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Episode 76: what happened with Silicon Valley Bank?

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2023 19:47


Silicon Valley Bank, the 16th largest bank in the US, failed this week. We discuss. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message

Episode 75: what is the trillion dollar coin?

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2023 13:40


We discuss the US debt ceiling and the concept of the trillion dollar coin. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message

Episode 74: What is Chat-GPT?

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2022 16:21


We explain what Chat-GPT is, pros and cons, and potential ways it could make money. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message

Episode 73: what is the inflation reduction act?

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2022 11:58


We discuss the new law's impact on the climate and tax rates --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message

Episode 72: What are call options?

Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2022 15:43


We discuss call options and put options. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message

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Episode 71: What is a poison pill?

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2022 15:15


We discuss poison pills, and Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter stock. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message

Episode 70: What is a stock split?

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2022 14:08


We discuss stock splits, reverse stock splits, and Amazon's pending 20-1 split. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message

Episode 69: What is a class action lawsuit?

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2022 12:19


We explain what a class action lawsuit is, and some pros and cons of them. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message

Episode 68: What is activist investing?

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2022 13:24


We discuss activist campaigns and activist investing. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message

Episode 67: Does Artificial Intelligence do more good than harm?

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2022 15:53


We discuss the good and bad of AI, and if one outweighs the other. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message

Episode 66: What is Web3?

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2021 15:46


We discuss Web3, cryptocurrency, blockchain, and DAOs. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message

Episode 65: What is Quantum Computing?

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2021 9:20


We discuss quantum computing and how it is different from classical computers with Special Guest Chad Rigetti, founder and CEO of Rigetti Computing #Quantum #QuantumComputing #Rigetti --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message

Episode 64: What is the metaverse?

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2021 15:33


We discuss Facebook's name change and the concept of the metaverse. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message

Episode 63: What's the deal with Rubik's Cubes?

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2021 21:42


In this episode Luke teaches Spencer everything there is to know about Rubik's cubing! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message

Episode 62: How does a sport get added to the Olympics?

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2021 15:14


We discuss the process that sports go through to be added to the Olympics and share our top seven events we think should be added. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message

Episode 61: What is the Rule of 72?

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2021 8:13


The Rule of 72 can be used to calculate how long it will take for the value of an investment to double. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message

Episode 60: What is an NFT?

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2021 19:51


We discuss what an NFT is, with special guest John Brennan! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message

Episode 59: what is the deal with GameStop and the stock market?

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2021 17:16


We discuss the recent stock market volatility and the stock of GameStop, Robinhood, and “shorting” the market --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message

Episode 58: What are dividends?

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2021 12:41


We discuss what are stock dividends and also what are stock buybacks? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message

Episode 57: How does Congress work?

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2020 24:36


Special guest star, Jake Rascoff (Luke’s uncle), who works on Capital Hill for a Member of Congress. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message

Episode 56: What is a mutual fund?

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2020 13:58


We discuss mutual funds and ETFs --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message

Episode 55: What is a SPAC?

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2020 12:47


We discuss what is a “Special Purpose Acquisition Company” or a “SPAC”. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message

Episode 54: How do Supreme Court Justices Make Decisions?

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2020 12:17


We discuss different judicial philosophies. Katerina (age 9) is our guest star. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message

Episode 53: Why is Fortnite not in the App Store?

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2020 13:42


We discuss how Apple and Google run their app stores and why Fortnite was kicked out of the App Store --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message

Episode 52: What did Luke learn in his business class?

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2020 21:27


Luke discusses what he learned in his entrepreneurship class this summer. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message

Episode 51: What is an IPO?

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2020 18:36


We discuss Initial Public Offerings, when and why companies go public, and how direct listings work. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message

Episode 50: What is Freedom of Speech?

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2020 15:11


What is Freedom of Speech and what are the limitations on it? We discuss the First Amendment and Free Speech. #FreeSpeech #FirstAmendment #FreedomOfSpeech #1stAmendment --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message

Episode 49: What is a mortgage?

Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2020 15:05


We explain what a mortgage is, and the pros and cons of having one. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message

Episode 48: what is Machine Learning?

Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2020 12:31


We discuss artificial intelligence and machine learning. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message

Episode 47: What is rent control?

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2020 13:06


We discuss rent control, and it’s pros and cons, with special guest 8 year old Katerina! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message

Episode 46: it’s their podcast to explain grammar mistakes i.e. listen!!

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2020 10:47


We discuss common grammatical mistakes such as “it’s vs its” and “i.e. vs e.g.” --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message

Episode 45: what are some monopoly tips?

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2020 9:35


During the quarantine, we are playing some more board games. What are some tips for Monopoly? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message

Episode 44: Are websites responsible for what people write on them?

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2020 12:02


Section 230 of a 1996 law protects internet companies from liability for what their users write online. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message

Episode 43: Does home field advantage matter?

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2020 6:13


Luke explains why home field advantage isn’t such a big deal in sports anymore. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message

Episode 42: What is Super Tuesday?

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2020 13:33


In this episode I discuss with Luke what is Super Tuesday and how the presidential primary and nomination process works. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message

Episode 40: Top News of the Decade

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2020 10:27


In this New Year themed episode, we review the top news stories of 2010-2019. Trump, Obama, Global Warming, Osama Bin Laden and more. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message

Episode 39: What is Affirmative Action?

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2020 15:27


Luke asks what affirmative action is. It’s a tricky topic. We do our best to discuss it without getting too political! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message

Episode 38.5: what’s with the Einstein photo?

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2020 1:40


In this mini episode, Spencer asks Luke: “Luke, I have a question: what’s with the famous photo of Albert Einstein sticking out his tongue?” --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message

Episode 38: who owns someone’s image after they die?

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2019 13:21


Who owns someone’s image after they die? We discuss Albert Einstein, Elvis Presley and Marilyn Monroe. And of course, Mickey Mouse. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message

Episode 37: What are you teaching in business school? Disney+

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2019 14:09


In this episode, Luke learns about Disney’s decision to launch its own streaming service. The discussion is based on Spencer’s Harvard Business School class. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message

Episode 36: what are you teaching in business school — corporate culture

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2019 13:45


In this episode we discuss one of the class topics that Spencer is teaching at Harvard Business School. We discuss the class where we teach about the Netflix corporate culture. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message

Episode 35: Why is the government going after big tech companies?

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2019 14:52


We discuss the antitrust investigations of tech companies like Apple, Amazon and Google --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message

Episode 34: How does the impeachment process work?

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2019 12:44


We discuss how the impeachment process works in the House and the Senate. We do NOT discuss whether Trump should be impeached or not though! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message

Episode 33: What is private equity?

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2019 9:46


We discuss what “private equity”, “hedge funds” and “venture capital” are. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message

Episode 32: How did the internet begin? Birthday special!

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2019 12:01


It’s Luke’s 11th birthday! He wants to know how the internet began. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message

Episode 31: what’s an inverted yield curve?

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2019 11:38


We discuss what it means that the yield curve has inverted and explain how that predicts a recession. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message

Episode 30: How baseball rules are changing

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2019 13:28


We discuss how the rules to baseball are changing. And listen to the end to hear some of Spencer’s crazy ideas on how to improve America’s pastime. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message

Episode 29: How not to get scammed

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2019 14:54


We discuss common internet and telephone scams and how to avoid them. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message

Episode 28: What is Wikipedia?

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2019 11:28


What is Wikipedia and how does it work? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message

Episode 27: What is Facebook’s “Libra” cryptocurrency?

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2019 18:52


We discuss Facebook’s announcement of “Libra”, its new cryptocurrency and it’s wallet “Calibra” which uses blockchain. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message

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Episode 26: What are debit cards and credit cards?

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2019 17:22


Luke and special guest Katerina learn about debit cards and credit cards. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message

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