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The End of a Fair Price (Second Request)

Corporations have figured out how to squeeze more out of every purchase, and new technology is making it easier than ever. In this episode of Second Request, Teddy sits

Fake Polls, Real Consequences (TCF Investigates)

A polling outlet that fooled news organizations and campaigns just admitted it was making up its numbers. In this episode of TCF Investigates, Paul McLeod and Teddy Down

Black Eyes for BlackRock (Private Credit Crisis)

Your retirement savings might be buying a ballpark. Today on Private Credit Crisis, Executive Editor Teddy Downey sits down with Barry James Dyke, president of Castle As

How Streaming is Upending the NFL (Second Request)

Editor's Note: This is a re-broadcast of a previous episode.  In 1961, Congress granted the NFL an antitrust exemption allowing the league to collectively negotiate broa

The Affordability Election Comes for Your Phone (TCF Investigates)

Electronics prices are soaring, and the handful of memory chip makers that control the market say the artificial intelligence boom is eating up their supply. A new lawsui

Shadow Insurance (Private Credit Crisis)

Regulators fixed the problem shadow insurance was invented to solve a decade ago. Insurers kept doing it anyway. Today on Private Credit Crisis, Executive Editor Teddy D

John Deere’s Crumbs for Farmers (Second Request)

John Deere has agreed to pay $99 million to settle a class action over farmers’ right to repair their own equipment. But after lawyers and administrators take their cut,

Who’s to Blame for High Gas Prices? (TCF Investigates)

Americans are furious about President Donald Trump’s role in driving up gas prices. With the midterm elections just weeks away, even Republican voters are souring on Trum

Bad Grades (Private Credit Crisis)

The ratings agencies already failed investors in 2008. Are they about to do it again? Today on Private Credit Crisis, Executive Editor Teddy Downey talks with Rod Dubits

Can Anything Save the House GOP? (Second Request)

With a month until the midterms, the polls have Democrats favored to take the House and voters angry about high prices, especially at the pump. In this episode of Second

The Fox Guarding the Hen House (Private Credit Crisis)

Private equity owned life insurers are supposed to prepare for the worst, but some of them aren't preparing for anything close to it. Today on Private Credit Crisis, Exe

Antitrust in Trump 2.0 (Second Request)

From Ticketmaster to Paramount-Warner Bros., the Trump administration has had a full docket of antitrust-related cases to deal with. In this episode of Second Request, E

Clouding Accounting (Private Credit Crisis)

Two life insurers can own the exact same bond and tell their regulators two different stories about how risky it is.  In this episode of Private Credit Crisis, Executive

The Anonymous Data Problem DOGE Created (Second Request)

Everyone knows their data gets sold. Almost nobody knows how much of it companies just give away, blurred enough to call it anonymous. In this episode of Second Request,

Hiding Money in Bermuda (Private Credit Crisis)

There's a hole in the life and annuity sector's balance sheet, and private equity dug it. In this episode of Private Credit Crisis, Executive Editor Teddy Downey sits do

The Perils of Personalized Pricing (Second Request)

With little response from the federal government, state legislatures around the country are looking at banning the use of personalized pricing. Today on Second Request,

Lies, Loans and Lawsuits (Private Credit Crisis)

We're excited to introduce Private Credit Crisis, a new weekly podcast from The Capitol Forum examining the policy problems building inside the private credit industry.

Streaming Is the New IP Battleground (Second Request)

When phone makers turned on Qualcomm, the company built an intricate, multi-front strategy to fight back. Now, two former employees say the same playbook is being run in

Meta's House of Cards (Second Request)

This week, Meta reached a multibillion-dollar settlement in federal court over allegations that it was aware of the harm its products could cause to teenage mental health

AI Needs to Nearly Triple Productivity to Pay Off (Second Request)

To earn the return on its investment, artificial intelligence will need to nearly triple productivity in the U.S. economy. So what will it do? Today on Second Request, E