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Carl Quintanilla and Jim Cramer explored shares of Nvidia at a record high. In the midst of the U.S.-China summit, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang told reporters in China that his company's meetings have been "excellent." A live report from Beijing on what the talks between Presidents Trump and Xi produced. Cisco shares soared on an AI-fueled quarterly beat and plans to cut thousands of jobs. Cisco CEO joined the show at Post 9 to discuss all of that and more. Also in focus: Cerebras launches the largest U.S. IPO of the year so far, what Treasury Secretary Bessent told CNBC about the Chinese "buying more U.S. energy," Ford's rally, Versant surges on a revenue beat, Cramer's take on Jerome Powell's legacy as Kevin Warsh gets ready to head the Fed. Disclosure: Versant Media is the parent company of CNBC Squawk on the Street Disclaimer Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
President Trump and Xi Jinping present a united front during high-stakes talks, but tensions over Taiwan, Iran, cyber warfare, and China's growing global influence dominate the conversation. The episode breaks down escalating fears surrounding Chinese military ambitions, energy markets, and America's uneasy relationship with its biggest geopolitical rival. PODCAST SUMMARY Today's episode dives deep into the latest Trump-Xi summit and the growing concerns surrounding China's role in global conflicts, economic warfare, and national security threats facing the United States. The discussion begins with President Trump and Xi Jinping publicly praising their long-standing relationship during bilateral meetings, while carefully avoiding direct answers about Taiwan. The hosts analyze China's warning that Taiwan remains the “most important issue” in U.S.-China relations and discuss what that means for future military tensions in the Pacific. The episode then explores broader concerns about China's geopolitical ambitions, including allegations involving cyberattacks, espionage, infrastructure infiltration, bioweapon fears, and support for Iran. The hosts argue that China continues positioning itself as America's primary adversary despite ongoing diplomatic talks and trade negotiations. Attention then shifts toward the Middle East, where the conversation focuses on China's ties to Iran, alleged support for Iranian missile programs, and ongoing instability surrounding the Strait of Hormuz. The hosts discuss the impact on global oil markets, inflation, shipping disruptions, and the strategic role Pakistan may be playing in regional negotiations. The episode also highlights comments from Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who described China as America's top geopolitical challenge while emphasizing the importance of managing tensions to avoid direct conflict. The show closes with debate over whether diplomacy with China can realistically succeed given repeated accusations of broken agreements, covert operations, and ongoing economic and military competition between the two superpowers. SEGMENT TITLES Trump And Xi Hold High-Stakes Summit China Issues Warning Over Taiwan Why US-China Relations Are Reaching A Boiling Point Marco Rubio Calls China America's Top Threat The Growing Alliance Between China And Iran Strait Of Hormuz Tensions Continue Escalating Cyber Warfare, Espionage & Infrastructure Threats Why Oil Prices And Inflation Are Back In Focus Pakistan's Role In The Iran-China Strategy Can America Trust China's Promises? KEY TALKING POINTS Trump and Xi publicly emphasized diplomatic cooperation during their summit. China warned the U.S. about handling Taiwan relations carefully. The discussion highlighted growing fears surrounding Chinese military ambitions. Allegations surfaced involving Chinese cyberattacks and infrastructure infiltration. China's relationship with Iran became a major focus of the episode. Concerns were raised about missile shipments and Strait of Hormuz instability. Marco Rubio described China as America's leading geopolitical challenge. The hosts argued that energy prices remain tied to Middle East tensions. Pakistan's influence in regional negotiations was heavily discussed. Questions were raised about whether China can be trusted in future agreements. CLICKABLE HEADLINES “Trump And Xi Hold Tense Summit As Taiwan Fears Grow” “China Issues Stark Warning To The United States” “Iran, Oil & China: The Global Power Struggle Intensifies” “Marco Rubio Calls China America's Biggest Threat” “Why The Strait Of Hormuz Crisis Could Hit Your Wallet” “Can The US Really Trust China?” YOUTUBE TITLE OPTIONS Trump-Xi Summit Raises Major China Security Fears China, Iran & Taiwan Tensions Explode During Trump Talks Marco Rubio Sounds Alarm On China Threat Why The US-China Relationship Is So Dangerous Right Now Oil Prices, Taiwan & Iran: Inside The China Crisis THUMBNAIL TEXT CHINA WARNING TAIWAN TENSIONS TRUMP VS XI IRAN CRIS ...
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FOX News Anchor and White House Correspondent Aishah Hasnie is in China, ahead of President Trump's trip to Beijing. She discusses the high-stakes summit and what it could mean for the U.S.-China relationship as President Trump is set to meet with Xi Jinping to discuss a variety of issues. Aishah also examines the implications of U.S. weapon shipments to Taiwan and assesses whether these conversations could help speed up the end of the war with Iran. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
President Trump has been given a lavish welcome to Beijing where he and American business leaders will hold talks with their Chinese counterparts on Thursday. Also on the programme, is the British prime minister, Keir Starmer, about to be forced out of office? And, we hear from Alex Batty, the British boy who sparked a high-profile international missing person investigation. He tells us what happened.(Photo: U.S. President Donald Trump walks with Chinese Vice President Han Zheng during an arrival ceremony at Beijing Capital International Airport, in Beijing, China, May 13, 2026. REUTERS/Evan Vucci)
The President is in China with 16 major CEOs. Chris Van Hollen questioned FBI Director Kash Patel during a hearing about his drinking and celebrations with hockey teams. Late-night hosts honor Stephen Colbert during his final week on CBS. The state budget finalized by Mayor Mamdani is getting heat for unnecessary spending. Mark interviews comedian and actor Kevin Nealon. Kevin shares his love of hiking and how it inspires his comedy. Mark and Kevin reminisce about the old days of becoming a DJ. Kevin also talks about his new specials and shows. You'll be surprised to hear who just graduated from Rutgers Business School - Mark says to check it out. If Mamdani's budget hadn't passed, your NYC property taxes could have gone up. Film critic and journalist Rex Reed passed away. Mark also asks: Why are so many anti-Semitic protesters wearing masks? Mark interviews author Ann Coulter. Ann says Mamdani and some New Yorkers are happy as long as the rich pay more. Mark asks if illegal immigrants have paid their fair share. Mark and Ann also talk about how colleges have changed and how to bring them back to less political focus.
