Podcast appearances and mentions of alex barinka

Here's everything we covered this week:Thanks to Alex Barinka for joining! Follow her on LinkedIn here. Our Creator on the Rise is Nicole Coenen! Check out our full interview on Tubefilter.It's official: TikTok is suing the United States over the "divest-or-ban" law - TubefilterUK details requirements to protect children from ‘toxic algorithms' - The VergeIssa Rae's new management company wants to teach creators how to get better brand deals - TubefilterMrBeast is ending his exclusive relationship with Night (Report) - TubefilterLogan Paul & KSI's Prime asked to pay $5M in damages over “forever chemical” lawsuit - DexertoAI Met Gala pictures apparently fooled Katy Perry's mom. - The Verge  Creator Upload Socials:YOUTUBEINSTAGRAMTIKTOK

The US House of Representatives has passed a bill with an ultimatum for TikTok's parent company, ByteDance: sell the app, or be banned in the US. Today on The Big Take podcast, Bloomberg's Dan Flatley and Alex Barinka cover the national security concerns behind this bill and the potential geopolitical and tech industry consequences.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The US House of Representatives has passed a bill with an ultimatum for TikTok's parent company, ByteDance: sell the app, or be banned in the US. Today on The Big Take DC podcast, Bloomberg's Dan Flatley and Alex Barinka cover the national security concerns behind this bill and the potential geopolitical and tech industry consequences.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Watch Carol and Tim LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Bloomberg Tech reporter Alex Barinka joins to discuss TikTok's fight on Capitol Hill as it hopes to avoid sweeping US legislation that would force the app's parent company to sell it or face a ban. Bloomberg News markets reporter Abigail Doolittle, Bloomberg Intelligence Chief Rates Strategist Ira Jersey and Bloomberg News International Economics and Policy Correspondent Michael McKee take part in a roundtable to break down today's CPI report and what it means for the US economy and the Fed's inflation battle. Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Aerospace Analyst George Ferguson and Sheila Kahyaoglu, Aerospace, Defense and Airlines analyst at Jeffries discuss Boeing's latest woes. And, Michael Lohan, chief executive officer at IDA Ireland joins to talk about the prospect for US corporate growth and foreign direct investment.  Hosts: Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec. Producer: Paul Brennan, with assistance from Justin Milliner.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Watch Carol and Tim LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Bloomberg Tech reporter Alex Barinka joins to discuss TikTok's fight on Capitol Hill as it hopes to avoid sweeping US legislation that would force the app's parent company to sell it or face a ban. Bloomberg News markets reporter Abigail Doolittle, Bloomberg Intelligence Chief Rates Strategist Ira Jersey and Bloomberg News International Economics and Policy Correspondent Michael McKee take part in a roundtable to break down today's CPI report and what it means for the US economy and the Fed's inflation battle. Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Aerospace Analyst George Ferguson and Sheila Kahyaoglu, Aerospace, Defense and Airlines analyst at Jeffries discuss Boeing's latest woes. And, Michael Lohan, chief executive officer at IDA Ireland joins to talk about the prospect for US corporate growth and foreign direct investment.  Hosts: Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec. Producer: Paul Brennan, with assistance from Justin Milliner.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Here's what we covered today:Follow Alex Barinka across socials @alexbarinka and check her out here on Bloomberg!A Draft Of TikTok's Plan To Avoid A Ban Gives The U.S. Government Unprecedented Oversight Power - ForbesA leaked draft of TikTok's U.S. government agreement shows unprecedented federal oversight - TubefilterTikTok Ban in US Hinges on Split From China, ByteDance - Bloomberg (Alex wrote this!)Google and YouTube are trying to have it both ways with AI and copyright - The VergeYouTube is figuring out its AI strategy by working with music labels - The Verge TikTok will sunset its Shopify storefronts in September - Tubefilter 

Amazon is looking to use influencers to boost its shopping feed which it calls Inspire. But, some of those influencers say the company's efforts are falling short. For more, KCBS Radio's Holly Quan spoke with Bloomberg social media reporter Alex Barinka.

Bloomberg's Alex Barinka and Scarlet Fu break down Nvidia's blowout forecast sparking a $260 billion AI rally. Plus, why some CEOs signed an open letter to the President and Congress over their extreme concerns over the looming US default. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bloomberg's Alex Barinka and Scarlet Fu break down what to expect from Ron Desantis' campaign debut announcement on Musk's Twitter spaces. Plus, the Surgeon General warns that social media could be harming children, and an AI robotics startup raises $70 million. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bloomberg's Scarlet Fu and Alex Barinka break down the steps TikTok is taking against the state of Montana and we hear from the TikTok's CEO himself. Plus, Zoom's earnings show mixed results. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

 Bloomberg's Scarlet Fu and Alex Barinka break down the escalation in US-China tensions as China bans Micron's chips on cybersecurity risks. Plus, why Meta is ordered to pay $1.3 billion to the EU. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Meta is taking a new tack to try and lure some users away from TikTok and onto Facebook and Instagram.  For more on this, KCBS Radio's Nikki Medoro spoke with Bloomberg social media reporter Alex Barinka.  

There's at least one thing Democrats and Republicans in Washington have in common: suspicions about TikTok's ties to China. The Biden administration and members of congress from both parties are urging the social media platform's Beijing-based parent company, ByteDance Ltd., to sell its stake in TikTok or risk being banned in the US.  Sound familiar? That's because two and a half years ago, former President Trump sent a very similar warning that ultimately went nowhere. Bloomberg reporters Alex Barinka and Anna Edgerton join this episode to talk about this latest chapter in the standoff between the US government and TikTok. Plus, what a congressional hearing with TikTok's CEO revealed about national security concerns surrounding the app. Listen to The Big Take podcast every weekday and subscribe to our daily newsletter: https://bloom.bg/3F3EJAK Have questions or comments for Wes and the team? Reach us at bigtake@bloomberg.net.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

TikTok is taking steps to limit the screentime of its younger users. For more, KCBS Radio news anchor Holly Quan spoke with Bloomberg social media reporter Alex Barinka.

Meta is the latest tech company to introduce its plans for new tools based on artificial intelligence. For more on this KCBS Radio's Matt Bigler spoke with Bloomberg social media reporter Alex Barinka.

Tweaks to Snapchat's strategy appear to be paying off. The company says it now has more than 750 MILLION users every month. That's a 25 percent jump in the past 10 month.  For more, KCBS Radio's Holly Quan spoke with Bloomberg social media reporter Alex Barinka.

Hosts Alix Steel and Marcus Ashworth speak with Bloomberg's Andrea Felsted, Kriti Gupta, and Alex Barinka.

Hosts Guy Johnson and Alix Steel speak with Bloomberg's Zoe Schneeweiss, Fernando Valle, Sonali Basak, and Alex Barinka.

Hosts Guy Johnson and Alix Steel speak with Bloomberg's Annmarie Hordern, Joe Mayes, Rosalind Mathieson, Sonali Basak, Alex Barinka, and Michael McKee.

Time now for our daily Tech and Business Report. Today, KCBS News Anchor Holly Quan is joined by Bloomberg social media reporter Alex Barinka. Big cutbacks are coming to Meta with CEO Mark Zuckerberg announcing plans to layoff 11-thousand workers. 

Meta is set to follow in Twitter's footsteps, with the company reportedly planning to layoff thousands of workers later this week. For more, KCBS Radio news anchor Holly Quan spoke with Bloomberg social media reporter Alex Barinka.

