Podcasts about Duolingo

Have you ever finished a book you dislike just to say you've finished it? Have you loaded up Duolingo at 11:55pm to keep the streak alive? Have you felt the crushing disappointment of realising you forgot to record your run for Strava?  If so, metrics might be controlling your life. And philosopher C. Thi Nguyen, my guest on today's episode of Nudge, thinks that's a problem. Nguyen believes that our lives are increasingly organised around metrics and that these rankings don't just track what we value. They replace it. This episode contains some explicit language.  ---  Get Thi's book The Score: https://amzn.to/4fsqxTD Unlock the Nudge Vaults: ⁠https://www.nudgepodcast.com/vaults⁠  Join 12,411 readers of my newsletter: ⁠https://www.nudgepodcast.com/mailing-list  Connect on LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/phill-agnew/⁠ --- Today's sources: Nguyen, C. T. (2026). The Score: How to stop playing somebody else's game. Penguin Press.

The business world was buzzing when Burger King posted 8.5% same-store sales growth in the US, beating McDonald’s by the widest margin in at least two years. Meanwhile, Wendy’s dropped 7%, losing its number two spot in American fast food. But is this turnaround as impressive as the headlines suggest? Through the lens of category design, the story looks very different from what most business journalists are telling you. On this episode of The Pirate Street Journal, Christopher , Eddie, and Bri break down what is really happening with Burger King and the fast food wars, why Reddit has become the most valuable and most manipulated room on the internet, and whether mascots are a genuine brand asset or just a sign that a company has nothing real to say. What emerged was a masterclass in how companies confuse marketing wins with actual category leadership. This is just some of the topics that Pirates Christopher Lochhead, Eddie Yoon and Bri Clark discuss on this episode of The Pirate Street Journal. Each week, the Category Pirates pick three headlines worth paying attention to and break down the category underneath. You're listening to Christopher Lochhead: Follow Your Different. We are the real dialogue podcast for people with a different mind. So get your mind in a different place, and hey ho, let's go.   Burger King’s Growth Numbers Do Not Tell the Whole Story When Burger King rebuilt the Whopper with a premium bun, new mayo, and a box instead of a wrapper, it made headlines. CEO Tom Curtis started taking personal calls from customers, reportedly logging over 3,300 conversations. These are real operational improvements, and the marketing shift from stunt-driven content to customer-celebrating campaigns like “You Rule” shows genuine progress. However, as the panel pointed out, you do not deposit percentages into a bank account. Franchise profit per location actually dropped from roughly $205,000 to $185,000, hammered by record beef prices. The chain making less money per store is winning traffic, but not building wealth. Marketing can improve perception, but it cannot solve for a weak category position.   Why Burger King Cannot Win by Fighting for Number Two The deeper issue is that Burger King has spent decades trying to be a better version of McDonald’s rather than something genuinely different. McDonald’s has far more locations and is legendary for speed and consistency. Premium burger brands like Five Guys and Shake Shack own the taste-driven, quality-focused space. Burger King is caught in the middle, without a clear category to own. The contrast with In-N-Out Burger is striking. In-N-Out has been owned by one family since its founding, has never franchised, has never gone public, and operates with one of the simplest menus in fast food history. The result is that customers do not say they want a burger. They say they want In-N-Out. That is what a category of one looks like, and it is the standard Burger King should be measuring itself against.   What Reddit and Mascots Teach Us About Category Thinking The Reddit story carries a powerful lesson that connects directly to Burger King’s situation. Brands are paying agencies thousands of dollars a month to plant fake organic reviews on the one platform consumers trust precisely because nothing there is bought. The panel argued that the real opportunity on Reddit is not manipulation. It is listening. Angry customers are not indifferent customers. They are passionate ones who can be flipped into advocates with radical generosity and a genuine point of view. The mascot trend follows the same pattern. Crocs, Liberty Mutual, Stanley Black and Decker, and others are launching brand characters, but research shows a mascot needs more than three years of consistent use before it delivers measurable results. Most marketing teams do not have three years. Duolingo’s Green Owl succeeded because one person committed to it consistently over five years and built something culturally meaningful. A mascot, like any marketing asset, cannot substitute for a clear category. It can only amplify one that already exists. To hear about the topics in this week's The Pirate Street Journal, download and listen to this episode. You can also read more Pirate Street Journal entries in the Category Pirates newsletter.   We hope you enjoyed this episode of Christopher Lochhead: Follow Your Different™! Christopher loves hearing from his listeners. Feel free to email him, connect on Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), LinkedIn, and subscribe on Apple Podcast / Spotify!

Welcome to another episode of LIFTS, where we explore the future of fitness, wellness and human performance. In this episode, hosts Matthew Januszek and Mohammed Iqbal unpack the findings from the ABC Fitness Wellness Watch: Summer 2026 – The Reinforcement Shift report and explore what the latest consumer data tells us about the changing fitness industry. For years, the industry has focused on access, inspiration, new equipment, new workouts and attracting more members. But the latest data suggests the bigger opportunity isn't simply getting people to join; it's helping them keep going. With new gym joins down 9% year-on-year, but existing members showing greater consistency, Matthew and Mo discuss why accountability, reinforcement and habit formation could become increasingly important for operators. They explore why Gen Z now represents 46% of new gym joins, what fitness can learn from Duolingo's approach to creating long-term habits, and why the growing home fitness community could represent both an opportunity and a challenge for traditional gyms. The conversation also looks at Peloton's evolving business model, the role of personalisation, and how AI could give operators new ways to understand, communicate with and support members both inside and outside the gym. Ultimately, the question is shifting from who owns the member to who owns the habit? In this episode, we cover: Why the fitness industry has a habit problem Why 46% of new gym joins are Gen Z What fitness can learn from Duolingo about habit formation Why consumers are spending more on studio fitness The growing home fitness community Peloton, personalisation and connected fitness Why gyms need to think beyond what happens inside their four walls How AI could transform member engagement and retention Why the future could belong to the brands that own the habit

Everyone wants the AI visibility tool with the free trial and the dashboard. We don't have one to sell you, and neither does anyone else—because if AI isn't recommending your brand, that's usually a trust problem wearing a tooling costume.  In this week's Spin Sucks podcast episode, Gini Dietrich makes the case that trust is a supply chain with stations you cannot skip, and she walks through the three shortcuts that failed in public last year. You'll also learn why getting cited by an AI engine isn't the finish line, and how to tell an awareness problem from a belief problem. Read the full article: https://spinsucks.com/communication/ai-visibility-trust/  Links: Take the free PESO Model® Diagnostic: https://spinsucks.com/self-peso-diagnostic/ PESO Model® Certification: https://spinsucks.com/peso-model-certification/  The full eight-week arc, from the CMO operating system post through the Duolingo diagnostic, is at spinsucks.com

Every Wednesday and Friday in August we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2026, in case you missed them, with an introduction from the editorial team to explain why we've chosen it. This week, from March: Once violently defended from extinction, Welsh is still a part of daily life. By learning my family's language, I hoped to join their conversation By Dan Fox. Read by Matt Addis. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

Focus du jour sur Duolingo : de son envol spectaculaire à sa chute de 60%, et ce que le relèvement de recommandation d'hier dit sur un possible retournement. Une histoire d'action qui a tout connu en trois ans. Et comme d'habitude, le reste de l'actu : les minutes de la Fed qui tombent ce soir, un baril qui remonte sur fond de tensions au Moyen-Orient, et les résultats d'entreprises, du beat en demi-teinte de Home Depot à la dégringolade de La-Z-Boy. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Duolingo built the internet's favorite brand on rented land—the best shared media engine on the planet, run through one green owl on platforms it doesn't control. In this month's PESO Model® Diagnostic, Gini Dietrich looks at what the legend leaves out: an owned media record too thin to defend the brand when the 2025 "AI-first" backlash hit. You'll learn why Duo's chaos is actually disciplined character work, why AI engines ignore your funniest channel and cite your machine-readable record instead, and the three fixes that apply to any brand being told to "just go viral." Read the full article: https://spinsucks.com/communication/duolingo-peso-model-diagnostic/ Links: Take the free PESO Model® Diagnostic: https://spinsucks.com/self-peso-diagnostic/ PESO Model® Certification: https://spinsucks.com/peso-model-certification/  The series so far: Budweiser, Liquid Death, Peppa Pig, and HubSpot at spinsucks.com

Are we currently experiencing a Yiddish renaissance? This is one of the questions we are often asked at YIVO. YIVO's own community of Yiddish learners has expanded more than 10-fold in the last two years. Duolingo has added Yiddish as a language. Headline after headline touts Yiddish as unexpectedly alive and well. What does this all mean for Yiddish in the 21st century? Join YIVO for a conversation about the Yiddish world today. Led by YIVO's Director of Public Programs Alex Weiser, this program will feature journalist and playwright Rokhl Kafrissen, scholar and In Geveb Editor-in-chief Jessica Kirzane, scholar and Yiddish podcast founder and host Sandra Fox, and YIVO's Director of Education Ben Kaplan. This panel discussion originally took place on June 1, 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Are we currently experiencing a Yiddish renaissance? This is one of the questions we are often asked at YIVO. YIVO's own community of Yiddish learners has expanded more than 10-fold in the last two years. Duolingo has added Yiddish as a language. Headline after headline touts Yiddish as unexpectedly alive and well. What does this all mean for Yiddish in the 21st century? Join YIVO for a conversation about the Yiddish world today. Led by YIVO's Director of Public Programs Alex Weiser, this program will feature journalist and playwright Rokhl Kafrissen, scholar and In Geveb Editor-in-chief Jessica Kirzane, scholar and Yiddish podcast founder and host Sandra Fox, and YIVO's Director of Education Ben Kaplan. This panel discussion originally took place on June 1, 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/jewish-studies