This episode is a breakout session from the Braveheart Summit in 2025, and it was titled The Gospel In Worship. In it, Aaron Tedeschi and Ashley Bailey give some keys on how to approach the Throne of Grace and how to lead a congregation into true worship to the Living God. Braveheart Summit 2026 registration is officially open!This November 4th through 6th we're joining together in sunny Miami with Bravehearts like you from around the world. These three days will be like no other. We will encounter the living God through His Table, worship, faith training, connection and commissioning.The Summit isn't a conference — it's a connect point for people who are hungry for MORE of God - more of His vision, His growth, His freedom and His abundant joy. Spots are limited, so don't wait. Get your ticket HERE. We can't wait to see you in Miami!GOSPEL HOMES TRAINING These trainings are meant to be gospel foundations for our own hearts as we experience the overflow of Christ in us. When the gospel expresses itself in us, it first expresses itself in love for one another - first to those we live with and then to those who come and go from our homes. If you want to join these trainings, email discipleship@braveheartministries.org. Send us Fan MailSupport the show
Carl Quintanilla, Sara Eisen and Michael Santoli led off the show with market reaction to another batch of hotter-than-expected inflation data: Month-on-month, April PPI nearly tripled economists' forecasts — one day after CPI showed a jump in consumer inflation due to high gas prices. A live report from Beijing after President Trump arrived in China for high stakes talks with President Xi. Shares of Nvidia rose after Jensen Huang joined fellow CEOs such as Elon Musk on the trip. Also in focus: Musk vs. Altman, chips coming off their worst day since late April, Nebius surges, SoftBank and Alibaba earnings, Amazon rolls out its AI shopping assistant, oil prices climb, Cerebras to price what's expected to become the biggest IPO of the year so far. Squawk on the Street Disclaimer Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Another hot inflation print this morning - this time, PPI: Carl Quintanilla and Sara Eisen broke down the state of inflation top of the hour - and what it means for the markets, the Fed, and your wallet - before getting Evercore Vice Chairman Krishna Guha's take on the action. Plus: all eyes on China as the President touches down in Beijing for a face-to-face with Chinese President Xi Jinping... The latest from Beijing this hour - and what the former Chairman of Morgan Stanley's Asia business thinks could come next. Elsewhere this hour: what a key resignation at the FDA means for an already underperforming healthcare sector... and why a federal pause of gas taxes might be hard to come by despite pain at the pump. Squawk on the Street Disclaimer Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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Noah and Steve are at Red Hat Summit 2026! We talk to Stefanie Chiras to talk about her new role as Senior Vice President of the AI Innovation Hub. She leads Red Hat's strategy for engaging with and catalyzing regional AI ecosystems. -- During The Show -- 00:50 Intro Live from Summit in Georgia Interviews 02:30 Lets Encrypt Changes - Charlie Certificate's going to 45 Days Window is likely to decrease 05:40 Follow up on getting into system - Advait Write in with your recovery techniques What Noah used to do LiveCD and "poking" Steve's HP Elite Book UltraBooks Separating work and personal Choosing a laptop ThunderBolt Docks changed computer usage 19:30 Dell Server Problems - Frederick Maybe the drives died PERC is getting in the way Step One Flash IT mode If PERC fails you can be in big trouble 23:00 Red Hat Summit Interview Stefanie Chiras Ph.D. - Senior Vice President, AI Innovation Hub Mechanical Engineering degrees What led you where you are? Breaking down walls Open Accelerator Roll of Open Source Government Involvement Benefits to community Does code flow back to Open Source? Open Source governance 37:40 News Wire KDE Frameworks 6.26 - kde.org Mesa 26.1 - mesa3d.org Cangjie - infoq.com Mercury Modem - hamweekly.com Parrot 7.2 - parrotsec.org 3D-Printed Stethoscope - adafruit.com Copy Fail - thehackernews.com Dirty Frag - thehackernews.com Emergency Kill Switch - theregister.com PAN-OS Vulnerability - thehackersnews.com PamDOORa - thehackernews.com MoonShot AI - siliconangle.com Red Hat AI 3.4 - redhat.com Open AI Foundations - fierce-network.com 40:00 Fun Technology Playing with LLMs Fish.audio Creating audio books -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from our podcast dashboard! This Episode's Podcast Dashboard Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys Join us in our dedicated chatroom #GeekLab:linuxdelta.com on Matrix -- Stay In Touch -- Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard Ask Noah Dashboard Need more help than a radio show can offer? Altispeed provides commercial IT services and they're excited to offer you a great deal for listening to the Ask Noah Show. Call today and ask about the discount for listeners of the Ask Noah Show! Altispeed Technologies Contact Noah live [at] asknoahshow.com -- Twitter -- Noah - Kernellinux Ask Noah Show Altispeed Technologies • Ask Noah Show © CC-BY-ND 2021 •
You've heard "grow your email list" a hundred times. But nobody tells you how to actually do it without posting every day and praying the algorithm cooperates.In this episode, I'm pulling back the curtain on exactly how I grew my email list by over 200% in 75 days — and not a single bit of it came from social media. It came from something older and more powerful than any platform: relationships.I walk you through the four collaboration types I used, which one drove the most growth (and why), and the unexpected referral chain that led me from my own hosted event straight to a paid sponsorship opportunity I never saw coming. Plus the one thing I now believe is more important to your long-term business growth than any funnel, any content calendar, or any algorithm hack.In this episode:Why podcast guesting alone wasn't moving the needle — and what I did differentlyWhat the Workflow Exchange was, how I built it, and why it outperformed everything elseThe real reason a summit sponsorship converts better than a social ad (hint: it's about trust)How to evaluate a bundle before you say yes — because not every one is worth your