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    Is SpaceX Worth the Hype?

    11/06/2026 | 23 mins.
    SpaceX is preparing the largest public offering ever on Friday. Elon Musk’s space-satellite-AI-social-media company plans to sell $75 billion worth of shares at a “take-it-or-leave-it” price of $135 a share. WSJ’s Corrie Driebusch takes us inside the SpaceX books and details what investors are thinking about the massive IPO. Ryan Knutson hosts.

    Further Listening:

    - Musk vs. Altman

    - Elon Musk's $1.25 Trillion Megamerger

    - The Woman Behind SpaceX

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    How Beef Got So Expensive

    10/06/2026 | 20 mins.
    In the era of the $100 steak, WSJ reporter Patrick Thomas traveled from a steakhouse in Omaha to a manure-splattered cattle auction in the Nebraska sandhills. What he found was a story about drought, debt and a stunning reversal of fortune that has left America's ranchers holding more power than they've had in decades. Ryan Knutson hosts.

    Further Listening:

    - The Beef Between Cattle Ranchers and Meatpackers 

    - How Scotts Miracle-Gro's Weed Business Went Up in Smoke

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    Bill Gates’s Carefully Crafted Image Is Cracking

    09/06/2026 | 23 mins.
    For years, Bill Gates was best known for his charitable work. The Gates Foundation spends billions on humanitarian efforts around the world. At one point, Gates was ranked as the world’s most admired man. But as details surface about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, that carefully crafted image is eroding. WSJ’s Emily Glazer reveals the lengths that Gates’s team has taken in order to burnish his reputation, and how it’s slowly cracking. Jessica Mendoza hosts.

    Further Listening:

    - How Jeffrey Epstein Made Millions From His Connections

    - The Growing Fallout From the Epstein Files

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    Why Sweden Embraced Capitalism

    08/06/2026 | 19 mins.
    Sweden, once considered by many as the standard bearer of high-tax and high-spend government, has embraced capitalism. WSJ’s Tom Fairless reports on how the Nordic country privatized large swaths of its healthcare and school systems, promoted business and shrank the state. Ryan Knutson hosts.  

    Further Listening:

    - Germany’s Economy Is Spiraling. Can War Fix It?

    - China's Cheap Goods Are Europe's Problem Now

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    The World Cup Story, Part 1: Soccer and Scandal

    07/06/2026 | 39 mins.
    As the World Cup begins this week, we bring you a two-part Sunday special charting how FIFA built the World Cup into a global phenomenon and how it became marred in scandal and corruption. In Part 1, WSJ soccer experts Jonathan Clegg and Joshua Robinson go back to the World Cup’s origins — how it grew from a small tournament in Uruguay into a massive empire. And how an investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice prompted a moment for reckoning for FIFA. Ryan Knutson hosts.

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About The Journal.
The most important stories about money, business and power. Hosted by Ryan Knutson and Jessica Mendoza. The Journal is a co-production of Spotify and The Wall Street Journal. Get show merch here: https://wsjshop.com/collections/clothing
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