Alex Barinka, Bloomberg Social Media Reporter, discusses Snap cutting its workforce. She spoke with hosts Doug Krizner and Rishaad Salamat on Bloomberg Radio.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the company will hire 30% fewer engineers than planned this year due to the economy.  For more, KCBS Radio news anchor Megan Goldsby spoke with Bloomberg News social media reporter Alex Barinka

I moved from San Francisco to New York, in February 2019, back before it was cool to turn tail on the tech mecca. Truth be told, I’ll always have a special place in my heart for San Francisco, but my girlfriend beckoned from Brooklyn.I’m writing this from my flight back to New York after over a week in SF. I spent much of it in an Airbnb next to Mr. Pickle’s on Van Ness Avenue and then a few days crashing at a fellow tech reporter’s apartment in the Outer Richmond. I ate Mission Chinese and La Taqueria, drank at Brass Tacks and The Monk’s Kettle, and made it up to Calistoga for a picturesque vineyard wedding.But did I spend any time working for you, dear reader? Yes, not to worry. I spent my days shuttling from South Park to the Presidio, catching up with venture capitalists, founders, tech media insiders, and senior tech executives. And I spent my nights getting drunk with them, eager for looser lips.Here are my key immediate takeaways:One source told me that even Insight Partners — which announced a $20 billion fund in February — has decided to seriously slow down big late stage private investments. Until recently, Insight looked like one of the last holdouts when it came to doing late stage deals even as the market unraveled. But now, like pretty much everyone else, it’s mostly focused on its existing portfolio.VC advice on the downturn — even Sequoia Capital’s presentation to founders — has felt too much like content marketing. For some startup CEOs it can feel a bit like you’re the goody two-shoes, “A” student in the classroom, when the teacher reprimands everyone. You think the rebuke applies to you, but really the message is meant for the troublemakers. But it’s the most diligent among us that take these admonitions personally. Founders need advice specific to their company. There’s a sense that there have been many software engineers who have been overpromoted in the bull cycle and that this downturn could force some coders to reset their expectations about their appropriate rank and pay.I spent much of my time asking sources what the overarching, thematic story of the downturn would be. One venture capitalist gave me my favorite answer: He argued that we’d look back on this downturn as a story of the perfect storm between retail and professional investor excesses. On the retail side, we saw the rise of Robinhood and Coinbase, and r/wallstreetbets trades on Kodak and GameStop. On the professional side, we saw firms like SoftBank and Tiger go so, so long without enough diligence to back it up.If I had to name a couple companies/firms that I think are most likely to represent this downturn, right now I’d name Instacart, Coinbase, Robinhood, GoPuff, Bird, Tesla, Tiger, and SoftBank. Though, right now, I think increasingly crypto is looking like it will be the category most associated with this cycle’s excesses.There’s been a lot of envy in traditional startup world of people who went over to the the crypto dark side. Now there’s all sorts of schadenfreude going on as crypto prices plummet. Some VCs are starting to admit (mostly in private) that they never really believed in crypto. Still, there’s so much money. Just as I was leaving the city, Coinbase announced that it was brutally laying off 18% of its staff, locking them out of their emails before they even had time to say goodbye.We’re overdue for a reckoning over who screwed over credulous investors with implausible SPAC deals. ~cough~ Chamath ~ cough ~ At least, Brad Gerstner’s Altimeter led the PIPE on its own terrible Grab SPAC deal. Andreessen Horowitz still remains, probably, the biggest nemesis of many firms in Silicon Valley. Sure, Tiger blew up the startup world. But what Tiger did was so unlike anything venture capital firms were doing, so there’s less professional jealousy. There are whispers that things aren’t as copacetic internally at a16z as might appear from their highly choreographed public communications. It would seem that part of the explanation for the explosion of funds at the firm has been the explosion of egos. Instead of resolving interpersonal conflicts on the consumer fund, let’s just create a gaming fund. In that light, it’s pretty amazing that the firm couldn’t figure out a way to keep Katie Haun. Consumer investing across the board seems challenged. What’s going on over at Popshop, Lunchclub, Cameo, and Clubhouse just to name a few? I guess investors simply wishing consumer investing into being without a strong new thesis wasn’t exactly an omen for the sector’s inevitable success. (I will say that Whatnot and BeReal remain two consumer plays that I’m still following.) What will it mean for this generation of consumer investors? Benchmark’s next generation consumer investor, Sarah Tavel, seems to have made her best investment in business-to-business company Chainalysis, last valued at $8.6 billion. Speaking of Benchmark, the firm deserves some credit for holding firm on its strategy as other venture firms’ fund sizes got crazy. Sure, Benchmark probably could have made way more money if it topped up its own investments — but then it might be taking the heat that Benchmark favorite Altimeter is getting right now over its overexuberance. There’s money and reputation to manage. Benchmark has always made enough money to value its reputation. (That’s something Travis Kalanick, Adam Neumann, Nirav Tolia, etc. surely gripe about.)Last year’s hype around venture capital firms indefinitely holding onto private companies long after they go public is looking like pure bubble thinking. Sequoia’s timing on its all-in-one, hold indefinitely “The Sequoia Capital Fund” looks a little more like one of the excesses from the bull market. But limited partners seem too afraid to do anything to unwind the strategy shift that seems designed to enrich the firm’s general partners. (Reach out to me if you have off-the-record intel on this.)Investors are dramatically slowing the pace of their investments. These funds are going to last years longer than they would have in bull times. Multi-stage investors seem more inclined to double-down on their existing portfolio companies than to make new bets. Bridge rounds are on everyone’s lips. Still, I heard from investors who had made secret Series B and C investments in companies this year. It’s a good time to make a bet on a company that got away for a hype-y Series A round.Startup founders think prospective employees want assurances that their company is really worth what the company says it is. Good private unicorns are in a bit of a bind. Prospective employees are now automatically giving their equity offers a mental haircut based on the market downturn. So good companies have an incentive to reaffirm their valuations with funding rounds during the downturn — even if it otherwise might be smarter to keep their valuations artificially low so as to maintain room to grow should conditions worsen. (I wish employees would get better at assessing companies based on fundamentals, rather than the last tick fundraising round. Employees are basically begging founders to maximize for valuation, which then minimizes employee upside.)Some small-to-medium sized companies are shopping themselves to their rival startups but it’s not always clear why the competitor would want to buy. Why take on additional burn and headcount when all you might end up getting is leads on some new customers? Sure, you might do some venture capital firm a favor, but what’s that really worth?There are some cracks in up-start media world. The most obvious tremor is at BuzzFeed where the stock has sunk 54% in a month. Reporters have been leaving in droves. Meanwhile, The Information lost one of its top editors — Martin Peers. He’s long been a central figure over there. The Information’s up-and-coming venture capital reporter Berber Jin departed to the Wall Street Journal, as did Sarah Krouse who will be covering Netflix for the Journal. Stephen Nellis returned to Reuters. Meanwhile spirits seem strong at my former employer, Bloomberg. The ascendance of the player-coach editor seems to have people upbeat. Sarah Frier is leading big tech coverage and Lucas Shaw (who has been a guest on Dead Cat) is running the show on Hollywood coverage. And somehow Bloomberg just lured back a former star reporter who had left to join the startup ranks: Alex Barinka — who left Bloomberg as a deals reporter to help launch Imran Khan’s Verishop before going over to Stitch Fix — is joining Frier’s team as a social media reporter based in LA. Next week I’m in Toronto for Collision where I’ll be interviewing Uncork Capital’s Andy McLoughlin, Real Ventures’ Janet Bannister, and Left Lane Capital’s Vinny Pujji on a panel Wednesday called “Survival of the leanest: The importance of being capital efficient.” Then, less than an hour later I’ll interview General Catalyst’s Hemant Taneja about responsible innovation. On Thursday, I’ll ask “Has the tech bubble burst... again?!” in a panel with FirstMark’s Matt Turck, Lux’s Deena Shakir, and Neo Financial’s Andrew Chau. Expect the most interesting tidbits in this newsletter late next week.Talking about Chesa Boudin on Dead CatMy first meeting in San Francisco started with a tour of The San Francisco Standard, the Michael Moritz-funded local news enterprise. My old editor Jonathan Weber — once the editor of tech media dot-com icon The Industry Standard — is the editor-in-chief over at the SF Standard. Weber, Dead Cat co-host Tom Dotan, and I met up for a nice dinner at The Morris in the Mission. After spending the evening discussing San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin’s recall, Tom and I convinced Weber to come on the Dead Cat podcast and talk about the Standard and San Francisco politics.Tom thinks I’m going to get eviscerated by San Franciscans for my politics. This is something we’ve never seen before: a New Yorker opining on San Francisco local affairs. I did my best to offend conservatives and liberals alike, maligning the police while rooting for tech’s ascendant influence on San Francisco politics. Weber makes the case for objective, follow-the-reporting local news and outlines the real issues underpinning the recall. He explains how money is simultaneously to blame and not to blame for Boudin’s recall. And he defends the Standard against its critics for its influential story on Boudin’s refusal to make drug arrests. We interrogate what Boudin’s defeat means for the future of progressive politics and the city of San Francisco.Give it a listen.Read the automated transcript. Get full access to Newcomer at www.newcomer.co/subscribe