Are we currently experiencing a Yiddish renaissance? This is one of the questions we are often asked at YIVO. YIVO's own community of Yiddish learners has expanded more than 10-fold in the last two years. Duolingo has added Yiddish as a language. Headline after headline touts Yiddish as unexpectedly alive and well. What does this all mean for Yiddish in the 21st century? Join YIVO for a conversation about the Yiddish world today. Led by YIVO's Director of Public Programs Alex Weiser, this program will feature journalist and playwright Rokhl Kafrissen, scholar and In Geveb Editor-in-chief Jessica Kirzane, scholar and Yiddish podcast founder and host Sandra Fox, and YIVO's Director of Education Ben Kaplan. This panel discussion originally took place on June 1, 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/language

Roletas, moedas, check-ins, ofensivas e barras de progressão apareceram em bancos, marketplaces, aplicativos educacionais e plataformas de apostas. Todos estão disputando o mesmo recurso: a atenção do usuário.Neste episódio, Paulo Chiodi conversa com Amanda Farias sobre como Duolingo, Shopee, Itaú, iFood e outros produtos aplicam gamificação para estimular progressão, aumentar sessões, converter vendas e criar novos hábitos.Amanda apresenta um framework que separa a gamificação em três camadas: dinâmicas, mecânicas e componentes. Essa distinção mostra por que copiar uma roleta ou distribuir pontos dificilmente produz uma estratégia consistente.A conversa também aborda o limite entre engajamento saudável e manipulação, a diferença entre jogo e gamificação e um problema que costuma aparecer depois do primeiro resultado: como manter o usuário interessado quando a novidade perde o efeito?Neste episódio:Por que tantos aplicativos adotaram gamificaçãoO que Duolingo, Itaú e Shopee fazem de maneira diferenteA diferença entre dinâmica, mecânica e componenteComo começar pelo problema de negócioPor que uma roleta não constitui uma estratégiaComo a gamificação altera tempo de sessão e conversãoOnde o engajamento pode se transformar em manipulaçãoPor que as mecânicas perdem efeito com o tempoO que fazer depois que o usuário engajaLinks mencionadosArtigo sobre Duolingo: https://www.productgurus.com.br/p/duolingo-uma-maquina-de-retencaoLinkedIn de Amanda Farias: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanda-farias-16334b97/Capítulos:00:00 Por que todo aplicativo virou um jogo01:22 A nova corrida pela atenção05:11 Duolingo, bets e intenções diferentes08:54 A apresentação de gamificação11:43 O reCAPTCHA visto como mecânica de jogo16:58 Gamificação precisa gerar emoção positiva?20:03 Dinâmicas, mecânicas e componentes27:31 Como identificar gamificação nos aplicativos29:07 A estratégia de progressão do Duolingo35:59 Duolingo versus aplicativos asiáticos36:20 Como a Shopee aumenta o tempo de sessão42:58 Engajamento ou manipulação?47:21 A verdade incômoda sobre gamificação

Watch the YouTube version of this episode HEREWhat if your law firm's case management system was designed to be as engaging as Duolingo or TikTok?In this episode, Tyson breaks down an experiment he is currently testing inside his own law firm: using the psychology behind habit-forming apps to make everyday work more engaging.Tyson shares how his firm is building features like daily streaks, personalized quests, team wins, badges, rewards, and even mini games directly into its case management system. But the goal is not to make employees addicted to work. Instead, Tyson explains how these same behavioral principles can be used with intentional guardrails to help employees know what to work on, recognize progress, and make completing important tasks a little more enjoyable.In this episode, we dive into:Why Tyson decided to gamify his law firm's case management systemThe four-part “hook model” behind many habit-forming productsHow variable rewards keep people coming back to apps like TikTok and InstagramUsing AI to create a personalized daily list of important tasksWhy Tyson built streaks—and “streak freezes”—into his firm's systemHow automated recognition can celebrate employee wins without creating unhealthy competitionWhy Tyson is hesitant to use traditional employee leaderboardsThe importance of giving productivity systems an actual finish lineHow to use behavioral psychology without encouraging employees to work constantlyWhy Tyson built a “kill switch” into the system in case gamification creates unintended consequencesTyson also explains how the firm's new “Daily Run” identifies important work from each employee's real task queue, including client communication, overdue tasks, and upcoming deadlines. Once employees complete their most important work, they can earn rewards and maintain their streak while still having a clear stopping point for the day.Timestamps00:00 — Why Tyson is making his case management system more addictive03:00 — The psychology behind habit-forming platforms05:00 — Why law firms are competing with social media for employee attention07:00 — Building streaks and rewards into everyday work09:00 — The five hooks law firms can borrow from social media10:00 — Using AI to create a personalized Daily Run14:00 — Tracking work and employee activity inside the firm16:00 — Variable rewards tied to real accomplishments19:00 — Streaks, loss aversion, and giving employees grace21:00 — Social validation without ranking employees24:00 — Why every productivity system needs a finish line26:00 — Building guardrails and a kill switch into gamificationIf you are looking for ways to get your team more engaged with the systems your firm already uses, this episode offers a fascinating look at how behavioral psychology, AI, and gamification could change the way work gets done inside a law firm.

Hier geht's zum neuen ETF von Scalable Capital: Hier klicken. Hubspot, Figma, Datadog, Duolingo und AppLovin verlieren zweistellig. Honeywell Aerospace enttäuscht und erstaunt. WPP feiert Comeback. Drastic Dave pusht Guinness hoch und Mitarbeiter raus. Aschenbrenner investiert wieder. Siemens (WKN: 723610) liefert Rekord-Auftragseingang dank KI-Rechenzentren, verliert aber trotzdem. Telekom (WKN: 555750) hebt Cashflow-Prognose an und schüttet bis zu 10 Mrd. € aus. Uber (WKN: A2PHHG) so günstig wie nie. KGV bei 17, Wachstum bei 12%, Werbebusiness boomt. Doch 10 Mrd. $ für Robotaxis sind ein Risiko. Gewinnt am Ende, wer die Nutzer hat? Diesen Podcast vom 07.08.2026, 3:00 Uhr stellt dir die Podstars GmbH (Noah Leidinger) zur Verfügung. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Elecia and Christopher celebrate winning the IEEE Educational Activities Board Meritorious Achievement Award in Outreach and Informal Education! A huge thank you to Mark Omo and the wonderful listeners who submitted nomination letters. Chris and Elecia talk about learning Hungarian to qualify Chris for an EU passport. They also cover Cory Doctorow's new book The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI, smart ways to hand off codebases, and the most valuable skills they've relied on through their engineering careers. DISCUSSION RESOURCES & LINKS AWARDS & MILESTONES: IEEE Educational Activities Board Meritorious Achievement Award in Outreach and Informal Education "For creating and sustaining Embedded.fm, a long-running technical engineering podcast that bridges academic theory and industry practice, champions underrepresented groups in STEM, addresses professional ethics, and provides informal technical mentorship to a global audience." Huge thanks to Mark Omo for submitting the nomination and to the other nominators for advocating for our work. To the 450+ guests—artists, makers, educators, entrepreneurs, and traditional engineers—who have generously shared their time and deep expertise with us: this award belongs to you too. And to our incredible global listener community: thank you for tuning in, sharing episodes with your colleagues, and keeping the STEM pipeline strong. If Embedded.fm has ever helped you solve a tricky bug, navigate a career transition, or stay inspired in hardware/software design, we'd love for you to celebrate with us by sharing your favorite episode with an early-career engineer or student this week! Embedded episode 501: Inside the Armpit of a Giraffe, an interview with biologist Meredith Palmer and engineer Akiba, won a Communicator Award for an Individual Episodes-Science & Technology, Distinction 2026. BOOKS & READING LIST: The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI by Cory Doctorow Programmers at Work: Interviews With 19 Developers Who Shaped the Computer Industry by Susan Lammers (1986) Embedded AI: Intelligence at the Deep End by David Such (No Starch Press, Early Access) TECHNICAL & LANGUAGE MENTIONS: The Hungarian phrase "Boldog vagyok" ("I am happy"). Elecia's Duolingo page Zephyr RTOS and embedding Rust libraries into Zephyr environments Memfault observability, CSV data extractions, and battery performance analytics AI models escaping sandboxes (The OpenAI and Anthropic benchmark incidents) Transcript

