Best Steven Goldman Podcasts (2026)

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Infinite Inning 358: Ring Lardner Sent Flowers 27:20

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In our second and last holiday mini-episode of the season, we wonder how a sore-armed Yankees pitcher went on a crash diet, then turn to Kid Gleason, manager of the 1919 Chicago White Sox, for a little lesson resilience. Featuring a baserunning tale that isn’t true, but it ought to be. (Drum Roll Please.wav by Scheffler) The Infinite Inning is a jo…

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The Business of Butterworth's, the Hottest New Restaurant in Washington DC 52:06

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When the Odd Lots team was down in Washington DC earlier this year, we had a phenomenal meal at a restaurant called Butterworth's. As it turns out, the restaurant is one of the hottest hangouts for the MAGA crowd, with Steve Bannon and others frequently seen in its dining room. Of course, restaurants are difficult businesses in normal conditions, b…

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Tracy and Joe Answer All Your Questions 34:40

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It's that time of the year. On this episode, Tracy and Joe answer questions from listeners that were submitted via voice note. We talk about everything from Chinese history to whales to whether or not we ever hold an episode without publishing it. Only Bloomberg - Business News, Stock Markets, Finance, Breaking & World News subscribers can get the …

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96. SOLO: 2025 As The Year I Got My Spark Back 56:14

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In today’s solo episode, Elizabeth reflects on why 2025 became the year she got her spark back. She shares how slowing down, reconnecting with her routines, and prioritizing nervous system regulation helped her feel more grounded, creative, and aligned. Elizabeth opens up about what happens when you stop pushing yourself to do more, why consistency…

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Goldman's Hatzius and Snider on the Outlook for 2026 46:12

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2025 was an extraordinary year, with the real economy defying recession worries and equity markets putting up monster returns. So can this be repeated again in 2026? On this episode, we speak with two of the top minds at Goldman Sachs. Jan Hatzius is the bank's chief economist and head of research and Ben Snider is its chief US equity strategist. W…

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Infinite Inning 357: Angels Up the Where and Baseball True Love 32:40

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Infinite Inning 357 Angels Up the Where? and Baseball True Love In a holiday mini-episode we talk about secular vs. religious holidays in America, the films of Powell and Pressburger, and the faith-based baseball comedy (in which it’s the nuns who object most strongly to seeing a manifestation of the divine) “Angels in the Outfield” (1951). (Drum R…

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Merryn Talks Money: John Law, The Gambler Who Invented Modern Money (Part 1) 33:58

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Hello Odd Lots listeners! As we take a break for the holidays we'd like to take a moment and bring you an episode by one of our sister shows here at Bloomberg Podcasts, Merryn Talks Money. In this special two-part series, John Stepek and Merryn Somerset Webb tell the extraordinary story of John Law: a fugitive Scots gambler who became the most powe…

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Scott Kupor's New Plan to Bring Tech Workers Into the Federal Government 59:48

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If you're a high-skilled tech worker, then potentially huge fortunes await you working for a startup or one of our booming AI giants. But the government needs these types of workers too. And the government is not set up to pay commensurate salaries with the private sector -- particularly for these types of roles. This challenge has long been unders…

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95. From Goldman Sachs to A Beekeeping Empire: The Healing Power Of The Hive with Carly Kremer 1:08:38

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In today’s episode, Elizabeth sits down with Carly Kremer, founder of Beekeeper’s Naturals, to talk about her journey from Wall Street to wellness. After battling chronic illness and discovering the healing power of propolis while studying abroad, Carly turned a personal health breakthrough into a mission-driven company focused on clean, science-ba…

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Why Americans Are Falling Behind on Auto Loans At Their Highest Level Ever 50:30

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By and large, American households are in a healthy economic position. Yes, unemployment has been rising, but it's still at fairly low levels. Consumer spending has held up well despite terrible sentiment. And many households are sitting on huge stock market gains and have a big home equity cushion. And yet, there are signs of trouble. Most notably,…

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Infinite Inning 356: Did a Hall of Fame Manager Break Three Prospects? 53:25

16d ago53:25

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Infinite Inning 356 Did a Hall of Fame Manager Break Three Prospects? A long-promised Casey Stengel episode asks why the press reacted badly when the Ol’ Perfesser was named Yankees manager in the fall of 1948, and what it had to do with three busted Braves prospects. And with Venezuela on our minds we recall a recent outfielder who viewed the wall…