I moved from San Francisco to New York, in February 2019, back before it was cool to turn tail on the tech mecca. Truth be told, I'll always have a special place in my heart for San Francisco, but my girlfriend beckoned from Brooklyn.I'm writing this from my flight back to New York after over a week in SF. I spent much of it in an Airbnb next to Mr. Pickle's on Van Ness Avenue and then a few days crashing at a fellow tech reporter's apartment in the Outer Richmond. I ate Mission Chinese and La Taqueria, drank at Brass Tacks and The Monk's Kettle, and made it up to Calistoga for a picturesque vineyard wedding.But did I spend any time working for you, dear reader? Yes, not to worry. I spent my days shuttling from South Park to the Presidio, catching up with venture capitalists, founders, tech media insiders, and senior tech executives. And I spent my nights getting drunk with them, eager for looser lips.Here are my key immediate takeaways:One source told me that even Insight Partners — which announced a $20 billion fund in February — has decided to seriously slow down big late stage private investments. Until recently, Insight looked like one of the last holdouts when it came to doing late stage deals even as the market unraveled. But now, like pretty much everyone else, it's mostly focused on its existing portfolio.VC advice on the downturn — even Sequoia Capital's presentation to founders — has felt too much like content marketing. For some startup CEOs it can feel a bit like you're the goody two-shoes, “A” student in the classroom, when the teacher reprimands everyone. You think the rebuke applies to you, but really the message is meant for the troublemakers. But it's the most diligent among us that take these admonitions personally. Founders need advice specific to their company. There's a sense that there have been many software engineers who have been overpromoted in the bull cycle and that this downturn could force some coders to reset their expectations about their appropriate rank and pay.I spent much of my time asking sources what the overarching, thematic story of the downturn would be. One venture capitalist gave me my favorite answer: He argued that we'd look back on this downturn as a story of the perfect storm between retail and professional investor excesses. On the retail side, we saw the rise of Robinhood and Coinbase, and r/wallstreetbets trades on Kodak and GameStop. On the professional side, we saw firms like SoftBank and Tiger go so, so long without enough diligence to back it up.If I had to name a couple companies/firms that I think are most likely to represent this downturn, right now I'd name Instacart, Coinbase, Robinhood, GoPuff, Bird, Tesla, Tiger, and SoftBank. Though, right now, I think increasingly crypto is looking like it will be the category most associated with this cycle's excesses.There's been a lot of envy in traditional startup world of people who went over to the the crypto dark side. Now there's all sorts of schadenfreude going on as crypto prices plummet. Some VCs are starting to admit (mostly in private) that they never really believed in crypto. Still, there's so much money. Just as I was leaving the city, Coinbase announced that it was brutally laying off 18% of its staff, locking them out of their emails before they even had time to say goodbye.We're overdue for a reckoning over who screwed over credulous investors with implausible SPAC deals. ~cough~ Chamath ~ cough ~ At least, Brad Gerstner's Altimeter led the PIPE on its own terrible Grab SPAC deal. Andreessen Horowitz still remains, probably, the biggest nemesis of many firms in Silicon Valley. Sure, Tiger blew up the startup world. But what Tiger did was so unlike anything venture capital firms were doing, so there's less professional jealousy. There are whispers that things aren't as copacetic internally at a16z as might appear from their highly choreographed public communications. It would seem that part of the explanation for the explosion of funds at the firm has been the explosion of egos. Instead of resolving interpersonal conflicts on the consumer fund, let's just create a gaming fund. In that light, it's pretty amazing that the firm couldn't figure out a way to keep Katie Haun. Consumer investing across the board seems challenged. What's going on over at Popshop, Lunchclub, Cameo, and Clubhouse just to name a few? I guess investors simply wishing consumer investing into being without a strong new thesis wasn't exactly an omen for the sector's inevitable success. (I will say that Whatnot and BeReal remain two consumer plays that I'm still following.) What will it mean for this generation of consumer investors? Benchmark's next generation consumer investor, Sarah Tavel, seems to have made her best investment in business-to-business company Chainalysis, last valued at $8.6 billion. Speaking of Benchmark, the firm deserves some credit for holding firm on its strategy as other venture firms' fund sizes got crazy. Sure, Benchmark probably could have made way more money if it topped up its own investments — but then it might be taking the heat that Benchmark favorite Altimeter is getting right now over its overexuberance. There's money and reputation to manage. Benchmark has always made enough money to value its reputation. (That's something Travis Kalanick, Adam Neumann, Nirav Tolia, etc. surely gripe about.)Last year's hype around venture capital firms indefinitely holding onto private companies long after they go public is looking like pure bubble thinking. Sequoia's timing on its all-in-one, hold indefinitely “The Sequoia Capital Fund” looks a little more like one of the excesses from the bull market. But limited partners seem too afraid to do anything to unwind the strategy shift that seems designed to enrich the firm's general partners. (Reach out to me if you have off-the-record intel on this.)Investors are dramatically slowing the pace of their investments. These funds are going to last years longer than they would have in bull times. Multi-stage investors seem more inclined to double-down on their existing portfolio companies than to make new bets. Bridge rounds are on everyone's lips. Still, I heard from investors who had made secret Series B and C investments in companies this year. It's a good time to make a bet on a company that got away for a hype-y Series A round.Startup founders think prospective employees want assurances that their company is really worth what the company says it is. Good private unicorns are in a bit of a bind. Prospective employees are now automatically giving their equity offers a mental haircut based on the market downturn. So good companies have an incentive to reaffirm their valuations with funding rounds during the downturn — even if it otherwise might be smarter to keep their valuations artificially low so as to maintain room to grow should conditions worsen. (I wish employees would get better at assessing companies based on fundamentals, rather than the last tick fundraising round. Employees are basically begging founders to maximize for valuation, which then minimizes employee upside.)Some small-to-medium sized companies are shopping themselves to their rival startups but it's not always clear why the competitor would want to buy. Why take on additional burn and headcount when all you might end up getting is leads on some new customers? Sure, you might do some venture capital firm a favor, but what's that really worth?There are some cracks in up-start media world. The most obvious tremor is at BuzzFeed where the stock has sunk 54% in a month. Reporters have been leaving in droves. Meanwhile, The Information lost one of its top editors — Martin Peers. He's long been a central figure over there. The Information's up-and-coming venture capital reporter Berber Jin departed to the Wall Street Journal, as did Sarah Krouse who will be covering Netflix for the Journal. Stephen Nellis returned to Reuters. Meanwhile spirits seem strong at my former employer, Bloomberg. The ascendance of the player-coach editor seems to have people upbeat. Sarah Frier is leading big tech coverage and Lucas Shaw (who has been a guest on Dead Cat) is running the show on Hollywood coverage. And somehow Bloomberg just lured back a former star reporter who had left to join the startup ranks: Alex Barinka — who left Bloomberg as a deals reporter to help launch Imran Khan's Verishop before going over to Stitch Fix — is joining Frier's team as a social media reporter based in LA. Next week I'm in Toronto for Collision where I'll be interviewing Uncork Capital's Andy McLoughlin, Real Ventures' Janet Bannister, and Left Lane Capital's Vinny Pujji on a panel Wednesday called “Survival of the leanest: The importance of being capital efficient.” Then, less than an hour later I'll interview General Catalyst's Hemant Taneja about responsible innovation. On Thursday, I'll ask “Has the tech bubble burst... again?!” in a panel with FirstMark's Matt Turck, Lux's Deena Shakir, and Neo Financial's Andrew Chau. Expect the most interesting tidbits in this newsletter late next week.Talking about Chesa Boudin on Dead CatMy first meeting in San Francisco started with a tour of The San Francisco Standard, the Michael Moritz-funded local news enterprise. My old editor Jonathan Weber — once the editor of tech media dot-com icon The Industry Standard — is the editor-in-chief over at the SF Standard. Weber, Dead Cat co-host Tom Dotan, and I met up for a nice dinner at The Morris in the Mission. After spending the evening discussing San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin's recall, Tom and I convinced Weber to come on the Dead Cat podcast and talk about the Standard and San Francisco politics.Tom thinks I'm going to get eviscerated by San Franciscans for my politics. This is something we've never seen before: a New Yorker opining on San Francisco local affairs. I did my best to offend conservatives and liberals alike, maligning the police while rooting for tech's ascendant influence on San Francisco politics. Weber makes the case for objective, follow-the-reporting local news and outlines the real issues underpinning the recall. He explains how money is simultaneously to blame and not to blame for Boudin's recall. And he defends the Standard against its critics for its influential story on Boudin's refusal to make drug arrests. We interrogate what Boudin's defeat means for the future of progressive politics and the city of San Francisco.Give it a listen.Read the automated transcript. Get full access to Newcomer at www.newcomer.co/subscribe

