Best Forks On The Left Podcasts (2025)

What were the series of events that led to biggest crash in Wall Street history? How does it reflect the current AI boom? Will we be left with valuable lasting infrastructure when the artificial intelligence industrial revolution eventually comes to an end? Robert speaks to Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times columnist and author of 1929. Get starte…

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This American Life: 873: Got You Pegged 1:02:29

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Shalom Auslander goes on vacation with his family, suspects the beloved, chatty old man in the room next door is an imposter, and sets out to prove it. This and other stories about the pitfalls of making snap judgments about others. Visit thisamericanlife.org/lifepartners to sign up for our premium subscription. Prologue: Amy Roberts thought it was…

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Outside Lands San Francisco: 386R: Cliff House Project 33:48

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Nicole shares a very special announcement regarding the Cliff House, before a repodcast of a classic episode where we sat down with Gary Stark of the Cliff House Project to discuss his organization and share some fascinating facts about the ever evolving, west side landmark.By nicole @ outsidelands.org

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The Daily: From Serial: 'The Preventionist' 41:16

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The story of how this extraordinary situation in the Lehigh Valley came to light — because it almost didn’t. In the summer of 2023, reporter Dyan Neary received a tip about a problematic doctor in Pennsylvania. Families were claiming that when they sought medical care for their children, this pediatrician falsely accused them of abuse, and their ch…

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The Nation Podcasts: The American Right’s Civil War Over Israel w/ David Austin Walsh | The Time of Monsters with Jeet Heer 51:32

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Much has been written about how the Israel/Palestine conflict is dividing the left, but the same is true of the right. Tucker Carlson’s interview with the antisemitic critic of Israel Nick Fuentes has created an intense debate on the right about anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism, currently playing itself out in turmoil at the Heritage Foundation. I sp…

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The Time of Monsters with Jeet Heer: The American Right’s Civil War Over Israel w/ David Austin Walsh 51:32

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Much has been written about how the Israel/Palestine conflict is dividing the left, but the same is true of the right. Tucker Carlson’s interview with the antisemitic critic of Israel Nick Fuentes has created an intense debate on the right about anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism, currently playing itself out in turmoil at the Heritage Foundation. I sp…

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Otherppl with Brad Listi: 1003. Aja Gabel 1:33:28

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Aja Gabel is the author of the novel Lightbreakers, available from Riverhead Books. Gabel is also the author of the debut novel The Ensemble. Her prose can be found in The Cut, the Los Angeles Times, Oprah Daily, and elsewhere. Her short story “Little Fish” was adapted into a feature film, and she has written extensively for television. She lives i…

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In Moscow's Shadows: In Moscow's Shadows 223: After Putin, Who... or What? 42:39

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We need to talk about post-Putin. It's fruitless at this point to try and come up with names of potential successors -- but maybe we can identify potential archetypes, the kinds of people who might succeed him, depending on the perceived needs of the day. The Julian Waller article I mention is here. The podcast's corporate partner and sponsor is Co…

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This Week in Virology: TWiV 1269: The smell of influenza in the morning 1:52:28

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TWiV reviews the passing of James D. Watson, the research that showed human papillomaviruses to be present in genital and laryngeal papillomas and in some cervical cancers, and influenza virus infection, shedding and symptoms in a human challenge study. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): Apple Po…

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The Daily: Our Restaurant Critics Dish 32:12

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Guest: Ligaya Mishan and Tejal Rao Photo: Tony Cenicola/The New York Times For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily . Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here h…

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Wisdom of Crowds: Will the Right Sideline Nick Fuentes? Can it? 56:19

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With Shadi out promoting his new book, Damir sat down with WoC friend Jamie Kirchick to debate the influence of media figures like Tucker Carlson and Nick Fuentes on conservatism on America. Anti-semitism may be the oldest hatred, something different feels afoot today. Generational shifts in attitudes on Israel, partly fueled by the Gaza war, have …

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Bannon`s War Room: Episode 4913: Live From CHD Conference 2025 Day 2 Cont.

