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The Journal.
The Journal.
The Wall Street Journal & Gimlet

The most important stories about money, business and power. Hosted by Kate Linebaugh and Ryan Knutson, with Jessica Mendoza. The Journal is... more

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Episodes

The Suitcases Full of Cash Flowing Through Airports

London and Dubai's international airports have become conduits for billions of dollars of illicit funds, potentially linked to corruption, drug... more

08 May 2024 · 24 minutes
Why Is Tesla Pulling Back on EV Charging?

Tesla announced last week that it’s laying off the team responsible for the biggest electric-vehicle charging network in the U.S.... more

07 May 2024 · 17 minutes
The 20,000 Steps to a Walmart Manager's Six-Figure Salary

Walmart is offering higher pay, bonuses and more stock options this year to retain and attract managers. WSJ’s Sarah Nassauer... more

06 May 2024 · 18 minutes
Guns and Death Threats in Canada’s Baby-Eel Fisheries

The high price of baby eels has triggered an upsurge in illegal fishing and criminal activity in Canada. Earlier this... more

03 May 2024 · 21 minutes
The NBA's Media Rights Are Up for Grabs. Billions Are at Stake.

The National Basketball Association is in advanced stages of a new round of media-rights deals. WSJ’s Amol Sharma unpacks why... more

02 May 2024 · 20 minutes
Mayhem at Paramount as Merger Looms

On Monday, Bob Bakish stepped down as CEO of Paramount, one of America’s most iconic media companies. WSJ’s Jessica Toonkel... more

01 May 2024 · 18 minutes
Trump Allies Draft Plans to Rein in the Fed

Donald Trump's allies have drafted plans to curb the Federal Reserve’s independence, should Trump win a second term. WSJ’s Andrew... more

30 Apr 2024 · 18 minutes
Amazon’s Secret Operation to Gather Intel on Rivals

For almost a decade, Amazon staff went undercover on Walmart, eBay and other marketplaces selling products under the guise of... more

29 Apr 2024 · 21 minutes
JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon on What's Next for the Economy

Jamie Dimon discusses his concerns about the future of the economy, the effect of overseas wars and the importance of... more

26 Apr 2024 · 18 minutes
Pro-Palestinian Protests and Arrests at U.S. Colleges

With a fresh round of pro-Palestinian protests sweeping campuses nationwide, university administrators are cracking down. WSJ’s Melissa Korn explains what... more

25 Apr 2024 · 20 minutes
How Gambling Scandals Are Rocking Sports Leagues

Less than six years after a Supreme Court ruling paved the way for legal sports gambling, U.S. sports leagues are... more

24 Apr 2024 · 19 minutes
Inside the White House's Scramble to Avert a Bigger Middle East War

Over the course of 19 days, U.S. officials raced to contain escalating tensions between Israel and Iran amid a series... more

23 Apr 2024 · 16 minutes
Donald Trump’s First Criminal Trial Is Underway

Former President Donald Trump is expected to spend the next six weeks in a Manhattan courtroom, defending himself against accusations... more

22 Apr 2024 · 19 minutes
How Cyber Thieves Are Disrupting U.S. Goods

Reports of freight fraud are on the rise, vexing trucking companies and regulators. And victims say that they aren’t getting... more

19 Apr 2024 · 16 minutes
Think It’s Expensive to Buy a Home? Try Owning One.

It’s not just the cost of buying a home that’s going up. It’s also the hidden costs — like taxes,... more

18 Apr 2024 · 21 minutes
Why the Fed Is Steering Away From Rate Cuts

Yesterday, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell called into question whether the Fed will be able to lower interest rates this... more

17 Apr 2024 · 18 minutes
Many Cities Fear the ‘Doom Loop.’ St. Louis is in One.

Cities such as San Francisco and Chicago are trying to save their downtown office districts from spiraling into a doom... more

16 Apr 2024 · 21 minutes
The Russian Military is Using Elon Musk’s Starlink

SpaceX’s satellite-internet devices are ending up in the hands of American adversaries and accused war criminals. WSJ’s Thomas Grove and... more

15 Apr 2024 · 18 minutes
Can the WNBA Cash in on the Caitlin Clark Effect?

Caitlin Clark has lifted women’s college basketball to new heights, setting records on and off the court. Now the Iowa... more

12 Apr 2024 · 20 minutes
How Employer-Funded Child Care Can Work

Providing child care for employees may not seem like a savvy business choice, but some companies swear by it. WSJ’s... more

11 Apr 2024 · 19 minutes
What Arizona's Abortion Ban Means for the 2024 Election

This week, the Arizona Supreme Court revived an abortion ban enacted in 1864, decades before the state's formation. WSJ's Laura... more

10 Apr 2024 · 18 minutes
Biden’s New Plan to Cancel Student Debt

The Biden administration is proposing a sweeping initiative to slash student debt for nearly 30 million borrowers. WSJ’s Andrew Restuccia... more

09 Apr 2024 · 18 minutes
Why No Labels’ Presidential Campaign Failed to Launch

No Labels, the centrist group which was trying to field a third-party presidential candidate, is abandoning its efforts to find... more

08 Apr 2024 · 21 minutes
Janet Yellen Has a Warning for China

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is in China trying to discourage government officials and business leaders from flooding the world with... more

05 Apr 2024 · 18 minutes
The Failures Inside Boeing's 737 Factory

In January, a door panel blew off a Boeing 737 MAX plane during an Alaska Airlines flight. Informal communication logs... more