timeWhy building relationships might be the single most important business investment you can makeEPISODE HIGHLIGHTS[00:00] The result first: 200% email list growth in 75 days, no social media involved[02:00] The honest starting point — where my list actually was at the end of February[05:00] Why podcast guesting builds credibility but has limits as a list-growth strategy[08:00] The Workflow Exchange: what it was, how I built it, and why ten women's audiences became mine[12:00] The referral that changed everything — and how one relationship led to another[15:00] Summit sponsorship vs. social ads: why borrowed trust converts at a different rate[18:00] Bundles: the most accessible collaboration type and how to know if one is right for you[21:00] The big idea: relationships aren't just a nice-to-have — they're the strategy[24:00] What this means for your list right now, and your one action step this weekKEY TAKEAWAY"List-building isn't a solo project. It's a community project. The relationships bring people to your door — your website has to open it."RESOURCES MENTIONEDThe Workflow Exchange — Jan's hosted collaboration event featuring 10 business women sharing their real workflowsProverbs 27:17 — "Iron sharpens iron"jantouchberry.com — web design and branding for Christian women entrepreneurs who market without socialREADY TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP?If this episode resonated with you, here's what to do next:Share it with a Christian woman entrepreneur in your life who's tired of feeling like she has to be on social media to grow her business. This show exists for her.Subscribe so you never miss an episode — new episodes drop weekly with practical strategies for growing your business through owned media: your website, your email list, and your podcast.Work with Jan — if you're at the point where you're ready to build the online presence that makes all of this actually convert, Jan designs websites and brands for Christian women entrepreneurs who are done letting social media call the shots. Start the conversation at jantouchberry.com.CONNECT WITH JAN:Here are all the best places and FREE stuff
President Donald Trump heads to China for a high-stakes meeting with Xi Jinping. Trade, war and global power all move to the table at once. Plus, a possible new hantavirus case in the U.S. — not tied to the cruise. And one cruise passenger overseas is now critically ill as officials track what could still emerge. And a Senate hearing turns into a direct clash. The FBI director and a lawmaker trade accusations, then agree to take the same alcohol test. These stories and more highlight your Unbiased Updates for Wednesday, May 13, 2026.
Andrew Walworth, Tom Bevan, and Carl Cannon discuss what to expect from President Trump's two-day summit in Beijing. And, they talk about a new poll of likely Republican voters that shows Secretary of State Marco Rubio ahead of Vice President JD Vance in the 2028 race for the GOP presidential nomination. Next, they discuss today's Senate hearings chaired by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) featuring a long-time CIA employee on the origins of the COVID-19 virus, and a new report out of Israel that documents the horrors committed by Hamas on October 7, 2023. Also, New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristoff's controversial new column on abuses in Israeli jails, which relies largely on allegedly pro-Hamas sources. And lastly, they discuss New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's new video celebrating the city's “balanced” budget, and Carl talks about his latest article on a new YouGov poll showing that many Democrats believe the assassination attempts against President Trump have been staged. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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The May 13, 2026 edition of The Marc Cox Morning Show delivers a fast-moving mix of political controversy, economic pressure points, and international tension. Hour 1 centers on escalating scrutiny of St. Louis County Executive Sam Page amid allegations of outside anesthesiology work despite rules barring dual employment, alongside a major legal challenge to the U.S. Census Bureau over counting illegal immigrants in population totals and a broader debate on student loan debt and its impact on younger Americans. Hour 2 shifts into Missouri politics and culture, highlighting a Supreme Court ruling upholding the state's congressional map, ongoing police funding battles in St. Louis, and a mix of national market updates and lighter cultural headlines including entertainment and sports-related news. Hour 3 features in-depth interviews on political accountability and ideology, including criticism of DEI policy persistence, scrutiny of the Southern Poverty Law Center, Illinois' rising gas tax structure, and viral public reaction to a poll about perceptions of Donald Trump. Hour 4 expands to global and national stakes with the president's China summit talks, inflation and fuel tax debates, a volatile Los Angeles mayoral race centered on homelessness and policing policy, San Francisco regulatory disputes, and a sharp Washington confrontation over a federal shooting case. Across all four hours, the show weaves together local governance battles, national economic strain, cultural conflict, and geopolitical uncertainty into a tightly packed political and economic snapshot of the day. Hashtags: #SamPage #MissouriPolitics #Census #GasPrices #Inflation #China #LAMayorRace #DEI #Illinois #WashingtonDC #Politics #FullShow**
Hour 4 blends international and domestic political flashpoints, opening with coverage of the president's high-profile trip to China and the broader implications for energy markets, inflation, and geopolitical leverage. The discussion moves through rising gas prices and renewed debate over federal and state fuel taxes, framed against concerns about household costs and political accountability. Domestically, attention turns to the Los Angeles mayoral race, where outsider challenger Spencer Pratt is gaining traction by attacking homelessness spending, policing policy, and union influence, sparking backlash from establishment-backed opponents. The hour also highlights San Francisco's push for stricter public behavior regulations, contrasted with ongoing struggles around homelessness and urban disorder. It closes with a tense Washington exchange over a federal shooting case, underscoring deeper political divisions over law enforcement, culpability, and public trust in institutions. Hashtags: #China #GasPrices #Inflation #Politics #LAMayorRace #Homelessness #SanFrancisco #WashingtonDC #Energy #PublicPolicy