Sometimes you come across creators whose essence and energy so clearly match the products they create. Creative director and designer of fashion brand, The Line by K, Karla Deras is one of those people. She joins Verishop's Alex Barinka on this week's episode of the shoppable podcast to share how she develops her personal style and translates that into her clothing designs.Shop the episode on Verishop with free one-day shipping and free returns. And listen to the episode for  a special discount code for first-time customers.Sometimes you come across creators whose essence and energy so clearly match the products they create. Creative director and designer of fashion brand, the Line by K, Karla Deras is one of those people. She joins Verishop's Alex Barinka on this week's episode of the shoppable podcast to share how she develops her personal style and translates that into her clothing designs.In Karla and her designs, there’s a quiet confidence and effortlessness that makes you both admire and want to emulate them. And you wouldn’t be the only one. After being one of the early fashion bloggers, Karla has amassed a following that totals 150 thousand on Instagram alone. Plus, she's been able to maintain a rare level of true authenticity throughout building her online profile and her business.Hear how she did it on this week's episode. Then shop the looks discussed on the show on Verishop at verishop.com/inspo.

It may seem like a wild ride to go from extreme sports to clean skincare, but for this week’s guest on Verishop’s “Finding Inspo with Alex Barinka,” it was a natural path. Nima Jalali is a former pro-snowboarder and owner of Salt + Stone, a brand that started making non-toxic sunscreen for elite athletes and expanded into skincare and deodorant. On this week’s episode, hear how he channeled his work ethic into success in a new industry. Shop the episode on Verishop with free one-day shipping and free returns. And listen to the episode for  a special discount code for first-time customers.Pro athletes, particularly the extreme variety are very in-tuned with how their bodies are calibrated, and how everything you put on or in them can effect performance. That’s also why Nima Jalali designed Salt and Stone products to do more for your skin than just protect it from the sun.In an exclusive conversation with Verishop's Alex Barinka, Nima shares stories about his pro-snowboarding background and how he channeled that experience and vibe into Salt + Stone. Plus, he gives good reason and tips for guys to create better skincare habits, and the products that can make getting started easier.Listen to the episode, then shop the conversation on Verishop. For more behind-the-scenes content, follow host Alex Barinka on Instagram and Twitter.

The world of art collecting hasn't always been welcoming to outsiders, unless you’ve got a fat pocketbook and the right people on your contact list. And it’s been that way for centuries. But today’s guest on Verishop’s shoppable podcast thinks that more people should be able to get their hands on work from notable or up-and-coming artists. That’s why Kate Hoffman started Spacey Studios -- so folks like you and I can get our hands on a piece from a professional artist with the knowledge that the work is significant.Shop the episode on Verishop with free one-day shipping and free returns. And listen to the episode for  a special discount code for first-time customers.The world of art collecting hasn't always been welcoming to outsiders, unless you’ve got a fat pocketbook and the right people on your contact list. And it’s been that for centuries. But today’s guest on Verishop’s shoppable podcast thinks that more people should be able to get their hands on work from notable or up-and-coming artists. That’s why Kate Hoffman started Spacey Studios -- so folks like you and I can get our hands on a piece from a professional artist with the knowledge that the work is significant.From the ancient Egyptians to the Italian Renaissance, patrons were instrumental in designating certain artists or work as important. To put it simply: Rich citizens or government officials commissioned or sponsored works of art as a display of wealth or power, and the artist gained in stature.Then in the past two centuries, the market has largely been controlled by galleries. They function as a discerning middleman, deciding which artists’ work is in vogue, how much the pieces should be worth and whom they choose to sell them to. So if you wanted to start your own unique art collection but didn't know where to start, you're not alone. It’s a world that’s out of reach for most of us.With Spacey Studios, Kate has been able to take the best parts of the old guard -- an eye for talented artists and a passion for beautiful work -- and combine that with a direct-to-consumer business model that keeps the costs low. So you can get museum-quality, limited-edition art for your home at an accessible price point. And the pieces are stunning.In an exclusive chat with Verishop's Alex Barinka, Kate opened up about how she used her own frustration when trying to buy art for her home and channeled it into starting Spacey Studios. She'll tell you which of the artists whose work is sold on Verishop has blown up in popularity recently -- with their work selling for tens of thousands of dollars.And Kate and Alex have a frank conversation about how opaque industries can unfairly disadvantage the under-represented and suppress talented artists and makers.Listen to the episode, then shop the conversation on Verishop. For more behind-the-scenes content, follow host Alex Barinka on Instagram and Twitter.

Heritage-inspired tableware designer Richard Brendon and acclaimed wine critic Jancis Robinson combined forces to create one glass that suits all types of wine – and the pair succeeded. Richard gave us an exclusive inside look on how The Wine Glass came to be, informed by his history creating luxury drinkware and Jancis’s renowned expertise, on this week’s episode of Verishop’s shoppable podcast, “Finding Inspo with Alex Barinka.”Shop the show on Verishop with free one-day shipping and free returns. And listen to the episode for  a special discount code for first-time customers.In theory, a glass’s purpose is simple: Hold the liquid of one’s choice until it’s ready to be drank. The experts will tell you there’s much more to it than that. For Richard Brendon and Jancis Robinson, they felt that a wine glass should bring out the best of the drink on behalf of the drinker in an elegant, uncomplicated manner. It had to be the right size, shape and material, and it had to be beautifully constructed.While Jancis -- a Master of Wine, multiple James Beard Award-winner and adviser for Queen Elizabeth II’s cellar -- was able to bring unrivaled knowledge on how a glass can best suit the wine, it was Richard’s ability to turn this inspiration into reality that brought The Wine Glass into being. Richard approaches design with a reverence for the past and focus on functionality that’s enabled him to strike the winning balance of modern and timeless throughout his pieces. It’s this instinct that led to a wine glass that’s already beloved by sommeliers and discerning at-home wine drinkers globally. On this episode, host Alex Barinka wanted to started with Richard’s background, and how he smashed onto the luxury table and barware scene back when he was serving drinks in various pubs (and in sub-par glasses, no doubt) to make a living. He expanded his expertise from ceramics to glassware, including the brilliant cut-crystal Old Fashioned glasses sold on Verishop.It was this foray into the glass medium that opened up the door for the eventual designing of The Wine Glass, and the choice to have each and every piece hand-made by glass-blowing artisans. Tune in to the episode to hear the intriguing process by which Richard Brendon’s products are made and how they can enhance your at-home entertaining, plus exclusive details on his partnership with Jancis Robinson. Listen to the show, the shop the episode.For more behind-the-scenes content, follow host Alex Barinka on Instagram and Twitter.