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Bannon`s War Room: Episode 4912: Live From CHD Conference 2025 Day 2

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Letters from an American: November 7, 2025 7:09

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Get full access to Letters from an American at heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/subscribeBy Heather Cox Richardson

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The Gist: The Good Fight Club, or Good Fight Club? 34:28

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Mike joins Yascha Mounk's Good Fight Club to debate the mid-midterm results: Democrats' surprisingly strong showings in Virginia and New Jersey, Zoran Mamdani's charisma-vs-governance problem in New York, and whether moderates like Abigail Spanberger can still carry a national coalition. Also: the Seattle mayoral race tightens, and the "Dems in dis…

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The Nation Podcasts: Reading Writers Is BACK, with Rumaan Alam | Reading Writers 1:02:54

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Reading Writers is BACK, and in partnership with Bookforum Magazine! In this first episode of Season 3, hosts Jo and Charlotte delve into the (separate) letter collections of Vincent Van Gogh and D.H. Lawrence before they’re joined by superstar novelist Rumaan Alam to reflect on magazine eras of yore via Tina Brown’s The Vanity Fair Diaries. Also m…

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Macro N Cheese: Ep 353 - Dollars for Oligarchs, Austerity for Argentina with Daniel Kostzer 1:00:01

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** Want to take a deeper dive into this podcast? Join us on Tuesday evenings for Macro ‘n Chill, where we listen to the most recent episode together. Ask questions, share your insights, or just hang with us. 8pm ET/5pm PT. Find the registration link at realprogressives.org. And while you’re there, sign up for book club. It’s not too late – there ar…

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The Good Fight: George Packer on Liberal Values in Authoritarian Times 56:30

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Yascha Mounk and George Packer discuss autocracy in literature and real life. George Packer is an award-winning author and staff writer at The Atlantic. His latest book is The Emergency. In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and George Packer discuss authoritarianism in fiction, living humanist virtues in morally complex times, and how the Demo…

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The Daily: 'The Interview': Fox News Wanted Greg Gutfeld to Do This Interview. He Wasn’t So Sure. 50:44

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The pugnacious conservative late-night host on his "hierarchy of smears" and the risks of being a scold. Thoughts? Email us at [email protected] Watch our show on YouTube: youtube.com/@TheInterviewPodcast For transcripts and more, visit: nytimes.com/theinterview Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You ca…

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The Nation Podcasts: Seeds of Resistance with Vivien Sansour | A People's Climate 31:07

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In this episode of A People’s Climate, host Shilpi Chhotray sits down with Vivien Sansour, founder of the Palestine Heirloom Seed Library, for a powerful conversation about resistance in the face of Israeli militarism, occupation, and ecological devastation. For two years, the world watched Israel’s genocide in Gaza and ethnic cleansing campaign ac…

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Odd Lots: The Viral Milk That Helped Set Off America's Protein Boom 43:25

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Protein seems to be everywhere these days, with brands from Starbucks to Pepsi jumping on the trend. But the obsession with protein may have started earlier — with a humble dairy product that defied the broader decline in US milk consumption. Fairlife, which uses a specialized filtering process to boost protein and cut sugar and lactose in its milk…

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Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts: When Tariffs Crashed Into SCOTUS 1:04:47

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The Republican-appointed Supreme Court justices have been treating the Trump administration with such extreme deference that we were honestly a little flummoxed listening to this week’s arguments over his “Liberation Day” tariffs. Shockingly, during Wednesday’s arguments in Learning Resources v. Trump and Trump v. V.O.S. Selections, it seemed like …

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This Week in Virology: TWiV 1268: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin 51:37

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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin with Vincent Racaniello discusses the link between in utero SARS-CoV-2 infection and poor neurodevelopment outcomes, the use of an mRNA vaccine as an anti-cancer therapy, why one should receive the HPV vaccine, asymptomatic H5N1 isolations in humans, and H5N1 on turkey farms, before Dr. Griffin deep dives …

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Bannon`s War Room: WarRoom Battleground EP 887: Live From The CHD Conference Day 1 Cont.