Charles Schwab's Michelle Gibley talks about her expectations for the meeting between President Trump and Xi Jinping in China. She believes if Trump and the group of Big Tech CEOs traveling with him can strike up non-strategic deals, it will set the foundation to rebuild international relations between the U.S. and China. Sticking with global movers, Michelle talks about the push by SK Hynix employees to include portions of the company's profits in bonuses. ======== Schwab Network ========Empowering every investor and trader, every market day.Options involve risks and are not suitable for all investors. Before trading, read the Options Disclosure Document. http://bit.ly/2v9tH6DSubscribe to the Market Minute newsletter - https://schwabnetwork.com/subscribeDownload the iOS app - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/schwab-network/id1460719185Download the Amazon Fire Tv App - https://www.amazon.com/TD-Ameritrade-Network/dp/B07KRD76C7Watch on Sling - https://watch.sling.com/1/asset/191928615bd8d47686f94682aefaa007/watchWatch on Vizio - https://www.vizio.com/en/watchfreeplus-exploreWatch on DistroTV - https://www.distro.tv/live/schwab-network/Follow us on X – https://twitter.com/schwabnetworkFollow us on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/schwabnetworkFollow us on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/schwab-network/About Schwab Network - https://schwabnetwork.com/about
Dara Calleary, Minister for Social Protection, discusses the consultation on shaping future policy on the financial impact of disability.
Hour One of the Wednesday May 13, 2026 edition of The Armstrong & Getty Show features... Trump arrives in China... Headlines... Iran's missile capabilities... Mailbag! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
President Trump is in Beijing for a high-stakes summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping as tensions involving Iran continue. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., warned Trump not to mistake a photo op for real strategic progress as China's influence over Tehran becomes a major focus of the talks. Subscribe to our newsletter to stay informed with the latest news from a leading Black-owned & controlled media company: https://aurn.com/newsletter Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Tom Seay, our International Director, with the help of some of our International Champions, gave a great presentation on how God is inviting us to the world. He showed a world map and talked about how many countries have had a Journey participant. And he emphasized that “We can all be missionaries from our living rooms by using Zoom and Virtual Journey Groups.” Many men were inspired and you will be too.
After being postponed due to the war in the Middle East, U-S President Donald Trump has now departed the US for a three-day trip to Beijing. It the first visit by a U-S president to China since 2017.
Jimmy addresses the latest news, like Trump traveling to China to meet with President Xi Jinping, before speaking with Sigourney Weaver and Andrew Rannells.
Drilled is a true-crime climate change podcast exposing how corporate corruption and political operatives built decades of climate denial and delay. Hosted and reported by award-winning investigative climate journalists, led by Amy Westervelt, each season unravels new evidence of deception, disinformation, and the power structures keeping real climate solutions out of reach. In September 2025, a group of Brazilian ministers trekked all the way to chilly North Dakota to see a presentation on a new type of clean energy project, one that promised to help them deliver Brazilian President Lula’s dream of turning Brazil into "the Saudi Arabia of sustainable aviation fuels." It was the latest in a string of projects from Midwest Republican kingmaker and corn ethanol magnate Bruce Rastetter, whose investments in Brazil might just transform him into a global carbon czar, even as his Summit pipeline carbon project faces fierce opposition from Iowa to North Dakota. The problem? It all requires loads of land and none of it does a thing about climate change. Here's episode 1 of Drilled: Carbon Cowboys. Find Drilled wherever you get podcasts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ever feel like money is disappearing from your practice? Tiff and Dana share where practices tend to find that missing money, as well as how to trim down those expenses. Episode resources: Subscribe to The Dental A-Team podcast Schedule a Practice Assessment Leave us a review Transcript: The Dental A Team (00:00) Hello, Dental A Team listeners. I always want to say on that opening, Hello@TheDentalATeam.com and I have to really think about it. Hello, Dental A Team listeners. We are back here. Dana and I have been on a podcasting frenzy we love these days and then we're like out of breath and I also love that because it feels like productive and anaerobic. So I'll take it. I've got Dana here with us today. Dana, thank you so much for riffing with me today, for being here, for blocking out your morning, for podcasting and just All awesome, awesome. Thank you for being an awesome part of this team. We were literally just talking about how my brain just is like ping pong, ping pong, and then I won't finish a statement. That was it. That was me proving to you that that really happens real life. So, and don't cut that podcast team, whatever. Dana, how are you today? DAT-Dana (00:38) you doing really good. am honestly and truly, I feel like today we've rift a lot and we've come up with some really great, I think, content ideas for doctors and teams. And so, so far, I'm super proud of us today. The Dental A Team (01:01) I agree. I agree. think the marketing one, if you guys haven't listened to the marketing matters, I believe that's what they're calling it. But there's a marketing one that Dana and I just did. I actually, I think that was one of our best podcasts. That was so good. So good. And KPIs again, I know we talk about KPIs a lot, but we really went on a very good tangent of inspiration versus motivation for those KPIs. So I agree. I think it's been fun. And I love talking profit now. Dana, I think you and I have grown to love profit. Not that