De directie van de Duitse Commerzbank bleef het maar proberen: de cijfers opkrikken om weerbaar te blijven tegen een vijandige overname. Nou, het opkrikken van die cijfers, dat is gelukt. Commerzbank gaat bovendien door met het inkopen van eigen aandelen. Maar het verzet tegen de overname, dat wordt nu toch gestaakt. De top van Commerzbank is in gesprek met Unicredit, bevestigen ze vandaag. We maken de balans op en onderzoeken of de bank nu sterker is geworden door deze vijandige overname, of niet. Over overnames gesproken: de kogel lijkt bijna door de kerk bij Easyjet. De Amerikaanse investeringsmaatschappijen Castlelake en Apollo waren in een biedingenstrijd verwikkeld. Maar die eerste trekt zijn bod nu in, waardoor die tweede er met de winst vandoor lijkt te gaan. Toch houden beleggers nog een slag om de arm. Waarom? Ook dat gaan we bespreken. . En je hoort over een broekie op de AEX: SBM Offshore. Dat wordt de hemel in geprezen na goeie cijfers en een nog betere outlook. Of het bedrijf een blijvertje is aan de AEX, hoor je ook in deze aflevering. Vertellen we ook nog: Hoe het oerdegelijke Siemens verandert in een AI-bedrijf, inclusief zeurende aandeelhouders Over een tegenvaller bij Rheinmetall Waarom personeel van Bank of America aan de Ozempic moet Te gast: Thomas Pellegrom van ABN Amro MeesPierson BNR Beurs is een journalistiek onafhankelijke productie, mede mogelijk gemaakt door Saxo. Over de makers: Jelle Maasbach is presentator van BNR Beurs en freelance financieel journalist. Zijn favoriete aandeel om over te praten is Disney, maar daar lijkt hij de enige in te zijn. Sinds de eerste uitzending van BNR Beurs is 'ie er bij. Maxim van Mil is presentator van BNR Beurs en journalist bij BNR, waar hij zich focust op de financiële markten en ontwikkelingen in de tech-wereld. Je krijgt hem het meest enthousiast als hij kan praten over ASML, of oer-Hollandse bedrijven zoals Ahold of ABN Amro. Jorik Simonides is presentator van BNR Beurs, economieredacteur en verslaggever bij BNR. Hij wordt er vooral blij van als het een keer níet over AI gaat. Je hoort hem ook in de BNR-podcast Moerdijk: dorp van de rekening. Milou Brand is presentator van BNR Beurs, freelance podcastmaker en columnist bij het Financieele Dagblad. Jochem Visser is presentator van BNR Beurs, maakt Beursnerd XL en is redacteur bij de podcast Onder Curatoren. Vraag hem naar obscure zaken op financiële markten en hij vertelt je waarom het eigenlijk nóg leuker is dan je al dacht. Over de podcast: Met BNR Beurs ga je altijd voorbereid de nieuwe beursdag in. We praten je in een kleine 25 minuten bij over alle laatste ontwikkelingen op de handelsvloer. We blijven niet alleen bij de AEX of Wall Street, maar vertellen je ook waar nog meer kansen liggen. En we houden het niet bij de cijfers, maar zoeken ook iedere dag voor je naar duiding van scherpe gasten en experts. Of je nu een ervaren belegger bent of net begint met je eerste stappen op de beurs, de podcast biedt waardevolle inzichten voor je beleggingsstrategie. Door de focus op zowel de korte termijn als de lange termijn, helpt BNR Beurs luisteraars om de ruis van de markt te scheiden van de essentie.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Während Dow Jones und S&P 500 auf neue Rekordhochs zusteuern, gerät der Technologiesektor erneut unter Druck. Das Motto des Tages lautet: Gute Ergebnisse reichen nicht mehr aus, und schwache werden konsequent abgestraft. Besonders deutlich zeigt sich das bei Software und Halbleitern. AppLovin, HubSpot, Figma, SanDisk und Western Digital legten überwiegend solide Quartalszahlen vor, doch verfehlten entweder die außergewöhnlich hohen Erwartungen oder enttäuschten mit dem Ausblick. Selbst Figma, das Umsatz, Gewinn und Prognose anhob, gerät unter Druck, weil die operative Marge trotz der starken Entwicklung nicht weiter angehoben wurde. HubSpot wird nach einem vorsichtigen Ausblick und zahlreichen Abstufungen der Analysten massiv verkauft, während AppLovin trotz überwiegend bestätigter Kaufempfehlungen mehrere deutliche Kurszielsenkungen hinnehmen muss. Gleichzeitig belastet die Schwäche im Speichersektor den gesamten KI-Komplex, obwohl SanDisk und Western Digital sowohl Umsatz als auch Gewinn steigern konnten. Positiv stechen dagegen eBay, Expedia, MercadoLibre, DoorDash, Block und Duolingo mit überwiegend starken Zahlen hervor, während Eli Lilly und Shopify von mehreren Analysten mit höheren Kurszielen unterstützt werden. Makroseitig stehen heute die Erstanträge auf Arbeitslosenhilfe und die Produktivitätsdaten im Fokus. Geopolitisch warten die Märkte weiter auf konkrete Details zur Vereinbarung zwischen Iran und Oman über die Straße von Hormus. Ein Podcast - featured by Handelsblatt. ► Entdecke den exklusiven NordVPN Deal! Jetzt risikofrei testen mit einer 30-Tage-Geld-zurück-Garantie: https://nordvpn.com/wallstreet * ► Erhalte einen exklusiven 15% Rabatt auf Saily eSIM Datentarife! Lade die Saily-App herunter und benutze den Code wallstreet beim Bezahlen: https://saily.com/wallstreet * +++ Alle Rabattcodes und Infos zu unseren Werbepartnern findet ihr hier: https://linktr.ee/wallstreet_podcast +++ ► Mehr Einblicke: https://bit.ly/360wallstreetpc * Impressum: https://www.360wallstreet.de/impressum *Werbung

Wir sehen auf Ebene der Tech-Werte stärkere Verwerfungen. Das Motto des Tages lautet: Gute Ergebnisse reichen nicht mehr aus, und schwache werden konsequent abgestraft. Besonders deutlich zeigt sich das bei Software und Halbleitern. AppLovin, HubSpot, Figma, SanDisk und Western Digital legten überwiegend solide Quartalszahlen vor, doch verfehlten entweder die außergewöhnlich hohen Erwartungen oder enttäuschten mit dem Ausblick. Selbst Figma, das Umsatz, Gewinn und Prognose anhob, gerät unter Druck, weil die operative Marge trotz der starken Entwicklung nicht weiter angehoben wurde. HubSpot wird nach einem vorsichtigen Ausblick und zahlreichen Abstufungen der Analysten massiv verkauft, während AppLovin trotz überwiegend bestätigter Kaufempfehlungen mehrere deutliche Kurszielsenkungen hinnehmen muss. Gleichzeitig belastet die Schwäche im Speichersektor den gesamten KI-Komplex, obwohl SanDisk und Western Digital sowohl Umsatz als auch Gewinn steigern konnten. Positiv stechen dagegen eBay, Expedia, MercadoLibre, DoorDash, Block und Duolingo mit überwiegend starken Zahlen hervor, während Eli Lilly und Shopify von mehreren Analysten mit höheren Kurszielen unterstützt werden. Makroseitig stehen heute die Erstanträge auf Arbeitslosenhilfe und die Produktivitätsdaten im Fokus. Geopolitisch warten die Märkte weiter auf konkrete Details zur Vereinbarung zwischen Iran und Oman über die Straße von Hormus. Abonniere den Podcast, um keine Folge zu verpassen! ____ Folge uns, um auf dem Laufenden zu bleiben: • X: http://fal.cn/SQtwitter • LinkedIn: http://fal.cn/SQlinkedin • Instagram: http://fal.cn/SQInstagram

We're popping into the feed with a special episode. Leah and Graylin share their best reads of the year so far along with their least favorite…listen for some hot takes on popular titles!“Read every day – it is a practice that dignifies humans. Become a great reader of books and it will help you with reality, you'll more easily grasp the truth of things and that will set you up for life. And don't expose your brain to low-quality art forms because there will be a certain measure of pollution.” — Susie Boyt, Loved and MissedTHINGS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:Best:A Long Game: Notes on Writing Fiction by Elizabeth McCrackenTender Is the Flesh by Agustina BazterricaThe Capital of Dreams by Heather O'NeillWatership Down by Richard AdamsEvery Exit Brings You Home by Naeem MurrLost Lambs by Madeline CashStrangers: A Memoir of Marriage by Belle BurdenThe Land and Its People by David SedarisDavid Sedaris on his Duolingo obsession: ‘Today is the last day,' I told myself – but I was powerless to stopMake Believe: On Telling Stories to Children by Mac BarnettThe My Friends series by Jane DuncanLoved and Missed by Susie BoytWorst:Theo of Golden by Allen LeviWhistler by Ann Patchett

Introduction“How did your Spanish get so good?” a well-meaning gringa (American) asks me, gaping. She's been in Roma Norte for six months, trying to improve her Spanish by taking classes. Unsurprisingly, that wasn't going well for her.“It's a long story,” I shrug. My last four and a half years of romantic date spots and spontaneous hookups flash before my eyes. I remember all the Mexican men who patiently listened to me during my broken-fluency phase, probably because they wanted to get into my underwear. “I've found that dating in Spanish helps a lot.”“Huh,” she says, pulling out her phone as if taking serious notes. Be promiscuous. Sleep around.“Once people started complimenting me on my speaking and my ego got involved, that's when I really started perfecting it. It's nice to impress people, you know? But let's be real,” I said, leaning in closer. “There's a lot of words they're not going to teach you in Spanish class.”“Really?” she said, looking extra perplexed. “Like what?”I paraphrased this list of flirty terms for her, and I'm about to share them with you. This list is not comprehensive at all; it's organic and random, much like the way you learn a language naturally by “coqueteando y cogiendo” (flirting and f*****g) in the day-to-day. Immersion isn't linear, and neither is fluency. Still, I hope you enjoy these silly, dirty phrases and the honest, embarrassing stories behind how I learned them.What dirty phrases do you know in Spanish? What's the story behind how you learned them? Share them in the comments!Subscribe so you can read what's shared! ✨Cringey Mexican Spanish Phrases I've Learned1. ¿Te gustan las nalgadas?”

