Inflation is (slowly) creeping back up, and major companies are starting to raise prices on essentials like diapers and paper towels. On today’s show, we’ll look at whether consumers are feeling the effects and ask all of you about your price-hike breaking point. Then: With midterms less than a week away, both parties are trying to win over Hispanic voters with more Spanish-language TV ads. But the messages are different from commercials in English. Plus, a conversation with Charles Schwab CEO Walt Bettinger. 

Inflation is (slowly) creeping back up, and major companies are starting to raise prices on essentials like diapers and paper towels. On today’s show, we’ll look at whether consumers are feeling the effects and ask all of you about your price-hike breaking point. Then: With midterms less than a week away, both parties are trying to win over Hispanic voters with more Spanish-language TV ads. But the messages are different from commercials in English. Plus, a conversation with Charles Schwab CEO Walt Bettinger. 

It’s felt harder than ever to avoid political conversations since the 2016 election, even (maybe especially) in the workplace. We’ll look at how employers are handling tough conversations. But first, an unintended consequence of Disney’s acquisition of 21st Century Fox: It has to give up 22 regional sports networks, which could be a business opportunity for team owners and new tech players. Plus, HBO has a new job on its sets: intimacy coordinator. 

It’s felt harder than ever to avoid political conversations since the 2016 election, even (maybe especially) in the workplace. We’ll look at how employers are handling tough conversations. But first, an unintended consequence of Disney’s acquisition of 21st Century Fox: It has to give up 22 regional sports networks, which could be a business opportunity for team owners and new tech players. Plus, HBO has a new job on its sets: intimacy coordinator. 

The Los Angeles Lakers are more than just a basketball team. They are also a company worth $3.3 billion, one of the most successful franchises in the NBA. Fundamentally, the Lakers are an entertainment company with outsized influence. Today we’ll talk with Jeanie Buss, CEO and co-owner of the team, who took over for her father in 2013. But first: consumer spending is up for the seventh straight month, but income doesn’t seem to be keeping up. What does that say about the economy? Plus, gaming out a global economy without German Chancellor Angela Merkel. 

The Los Angeles Lakers are more than just a basketball team. They are also a company worth $3.3 billion, one of the most successful franchises in the NBA. Fundamentally, the Lakers are an entertainment company with outsized influence. Today we’ll talk with Jeanie Buss, CEO and co-owner of the team, who took over for her father in 2013. But first: consumer spending is up for the seventh straight month, but income doesn’t seem to be keeping up. What does that say about the economy? Plus, gaming out a global economy without German Chancellor Angela Merkel. 

Economic growth was strong last quarter, but trade tensions did not go unnoticed. We’ll take apart the gross domestic product and see what it can tell us about the economy’s push and pull. Then, a look at tech news both big — falling user numbers that threaten Snapchat and Twitter — and small: Why do movies on your Netflix account look different from your friend’s? Plus, the old school tech and legal drama behind cloud storage and the magnetic tape that powers it.

Economic growth was strong last quarter, but trade tensions did not go unnoticed. We’ll take apart the gross domestic product and see what it can tell us about the economy’s push and pull. Then, a look at tech news both big — falling user numbers that threaten Snapchat and Twitter — and small: Why do movies on your Netflix account look different from your friend’s? Plus, the old school tech and legal drama behind cloud storage and the magnetic tape that powers it.

No, really. We’re looking at where the trade war might be going, with seemingly no product off-limits, even water. How’s it all end? We’ll game it out. Then: New York State is suing ExxonMobil for misleading the public on the risks associated with climate change regulations. As the world gets hotter, will more governments and companies sue over liability? Plus,  a conversation with Audrey Gelman, who runs of the women’s co-working space The Wing.