we didn't love profit before, but I think we've grown to really, really see some high value in the profit side and just love finding it and talking about it more than we ever did before. So I want to talk about profit today. And we talked about it a lot. It's a huge piece of Dental A Team's Magic Sauce is really, really working systems and logistics and business and leadership to turn into profit because at the end of the day, that's the only way the business is going to survive. And Dana, when we talk about profit, think teams tend to be like, okay. And I think doctors think teams hate it, that they don't want to hear about it, that they don't want to know that it's like, yeah, that's going in your pocket. But the reality is most teams want to know that their business is profitable because most teams want a place to work, if nothing else. They want a profitable company because it guarantees that they get to stay where they're at. And if you guys have, you know, we talked about that inspiring why earlier, and if you've got a really inspiring place, you've got a place that people want to work, they want you to be profitable so that they can keep working there. DAT-Dana (02:44) I agree with you. And doctors, if you feel like your team doesn't care about profit, then it's because they don't understand what profit means to them. And so I think that instead of so often, doctors just shy away from it. And I think instead of shying away from it, make sure that they know what that profit means to them. Because Tiff and I can say, hey, we know and hands down, you're right, Tiff, like people are going to pick job security, right? They're going to want to be in an office that has job security. Do they know that that's profit? Probably not. The Dental A Team (03:09) Yeah. DAT-Dana (03:13) Right? And so somebody says something about that or like that. Do they want to grow in their position? Yep, they probably do. Do they know that that comes from profit? Maybe not. And so I think sometimes it's just like, hey, my team. Well, if your team doesn't want to talk about profit or you think they don't care, it's probably just because they don't understand that profit drastically impacts their lives too. The Dental A Team (03:35) Totally agree. That was massive, massive. And that's the space of really understanding the intentionality behind what you're doing. So if you intend for the team to understand profit, then they will. You'll say the words and they'll understand it. profit turns into not only job security, but it also turns into being able to invest in more tech, more, I don't know, chairs. Oh my gosh, do know how many times as a front office team member I was like, can I just get a new chair? My back hurts so bad. And they were like, well, let's look at the budget. I'm like, cool, what do I have to do to get a new chair? But those things all come from that profit because we can't spend what we don't have. And so teams really understanding what that turns into and also like how can we impact the community? We've got kids sports teams coming in saying, can you ⁓ sponsor our team? Can you do night guards? Can you do this? Like we wanna be able to say yes to all of those things and that comes from the profit. Now you know our stance on profit, but Dina, what about disappearing profit? I've had actually, I've had this come up a couple of times. I've had a couple of emails from doctors that they're like, I can't find the money from 2025. I don't know where it went. I should have had X amount of dollars, 400, $600,000 and it's gone. I'm like, okay, well let's look for it. And Dina... Love those and I hate them because I'm like, well, what do we do for a year? Where what were we doing here? Okay, so I have you know, I have my ideas on where it goes and and we dig and we find it we usually find it but Dana Where do you see the biggest question marks on when doctors say where's the profit? Like where the biggest question marks? Where do you start digging and where are you usually finding it? DAT-Dana (05:01) Yeah, it usually leads to a rabbit hole, but... Yeah, typically I am digging first and foremost into just like expenses, right? Like where did expenses fluctuate? Did we spend more than we needed to or did we spend in arbitrary areas just because we weren't keeping track of it? So honestly and truly, do you know what your BAM is and can you assess very easily or quickly like months where it is? well below well above right so that you can kind of watch those flexes. just worked with an office on this not that long ago and I'm like hey from January to March expenses swung by $100,000 right like what happened let's dig in here because those giant fluctuations to me are a red flag of like hey we're not watching something or something got overcharged double charged things like that so I think the first place to tackle is just like knowing those things like knowing what the profit should be, knowing what the expenses should be and are you, do you have a cadence where you are looking, reviewing? Because I think what happens is we hire a CPA, we get into QuickBooks, everything auto syncs into QuickBooks and we just kind of like set it and forget it. And I think that like we don't know that sometimes hey things can swing that Gigantically if we're not looking at those things and we're not looking at those prior to making decisions, right? We're not looking those before we're like, hey, yeah, you can have a raise or hey Yeah, I want that cvct writer. Yep. Let's it's time to mill same-day crowns and we didn't look at that now We're in a big swing of expenses The Dental A Team (06:51) Yeah. DAT-Dana (06:52) So I do feel like making sure that all of that is to say, making sure that you know what your numbers are when it comes to expenses every month where they should sit roughly and honestly and truly what you're spending all your money on. The Dental A Team (07:06) Yeah, I have practices Dana that have Amazon Prime. I think everybody has Amazon Prime. My sister and I canceled Amazon Prime actually, and we just have Amazon, which is wild. And every time you try to purchase something, they try to sign you up for Amazon Prime. But it's kind of like, it honestly reminds me of all of the financial stuff you've done with all of the companies we don't have to name. But ⁓ it reminds me of those because you really second guess the purchase. And then you're like, okay, well, let me let it sit in the cart for a