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Bannon`s War Room: Episode 4911: Live From The CHD Conference Day 1

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Episode 4911: Live From The CHD Conference Day 1By WarRoom.org

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The Gist: Funny You Should Mention: Dusty Slay 1:08:57

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Dusty Slay drops by with "Wet Heat" fresh on Netflix to talk Opelika lore (a.k.a. Snopalika), becoming parade Grand Marshal, and how a onetime pesticide salesman turned country-music linguist builds jokes from tiny word quirks. We get into his love of language (Carlin vibes), song-lyric autopsies ("It's Five O'Clock Somewhere," Brooks & Dunn's "Har…

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Letters from an American: November 6, 2025 11:24

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Get full access to Letters from an American at heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/subscribeBy Heather Cox Richardson

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Neon Liberalism: The Meme Politics of "Hearts of Iron" 1:34:01

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Join host Samantha Hancox-Li as she explores the concept of "meme politics," which pervades the current Trump II administration, through the historical grand strategy game Hearts of Iron IV. In reality, society is an obscure, complicated, recalcitrant system. Meme politics asks: what if it wasn't? What if everything was simple, direct, and easy? By…

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Changelog: #define: sheer resistance 1:42:41

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On this seventh iteration of our award-worthy game show filled with obscure jargon, fake definitions, and expert tomfoolery: past winners battle to determine the champion of champions. (Also, Adam.) Join the discussion Changelog++ members save 6 minutes on this episode because they made the ads disappear. Join today! Sponsors: Tiger Data – Postgres…

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The Bulwark Podcast: Jessica Tarlov: Republicans Are in the Barrel 56:08

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Our economy may be in the early days of stagflation, Democrats are winning the shutdown fight, and Republicans aren't getting help from the tariff king—who is just sticking his fingers in his ears and lying about the price of Thanksgiving dinner going down. Maybe it's time for the Dems to declare victory and let them reopen the government. Plus, Je…

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The Majority Report with Sam Seder: 3620 - The Aftershocks of Democrats Huge Win w/ Ryan Grim 1:23:56

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It's Casual Friday on the Majority Report On today's program: On Wednesday, Donald Trump urged Republicans to focus their messaging on affordability, only to say on Thursday that he "doesn't want to hear any more about affordability." He also claimed Thanksgiving costs are down 25% from last year, citing a Walmart Thanksgiving package. In reality, …

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Netflix’s 'A House of Dynamite' Is Fiction—But the Threat Isn’t 29:55

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The #1 movie on Netflix, 'A House of Dynamite', imagines the unthinkable: a ballistic missile headed straight for Chicago. Michael Smerconish sits down with screenwriter Noah Oppenheim and former White House national security advisor Richard Clarke to separate cinematic fiction from terrifying fact. Oppenheim, who co-wrote 'Zero Day' and once led N…

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Big Technology Podcast: OpenAI Bailout?, Elon’s $1 Trillion Pay Deal, Amazon Sues Perplexity 59:07

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Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar's comments about a government backstop for its financing 2) Why these statements matter 3) Does OpenAI need financial discipline 4) Do we want to be the discipline police? 5) Should we build a national compute reserve? 6) Why OpenA…

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Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar: 11/7/25: Republicans Cope, Airlines Shutdown, Ritchie Torres Challenger & MORE! 1:19:25

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Krystal, Ryan, Emily and Griffin discuss Republicans coping after Zohran's win, airlines shutdown, Ritchie Torres faces primary challenger and more. Ryan Fundraiser: https://givebutter.com/lq4hWJ?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email Michael Blake: https://blakefornyc.com/ Griffin: https://x.com/griffinpdavis To become a Breaking Points Premium Memb…

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The Dishcast with Andrew Sullivan: Cory Clark On Sex Differences 39:18

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit andrewsullivan.substack.com Cory is a behavioral scientist, the executive director of the Adversarial Collaboration Project at Penn, a visiting scholar at Penn, and an associate professor of psychology at New College of Florida. She’s also been Director of Academic Engagement for Heterod…

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Bannon`s War Room: Episode 4910: Ending the Filibuster; Hundreds Of Subpoenas Sent Against The Deep State

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Episode 4910: Ending the Filibuster; Hundreds Of Subpoenas Sent Against The Deep StateBy WarRoom.org

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Bannon`s War Room: Episode 4909: Making The US The Dominant Player To Build Manufacturing

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Episode 4909: Making The US The Dominant Player To Build ManufacturingBy WarRoom.org