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The Booming Business of Chinese Peptides 48:48

17d ago48:48

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You probably already know someone doing peptides — the amino acids that form the basis of popular new drug treatments like Ozempic and Wegovy. Today there are peptides meant to help with everything from weight loss, to cellular regeneration, to improved eye contact while talking. In San Francisco, there are even organized “peptide raves.” Yet most …

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Infinite Inning Reissue 26 (039): Trumpian Baseball Math 37:31

17d ago37:31

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In this week’s new commentary, we wonder how major league strikeout leader James Wood can reduce his strikeouts by 600 percent in 2026. Then we return to early 2008 for a look at some deleterious, franchise-damaging or -destroying decisions, including a regrettable early mistake in free agency and Connie Mack’s decision to run his team like it was …

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Meet the Politician the AI Industry Is Trying to Stop 47:09

17d ago47:09

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The politics of AI are already exploding. Whether we're talking about data centers, electricity prices, labor displacement, water consumption, competition with China, or users of chatbots becoming psychotically obsessed, AI is already a major topic in elections. And since there's so much money at stake, the industry is already spinning up super PAC…

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94. The Science of Doing Less: Micro Habits for Maximum Health & Happiness with Liz Moody 1:05:26

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In today’s episode, Elizabeth sits down with Liz Moody, bestselling author, wellness journalist, and host of The Liz Moody Podcast, to explore why doing less can actually lead to better health, focus, and happiness. Liz breaks down how modern life works against our attention and nervous system, and how small habit shifts can make wellness feel more…

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MeatEater's Steven Rinella on the Economic History of Hunting 54:32

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When we think about America’s economic rise, we usually point to agriculture or the industrial revolution. But in the early days of colonization, one of the biggest economic drivers wasn’t crops or factories — it was animal products. Deerskins were a booming trade that pushed hunters into new frontiers. In the early 1800s, beaver pelts became a fas…

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Infinite Inning 355: Several Tragic People Named McGann, Some In Baseball, Some Not 51:20

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Pete Alonso’s exit from New York triggers an exploration of an earlier first baseman who was not only dispensable, but mocked for the very fact of his aging. Expect more John McGraw shouting, Deadball Era statistics, and four separate tragic endings for people named McGann, three of them in the same family. As for the one non-baseball McGann who ch…

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D.A. Wallach Explains Why Biotech VC Is So Different 50:05

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Most people think of venture capital as funding software startups or, these days, some new AI tool. But VC also plays a major role in developing new medicines and treatments. That’s the world of D.A. Wallach — though he didn’t start there. Before becoming a biotech investor, Wallach was the lead singer of the indie rock band Chester French. So how …

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This Is What It Takes to Get a Data Center Financed 45:55

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Data centers are weird things. They're partly real estate assets. They're partly extremely advanced technological products. And they have to find a way to consume a tremendous amount of electricity from the grid -- or they increasingly have their own power plants on site. And beyond that, they've become extremely controversial, with more and more c…

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Infinite Inning Reissue 25 (077): The Death of Addie Joss Explained and Old-Time Cheating Too 54:19

25d ago54:19

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Infinite Inning Reissue 025 (077) The Death of Addie Joss Explained and Old-Time Cheating Too In this week’s new segment, we talk about some fringe major leaguers named Truck and Hunky who were big in the minors and ask what degree of bitterness and resentment is acceptable when your dream is squelched by a gatekeeper. Then we go back eight years t…

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93. How To Eat for Energy, Mood & More Connected Living + Leading With Awarness Over Fear with Dr. Federica Amati 1:15:31

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In today’s episode, Elizabeth sits down with Dr. Federica Amati, Head Nutritionist at ZOE and bestselling author, to break down what women actually need to eat for better energy, mood, hormones, and long-term health. Dr. Amati explains why so many of us are exhausted and undernourished, the truth behind fiber deficiency as a top global driver of di…

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Dan Ivascyn Is Excited About a New Era in Fixed Income 57:57

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In the years since the financial crisis, bond investors didn't get much return for taking on risk. With low interest rates and little sign of inflation, investors had to accept lower-quality assets to get any semblance of yield. Now that's changing according to Dan Ivascyn, the chief investment officer of Pimco, one of the biggest bond fund manager…