No podcast ‘Notícia No Seu Tempo’, confira em áudio as principais notícias da edição impressa do jornal ‘O Estado de S.Paulo’ desta segunda-feira (03/08/2026): A Polícia Federal investiga a lobista Roberta Luchsinger e Fábio Luís Lula da Silva, o Lulinha, por suspeita de tráfico de influência em órgãos do governo federal. Levantamento mostra que a empresária fez 42 visitas a ministérios e ao Palácio do Planalto entre 2023 e 2024, mas 41 delas não foram registradas nas agendas oficiais. Fábio Luís é alvo de inquérito aberto na quinta-feira, dia 30, a pedido da PF, que apura se ele utilizou a influência do pai para defender interesses empresariais com a administração pública. A defesa de Luchsinger afirma que sua atuação como representante de clientes foi regular, enquanto a defesa de Lulinha nega que ele tenha recebido pagamentos ou usado influência para beneficiar empresários. Política: PT lança Lula candidato com foco em mulheres, idosos e soberania Economia: Conta de luz no Brasil supera a de 77 países; reforma cortaria custo em até 32% Internacional: Ortega aposta em distração de Trump para consolidar dinastia na Nicarágua Metrópole: Nova passagem subterrânea na Estação da Luz facilitará acesso a CPTM e metrôSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For a dozen years, Forbes has partnered with TrueBridge Capital Partners to highlight the companies that are likely to become unicorns in the near future. To qualify, startups must be venture-backed, based in the U.S. and worth less than $1 billion. In a sign of the times: Nearly all this year's list members use AI in some fashion as they work on everything from bone marrow to biological threats, cybersecurity to creative design. Our track record is striking: Of the 275 alumni of this list, 60% did indeed become unicorns, including household names Duolingo and DoorDash. Another 60 were bought (or were merged). Nearly half of last year's picks already are worth more than a billion. There have been surprisingly few disasters—just six companies, about 2%, imploded or shut down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Can you really learn a new language from apps like Duolingo? Sliced Bread listener Nathan Phelps has been teaching himself Japanese. He's tried textbooks, tutors, and crucially, language apps on his phone - and he came to us because he's seen these apps claiming to be “backed by science” to help you “learn a new language, fast”. More recently he's even seen apps boast about “AI powered features” to help you practice your language skills, available on premium subscriptions.Nathan wants to know: are language apps an effective way to learn? How do they compare to other ways of learning? And can AI really supercharge your language skills? To find out more, presenter Greg Foot is joined by Professor Elizabeth Wonnacott, Professor of Language Science at the University of Oxford and Director of the Language Learning Lab in their Department of Education. All of our episodes start with YOUR suggestions. If you've seen an ad, trend or wonder product promising to make you happier, healthier or greener, email us at sliced.bread@bbc.co.uk OR send a voice note to our WhatsApp number, 07543 306807. RESEARCHER: JULIA RAVEY PRODUCERS: PHIL SANSOM AND GREG FOOT

Can you really learn a new language from apps like Duolingo? Sliced Bread listener Nathan Phelps has been teaching himself Japanese. He's tried textbooks, tutors, and crucially, language apps on his phone - and he came to us because he's seen these apps claiming to be “backed by science” to help you “learn a new language, fast”. More recently he's even seen apps boast about “AI powered features” to help you practice your language skills, available on premium subscriptions.Nathan wants to know: are language apps an effective way to learn? How do they compare to other ways of learning? And can AI really supercharge your language skills? To find out more, presenter Greg Foot is joined by Professor Elizabeth Wonnacott, Professor of Language Science at the University of Oxford and Director of the Language Learning Lab in their Department of Education. All of our episodes start with YOUR suggestions. If you've seen an ad, trend or wonder product promising to make you happier, healthier or greener, email us at sliced.bread@bbc.co.uk OR send a voice note to our WhatsApp number, 07543 306807. RESEARCHER: JULIA RAVEY PRODUCERS: PHIL SANSOM AND GREG FOOT

Irwin Hau, founder of Chromatix and ConversionCow, joins Apptivate to unpack the psychology behind customer conversion and why acquisition is only the beginning of the user journey. Drawing from more than 17 years of experience analyzing tens of thousands of websites, apps, and digital experiences, Irwin shares the principles that separate traffic from customers, how clarity and proof influence decision-making, and why education, gamification, and ongoing engagement are critical to reducing churn. Irwin goes on to explore with Remerge's Patrick Eichmann how mobile marketers can improve onboarding, build stronger habit loops, and think more deliberately about retention rather than assuming installs automatically translate into long-term users. Questions addressed in this episode Why do mobile marketers focus so heavily on acquisition while overlooking conversion? What are the biggest mistakes companies make after generating traffic? How can marketers communicate their value proposition more clearly? Why is social proof so important in driving action? How should apps educate users after installation? What role do tutorials and onboarding play in retention? How can gamification reduce churn? What apps are doing engagement particularly well? How can marketers identify friction points in the user journey? What principles from human psychology should guide app growth? Timestamps 0:22 — Introducing Irwin Hau and his agency background 1:44 — The origins of Chromatix and ConversionCow 3:21 — Why marketers obsess over traffic instead of conversion 4:44 — The formula: traffic × conversion = customers 5:28 — Clarity: explaining what your product actually does 6:28 — Why social proof matters more than ever 7:00 — Making the call to action impossible to miss 7:56 — How to communicate value in just a few lines 10:24 — The biggest mistake marketers make after acquisition 11:44 — Why features come after solving the customer's problem 12:27 — Conversion doesn't stop after the install 13:27 — Education, tutorials, and onboarding experiences 14:28 — Push notifications, habit formation, and Duolingo 15:27 — Building virality through sharing and community 16:00 — Apps that get engagement right 16:52 — My Drive Hero and reward psychology 18:12 — Why group behavior reduces churn 19:00 — Where to find Irwin and closing thoughts Quotes (5:28) “If you cannot explain your app in less than seven words, I think you're waffling.” (12:30) “Conversion to me isn't a one-off thing. There are many different conversion points.” (13:09) "You can't just assume if they come through the door, we've got them for life. They will churn.” Mentioned in this episode Irwin Hau on LinkedIn Chromatix ConversionCow

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In this Dialogue episode of The Synopsis we talk Atlassian, AI/ software risks, Duolingo, and Uber in this podcast.    ~*~ You can also get a free trial to AlphaSense to read 200k+ expert calls through this link.  ~*~ For full access to all of our updates and in-depth research reports become a Speedwell Member here. Please reach out to info@speedwellresearch.com if you need help getting us to become an approved research vendor in order to expense it. -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Show Notes (0:00)  — Atlassian Business Overview (8:45)  — Vertical vs Horizontal Software (11:15)  — Is Atlassian a Melting Ice Cube? (12:56)  — Atlassian AI Argument (35:11)  — Duolingo Update (50:45)  — Uber News (53:53)  — Buffett Leads Berkshire's Google Investment -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- For full access to all of our updates and in-depth research reports, become a Speedwell Member here. Please reach out to info@speedwellresearch.com if you need help getting us to become an approved research vendor in order to expense it. *-*-*- Follow Us: Twitter: @Speedwell_LLC Threads: @speedwell_research Email us at info@speedwellresearch.com for any questions, comments, or feedback. -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Disclaimer Nothing in this podcast is investment advice nor should be construed as such. Contributors to the podcast may own securities discussed. Furthermore, accounts contributors advise on may also have positions in companies discussed. This may change without notice. Please see Speedwell's and Drew Cohen Money's full disclaimers here:  https://speedwellresearch.com/disclaimer/ https://www.drewcohenmoney.com/disclaimers 