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Volts: Octopus extends its tentacles into America 53:50

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In this episode, I chat with Nick Chaset, CEO of Octopus Energy US, about bringing the company’s customer-focused, tech-forward model to America. We get into the details of how Octopus simplifies home energy management for its retail customers and its plan to help regulated utilities do the same. We also touch on ambitious ideas like the “Zero Bill…

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Bell Curve: Inside Crypto’s Liquidity Crunch | Romeo Ravagnan & Sonya Kim 1:08:10

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In this episode, we’re joined by Romeo Ravagnan and Sonya Kim from 3F Labs to discuss the $30 billion open-interest wipeout, Binance’s margin issues, and the collapse of Stream Finance’s xUSD. They unpack pooled versus isolated risk models in lending, liquidity dynamics, and emerging strategies for leveraging RWAs onchain.Thanks for tuning in! -- T…

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Left Anchor: The 2025 Blue Wave - 372 1:06:02

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Zohran Mamdani won in New York City, and so did Democrats in New Jersey, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and even Mississippi. What happened and why? We dig in. Check out Ryan's articles on Zohran and Chuck Schumer, as well as our previous episode on Zohran.By Ryan Cooper & Alexi the Greek

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Hillsdale College Podcast Network: Who Killed the California Dream?

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Guests: Susan Crabtree & Jeremiah Regan Host Scot Bertram talks with: Susan Crabtree, senior White House and national political correspondent for RealClearPolitics, about her recent book Fool’s Gold: The Radicals, Con Artists, and Traitors Who Killed the California Dream and Now Threaten Us All. And Jeremiah Regan, Executive Director of Online Lear…

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A Hoagie, a Federal Agent, and a Not Guilty Verdict — Seriously? 14:18

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'Sandwichgate' has concluded. Did the jury get it right in acquitting the man who threw a sandwich at a federal officer? While the internet laughs and trades condiment puns, Michael isn’t amused — he sees a dangerous precedent in the verdict. In this fiery episode, he breaks down the “sandwich trial,” explores the fine line between protest and assa…

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Money Stuff: The Podcast: Fat Wallet: Tariffs, Mergers, Brands 25:41

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Katie and Matt discuss tariffs, skeptical questions, nondelegation, major questions, reimbursement, the Metsera deal, amylin targeting, Sam Bankman-Fried’s appeal, alleged fraud at First Brands, factoring due diligence, the blockchain and short memories in the credit market. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

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Future of Life Institute Podcast: What Happens When Insiders Sound the Alarm on AI? (with Karl Koch) 1:08:16

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Karl Koch is founder of the AI Whistleblower Initiative. He joins the podcast to discuss transparency and protections for AI insiders who spot safety risks. We explore current company policies, legal gaps, how to evaluate disclosure decisions, and whistleblowing as a backstop when oversight fails. The conversation covers practical guidance for pote…

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Hard Fork: We Met NEO, the Viral Humanoid Robot + HatGPT 1:08:04

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This week, we’re joined by Bernt Bornich, chief executive of 1X. We talked with him about NEO, his company’s new humanoid robot, which has the internet buzzing. Then we meet NEO itself, and compare notes on the experience. Finally, we close the week with a roundup of tech news headlines: It’s time for some HatGPT. Guests: Bernt Bornich, chief execu…

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The New Bazaar: Housing and the Politics of Place 48:54

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What accounts for the astonishing streak of YIMBY wins this year — and which concessions, if any, should they consider offering to the NIMBYs? Should the center-left Abundance faction be trying to persuade conservatives and not just progressives? Do struggling places need more market-based solutions (high-skilled immigration, tax incentives for inv…

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Bankless: ROLLUP: Bull Market Over? | BTC 50W Breakdown | Balancer Hack | Stream Finance Collapse | Brian Armstrong’s Prediction Market Drama

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Is the crypto bull market really over, or just pausing while AI takes the spotlight? On this week’s Weekly Rollup, Ryan and guest co-host Haseeb break down Bitcoin’s 10/10 crash, hidden leverage, and the “Bitcoin silent IPO” thesis. They also cover the $128M Balancer hack, DeFi’s decentralization debate, L2 vanity metrics, Brian Armstrong’s predict…