Fermentation is having its moment with what you put in your body – from kombucha to kimchi. Now, Alison Cutlan, co-founder of biophile, is proving it could be the next big thing you put on your body. Just months after launching her skincare line, biophile’s flagship serum won Indie Beauty Expo’s “Best In Show.” The secret ingredient? Her proprietary fermented mushroom broth. Alison joins "Finding Inspo with Alex Barinka" to talk how science and nature combine for a simpler way of skincare.Alison, the formula’s creator, is an expert in green chemistry and nature-derived biological innovations, having spent two decades working in product development with global brands like Kiehls and Naturopathica. She wanted to create another option from the 12-step routines that some prefer for their skincare. Her three-product line is simple – just an essence, her award-winning serum and a face oil.Well, it’s simple for us. What goes into those bottles is incredibly complex. Each one is packed with only natural ingredients that benefit the skin, many of which are the product of biophile’s signature process, fermentation. Verishop’s Alex Barinka got to visit the biophile lab in Gowanus, Brooklyn, to see the scientific process behind the formulas herself, and was struck by the care that goes into every bottle.Nerd out with biophile's Alison Cutlan and Verishop's Alex Barinka as they talk about the unique science behind biophile and what it can do for your skin. And in a bonus this episode, hear from Jillian Wright, co-founder of Indie Beauty Expo, which awarded biophile the "Best In Show" award. Then, shop biophile's products below.And like every episode of "Finding Inspo with Alex Barinka," this one is also shoppable. Shop Alison and Alex's favorite products at Verishop.com/inspo. First-time Verishop shoppers can take 20% off their purchase with the code INSPOBIO (exclusions apply, valid through 3/26/20).Let host Alex Barinka how you are finding inspo from the episode on Instagram or Twitter and she may give you a shoutout on a future episode. See you soon!

People have been drinking tea for thousands of years. So how do you innovate on a product that’s been beloved for that long? For Par Avion Tea owner and chief creative officer, Alexandra Mysoor, the answer is to make it personal and make it delicious. She joins “Finding Inspo with Alex Barinka” to share how she reinvented the age-old beverage and the challenges she tackled in making something new.Legend has it that tea was first created around 3000 BCE when an emperor in China witnessed a leaf flutter into a pot of water his servant was boiling. Since then, it’s become an integral part of the cultural fabric in many Asian countries. India is one of the largest tea producers in the world, and the country consumes most of what it grows. The United Kingdom got tea by way of the storied East India Company in the 1600s. Then there was the Boston Tea Party, the iconic destruction of the natural beverage that helped spur the American Revolutionary War.This mini history lesson is to emphasize that tea has been around and at the forefront of peoples’ consciousness for a long time. That’s why podcast host and Verishop head of external affairs, Alex Barinka, wanted to talk to the woman behind Par Avion Tea. Alexandra has been able to take something so steeped in tradition and kept the heart of what tea is all about – the ritual and the comfort – and revamped it for today’s world with some delightful new elements and personality."I felt there was this huge opportunity to have luxury tea that was really fun," Alexandra said. "And I didn't quite know what that was going to mean yet because I felt kind of nervous about pushing the boundary of tea."Not only did Alexandra get real on this episode about the challenges in growing her business, she also shared the best tips and hacks for when and how to enjoy each and every tea sold on Verishop. Whether it's ways to make sure you're the hostess with the mostest, or the best beverage to wind down after a long day, she'll help you master making tea luxe and fun.And like every episode of "Finding Inspo with Alex Barinka," this one is also shoppable. Shop Joanna and Alex's favorite products at Verishop.com/inspo. First-time Verishop shoppers can take 20% off their purchase with the code INSPOTEA (exclusions apply, valid through 3/18/20).Let host Alex Barinka how you are finding inspo from the episode on Instagram or Twitter and she may give you a shoutout on a future episode. See you soon!

Julianne Moore, Elizabeth Moss, Rachel Brosnahan, Mindy Kaling: These are just a few of the celebrities that have trusted aesthetician Joanna Vargas to get their faces ready for events like the Oscars. On this episode of Verishop's shoppable podcast, “Finding Inspo with Alex Barinka,” Joanna divulges the key to red carpet-ready skin and how she turned her business into the preferred skincare spa to the stars.It’s a glam, glam world that Joanna works in, seemingly unreachable for most folks. It’s filled with tiny pores, porcelain skin and that lit-from-within glow. But she will be the first to tell you can’t get camera-ready skin with a facial alone – though they sure do help. Joanna takes a holistic whole body approach, what you eat, how stressed you are, what your consistent skincare routine is – not just visits to the experts at the spa.Joanna took a break from her busiest time of year to sit down with Verishop head of external affairs and host of the "Finding Inspo" podcast, Alex Barinka, at her lovely treatment center at the Sunset Tower Hotel in West Hollywood. She dishes on how she built her business and dishes on tips to up your skincare game.And like every episode of "Finding Inspo with Alex Barinka," this one is also shoppable. Shop Joanna and Alex's favorite products at Verishop.com/inspo. First-time Verishop shoppers can take 20% off their  purchase with the code INSPOJV (valid through 3/12/20).Let host Alex Barinka how you are finding inspo from the episode on Instagram or Twitter and she may give you a shoutout on a future episode. See you soon! 

Welcome to the first-ever shoppable podcast, brought to you from Verishop. These are the kind of folks whose brains we’re all dying to pick, and pick them, we will. You’ll hear from award-winning designers, fabulous first-time founders and even the conversations from live-event tapings. They’ll sit down each week with host Alex Barinka, head of external affairs and executive team member at Verishop, and former national TV and print journalist.Think of this as your audio inspo board -- a place to discover new brands and products, as well as new ideas to use in your own life. Because let’s be real, there are so many products out there and sometimes we want to know more about what makes them special. The guests’ expert backgrounds and the inspiration they harness are what help make their creations fabulous, and maybe even worth opening up your pocketbook for. And every single episode will be shoppable, with items selected by Alex and the guests based on their conversation.In season two, you’ll hear from guests like celebrity facialist Joanna Vargas, who took a break from awards season to dish on how she gets stars like Julianne Moore and Elizabeth Moss looking so fresh, and what you can do at home to get that movie star glow. We’ll have award-winning designer, Laurence Chandler, will take us behind the scenes on where he is finding inspo for his streetwear brand Rochambeau.You’ll also hear from a former pro snowboarder-turned skincare founder, an award-winning beauty brand maker and the Grandfather of Streetwear himself, in conversation with me at Project Vegas, one of the biggest men’s streetwear and contemporary fashion trade shows.Tune in every week, and we’ll make sure you’re finding inspo on what you should buy next. And shop every episode at Verishop.com/inspo.

Jeff Laub dreamt up the barber shop-bar combo, Blind Barber. If you haven’t been to one of the many locations, it’s the coolest concept. Walk in the front door, and you’re in a slick, fully operational barber shop with its own product line. Head on through the door in the back of the shop, and you’ll be welcomed into a bar that serves a mean negroni.But Jeff’s career didn’t start out a smashing success. Hear how he went from being a beauty school dropout to creator of the singularly successful Blind Barber on this week's episode. Then shop Jeff and Alex's favorite products.Every episode of "Finding Inspo with Alex Barinka" is shoppable through e-commerce company Verishop. Jeff and host Alex Barinka have curated their favorite products in the Finding Inspo store at verishop.com/inspo.New Verishop customers can take 20% off their first purchase with the code INSPOJL (exclusions may apply; code expires 30 days after episode publication and cannot be combined with other promotions).Follow the podcast on Twitter and Instagram at @inspopodcast and Alex Barinka on Twitter and Instagram at @alexbarinka.Tweet or comment to Alex on social media, or write a podcast review, about where you are finding inspo from this conversation, and she may read your takeaways on the next episode.This podcast is hosted and executive produced by Alex Barinka, who also serves as head of external affairs at Verishop. Special thanks to Wonder Media Network for editing and production support. See you soon!