John Lilly has had a front row seat to almost every major shift in technology over the last thirty years, and he has sat in almost every chair while it happened.He was a Senior Scientist at Apple in 1997, when the market cap was two billion dollars and most people assumed the company was finished. He co-founded Reactivity, later acquired by Cisco. He became CEO of Mozilla and led Firefox past 450 million users, running an open source nonprofit at a time when nobody else in Silicon Valley was doing anything like it. Then he spent over a decade as a General Partner at Greylock, where he led investments in Instagram, Dropbox, Figma, Tumblr and Quip. He sits on the boards of Figma, Duolingo and Nuro, and recently joined Gigascale Capital as an Advising Partner, backing companies rebuilding the physical economy.In this conversation with Jessica Neal and co-host Jeff Markowitz, John walks through what he actually saw in the founders everyone else missed.He tells the story of chasing Kevin Systrom for six months, wiring the money on a Thursday, and getting the call three days later that Instagram was selling to Facebook. He explains the moment a friend showed him Instagram and what clicked was not the filters, it was the distribution. And he describes meeting a 19 year old Dylan Field at a Starbucks in Palo Alto, telling him his product did not matter, and then spending the next decade watching him prove it wrong.He is also honest about the parts that are harder to hear. Why some partners at Greylock wanted Dylan replaced. Why he thinks micromanaging the right things is a feature of good leadership, not a flaw. Why he does not tell CEOs anything, and what he does instead. And why, at a moment when OpenAI and Anthropic are pulling talent out of every company on earth, the answer is not matching the money.He closes with something a colleague at Mozilla told him years ago that he still carries: we had a chance to make the world we wanted, and we did it.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━WHAT WE COVER━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━THE FOUNDER QUESTION→ How John spotted Dylan Field at 19→ Why recruiting senior people is the strongest early signal→ The trait every great founder shares: relentless about getting help→ Why non-defensiveness beats raw intelligence→ The lunch where they told Dylan he had to build a go to marketTHE INVESTMENTS→ Chasing Kevin Systrom for six months→ The underwater photographer who explained Instagram to him→ Why the network mattered and the filters did not→ The four day flip to Facebook and what he told his LPs→ The Adobe Killers that came before Figma and why this one was differentLEADERSHIP AND SCALE→ Going from 12 people to a quarter of the internet at Mozilla→ Why he never learned the delegation lesson everyone teaches→ Larry and Sergey reviewing every resume and what that signals→ Learning to be simpler in your message as you grow→ Deciding you would rather be successful than comfortableTHE TALENT WAR→ Why every great person is now a free agent→ The spreadsheet exercise he gives every CEO→ Tour of duty and the bilateral deal between company and employee→ Never making an offer until you know it will be accepted→ Why money is rarely the only reason people leaveTHE CURRENT MOMENT→ Why leadership now means stability without pretending anything is stable→ The collision of faster scaling and total vulnerability→ Why org size no longer scales with impact→ Alpha nerds, Tim O'Reilly, and following the most technical people around→ Investing in transformers, copper recycling and rare earth supply chains→ Why none of the AI future is settled and it is all still to play for━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━CONNECT WITH JOHN LILLYLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/johnlilly━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Truth Works is hosted by Jessica Neal, former Chief Talent Officer at Netflix, with co-host Jeff Markowitz.

In this edition of The Random Show, Tim Ferriss and Kevin Rose reunite over tequila to talk Zen retreats, learning to rock climb at (almost) 50, mortality and grief, why you should stop saying "one day," AI predictions , and much more. Please enjoy!This episode is brought to you by:Incogni, which removes your personal data from the web, helping shield you from fraud, scams, and identity theft: Incogni.com/Tim (use code TIM at checkout and get 60% off an annual plan)Wealthfront high-yield cash account: Wealthfront.com/Tim New clients get 3.30% base APY from program banks + additional 0.75% boost for 3 months on your uninvested cash (max $150k balance). Terms and conditions apply. The Cash Account offered by Wealthfront Brokerage LLC (“WFB”) member FINRA/SIPC, not a bank. The base APY as of 1/30/26 is representative, can change, and requires no minimum. Tim Ferriss, a non-client, receives compensation from WFB for advertising and holds a non-controlling equity interest in the corporate parent of WFB, which creates a conflict of interest. Individual experiences and outcomes will differ. Instant withdrawals may be limited by your receiving firm and other factors. Investment advisory services provided by Wealthfront Advisers LLC, an SEC-registered investment adviser. Securities investments: not bank deposits, not bank-guaranteed or FDIC-insured, and may lose value.Timestamps[00:00:00] Start.[00:00:24] A tequila toast, and getting "taxed" by alcohol as you age.[00:02:18] Toaster at 15: a late-night health scare.[00:06:01] Losing Om Malik, and finding out on retreat.[00:08:03] Matt Mullenweg, Antarctica, and gratitude.[00:09:34] Coming to terms with our limited time on Earth.[00:14:37] Five days of silence and the koan "Mu."[00:15:20] Kevin's micro-insight and a plug for The Way.[00:27:25] Rock climbing after 40, and a Yosemite goal.[00:29:18] Michael Eckert and finger-strength training.[00:30:40] The Nug, Abrahangs, and a travel training kit.[00:32:57] Free Solo and climbing with a fear of heights.[00:37:53] The Blade Itself, and a friend lost in a plane crash.[00:39:19] A2 protein and Pioneer Pastures.[00:40:34] Maui Nui venison and the nitrate question.[00:43:48] deltaG ketones: what they are and the catch.[00:45:42] Ketones, dementia, and verbal fluidity.[00:46:29] Pre-grieving a parent's decline.[00:48:33] Training not to die: the one bike I can stand and the Norwegian 4×4.[00:51:10] Something beats nothing: saunas, treadmills, and Duolingo chess.[00:53:04] The MM120 anxiety study — and a small-world surprise.[00:56:17] Psilocybin, LSD, and dementia case reports.[01:01:28] Neutonic toothpicks and Kevin's AI-powered home.[01:06:12] Spooky AI personalization and investment autopsies.[01:17:38] Values cards, contractual bonds, and dark information.[01:23:25] 360 reviews and child-rearing.[01:24:54] Wispr Flow, Shokz, and my recording rig.[01:29:32] The "big three" and where AI goes next.[01:44:40] Let your winners run; buy the company, not the product.[01:51:08] Digg's relaunch, 5-Bullet Friday, and parting thoughts.*DISCLAIMER FROM TIM FERRISS: I am not an investment adviser. Nor is Kevin Rose. All opinions are mine alone. Or his. There are risks involved in placing any investment in securities or in Bitcoin or in cryptocurrencies or in anything. None of the information presented herein is intended to form the basis of any offer or recommendation or have any regard to the investment objectives, financial situation, or needs of any specific person, and that includes you, my dear listener or reader. Everything you're going to hear is for informational entertainment purposes only.*For show notes and past guests on The Tim Ferriss Show, please visit tim.blog/podcast.For deals from sponsors of The Tim Ferriss Show, please visit tim.blog/podcast-sponsorsSign up for Tim's email newsletter (5-Bullet Friday) at tim.blog/friday.For transcripts of episodes, go to tim.blog/transcripts.Discover Tim's books: tim.blog/books.Follow Tim:Twitter: twitter.com/tferriss Instagram: instagram.com/timferrissYouTube: youtube.com/timferrissFacebook: facebook.com/timferriss LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/timferrissSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What is up, y'all! Grab your favorite drink, get comfortable, and get ready to slide some serious soul into your Wednesday. Mike and Tiff are back in the home studio on this brand-new episode of Damn We Grown, and yes—the “Beyoncé fan” is officially blowing to keep the vibes immaculate.This week, the couple kicks things off by breaking down their weekend adulting hustle. From pulling an “audible” on a local date night at Lazy Dog (where Tiff was highly suspicious of the patio dog-rules) to negotiating child labor in the backyard garden so their daughter can learn the value of a dollar, they're keeping it 100% real. The backyard garden is officially underway with tomatoes and bell peppers, because in 2026, paying $1.50 for a single bunch of cilantro is just downright disrespectful to the bank account!Later, they dive into a hilarious debate about learning new languages, with Tiff bragging about her 172-day Spanish Duolingo streak—even if she only knows three words and has to mimic a cartoon voice to pass the app's speaking test.But the real heat comes when Mike and Tiff unpack a viral video of a woman confronting a younger sister in public for wearing a satin bonnet at the grocery store.Is wearing a bonnet in public an issue of "putting your best foot forward" and maintaining self-respect, or is the backlash rooted in respectability politics and a deep-seated desire to appease the white gaze?With their signature humor, empathy, and candor, Mike and Tiff get into:Cultural Pride vs. Presentation: How we treat our hair, our clothes, and our personal style out in the wild.The Double Standard: Why cultural staples like bonnets, durags, braids, and gold chains are labeled "ghetto" until they're co-opted by mainstream media and suddenly branded as "chic."Relationship Compromise: Why Mike flat-out refuses to let his partner control his style—even if he chooses to wear a durag on a date.Putting Yourself First: Why loving yourself has to come before pleasing anybody else, including your spouse.This episode is packed with hilarious tangents, deep cultural insights, and the kind of marital banter only these two can deliver. Hit that play button, lock in, and remember—keep choosing joy!Connect with the Grown Family!Got some strong thoughts on the bonnet debate? Or maybe a secret Duolingo hack? We want to hear from you!Email us: DamnWeGrown@gmail.comInstagram/TikTok: @DamnWeGrownListen & Subscribe: Find us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, or wherever you get your favorite podcasts. Please leave us a review to help the family grow!The Meat & Potatoes: The Great Bonnet Debate

Great brands do more than meet a need. They transform that need into desire. But in an increasingly crowded and fragmented media landscape, how can brands earn attention, turn that attention into affection, and ultimately inspire people to act?Recorded live at the Havas Café during the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, this special roundtable is the first in a three-part series exploring the many dimensions of desire. Jim is joined by three marketing leaders approaching that challenge from very different industries: Manu Orssaud, Chief Marketing Officer at Duolingo;Benoit Vatere, Chief Media and Digital Commerce Officer at Liquid Death; and Oliver Walker-Jones, who leads Marketing, Communications and Brand at Joby Aviation.Together, they explore how modern brands use media to create lasting desire. Manu shares how Duolingo combines planned cultural moments with the flexibility to build stories alongside its community. The conversation explores why fun is an underrated business advantage, how brands can move quickly without chasing every cultural moment, and where AI can strengthen a company without replacing the human creativity behind great marketing. —This week's episode is brought to you by Havas and Infillion.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