minute. And then you go back in, you're like, why did I even have this here? Or I'll throw stuff in the safe for later because I'm like, well, it's not on sale right now. And I'm not gonna get it today. So do I really need it? So I'll put it in the safe for later. But I have practices that are so Amazon Prime ready that they're like, we need paper. I'll just order it real quick. we need pens. you like those pens better? You like the Sharpie pens? I'll order those on Amazon real quick and we'll have them here tomorrow. Right? So they're just constantly processing these Amazon orders. And then what happens, I have a practice that was like Amazon galore. I'm like, where is all of this money? Like what is happening here? And then what happens is you've got some demo supplies, some front office supplies. It's impossible to like see the difference because of how you're placing the orders. It's just this constant running battle or Walmart. I'll have practices that are like, we have a list. So I just sent Joanna to Walmart and I'm like, okay, but why aren't these on orders? And we say, we watch the dental supply budget and ordering really closely. And we'll say order two times a month. Once is phenomenal, two times a month max order your dental supplies. but then we forget those front office supplies and they're sneaky or the paper towels or the toilet paper or just those like paper supplies, they're sneaky. And I have seen that happen where the practice literally had to be like, okay, we're revoking Amazon and you're gonna send in a list just like you do for dental office supplies. And we will both order the same as we do for dental office supplies. DAT-Dana (09:08) Yeah, you're so funny that I have an office where it was like, okay, well, you hit your you hit your dental supplies, you hit your office supply budgets. But like, what is this? ⁓ that's Amazon. And I'm like, Okay, but what did we order from Amazon? Like, how much of that was dental supplies, office supplies, like stuff for the team? Like, where do we need to that? then I know that's just Amazon. I'm like, No, but that's money spent. And it's spent in one of these categories. And it should be part of your budget for those guys. Like If you need an Amazon budget, right? If that has to be a thing, fine, we can set one up, but understand that that's coming out of all these other buckets. The Dental A Team (09:40) Crap. Correct, yes. Or if your Amazon is your personal Amazon too, and it's getting run through the same and whatever. Yes, I agree. I agree. I have a couple of practices too that I have like a small equipment budget because they'll add that into their supplies. And it's like their supplies are 18 % one month. And I'm like, what the heck? I'm like, you can't just, if you need hand pieces. We need a budget for handpieces. You can't just order Cabotron tips because we need Cabotron tips. We've got to look at it and we've got to budget that in and make sure that we have the cash for it. So I totally agree. Another one, think, are subscriptions. So the Amazon Prime is a subscription, so make sure that that's in there as well. But we get hit with a lot of subscriptions. I remember this is like an update. me mostly, but I remember magazine subscriptions, right? And it was like, what the heck? We would pay monthly for magazine subscriptions and then you found out like they're gonna send them to you anyway, so cancel the subscriptions and they're gonna send you the magazines no matter what and I don't think anybody's reading magazines. So those kind of subscriptions, gosh, a lot of people will have like a Uber Eats subscription for the practice or a DoorDash subscription for the practice. Are those necessary subscriptions? And what are we paying out of convenience that's getting used sometimes that doesn't need to be there? So I think subscriptions and then allocating supply orders correctly. DAT-Dana (11:05) Yeah, and I even think office tech subscriptions too, like how, you know, patient communication and then like review requests and then, and sometimes like we can bundle those and get a better dealer. Sometimes it's like, hey, well, this does this, but this also does part of that. And like, we're just overlapping a lot of those things. And so can we condense them into one thing? So I think even just looking at like your office tech, because oftentimes like those are a big chunk of budgets and I'm like, Hey, but are you utilizing that? Like, yes, you've got this, you've got this The Dental A Team (11:09) Yeah. DAT-Dana (11:33) review subscription, is great. But like if we're asking in person and we don't feel like, I just think sometimes we have these things just because they sound fantastic, but we're only using a very, like a small fraction of it. And there's oftentimes a workaround on that small fraction that like, again, we can just reduce because we don't necessarily, we aren't using it consistently or it overlaps with something else that we have. The Dental A Team (11:46) I agree with that. Totally agree. That makes me think of like some of the analytics companies, you know, high cost that also have patient communications, right? So, but then we've got a patient communication platform, like maybe Weave or something. We're like, well, but like Weave doesn't connect with this piece well, or it doesn't pull this report, right? So we have this one that's pulling the reports, Weave that I can do text messages and emails from. So I don't use it over here, but I don't use that over here. And we're paying thousands of dollars between two. two models, well, is there a third model that maybe encompasses both or can we, what can we shift around? So I totally agree. That happens a lot actually. Or people will have the dental intel or the Adit. love Adit. So they'll have Adit and they're like, okay, well I get my reports and I can pull all my data. Should I sign up with whatever company for text messaging? And I'm like, well, what Adit does that. DAT-Dana (12:34) Mm-hmm. Yeah. The Dental A Team (12:56) Right, like most of the analytic companies these days, it wasn't that way. When I was in practice, it wasn't that way. So it's been pretty recent within the last, I would say three to five years that the analytics companies started piecing all of those things together or vice versa. The communication systems are now doing analytics too. So I think they don't know, but it's a huge space of savings, especially because those