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- Yesterdayinterview42 min7-min read
An Election Day Special With Nate Silver
Election Day special interview with Nate Silver about the 2026 midterms: Trump's historic unpopularity, Democrats' path to the House and Senate, polling reliability, gerrymandering, prediction markets, and AI's role in modeling.
- 2 days agoconversational51 min7-min read
The $300 Billion Structured Notes Market Is Booming
Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway of the Odd Lots Podcast speak with Alex Micalizzi, managing director and international head of equity structured notes at Nomura, about how structured notes — especially auto-callables and 'worst of' products — have grown into a massive market, how dealers hedge them, and how those hedging flows are now amplifying turbulence in the AI-driven equity market.
- 6 days agoconversational49 min6-min read
PHP2Shell Won't Be the Last Big AI Cybersecurity Risk
On this episode of Odd Lots, hosts Tracy Alloway and Joe Weisenthal speak with Thai Duong (CEO) and Bruce Dang (engineer) of the hacking firm Calif about the recent PHP vulnerabilities discovered with AI assistance, the collapse of the window between patch disclosure and exploitation, and why AI currently favors attackers over defenders.
- 1 weeks agoconversational41 min7-min read
What Wall Street Really Thinks About the AI Trade Now
On this episode of Odd Lots, recorded October 28th, hosts Traci Allaway and Joe Weisenthal welcome back Alexander Altmann, Global Head of Equities Tactical Strategies at Barclays, for a market reality check on the AI trade. The conversation centers on a paradox: investor sentiment remains overwhelmingly bullish on AI, yet financing cracks are appearing at the periphery of the ecosystem — in neoclouds like CoreWeave — while hyperscalers post staggering cloud growth numbers.
- 1 weeks agoconversational50 min6-min read
AI Agents Are Already Changing the Price of Goods
The episode explores the transformation of pricing in the digital economy, driven by AI, algorithmic models, and dynamic personalization, which are eroding the long-standing norm of fixed, transparent prices. Hosts Tracy Allaway and Joe Wiesenthal interview Lindsay Owens, author of Gouged, who reveals how companies use surveillance pricing, A/B testing, and AI agents to extract maximum value from consumers, often without their knowledge.
- 1 weeks agoconversational48 min6-min read
How a Chicago Restaurant Has Stayed Open For Nearly Three Decades
In this episode of the OddLots Podcast, co-hosts Traci Alloway and Joe Weisenthal speak with Richard Mott, a University of Chicago Booth School of Business alumnus who left finance to build a multifaceted food service empire in Chicago. Mott shares his journey from launching student coffee shops during business school to owning North Pond, a fine dining restaurant in Lincoln Park, and founding Spark Shared Kitchen, a shared commercial kitchen space for food entrepreneurs. The conversation explores the economic realities of the restaurant industry, including razor-thin margins, labor and supply chain challenges, and the cultural shift toward experiential dining.
- 1 weeks agoconversational43 min5-min read
The Forgotten Godmother of Economic Literature
The episode explores how economic ideas spread through fiction, focusing on Maria Edgeworth, a 19th-century novelist who popularized Adam Smith’s economic principles through her novels, only to be largely forgotten despite her early influence and popularity surpassing Jane Austen’s.
- 2 weeks agonarrative53 min6-min read
Bhaskar Sunkara Thinks the Market Has a Place Under Socialism
This episode of Odd Lots explores the viability and structure of market socialism through a conversation with Bhaskar Sunkara, president of The Nation and co-author of The Blueprint: How Socialism Can Work in the Real World. The discussion reframes socialism not as a return to failed 20th-century models, but as a modern, pragmatic system combining worker ownership, public banking, and market mechanisms to achieve greater equality without sacrificing efficiency.
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