When does a productive habit stop serving you and start feeling like another obligation? Shaun and Rebecca unpack that question after Rebecca reveals she may abandon her 741-day Duolingo streak. Their conversation explores sunk-cost thinking, the pressure of maintaining streaks, and why letting go can create space for habits that genuinely improve your life and business.Before granting Rebecca permission to break the streak, they catch up on the realities of running an interior design business—from catching a costly furniture measurement issue before production to building financial buffers for inevitable mistakes. They also discuss Programa workflows, Schoolhouse joining Hudson Valley Lighting Group, natural bark wall panels, traditional vetiver cooling screens, and how CliftonStrengths can help designers spend more time in their zone of genius.In this episode they discuss:Planning the Hot Young Designers Club Mexico City trip and creating meaningful community for interior designersCatching furniture and cabinetry measurement conflicts before they become expensive installation problemsBuilding “oops” money into your interior design pricing, margins, and business accountsUsing Programa to organize specifications, construction documents, attachments, and purchasing responsibilitiesWhat the Schoolhouse and Hudson Valley Lighting Group partnership could mean for product development and designer pricingRebecca's 741-day Duolingo streak and recognizing when consistency has become an obligationEscaping sunk-cost thinking and giving yourself permission to release habits, relationships, or systems that no longer serve youUsing CliftonStrengths to understand your natural talents, fill gaps on your team, and work within your zone of geniusOur links:Subscribe and leave a review - Apple PodcastsLike, Comment, & Follow - Hot Young Designers Club InstagramRebecca's InstagramShaun's InstagramFor more information - Check out the websiteBecome a “Loyal Hottie” - Support us on PatreonDesign Resources - Check out our shop

Vala is on the run when her memories are accidentally wiped by The Trust in Memento Mori. We really like this episode. Especially everyone's treatment of Vala and how they're actually starting to appreciate her and make her a full member of SG1. We have fun imaging what Teal'c said to Weaver in that interrogation scene and also what Christopher Judge said to the actor.  There's also a brief detour into the fun world of Duolingo and what languages you can actually learn with that program. It's just too bad they don't have a course for Diner Speak. As much as we love this episode, Rachael came up with a much better ending. INSTAGRAM: SG_Rewatch THREADS: SG_Rewatch DISCORD: https://discord.gg/65kMPzBuaN MERCH: https://showclub.redbubble.com/ EMAIL: woosgrewatch@gmail.com

We've got mail! Jonathan and Honey answer your questions about cinema, films, family and everything in between. This week, the pair answer your questions about vertical microdramas, AI movie-making, and "epic-esque dramas".It's also time to discuss Honey's Welsh progress on Duolingo, Jonathan's bespoke cinnamon-flavoured German toothpicks and AI confusion on the big screen.Let us know what you think! You can get involved by following us on Instagram and sending us a DM on @reeltalkrossThanks for listening. Listen and subscribe to Reel Talk wherever you get your podcasts.

Retirement gives you time—but it also removes the structure that once shaped your days. For many people, that loss of structure creates a deeper question: what replaces it?In this solo episode of Beyond Retirement, inspired by my conversation with Andrew Motiwalla of The Good Life Abroad, I explore how immersive travel can help retirees rediscover confidence, connection, and purpose.Most people travel in retirement the same way they traveled during their working years—short vacations packed with activities. But when you slow down and live somewhere for a while instead of rushing through it, everything changes. You develop routines. You connect with people. You adapt to a new environment.And those small adaptations rebuild something many retirees didn't realize they lost: self-trust.****************************Special Canada Day Offer from Alex Setzler, CEO/Founder of The Northern OfficeAlex Setzler, founder of The Northern Office, is offering Beyond Retirement listeners 10% off an annual membership to the Being Canadian app with the code OHCANADA. On Google Play, use ohcanada. The offer is valid until July 6.I've been using the Being Canadian app myself, and I've found it a genuinely fun way to start the day. It includes three satirical stories based on current events, daily Canadian trivia, a snowbird day counter, and a few other extras that make it worth the few minutes it takes each morning.What I appreciate most is that it's sharp without being mean-spirited. It lets us laugh at ourselves a little, while still keeping an eye on what's happening in Canada and beyond.The Being Canadian app is one of several cross-border tools created by The Northern Office, a studio focused on products for Canadians, especially those navigating life between Canada and the U.S. There's also a free newsletter and other free tools, with the app's paid tier unlocking the full experience.If you've ever wanted your morning news with a side of maple-flavoured perspective, this one is worth a look, and the discount code makes it a little easier to try.****************************Drawing from my own experiences living temporarily in Chapala and Oaxaca, Mexico, this episode explores why immersive travel can expand your world rather than shrink it—and why retirement may be the perfect time to explore life differently.What You'll Learn in This EpisodeWhy retirement often creates a loss of structure and identityThe difference between vacation travel and immersive travelHow living somewhere temporarily helps rebuild confidenceWhy community—not location—is the real destinationHow language barriers become opportunities to connectThe truth about safety and healthcare while traveling abroadWhy extended travel can sometimes cost less than staying homePractical steps for exploring immersive travel experiencesMentioned in This EpisodeThe Good Life Abroad https://thegoodlifeabroad.comUse code BeyondRetirement for $100 off your first program.Key TakeawayRetirement becomes richer when it's designed around expansion rather than contraction. When you choose experiences that encourage curiosity, learning, and connection, the world doesn't get smaller—it opens up.Action Steps From This Episode1. Start learning a new language todayDownload an app like Duolingo and spend ten minutes a day learning basic phrases.2. Practice small acts of adaptationChange a routine in your daily life—try a new grocery store, attend a new event, or take a different route somewhere.3. Research one immersive travel destinationInstead of looking at a one-week vacation, explore what it would cost to live somewhere for a month.READY TO RAMP UP YOUR RETIREMENT JOURNEY?Start here: https://beyondretirement.ca/start-here/Book a FREE call with Jacquie: https://calendly.com/jacquiedoucette/discoveryCheck out the Beyond Retirement Library: https://placeforbooks.com*********

We hear how a childhood in Guatemala, a fascination with computers and a belief that education should be accessible to everyone helped inspire the world's most popular learning apps. Luis von Ahn tells us how he went from creating CAPTCHA and selling reCAPTCHA to Google, to building Duolingo into a multi-billion-dollar education technology company used by millions around the world. He reflects on his mother's sacrifices to fund his education, the lessons he learned as an entrepreneur, and why he struggles with conflict in his life as a tech CEO. Presenter: Leanna Byrne Producer: Amber Mehmood If you'd like to get in touch with the team, our email address is businessdaily@bbc.co.uk

Can a background as a professional jazz musician help you improve at chess? Matt Rathkey says “yes.”. Matt is this week's guest on The Adult Improver Series. Like many players, he fell back in love with chess during the COVID pandemic and soon found himself playing regularly, watching top-level broadcasts, and solving puzzles. Along the way, he drew upon lessons from years of studying music, particularly the role of pattern recognition, deliberate practice, and improvisation. After years of dedication,  Matt has raised his Chess.com blitz rating from roughly 1200 to over 1900.  Matt also has a fascinating day job. He is a learning designer on Duolingo's chess team, helping build what has quickly become one of the largest entry points into chess in the world. Launched last year, Duolingo Chess now has more than 7 million daily active users, most of whom are new to the game. Matt shares his improvement advice, discusses the parallels between jazz and chess, and reflects on what he has learned about the science of skill acquisition.  This was a fun conversation, and it is encouraging to see so many new players discovering chess through Duolingo. 00:00 Introduction  Join the free Perpetual Chess Discord here: https://discord.gg/7KxjmaTW Sub to my free newsletter here:  https://benjohnson.substack.com/ Join the Perpetual Chess Patreon community here: https://www.patreon.com/c/perpetualchess 02:00 Matt Rathkey joins 04:10 The Return to Chess: A Pandemic Story 07:04 Rediscovering Chess: The Queen's Gambit Effect 10:08 Setting Goals: The Journey to 1500 Matt's USCF rating page: https://ratings.uschess.org/player/13412385 13:09 Learning Through Observation: Active Engagement 16:04 The Importance of Tactics in Chess 18:48 Understanding Openings: Beyond Memorization 21:41 Chess Culture and Personal Growth 24:42 The Future of Chess: Duolingo's Chess Course 34:56 Overcoming Chess Intimidation 36:48 Duolingo Chess: Making Chess Accessible 39:44 Engaging with Oscar: The Duolingo Chess Bot 42:53 Learning Pathways in Duolingo Chess 46:41 Designing Effective Chess Lessons 51:08 Personalized Learning in Chess 53:14 The Intersection of Music and Chess 01:02:06 Advice for Chess Improvement 01:08:24 The Journey of Continuous Improvement Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week, I'm thrilled to be joined by Imani Thompson. Imani is a digital security trainer and host of a series of events called Cache Me Outside, where she and partner orgs help people understand their personal security, divest from big tech platforms, and learn how to stay safe online. She recently hosted a “de-Googling” party and a self-doxxing rave. We get into how platforms have tried to make surveillance cute, why that damn Duolingo owl emotionally manipulates you, and why learning about privacy best practices when surrounded by community works.  Follow Imani on Instagram A 'Self-Doxing' Rave Helps Trans People Stay Safe Online Now you can break up with big tech at a bar: ‘cybersecurity disguised as a party' Fix It With Piggy YouTube Version: https://youtu.be/C4WVYBEIgzM Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mais um VACILO NA COPA no aaaar!! E hoje ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Daniel Bayer⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ e ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠João Carvalho⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ comentam o início do mundial e falam sobre a falta que faz um Duolingo na FIFA.FINANCIE ESTE VACILO:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Assine o plano BOGA VIVA e participe do nosso GRUPO SECRETO NO TELEGRAM!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠MANDA PIX:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠livepix.gg/decrepitos⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PARTICIPE PELO E-MAIL:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ouvinte@decrepitos.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ANUNCIE COM A GENTE:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠comercial@decrepitos.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠© Copyright 2026 - Decrépitos Podcast - Todos os direitos reservados.