In a world where there’s always another bright shiny object to chase, Kasey Boone proves that it pays to become an expert before becoming an influencer. The esthetician, owner of Glow Skincare spa, creator of Glow Skincare tools, co-host of the Beauty Biz BFFs podcast and social media influencer shares how she dug into the beauty industry with persistence and an appetite for risk.Every episode of "Finding Inspo with Alex Barinka" is shoppable through e-commerce company Verishop to help you discover new brands through their unique stories. Kasey and host Alex Barinka have curated their favorite products in the Finding Inspo store at verishop.com/inspo.New Verishop customers can take 20% off their first purchase with the code INSPOKB (exclusions may apply; code expires 30 days after episode publication and cannot be combined with other promotions).Follow the podcast on Twitter and Instagram at @inspopodcast and Alex Barinka on Twitter and Instagram at @alexbarinka.Tweet or comment to Alex on social media, or write a podcast review, about where you are finding inspo from this conversation, and she may read your takeaways on the next episode.This podcast is hosted and executive produced by Alex Barinka, who also serves as head of external affairs at Verishop. Special thanks to Wonder Media Network for editing and production support. See you soon!

The prospect of a career in nursing or acting on the soap opera, "One Life to Live," couldn't get in the way of Farmaesthetics founder Brenda Brock's heritage: Working with what's grown from the land. The daughter of seven generations of Texan farmers, Brenda shares how the "kitchen chemistry" of her childhood led to founding a clean beauty business years before the industry embraced non-toxic skincare.Every episode of "Finding Inspo with Alex Barinka" is shoppable through e-commerce company Verishop to help you discover new brands through their unique stories. Brenda and host Alex Barinka have curated their favorite products in the Finding Inspo store at verishop.com/inspo.New Verishop customers can take 20% off their first purchase with the code INSPOB (exclusions may apply; code expires 30 days after episode publication and cannot be combined with other promotions).Follow the podcast on Twitter and Instagram at @inspopodcast and Alex Barinka on Twitter and Instagram at @alexbarinka. Tweet or comment to Alex on social media, or write a podcast review, about where you are finding inspo from this conversation, and she may read your takeaways on the next episode.This podcast is hosted and executive produced by Alex Barinka, who also serves as head of external affairs at Verishop. Special thanks to Wonder Media Network for editing and production support. See you soon!

A serial innovator, Milo cookwear co-founder Zach Schau talks how being perceptive about your everyday life can lead to game-changing business ideas. Hear how he went from designing bikes to shaking up the cooking industry by beautifully rethinking one of the beloved kitchen tools: the Dutch Oven. Zach reveals his secret to creating a business in just 24 hours and dishes on his favorite recipes. Every episode of "Finding Inspo with Alex Barinka" is shoppable through e-commerce company Verishop to help you discover new brands through their unique stories. Zach and host Alex Barinka have curated their favorite products in the Finding Inspo store at verishop.com/inspo. New Verishop customers can take 20% off their first purchase with the code INSPOZ (exclusions may apply; code expires 30 days after episode publication and cannot be combined with other promotions). Follow the podcast on Twitter and Instagram at @inspopodcast and Alex Barinka on Twitter and Instagram at @alexbarinka. Tweet or comment to Alex on social media, or write a podcast review, about where you are finding inspo from this conversation, and she may read your takeaways on the next episode. This podcast is executive produced by Alex Barinka, who also serves as head of external affairs at Verishop. Special thanks to Wonder Media Network for editing and production support. See you soon!

Éva Goicochea saw sexual wellness as the last frontier in personal care, leading her to co-found Maude -- a company that creates products to make sex better. But building a company based on sex isn't without its challenges. Eva tapped her past experience as an early employee of direct-to-consumer retailer Everlane and working in health legislation to tackle the largely static industry. Every episode of "Finding Inspo with Alex Barinka" is shoppable through e-commerce company Verishop to help you discover new brands through their unique stories. Eva and host Alex Barinka have curated their favorite products in the Finding Inspo store at verishop.com/inspo. New Verishop customers can take 20% off their first purchase with the code INSPOEG (exclusions may apply; code expires 30 days after episode publication and cannot be combined with other promotions). Follow the podcast on Twitter and Instagram at @inspopodcast and Alex Barinka on Twitter and Instagram at @alexbarinka. Tweet or comment to Alex on social media, or write a podcast review, about where you are finding inspo from this conversation, and she may read your takeaways on the next episode. This podcast is executive produced by Alex Barinka, who also serves as head of external affairs at Verishop. Special thanks to Wonder Media Network for editing and production support. See you soon!

A veteran denim designer, having worked with the likes of Reformation and Revolve, this week's guest is Boyish Jeans founder Jordan Nodarse. On this episode, he opens up about how his career in fashion drove him to found a chic, sustainable denim company where doing better for the planet is just another cost of doing business. Every episode of "Finding Inspo with Alex Barinka" is shoppable through e-commerce company Verishop to help you discover new brands through their unique stories. Jordan and Alex have curated their favorite products in the Finding Inspo store at verishop.com/inspo. New Verishop customers can take 20% off their first purchase with the code INSPOJN (exclusions may apply; code expires 30 days after episode publication and cannot be combined with other promotions). Follow the podcast on Instagram at @inspopodcast and Alex Barinka on Twitter and Instagram at @alexbarinka. Tweet or comment to Alex on social media, or write a podcast review, about where you are finding inspo from this conversation, and she may read your takeaways on the next episode. This podcast is executive produced by Alex Barinka, who also serves as head of external affairs at Verishop. Special thanks to Wonder Media Network for editing and production support. See you soon!

What began as a suburban couple’s search for new sheets ended with the founding of a direct-to-consumer luxury bedding business. This week on the first shoppable podcast, Scott and Missy Tannen, the married co-founders of luxury bedding company Boll and Branch, share how their relentless curiosity led them to become a viral-marketing success. Just over five years in, Boll & Branch is already the biggest consumer of Fair Trade Certified organic cotton in the world -- but customers don't always care. Scott and Missy talk the realities of building an environmentally conscious business, how they created a unique brand in today's crowded consumer product landscape and the personal risks they took to accomplish it all (think five mortgages). Every episode of "Finding Inspo with Alex Barinka" is shoppable through e-commerce company Verishop to help you discover new brands through their unique stories. Scott, Missy and host Alex Barinka have curated their favorite products in the Finding Inspo store at verishop.com/inspo. New Verishop customers can take 20% off their first purchase with the code INSPOBB (exclusions may apply; code expires 30 days after episode publication and cannot be combined with other promotions). Follow the podcast on Instagram at @inspopodcast and Alex Barinka on Twitter and Instagram at @alexbarinka. Tweet or comment to Alex on social media, or write a podcast review, about where you are finding inspo from this conversation, and she may read your takeaways on the next episode. This podcast is executive produced by Alex Barinka, who also serves as head of external affairs at Verishop. Special thanks to Wonder Media Network for editing and production support. See you soon!

This week’s guest, Sheena Yaitanes, founder and CEO of Kosas, set out to make women's lives easier by creating makeup that's effortless and flattering. After setting aside her pursuit of a career in medicine, she turned to the arts and developed a keen eye for color that inspired a unique formulation process for her cosmetics line. Just four years old, Kosas already become the favorite of fashion editors and celebrities like Big Little Lies actress Laura Dern, and the entire color cosmetics line is clean. Sheena shared her realities that may hit home for many -- from how intimidating makeup can be to that crisis of confidence in the moments before unveiling work you care about to the world. She also revealed her current favorites from her makeup line, all of which are included in the Finding Inspo shop on Verishop. Every episode of "Finding Inspo with Alex Barinka" is [shoppable] through e-commerce company Verishop to help you discover new brands through their unique stories. Tony Melillo and host Alex Barinka have curated their favorite products in the Finding Inspo store at verishop.com/inspo. New Verishop customers can take 20% off their first purchase with the code INSPOSY (exclusions may apply; code expires 30 days after episode publication and cannot be combined with other promotions). Follow the podcast on Twitter and Instagram at @inspopodcast and Alex Barinka on Twitter and Instagram at @alexbarinka. Tweet or comment to Alex on social media, or write a podcast review, about where you are finding inspo from this conversation, and she may read your takeaways on the next episode. This podcast is executive produced by Alex Barinka, who also serves as head of external affairs at Verishop. Special thanks to Wonder Media Network for editing and production support. See you soon!

