think @weisenthal.bsky.social showed the way channeling his inner Frenchman, with an unmistakable "Tricolore" (like the French flag or Montreal Canadiens)
- The worsening state of the US labor market. We talked with @conorsen.bsky.social about the jobs picture, since we don't have a jobs report. Verdict: Clear signs of deterioration, with risks of rapidly rising unemployment. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...
- Tremendous historical work from Nathan here. You should subscribe to Notes on the Crises.
- NEW PIECE: I finally unveil the deep segregationist Georgia relationships of Fed Chair Bill Martin I dug up over the course of researching my (now set aside) book on the Federal Reserve: Picking Losers. Its a labyrinthine story so grab a coffee & Subscribe www.crisesnotes.com/bombshell-19...
- I didn’t always like having to visit older relatives when I was a kid. But now that I’m olde, I’m deeply appreciative that my parents made me do that. These non-Halloween holidays serve a deep purpose in maintaining some semblance of society.
- Glad to have a safe haven like Bluesky sometimes. Have been getting harassed non-stop by bullies on Twitter for suggesting that so-called "adults" should grow up, and stop celebrating Halloween for two weeks straight.
- NEW ODD LOTS: We talked to the legend @andrewrsorkin.bsky.social about the great stock market crash of 1929 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
- If you're in NYC, our band is playing a show on 10/18 at Nightclub 101. If you like the Lower East Side-style country, the get your tickets here and don't miss out. www.ticketweb.com/event/light-...
- Argentine peso getting hammered again today. Getting close to its recent lows.
- NEW ODD LOTS: It's the legend Jim Cramer We talk to the Mad Money host about his career, the retail stock trading revolution, the time he was a Trotskyite and led a wildcat strike, and much more. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/j...
- NEW ODD LOTS: We talked to Henry Wang, the Founder and President of the Center for China and Globalization, about how China sees itself in the new emerging world order. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
- NEW ODD LOTS: The future of the Delaware Corporation. We talked about Elon Musk's move to Texas, and whether more companies, boards, startups, etc. will think about incorporating somewhere else besides Delaware. Fascinating chat with CU Law Professor Ann Lipton podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
- In today's Odd Lots newsletter I wrote about the Thick Rich Sub here: www.bloomberg.com/account/news...
- Key chart www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
- On CNBC... *UNITED CEO: DEMAND SHOWS ECONOMY BETTER THAN STATS INDICATE
- The BLS is hiring 25 people to collect prices for the CPI report
- New Odd Lots on the cardboard boxpocalypse podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
- If you're in Chicago, we're doing a LIVE Odd Lots on 9/25. Get your tickets here. events.bloomberglive.com/event/9d5b2d...
- We lost jobs in June for the first time since Covid
- The U.S. has lost 78k manufacturing jobs this year
- In today's newsletter, I wrote about talking Dan Wang today vs. 2018 and where the discourse might go next