Ever open Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, or YouTube and suddenly feel like your entire marketing strategy needs to be thrown into the sun?Same.Social media is doing a lot right now. Carousels are dead. Carousels are back. AI is the future. AI is ruining everything. Post daily. Post less. Be everywhere. Pick one platform. Use trends. Don't use trends.It's a lot.In this episode, Andréa breaks down why social media feels so overwhelming right now and what business owners actually need to focus on instead of chasing every update, trend, and hot take.You'll learn why most marketing advice feels stressful even when it isn't technically wrong, how to filter advice through your own capacity and goals, and the five things that still matter no matter what the platforms are doing.In this episode, we talk about:

Parrot earrings from a dead woman's jewelry box, a homemade NA Paloma recipe, and the hottest guy in Denver showing up at Chelseas's work. Chelsea and Lindsay get into the wannabe Christian influencer who prays over his wife's period on TikTok, the couple who exposed their best friend's cheating boyfriend on camera and lost every friend they had (plus got pregnant in the middle of it), the AI fruit soap opera that's somehow 30 episodes deep, and a full spoiler-filled recap of Friends and Neighbors season 2. Line dancing dates, the bed rot challenge, chess lessons via Duolingo, and why neither of them wants to hang out with anyone else ever again.Send us a textSupport the showLike, subscribe, and share with that one friend who needs a reason to laugh. Find us @honestlysmartless on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube.Connect with Honestly Smartlesshonestlysmartless.comIG: @honestlysmartlessTikTok: @honestlysmartlessChelsea's IG: @chelsea_turanoLindsay's TT: @dr.lindsayregehrYouTube:  Honestly Smartless

Get excited, CONgregation! Laci is joined by bestie babes Sydnee Washington and Marie Faustin (Mess Podcast) to dig into Emily Hart, a MAGA influencer who turned out to be an AI generated baddie created by a 22-year-old med student in India. The gals chat about sea otters, scamming hippos, lease agreements, Duolingo, and Waymos. Listen to Mess wherever you get your podcasts. Stay schemin'! Keep the scams coming and snitch on your friends by emailing us at ScamGoddessPod@gmail.com. Follow on Instagram: Scam Goddess Pod: @scamgoddesspod Laci Mosley: @divalaci Sydnee Washington: @justsydbw Marie Faustin: @reeezy   Research by Kathryn Doyle    SOURCES https://www.wired.com/story/ai-generated-maga-girls/ https://www.businesstoday.in/technology/story/who-is-emily-hart-how-an-indian-medical-student-fooled-dumb-maga-fans-with-ai-526820-2026-04-22?utm_source=rssfeed https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-shares-fake-swifties-for-trump-images/ Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Scam Goddess ad-free and a whole week early. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Burnie and Ashley discuss Game of Thrones, climate change changes, Ben McSweeney, Animated RvB, not being first, SpaceX IPO rules, Duolingo resurrects old streaks, and the many forms of the RT logo.

Retiring abroad sounds fabulous until you realize you may need to learn a new language, decode a new healthcare system, and explain your brunch order with hand gestures.So, what if you want the adventure, affordability, and lifestyle upgrade of retiring abroad, but without giving Duolingo your entire retirement?In this episode of Queer Money, we're breaking down five great gay retirement cities in English-speaking countries or places where English is widely spoken. These destinations offer a mix of LGBTQ+ friendliness, affordability, healthcare access, expat communities, and retiree-friendly lifestyles, especially for gay men over 40 who are dreaming about retiring abroad without feeling completely lost in translation.We look at Adelaide, Australia; Cebu City, Philippines; St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada; Cape Town, South Africa; and George/Garden Route, South Africa. Each city gets our full Queer Money treatment: why it's fabulous, the reality check, the queer vibe, what your wallet needs to know, and its Queer Money Retirement Rating.Some of these cities offer big queer energy, beaches, wine country, mountains, and nightlife. Others are quieter, calmer, more affordable, and better suited for gay retirees who want peace, safety, scenery, and a lower cost of living.We also talk about the not-so-sexy but very necessary parts of retiring abroad, including visa rules, healthcare planning, legal protections, safety, and why affordability alone should never be the whole plan.Takeaways from this episode:You'll learn which English-friendly cities are best for LGBTQ+ retirementwhich destinations offer the strongest affordabilitywhere queer legal protections are stronger or weakerwhy your dream retirement abroad needs both a lifestyle plan and a money plan.Thinking about retiring abroad but not sure what it'll cost or where to start? Grab the Queer Money Retire Abroad Planner and CalculatorMentioned in this episode:What if your portfolio came with a visa and passport?That's exactly what the Optimize Portugal Golden Opportunities Fund can do, bringing together diversification, tax efficiency, and a path to EU residency and a passport. Click the link below to explore your ticket to Europe. Get Your Portugal Golden Visa Here!Get Your Portugal Golden Visa Here!