04 Apr 2024 · 21 minutes
A Deadly Strike on Aid Workers in Gaza

Amid an increasingly dire humanitarian crisis in Gaza, seven aid workers from World Central Kitchen were killed by an Israeli... more

03 Apr 2024 · 18 minutes
The Battle Over Disney’s Board

Disney's business has been struggling in recent years, and there's a fight over how to fix it. On one side... more

02 Apr 2024 · 18 minutes
Ryanair: Cheap, Cramped and Making Its CEO a Fortune

Michael O’Leary has been running Ryanair for the past 30 years — the longest tenure of any major airline boss.... more

01 Apr 2024 · 22 minutes
Six Days of Chaos at MGM’s Casinos

A gang of young criminals. A more than $30 million ransom. Casinos in disarray. WSJ’s Robert McMillan brings us inside... more

29 Mar 2024 · 28 minutes
25 Years in Prison from “The Trial of Crypto’s Golden Boy”

Caitlin Ostroff and Rachel Humphreys attend Sam Bankman-Fried’s sentencing hearing and parse through the reasoning behind Judge Lewis Kaplan’s ruling... more

29 Mar 2024 · 20 minutes
Donald Trump’s Meme Stock Moment

Not long ago, Donald Trump’s social-media company, Truth Social, seemed like it was on life support. But when the company... more

28 Mar 2024 · 17 minutes
The Baltimore Bridge Catastrophe

Early Tuesday morning, a 1,000-foot container ship lost power and plowed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge leaving six people... more

27 Mar 2024 · 16 minutes
What Will Sam’s Sentence Be? from "The Trial of Crypto’s Golden Boy"

Caitlin Ostroff and Rachel Humphreys dive into a mountain of court filings to understand the arguments that will be made... more

27 Mar 2024 · 15 minutes
Will Getting Rid of Bosses Fix the Workplace?

Bayer is throwing out the corporate playbook to try a radical experiment: getting rid of a huge swath of its... more

26 Mar 2024 · 20 minutes
Sam's Life in a Brooklyn Jail from "The Trial of Crypto's Golden Boy"

We’re back for Sam Bankman-Fried’s sentencing. After the crypto golden boy was found guilty on all counts in November, this... more

26 Mar 2024 · 15 minutes
Why the U.S. Government Is Suing Apple

The Department of Justice announced a landmark lawsuit against Apple, alleging that it has built a monopoly in smartphones by... more

25 Mar 2024 · 20 minutes
Trump Needs $450 Million He Doesn’t Have

Donald Trump’s finances are under stress. He faces a $454 million judgment against him in a civil-fraud case. Meanwhile, his... more

22 Mar 2024 · 19 minutes
Is Fighting Misinformation Censorship? The Supreme Court Will Decide.

This week, the Supreme Court is considering whether the Biden administration unlawfully pressured tech companies to suppress social media posts... more

21 Mar 2024 · 19 minutes
Can Reddit’s IPO Survive Its Own Users?

The social-media platform Reddit is making its stock-market debut Thursday and is offering a chunk of shares in its initial... more

20 Mar 2024 · 21 minutes
Why Women Are Leaving Goldman Sachs

When David Solomon became CEO of Goldman Sachs just over five years ago, he made promoting women to senior levels... more

19 Mar 2024 · 18 minutes
How Two Binance Employees Ended Up Detained in Nigeria

Two Binance employees, Tigran Gambaryan and Nadeem Anjarwalla, are being held by Nigerian authorities in a guarded house. According to... more

18 Mar 2024 · 20 minutes
How a Psychiatrist Lost $400,000 on Gambling Apps

In November 2022, Kavita Fischer downloaded a casino app from DraftKings, one of the top online betting companies in the... more

15 Mar 2024 · 31 minutes
The Cyberattack That’s Roiling Healthcare

Hospitals, pharmacies and medical groups have been reeling in the wake of last month’s ransomware attack on a company widely... more

14 Mar 2024 · 21 minutes
House Passes Bill to Ban TikTok

Today the House voted overwhelmingly to approve a bill that would ban TikTok from operating in the U.S. or force... more

13 Mar 2024 · 17 minutes
Rail Unions Normally Hate CEOs. Now They Are Trying to Save One.

About a year after a major train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, an activist investor is trying to oust Norfolk... more

12 Mar 2024 · 18 minutes
Chinese-Made Cranes at U.S. Ports: A New Trojan Horse?

Nearly 80% of ship-to-shore cranes at U.S. ports are made by ZPMC, a Chinese state-owned company. In recent years, U.S.... more

11 Mar 2024 · 20 minutes
Why an Ivy League Basketball Team Voted to Unionize

This week the Dartmouth men’s basketball team voted to unionize, setting up a fight with the school over whether its... more

08 Mar 2024 · 19 minutes
How Sam Altman’s Bromance With Elon Musk Turned Toxic

Sam Altman once called Elon Musk, one of his OpenAI co-founders, his hero. Now Musk is suing Altman, accusing him... more

07 Mar 2024 · 22 minutes
Biden vs. Trump: The Rematch Nobody Wants

Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley suspended her bid for the Republican presidential nomination.That sets the stage for another matchup... more

06 Mar 2024 · 17 minutes
Who Wants Non-Alcoholic Beer? Everyone, Apparently.

In 2017 Bill Shufelt was desperate. He’d quit his job at a hedge fund to start a business that sounded... more

05 Mar 2024 · 19 minutes
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In November 2022, Kavita Fischer downloaded a casino app from DraftKings, one of the top online betting companies in the U.S. Kavita... more