The shuttering of Tony Melillo’s first clothing line, Nova USA, could have stopped the designer in his tracks. It was the business that earned him a prestigious CFDA Award nomination. But armed with tenacity and self-reflection, he went on to develop a blockbuster line for popstar Selena Gomez before tackling a goal that’s infinitely more difficult because of its simplicity: create the perfect t-shirt. His decades in the fashion business, seemingly unending creative energy and appreciation for comfort and quality helped Tony take the humble tee and give it a relaxed elegance loved by celebrities from Dakota Johnson to Zac Ephron. Tony’s current brand, ATM Anthony Thomas Melillo, is his namesake -- his legacy venture. And he’s got a few tips for the rest of us looking to achieve a look of comfortable confidence. Every episode of "Finding Inspo with Alex Barinka" is [shoppable] through e-commerce company Verishop to help you discover new brands through their unique stories. Tony Melillo and host Alex Barinka have curated their favorite products in the Finding Inspo store at verishop.com/inspo. New Verishop customers can take 20% off their first purchase with the code INSPOATM (exclusions may apply; code expires 30 days after episode publication and cannot be combined with other promotions). Follow the podcast on Twitter and Instagram at @inspopodcast and Alex Barinka on Twitter and Instagram at @alexbarinka. Tweet or comment to Alex on social media, or write a podcast review, about where you are finding inspo from this conversation, and she may read your takeaways on the next episode. This podcast is executive produced by Alex Barinka, who also serves as head of external affairs at Verishop. Special thanks to Wonder Media Network for editing and production support. See you soon!

After Andrew Cinnamon spent years honing his eye under design icons Fabien Baron and Murray Moss, the fragrances made by his own company, Cinnamon Projects, emerged from an endeavor that was purely personal. Andrew and his partner, Charlie Stackhouse, archived a year’s worth of images that started as inspiration without a clear destination. In this episode, he’ll divulge how a luxe line of incense and holders emerged from the mass of visuals, coaxed out by the pair’s powers of creative distillation. Hear Andrew realize aloud how finely he walks the line between collecting inspiration and digital hoarding, discuss the interplay between memory and scent, and outline the importance of ritual. Every episode of "Finding Inspo with Alex Barinka" is shoppable through e-commerce company Verishop to help you discover new brands through their unique stories. Andrew Cinnamon and host Alex Barinka have curated their favorite products in the Finding Inspo store at verishop.com/inspo. New Verishop customers can take 20% off their first purchase with the code INSPOCP (exclusions may apply; code expires 30 days after episode publication and cannot be combined with other promotions). Follow the podcast on Twitter and Instagram at @inspopodcast and Alex Barinka on Twitter and Instagram at @alexbarinka. Tweet or comment to Alex on social media, or write a podcast review, about where you are finding inspo from this conversation, and she may read your takeaways on the next episode. This podcast is executive produced by Alex Barinka, who also serves as head of external affairs at Verishop. Special thanks to Wonder Media Network for editing and production support. See you soon!

Indie Lee was given less than six months to live, so she did what few of us would do: found a clean skincare company. On this episode of "Finding Inspo with Alex Barinka," Indie opens up about where she found her passion for living and how surviving a brain tumor sparked the idea for her company. We'll dig in to why clean beauty is here to stay and get specific about how to start making your routine a bit cleaner. You won't want to miss this heavy dose of life and career inspiration. Every episode of "Finding Inspo with Alex Barinka" is shoppable through e-commerce company Verishop to help you discover new brands through their unique stories. Indie Lee and host Alex Barinka have curated their favorite products in the Finding Inspo store at verishop.com/inspo. New Verishop customers can take 20% off their first purchase with the code INSPOINDIE (exclusions may apply; code expires 30 days after episode publication and cannot be combined with other promotions). Follow the podcast on Twitter and Instagram at @inspopodcast and Alex Barinka on Twitter and Instagram at @alexbarinka. Tweet or comment to Alex on social media, or write a podcast review, about where you are finding inspo from this conversation, and she may read your takeaways on the next episode. This podcast is executive produced by Alex Barinka, who also serves as head of external affairs at Verishop. Special thanks to Wonder Media Network for editing and production support. See you soon!

Finding Inspo with Alex Barinka digs in to how luminaries in fashion, design and social media turn inspiration into reality through the businesses they’ve founded and products they create. A former national journalist and current Head of External Affairs for e-commerce startup Verishop, Alex will lead her stylish guests in serving honest, vulnerable, entertaining real-talk that will inspire and educate. And in partnership with Verishop, every bi-weekly episode will be shoppable in a special Finding Inspo store curated by Alex and her guests at verishop.com/inspo. This show was produced by Alex Barinka with production and editorial support from Wonder Media Network.

Leslie Patton, Bloomberg News Consumer Reporter, explains how Millennials are disrupting Thanksgiving with tiny turkeys. Hema Parmar, Bloomberg News Retail Reporter, breaks down an unexpected drop in J.C. Penney earnings. Alex Barinka, Bloomberg News Deals Reporter, discusses a likely record-breaking lineup of 2019 tech IPO listings. Molly Smith, Bloomberg News Corporate Finance Reporter, discusses investors watching for the next debt-laden company headed for junk. And we Drive to the Close of the markets with Randy Watts, Chief Investment Strategist William O'Neil + Co.  Hosts: Carol Massar and Jason Kelly. Producer: Paul Brennan  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Leslie Patton, Bloomberg News Consumer Reporter, explains how Millennials are disrupting Thanksgiving with tiny turkeys. Hema Parmar, Bloomberg News Retail Reporter, breaks down an unexpected drop in J.C. Penney earnings. Alex Barinka, Bloomberg News Deals Reporter, discusses a likely record-breaking lineup of 2019 tech IPO listings. Molly Smith, Bloomberg News Corporate Finance Reporter, discusses investors watching for the next debt-laden company headed for junk. And we Drive to the Close of the markets with Randy Watts, Chief Investment Strategist William O'Neil + Co.  Hosts: Carol Massar and Jason Kelly. Producer: Paul Brennan 

Carol is joined by Steve Blitz, Chief U.S. Economist at TS Lombard, and Steve Wood, Chief Market Strategist at Russell Investments, to discuss Federal Reserve officials deciding to leave interest rates unchanged, acknowledging inflation is close to target. Mark Gurman, Bloomberg News Tech Reporter, breaks down Apple's successes following strong quarterly earnings. Beth Wozniak, CEO at nVent, talks about Pentair spinning off of its water and electrical businesses. Jitendra Waral, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Research Analyst, and Alex Barinka, Bloomberg News Deals Reporter, explain how a redesign, and other factors, is slowing down Snap. And we Drive to the Close with Oliver Pursche, Chief Market Strategist at Bruderman Brothers.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Carol is joined by Steve Blitz, Chief U.S. Economist at TS Lombard, and Steve Wood, Chief Market Strategist at Russell Investments, to discuss Federal Reserve officials deciding to leave interest rates unchanged, acknowledging inflation is close to target. Mark Gurman, Bloomberg News Tech Reporter, breaks down Apple’s successes following strong quarterly earnings. Beth Wozniak, CEO at nVent, talks about Pentair spinning off of its water and electrical businesses. Jitendra Waral, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Research Analyst, and Alex Barinka, Bloomberg News Deals Reporter, explain how a redesign, and other factors, is slowing down Snap. And we Drive to the Close with Oliver Pursche, Chief Market Strategist at Bruderman Brothers. 

David Welch, Bloomberg News Detroit Bureau Chief, discusses Tesla Model 3 production numbers as the company delivered 8,180 Model 3s in the first three months of the year. Connor O'Brien, CEO at O'Shares, talks about investing in small cap exchange traded funds. Alex Barinka, Bloomberg News Deals Reporter, and Mike Vorhaus, President at Magid Advisors, breakdown Spotify's direct listing and trading debut on the NYSE. Dennis Kelleher, CEO at Better Markets and Michael McKee, Bloomberg News International Economics & Policy Correspondent, discuss SF Fed President John Williams to become the next President of the NY Fed. And we Drive to the Close with Barry Bannister, Head of Institutional Equity Strategy at Stifel. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

David Welch, Bloomberg News Detroit Bureau Chief, discusses Tesla Model 3 production numbers as the company delivered 8,180 Model 3s in the first three months of the year. Connor O’Brien, CEO at O’Shares, talks about investing in small cap exchange traded funds. Alex Barinka, Bloomberg News Deals Reporter, and Mike Vorhaus, President at Magid Advisors, breakdown Spotify’s direct listing and trading debut on the NYSE. Dennis Kelleher, CEO at Better Markets and Michael McKee, Bloomberg News International Economics & Policy Correspondent, discuss SF Fed President John Williams to become the next President of the NY Fed. And we Drive to the Close with Barry Bannister, Head of Institutional Equity Strategy at Stifel.