DAMIONCarnival Corporation's data breach exposed personal data of nearly 6 million customers: An April social engineering attack on an employee account compromised names, dates of birth, and government-issued ID numbers. WHO DO YOU BLAMESkills: Technology & Cybersecurity: Experience with information technology and cybersecurity matters is increasingly important to mitigate the risks our business faces, promote innovation and maintain a competitive edge in a rapidly evolving technological ageLeast represented 5/11CEO Josh WeinsteinNO: at Carnival since 2002, started as General CounselSir Johathon BandNO: First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff, the most senior officer position in the British Navy (2006 to 2009, when he retired); Admiral and Commander-in-Chief Fleet (2002 to 2006); Served as a naval officer in increasing positions of authority (1967 to 2002)Jason CahillyNO: CEO Dragon Group LLC, provides capital and business management consulting and advisory services worldwide; The NBA: CFO & Chief Strategic Officer; Goldman Sachs: Partner; Global Co-Head of Media and Telecommunications; Head of Principal Investing for Technology, Media & TelecommunicationsNelda ConnorsNO: CEO/Chair Pine Grove Holdings, a privately held investment company; CEO Atkore International, manufacturer of electrical, safety and infrastructure solutions; VP Eaton Corporation, electrical and automotive supplierLaura WeilNO: Founder Village Lane Advisory LLC, specializes in providing executive and strategic consulting services to retailers COO New York & Company, women's apparel and accessories retailer; CEO Ashley Stewart, women's apparel retailer; CEO Urban Brands, apparel retailer; COO AnnTaylor Stores, women's apparel retailer; CFO American Eagle Outfitters, apparel retailerAudit Committee: Oversee management's risk assessment processes to identify principal and emerging risks, including financial, IT, cybersecurity and non-HESS operational risksLaura Weil*: NOJason Cahilly: NOJeffrey Gearhart: NOWalmart Corporate Secretary and lawyerStuart Subotnick: NOCEO at Metromedia Company, wireless/communications, until 2010; Carnival director since 1987 Health, Environmental, Safety and Security Committee: Oversee management's processes to identify principal and emerging health, environmental, safety, security and sustainability-related risks, including those related to ship operations and cybersecurity, RAAS health, environmental, safety, security audits, IAG and external investigations into significant ship incidents, and health, environmental, safety, security-related hotline complaints, and assess the steps management has taken to minimize such risks.Sir Johathon Band*: NONelda Connors: NOHelen Deeble: NOFormer CEO P&O Ferries Division Holdings, shipping and logistics businessKatie Lahey: NOExecutive Chair Korn Ferry Australasia, leadership and talent firmMicky Arison (75%): Exec Chair and former CEO and 7% stockholderThe CEO Pay Ratio1,063:124 retail CEOs made as much in a day as their typical employee earned in a year — and a big one didn't. WHO DO YOU BLAMEThe separation of CEO and Chair: Hamilton E. James Chair/Ron Vachris MMNot uniqueOnly 50% of the board is men. WTF?uniqueOne share = one voteNot uniqueState of HQ = WashingtonAlso StarbucksState of Inc = WashingtonAlso StarbucksPledge of allegiance to stakeholdersCostco generally has: Higher wages; Better benefits; Lower turnover; Higher sales per employee.Industry-leading employee compensation AND Self-imposed low-margin pricing philosophyWalmart only low-margin pricingOther comps:Todd Vasos of Dollar General, Shane O'Kelly of AutoZone, Gerald Morgan of Texas Roadhouse, Jack Sinclair of Sprouts Farmers Market, William Stengel of Genuine Parts Company, Michael Creedon of Dollar Tree, Ronald Sargent of Kroger, Lauren Hobart of Dick's Sporting Goods, Joshua Kobza of Restaurant Brands Inc., Kecia Steelman of Ulta Beauty, Scott Boatwright of Chipotle, Ted Decker of Home Depot, Bob Eddy of BJ's Wholesale Club, Corie Barry of Best Buy, James Conroy of Ross Stores, Chris Turner and David Gibbs of Yum Brands, Chris Kempczinski of McDonald's, Marvin Ellison of Lowe's, Brian Cornell of Target, Ernie Herrman of TJX Companies, Doug McMillon of Walmart, Brian Niccol of Starbucks, Hal Lawton of Tractor Supply Co, Laura Alber of Williams-SonomaFigma Gets an Activist Investor. Exhibit A on Why Companies Don't Want to Go Public. Figma's first year as a public company hasn't gone well. Findell Capital Management said it needs to take steps to shed its unwarranted reputation as an artificial-intelligence “loser.” WHO DO YOU BLAME?Figma founder and CEO Dylan Field: Owns 10% of shares but 72% of voting power: Class B shares worth 15 votes per shareDylan owns 158 Class A Shares (or 0.00003556% of 444,278,887)And Chair$5B net worth$865M total summary compensation in 2025; $91M in 2024Nominating Agreement:Figma must nominate Dylan Field to be a director and include him in the proxy statementThe company must use its resources to back him up and actively convince other shareholders to vote for him In response to a question about how he was going to change the world, Dylan said he was going to build better software for drones.Bro fest sausage party2 of 9 directors are womenTop 5 NEOs all dudesPeter ThielForced Dylan to drop out of Brown for a dumb fellowshipVC Blowhardiness on the BoardVC dude John Lilly (Greylock): Lead Independent Director2nd longest tenure (2014)Member of the Audit Committee; Member of the Nominating Committee (only Lilly and Rimer)VC dude Andrew Reed (Sequoia)Director at debt-maker Klarna Group (also way down since IPO): down roughly 54% from its initial $40.00 IPO price, and down nearly 68% from its all-time highMember of the Compensation Committee (which modeled Dylan's pay package after Elon Musk)VC dude Danny Rimer (Index Ventures)Director since 2014B.A. in History and Literature from HarvardMember of the Compensation Committee (which modeled Dylan's pay package after Elon Musk)Member of the Nominating Committee (only Lilly and Rimer)Luis von AhnDuolingo co-founder and CEO2025: shared an internal email outlining Duolingo's new "AI-first" strategy where Duolingo would “gradually stop using contractors to do work that AI can handle”Stated that "AI is a better teacher than humans" and that the future role of teachers would be reduced to providing "childcare."Blamed the controversy on a "lack of context" in his original statements"AI-First" memo goes viral: $389; today $118MATTDanone, Starbucks shine in methane-reduction rankingDanone is the only company in the group aligned with the Global Methane Pledge, an initiative backed by 150 countries that targets a 30 percent reduction in global levels of the gas by 2030. The French multinational also leads the pack in progress toward its target, having come close to hitting it five years ahead of schedule.WHO DO YOU CREDIT?Chair of the CSR committee Lise Kingo (9% influence), one of three directors tagged as merit directorsmaster's degree in Responsibility & Business from the University of Bathbachelor degrees in Religions and Ancient Greek Artbachelor's degree in Marketing and Economicscertificate as International Director from INSEADEx Novo Nordisk environmental affairs, internal audit, compliance, human resources, communication, branding and sustainabilityHelped create the UN SDGs and the UN Global CompactSomehow only bats 559 on carbon intensity (career) and 415 for scope 1/2 (career)Also, using deference metrics, the ONLY DIRECTOR tagged as fully independentEmployee rep member of the CSR committee Bettina Theissig (5% influence) and the employees of DanoneThe committee charter mandates employees get a say: At least two thirds of the CSR Committee must be independent, as defined by the AFEP-MEDEF Code. At least one Director representing employees must be a member of the Committee.In France (Danone's domicile), the European Investment Bank found that French employees were the most aware of environmental issues - 82% of French employees said they were highly concerned about environmental issues, highest in EuropeLead Independent Director and chair of the Nom/comp committee who put together the comp plan, Valerie Chapoulaud-Floquet15% influence, second to the 18% influence CEO (democracy!!), got 99.16% shareholder approval in April (even as CEO got 89.73% approval and pay got 93.19% approval)20% of short-term pay and 30% of long-term pay is based on hitting sustainability targetsWhen you pay a CEO to do a thing, they are more likely to do a thingEx-CEO Emmanuel FaberOusted in 2021 by the board of directors and activist investors, he transformed Danone into an “enterprise a mission” (a French version of a B corp)Investors voted 99% in favor of the move and a year later ousted Faber, the board resigned, and the new board and CEO are basically moving back towards being environmental leaders because it paid offShort term share price laggedHe said in 2024 that nature is “at the core” of Danone, It took the stock 3 years from Faber's ousting to return to Faber levels - and in the meantime, they were sued for plastics and emissionsIsn't this HIS win?Current CEO Antoine de Saint-AffriqueBecause CEOGM Board Director Jonathan McNeill Stepping DownCEO of DVx Ventures. Ex COO at Lyft Inc. and ex president, Global Sales, Delivery and Service at Tesla, current director at Lululemon, GM director since 2022, on the Governance and Corporate Responsibility committee and Risk and Cybersecurity committee.We know that half of boards on average think someone on the board should be replaced - did the GM board not like McNeill?WHO/WHAT WOULD WE BLAME FOR PUSHING MCNEILL OUT?Outsider dude bro DRLet's be honest, McNeill worked at much more… modern?... companies than GMThe board is OLD SCHOOL - ex Northrop Grumman, ex Visa, ex Lazard, ex HP, ex eBay, ex Novartis, ex Walmart, other directorships at Goldman, Huntsman, P&G… these are professional, insular boardsMeanwhile, he's investing as a VC in AI, other auto/mobility startups, comes from boards that are bro founder lead (Tesla, Lyft) He's invested in AI, crypto, heavy tech, intertwined with VCs all overNot deferential enoughBarra is connected to 94% - THE ENTIRE - boardMcNeill has the highest network power on the board at $9tn, higher than even Mary Barra (who is super connected), but is NOT a power player in the board community of GM - the dominant board communities for GM are massive blue chip US companies, where McNeill has deeper connections in smaller IT/tech focused companiesHe doesn't need the pay, he gets nothing for the connections really, he has connection to Barra but his network is different - was he too independent?Pissed he doesn't have enough influence McNeill has the LOWEST influence on the GM board at 4%He's relatively new, younger, working as a VC where you have a lot of power of capital allocation“I don't need this shit” effect?Too many womenMcNeill's dvX ventures portfolio team is 6 dudes and 1 womendvX entire operations staff is two woman - guess what they do“Chief of Staff” (ie, HR)Executive Assistant (yes, listed on the team)Board is 2 women, 3 men (McNeill not on board)This one seems unlikely I guess?Too busy, meh, move onOne of dvX portfolio companies is curbee, with GM Ventures' Kurt Baumgarten on the board (and the dvX co-founder is founder of Curbee)McNeill on at least 3 of his portfolio boards or advisory committees, plus LULU and GM…

Humorist David Sedaris says the best part of reading his work to an audience is earning the laughs — or the groans. "A collective groan is fine with me," he says. Sedaris reflects on his Duolingo obsession, AI, and why he'll continue writing and touring as long as he possibly can. His new book of essays is ‘The Land and Its People.' He spoke with guest interviewer Sam Fragoso, host of the podcast ‘Talk Easy.' Also, John Powers reviews two new mystery novels: ‘The End of the Sahara,' by the Algerian writer Saïd Khatibi, and ‘An Enigma by the Sea,' by Italian authors Carlo Fruttero and Franco Lucentini. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.NPR Privacy Policy

When Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn sent an internal memo about AI last year, he didn't expect it to go viral — or to ignite a firestorm about the future of work. Now he joins Rapid Response to unpack what he got right, what he got wrong, and what the backlash taught him about the real limitations of AI. Von Ahn also reveals why he's made a deliberate pivot in 2026: chasing users, not revenue — and what that bet says about how big Duolingo can get before ads become inevitable. It's a candid reckoning with hype, growth, and the surprisingly complicated promise of technology in education.Visit the Rapid Response website here: https://www.rapidresponseshow.com/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Darren Hardy draws on behavioral economics and research from Google, Apple, and Duolingo to reveal five leadership nudges that change behavior more reliably than instructions or incentives alone. In this one, he maps each strategy directly to your team and where to start. Get more personal mentoring from Darren each day. Go to DarrenDaily at http://darrendaily.com/join to learn more.

KLAXON! KLAXON! It's the MaxFunDrive!  The best time of year for you to become a Maximum Fun member! Memberships start at just $5 a month, which gives you access to our entire library of bonus content. And for just $10 a month, you can get JJHo AD FREE! Join NOW at maximumfun.org/join! Whether you are a brand new member, current member upgrading, or longtime member at whichever level where you feel comfortable, THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO KEEP JJHO GOING! Lex brings the case against his wife, Lauren. Lauren is serious about getting her steps in - even during the frigid East Coast winter. When it's too cold to walk outside, Lauren gets her steps inside the house. Even though there's a treadmill in their finished basement! The problem is, she's driving Lex - AND their kids - nuts! Who's right, and who's wrong? It's your last chance to get all of your HEATED RIVALRIES and disputes for Rachel Reid (GAME CHANGERS, HEATED RIVALRY)! Are romance novels as valid an art form as other fiction? What is the best romantasy series? What is the WORST romantasy series? Which romantic trope is too played out? Submit all of your romance adjacent cases to maximumfun.org/jjho or email hodgman@maximumfun.org. Thanks to reddit user u/Melvillean for naming this week's case! To suggest a title for a future episode, keep an eye on the Maximum Fun subreddit at reddit.com/r/maximumfun! Judge John Hodgman is member-supported! Become a member to unlock special bonus episodes and more. Memberships start at just $5 a month. Just tap here!