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- Todaynarrative17 min4-min read
Why Companies Are Paying You to Quit
Microsoft is offering voluntary buyouts to 60,000 workers — roughly a quarter of its staff — as it redirects spending toward AI infrastructure, and WSJ workplace reporter Chip Cutter explains why buyouts are becoming corporate America's preferred alternative to mass layoffs.
- Yesterdaynarrative23 min5-min read
Red, White and Who? A Blue Tsunami
This episode of The Journal's 'Red, White, and Who?' midterm series, hosted by Ryan Knutson, examines a sweeping Democratic victory in the 2026 midterms — a 'blue tsunami' that flipped the House and Senate — and unpacks why it happened, what it means for Trump's final two years, and the unresolved fight over the Democratic Party's future.
- Yesterdaynarrative18 min5-min read
Binance and the Biggest Crypto Heist Ever
This episode of The Journal examines the record-breaking $6.3 billion hack of Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange, tracing the breach, the frantic containment effort, North Korea's suspected role, and what the heist means for crypto's push toward mainstream legitimacy.
- 2 days agonarrative22 min5-min read
California Democrats Can’t Agree On How To Tax Billionaires
This episode of The Journal examines California's Proposition 40, a first-of-its-kind one-time 5% wealth tax on the state's billionaires, and how it has fractured the Democratic coalition, pitted unions against each other, and triggered a massive billionaire-funded counter-campaign ahead of Election Day.
- 5 days agoconversational19 min5-min read
Is AI Running Out of Money to Borrow?
The Journal examines Anthropic's record-breaking $63 billion debt deal with Broadcom to finance AI chips, one of the largest corporate debt financings ever. WSJ banking reporter Alexander Saeedy walks host Ryan Knutson through why the deal was so hard to pull off: banks and investors are growing wary of AI exposure, and the arrangement reveals the increasingly contorted — and circular — financing plumbing propping up the AI boom.
- 6 days agonarrative21 min4-min read
Why Billionaires Are Giving Money to Kids
This episode of The Journal examines a new era of American billionaire philanthropy in which tech moguls like Michael Dell and Elon Musk are funneling cash and stock directly into government-created 'Trump accounts' for millions of American children — a giving model that doubles as reputation management and tax strategy for an unpopular billionaire class.
- 1 weeks agoconversational19 min5-min read
How A24 Keeps Making Hit Films
WSJ's The Journal, hosted by Ryan Knutson, talks with entertainment reporter Ben Fritz about the secret Elizabeth Holmes documentary 'You Can See Everything' and the business of A24, the indie studio behind it that has become the most successful independent film company in Hollywood by pairing prestige filmmaking with a social-media-native brand.
- 1 weeks agonarrative22 min4-min read
Red, White and Who? A Progressive Gamble in Michigan
The episode examines the high-stakes U.S. Senate race in Michigan, where progressive candidate Abdul El-Sayed is testing whether far-left policies like Medicare for all and taxing billionaires can win in a swing state. His campaign represents a pivotal moment for the Democratic Party’s future direction.
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