Guest Host Pimm Fox speaks with Alex Barinka, Bloomberg News Deals Reporter, on file-sharing company Dropbox’s first day of trading on the Nasdaq. Mark Grant, Chief Global Strategist at B. Riley FBR, discusses the life of South Florida billionaire Wayne Huizenga. Dr. Ian J. Lustbader, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at NYU Medical, explains the risks and benefits of both medical and recreational marijuana. Jason van den Brand, CEO at Lenda, wants to speed up mortgage approval with his online platform. We Drive to the Close with Brent Schutte, Chief Investment Strategist at Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management. 

Guest Host Pimm Fox speaks with Alex Barinka, Bloomberg News Deals Reporter, on file-sharing company Dropbox's first day of trading on the Nasdaq. Mark Grant, Chief Global Strategist at B. Riley FBR, discusses the life of South Florida billionaire Wayne Huizenga. Dr. Ian J. Lustbader, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at NYU Medical, explains the risks and benefits of both medical and recreational marijuana. Jason van den Brand, CEO at Lenda, wants to speed up mortgage approval with his online platform. We Drive to the Close with Brent Schutte, Chief Investment Strategist at Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Jerry Paul, Portfolio Manager at Icon Advisers, discusses his value oriented bond management approach. John Love, CEO at US Commodity Funds, describes how to use exchange traded funds to invest in commodities. Bloomberg IPO reporter Alex Barinka breaks news on Spotify listing shares on the NYSE under the symbol “SPOT.”Spencer Soper, Bloomberg News Tech Reporter, explains why gun-control activists are demanding that Amazon pull NRA TV from their streaming service. We Drive to the Close with JJ Kinahan, Chief Market Strategist at TD Ameritrade. Cory and Pimm Fox recap today's “Movers and Shakers” and Bloomberg Stocks Editor Dave Wilson has his “Stock of the Day.”  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Jerry Paul, Portfolio Manager at Icon Advisers, discusses his value oriented bond management approach. John Love, CEO at US Commodity Funds, describes how to use exchange traded funds to invest in commodities. Bloomberg IPO reporter Alex Barinka breaks news on Spotify listing shares on the NYSE under the symbol “SPOT.”Spencer Soper, Bloomberg News Tech Reporter, explains why gun-control activists are demanding that Amazon pull NRA TV from their streaming service. We Drive to the Close with JJ Kinahan, Chief Market Strategist at TD Ameritrade. Cory and Pimm Fox recap today’s “Movers and Shakers” and Bloomberg Stocks Editor Dave Wilson has his “Stock of the Day.” 

We're about to be singing Auld Lang Syne to 2017. To welcome in the new year, deals reporter Alex Barinka is joined by deals editor Lizzie Fournier and deals reporter Matt Monks to discuss their outlook. Will 2018 see the return of the megamerger? Who's going to have to seek out takeovers to keep up with industry wide competitive changes? And what about those IPOs? All this and more in the final episode of this year.

The deals world was unable to escape the cloud of uncertainty that's followed the election of U.S. President Donald Trump. The value of announced M&A transactions in the U.S. fell by almost a third this year -- the lowest since 2013. Deals reporter Alex Barinka talks to her colleague Matt Monks and U.S. deals editor Lizzie Fournier about 2017’s Trump slump and the other major factors that characterized this year in deals.

Stitch Fix is  going public, confirming Bloomberg’s scoop from  back in March. The online delivery company collects information on customers’ style, size and price preferences and sends users five pieces of clothing for a $20 fee. And guess what? It’s profitable and has had steady revenue growth, with annual sales of $977 million in the year ending July 29. That’s what makes Stitch Fix so unusual, according to Bloomberg Gadfly columnist Shira Ovide and Bloomberg IPO reporter Alex Barinka. In an era of cash-burning, unprofitable startups that push to IPO, Stitch Fix stands out as a professionally run business, founded by CEO Katrina Lake, with a clean balance sheet.  

Last month, fashion lovers got a taste of what's going to be in this spring as designers and models took to runways from New York to London to Paris and Milan. But as customers look for instant gratification and retailers rush to get clothes on shelves faster, is New York Fashion Week as relevant and agenda-setting as it once was? Lindsey Rupp and Alex Barinka talk with Xcel Brands Chief Executive Officer Bob D'Loren, retail consultant Gabriella Santaniello, and Tricia Smith, the head of women's merchandising at Nordstrom.

Bill Rhodes, president and CEO of William Rhodes Global Advisors, talks about potential actions that could force China's hand on North Korea. George Mathew, CEO and chairman of Kespry, discusses the impact drones are having on changing blue-collar work, partnerships with Farmers Insurance and Deere and what lies ahead for the commercial drone industry. Jackie Baumgarten, CEO of Boatsetter, talks about the boat-sharing business and becoming the Airbnb for boats. Finally, Alex Barinka, an IPO reporter at Bloomberg, discusses how Blue Apron is losing customers after cutting spending.

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For U.S. IPOs, 2017 has been the year of the flop. Blue Apron has tanked since it started trading last month. Shares of Snap fetch less than $15, the lowest since its debut in March. And the Bloomberg U.S. IPO index has risen just 1.5 percent this year, underperforming the S&P 500's 10 percent gain. What's going on? Bloomberg IPO reporter Alex Barinka joins host Alex Sherman to explain the lackluster performance of Blue Apron and Snap, and how MuleSoft and Canada Goose have avoided the same fate. 

Salient's Ben Hunt talks about how the Fed's new "reaction function" to data won't be as investor-friendly as was before. Stephen Gandel, a Bloomberg Gadfly columnist, tells Pimm Fox why there's little reason to fear an "Amazonopoly" with the Whole Foods deal. Bloomberg IPO reporter Alex Barinka talks about Blue Apron's IPO and how the Amazon-Whole Foods deal may have impacted the offering. Finally, Bloomberg's Yalman Onaran discusses how easier bank stress tests could mean U.S. banks will put about $30 billion more cash in shareholder's pockets.

Is Blue Apron a technology company or a grocery delivery service? How investors answer that question will go a long way toward setting a valuation for the venture capital-backed startup that's gearing up to go public. Blue Apron filed its S-1 last week, a proverbial box of goodies (not food) for potential shareholders. Bloomberg reporter Alex Barinka explains Blue Apron's growth story, its considerable challenges, and its plan to become a multibillion dollar public company to host Alex Sherman.

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Is Snap Inc. the next Facebook or the next Twitter (or worse)? Bloomberg reporters Sarah Frier and Alex Barinka each take a side, giving listeners the bear and the bull arguments for investing in the technology industry's biggest initial public offering in more than three years. Snap's looking to raise about $3.2 billion, offering 200 million share for $14 to $16 each. But the company's long-term future is the real question. Frier and Barinka debate, moderated by host Alex Sherman.

Snapchat (OK, Snap Inc.) has hired banks to run its initial public offering. Morgan Stanley is running the show, a return to potential glory after fumbling Facebook's IPO. Meanwhile, Twitter, whose IPO with Goldman Sachs garnered praise, is publicly stumbling in its quest to find a buyer. Bloomberg IPO reporter Alex Barinka tells host Alex Sherman why Snap is looking to both social media companies for lessons -- not just on how to go public but how to operate as a public company.

The numbers speak for themselves. So far this year, just 70 companies sold shares to the public for the first time. That's half the pace of last year and a fraction of the 213 IPOs during the same period in 2014. Why are companies staying private longer, or selling themselves, instead of going public? Does 2017 herald a revival of the IPO market, or should we expect more of the same? Bloomberg IPO reporter Alex Barinka explains to host Alex Sherman why companies decide to go public and what's on tap for next year.