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Adam Bohanan 43:06

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Welcome to this week’s Who The Folk?! Podcast, I’m Lonny Goldsmith the editor of TC Jewfolk. This week I talk to musician Adam Bohanan. We talk about the upcoming “A Very Funk Hanukkah Show” at the Cedar Cultural Center on Dec. 18, what his musical influences are, and being on Team Reba on The Voice last year, on this week’s Who The Folk?! Podcast.…

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How Microsoft Excel Conquered Corporate America 18:19

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Excel. If you work in corporate America, that word either inspires laser-focused productivity or pure dread. Over the last 40 years, the spreadsheet software has become synonymous with the best — and worst — of late-stage capitalism. It’s seeped into popular culture and, along the way, made Microsoft one of the world’s most valuable companies.But i…

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Infinite Inning 354: A Pitcher Named Bumpus And Other Upbeat Tales Of Baseball 52:43

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We return from the IL with Casey Stengel’s endorsement of the designated hitter, and of astronauts too, then springboard from the recent Red Sox-Pirates trade into a discussion fo the latter’s inability to turn prospects into consistent major leaguers, a long ago pitcher who turned outfielder and got a second chance and, finally, a pitcher named Bu…

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Affirm's Max Levchin Breaks Down How Buy Now, Pay Later Really Works 53:17

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Max Levchin probably knows as much about online payments as anyone. He was part of the original "PayPal mafia" before going on to become co-founder and CEO of Affirm, the $22 billion player in the Buy Now, Pay Later industry that's hoping to disrupt the incumbent credit card companies. While BNPL is booming, there is still a lot of confusion about …

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AI Can Tell Us Something About Credit Market Weakness 44:01

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There have been some wobbles in credit markets lately. It hasn't been too dramatic, but we've had some blowups, leading Jamie Dimon to speculate about the presence of other "cockroaches" lurking in the industry. But what do we actually know about the quality and practices of credit underwriting right now? Dan Wertman is the co-founder and CEO of No…

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92. SOLO: Why I'm Slowing The F Down, How To Get Back On The Wagon & Our Next Chapter In A New Home 1:03:44

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In today’s solo episode, Elizabeth shares what the past few months have looked like as she intentionally slows down, rebuilds her routines, and reconnects with what helps her feel grounded. She opens up about breaking her 200-day meditation streak, how living between apartments disrupted her rituals, and why pushing herself to do more ultimately le…

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Travis Kavulla Explains Why Electric Bills Shot Up 57:15

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There's an incredible amount of focus on the grid this days. That's notable because for a long time, the grid was hardly of any interest. For years, load growth was flat. It was a sleepy market. And in fact, because it was sleepy, regulators and politicians and private companies started focusing on phasing out the dirtier parts of energy production…

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Steven Mayer 26:44

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This week I talk social scientist and author Steven Mayer about his new book My Father Against The Nazis. We talk about tracing family history, what learned about his late father going through old documents, and inherited trauma, on this week's Who The Folk?! Podcast. Book launch event: https://www.inkwellbooksellersco.com/events/steven-mayer-autho…

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This Is Why Credit Card Interest Rates Are So High 44:42

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Some people pay off their credit cards at the end of each month. They use the cards as a payment method and collect points and rewards, and never have to pay any interest. For other users, interest can be sky high — way higher than what would be expected simply based on a user's credit or default risk. Why is this? And how do credit card companies …

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91. Rethinking Seafood: Microplastics, Mercury, Parasites and The Future of Aquaculture with James Arthur 47:02

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In today’s episode, Elizabeth sits down with James Arthur, marine biologist and founder of Seatopia, to break down what’s really in our seafood. James explains the truth about microplastics and mercury, why “fishy” fish is actually rotting, how parasites end up in wild-caught fish, and why regenerative aquaculture is the future of clean, safe, nutr…

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Graham Allison on the Risks of a US-China War 49:10

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The US and China are in a "Thucydides Trap," whereby the risk of war is heightened when an established power is threatened by a rapidly rising power. This is the framework that's been popularized by Graham Allison, the Douglas Dillon Professor of Government at Harvard University. Professor Allison has been writing about China and the US-China relat…