analytics, they're expensive. DAT-Dana (13:19) Yeah, I agree with you. And, and all those platforms are great. It's just which one works best for you. And which one will you get the most bang out of for what you're paying in that monthly subscription? Because yes, they all do the same thing, but yet also a variety of other things. And so like which package best fits your office. And I think just even annually assessing that and annually looking at your tech bundles and like, are we utilizing it? Is it a better platform? Because they're all fantastic platforms. It's just what you're going to use within your practice. The Dental A Team (13:25) cracks. Totally agree. It's like the cable subscriptions, right? We used to get hit with those with the wifi and the cable and the phone and these bundles. And the next thing you know, you're $30 more and you didn't even realize that it had changed. I totally agree with you. Yeah. So subscriptions, supply costs, something that I find. And I think a lot of people tackle this one first. They'll look at like employee costs. So what's my staff cost? And totally yes. Watch for overtime. I also like to caveat. Overtime typically means that there's a systems failure because we should be able to get the work that we need done and the amount of time that we have. And so, Dana, I often see overtime as understaffed or incorrectly staffed. maybe our job descriptions aren't clear. Maybe there's someone that's doing everything. Everybody else is leaving at 4 p.m. when the patients are gone and then that person's there till six cleaning things up. So over time, definitely, I definitely watch that and I look at staff costs, but it honestly is one of the last places that I look because we need the people there to produce what we're producing. And then, ⁓ Dana, taxes, taxes. You guys, I have a practice that I love so much. I have got a two or three practices this year that is like, my gosh, where'd the money go? And I'm like, well, you... had $600,000 of taxes last year that you paid for 2024, and then you also paid your 2025 taxes. So you made up for what you were lacking the year before. But remember that auto email that I've got going out, or remember how many times we talked about, did you put the savings aside for your taxes? If you put the savings aside for your taxes and you paid out of that savings, it is still going to show up on your P &L. That does not mean that that money is gone. It just means that it was used over here. and you should still be saving for your taxes. But Dana, I think that is one of the biggest spaces that doctors or business owners in general, because I've seen even, we've worked with non dental offices that they quote unquote lose their money because they had to pay taxes. DAT-Dana (15:55) Yeah, and I will say too, an even something that I think I noticed in a trend in that is like taxes on their personal distribution, right? Because it's like, ⁓ I pay payroll taxes and and like they know they have to pay business taxes, right? But depending on how they structure paying themselves, we kind of forget that we The Dental A Team (16:05) ⁓ yes, yes. DAT-Dana (16:15) to pay taxes on our own personal distributions or how we pay ourselves because, for team and all those, they're just like auto deductions and auto things that come out on our P &L and we see our pay, right? We see our pay come out, but what we don't see come out and we sometimes forget is that we are taxed on the money that we pay ourselves. So doctors, that's just like also I see that. The Dental A Team (16:16) Yes. Yep. Yep. DAT-Dana (16:38) having a lot, but it's like, oh, well, I was prepared for taxes, but we forgot. Like, yes, we were prepared for the business taxes, but we weren't really prepared for the taxes on our personal income that came from the practice. The Dental A Team (16:50) Yes, or vice versa. Karen and I were literally just talking about this on Friday, we went for a walk after summit and she was like, gosh, like CPAs, like just need CPAs to like get it all. And I'm like, well, I think CPAs are either like thinking of the business or they're thinking of your personal taxes. And it kind of, does suck, but you can't rely on one person or one entity to do it all for you. You know, you've got, we've got multiple people looking at it and you've got to be responsible to your money. So a lot of CPAs are like, you know, yes, you've got your personal taken care of. And then you get hit with $400,000 of business taxes. Or they're like, awesome, we've got your business taxes taken care of. And here's your $200,000 of your personal taxes. And that's like, no matter what, something's going to come up short. So just know, this is what I need to save for. I'm going to save 40 % on the side. And if I don't have to pay 40%, cool. I've got savings for next year, or go spend it. I don't care what you do with it, but you've you've prepped and you've saved for those taxes because that is the biggest space. Legitimately, I have an office that was missing X amount of dollars. And when we looked at the tax payments, it was X amount of dollars. It literally equaled out. It's like there was your profit because you weren't prepped for those 2025 taxes. Now it's 2026. You know, we're we're backlogging. So, yep. DAT-Dana (18:06) Yeah. And I think we hire like we bring on CPAs, we bring on financial advisors, we bring on all these things, but the end of the day, like they don't know you as a human. And so it's your responsibility to to like share like what kind of human you are with them. And so like if they're setting up that you take individual distributions, and you know that like, if money gets tight, you're not going to sit that aside, and you're not going to put it in a savings account for taxes, like, say that I think that sometimes like The Dental A Team (18:31) Yeah. DAT-Dana (18:32) Yes, they're going to give you advice based on like what our best practices or what they feel like will set you up for the most tax savings or the most tax success. But you know you as a person too. And if you know that you're not a great saver, maybe a personal distribution really and honestly and truly isn't the best thing for you, even if that's what they advise. So I think also to like know yourself, be able to communicate those things and make sure that the advice that they're giving you or the directions that they're giving you is something that you will truly do too. The Dental A Team (18:50) Totally. Yeah, I totally agree with you. Totally. we can't see. Maybe they can. But that's not their job to check and see did you move that money. I know a financial advisor that gets asked a lot that they're like, well, shouldn't my savings be those? He's like, I don't know. I don't know what you're doing with your savings. I advise you on what you should do. I'm not the one that's moving the money. I'm not your money manager. And so we do the same thing. We advise you on what you should be doing, but I'm not in your accounts nor do I want to be in your accounts seeing what you're actually doing. I'm trusting that you're taking the advice and you're moving forward. And when I ask, did you do the thing and you say yes, I'm trusting that you did it. So huge caveat, I love that. And then honestly, last but not least, and this is why I do not tackle employee cost first is collections. Oh my gosh, I have so many practices that are like, Tiff, where's my cashflow? And we look at it and I'm like, well, where are your KPIs? Because your collections right now is less than 90%. Like where, where's that? And your month's fluctuating is going to, can create cashflow like month by month stretches, like a little skimping here or overflow here. But on average, you should be at 90 % or higher collections. And Dana? I think collections is a very overlooked space when it comes to the P &L because we're thinking they don't think about the collections. They just think about, okay, this is my P &L and it's like it's a separate entity. At that point, they get the P &L and it's totally separate from the practice. Like that doesn't, the practice doesn't matter anymore. This is the P &L, but they have to be smashed together. DAT-Dana (20:20) Yeah. Yeah, they do. I think too, like collections, feel like doctors always tend to just like look at production because it's the one thing they can control, right? It's it's the thing that they can really control, tackle, push for. And so I feel like that's a number that they look at heavily. And then I think collections, right? Yes, which doctors understand that collections is the money in the bank, right? I think we understand that concept, but we don't necessarily look at the health. The Dental A Team (20:44) Yeah. Yep. DAT-Dana (21:02) of the collections within the practice. And you're absolutely right that like, can we cut all over time? Can we look at team and say, look, no more over time, right? But if the overtime is what they were using to get the collections to 98%, right? Versus 87 % without it, right? Then maybe that's not the thing that we've got to tackle. We've got to look at that collections network. The Dental A Team (21:18) Mm-hmm. Yeah. DAT-Dana (21:26) Or we can say, like, yeah, we can cut our supply budget and you can take a supply budget from 6 % to 5%. But is that gonna move the needle as much as taking your collections from 85 to 98? The Dental A Team (21:33) Pressure. Correct. I love that. with that, go look at your collections. That was massive, Dana. Thank you. I love when I can get you on a soapbox and you're like, just go do the thing. And that was beautiful. Thank you. So disappearing profit, is a thing. Not having cash flow, it is a thing. Is it normal? Normal? Like, yeah, we see it. Is it what you should have? No, no. You should know your numbers forwards and backwards. If you're at summit. You know that if you were not at Summit, you should be at our virtual events. They're freaking awesome. Our in-person events are amazing. We literally go through line item, PNLs at most of our in-person events for this reason, because there's always just something hidden. There's just like when you comb through your personal bank account and you're like, my gosh, or when you use Apple credit card to pay for everything. And then you're like, my gosh, now I got to pay my credit card off. And how did I spend $2,000 this month? Because it was easy. It's easy to say yes to Amazon Prime and just order it right now instead of waiting and saving. So go through, comb through. You should do this quarterly. Make sure that at least yearly, I would do it quarterly. Make sure that things make sense. There's nothing that's been hidden in there. There's nothing that's orders are duplicated. There's not subscriptions that you shouldn't have and that your collections, you should be looking at that constantly. And you should be looking at that with your KPI. reports, your scorecards with your consultant. If you're a client of ours and you don't know what I'm talking about, get on your consultant because you should. Especially Dana and I's clients. If you're out there, we love you and you just let us know. I think. Action items, pull your P &L. It's where out of Q1, you've got a whole quarter to look at, you've got a quarter and then some at this point to look at, and we're coming up on the end of Q2, so it comes up really quickly. Go look at it, look to see, are there things that you can bundle? Or do you have a bunch of subscriptions that, you know, you've got multiple different companies overlapping that you can use one or two rather than five? Are you using the scanner that you're paying the monthly subscription for? Are you using all the things that you're paying for? Is there anything that you can reduce and what is your collections at? If you can say yes, you've done both of those things and your collections is where it should be. Now we're going to take a look at, is your schedule full? There's so many layers. Like we're going to take a look now at production, team, like really how big is your team and do you have enough production to support the team that you have? So Dana, anything you'd like to add? DAT-Dana (24:10) this, I think just like you said, know those numbers inside and out, look at these things regularly, evaluate expenses on a quarterly basis, ⁓ and take a look at those subscriptions because they can hit us hard as well as those taxes. The Dental A Team (24:26) They're sneaky. Both of those are sneaky. Awesome. Thank you, Dana. All right, everyone, go leave us a five star review. You know, we love to see those. We love to know that this content was awesome for you. Let us know any tricks or tips that you have as well or things that are working well for you. Hello@TheDentalATeam.com. When you're ready, if you are not yet a client and you're ready to find that disappearing profit, reach out. You guys, we are like hounds when it comes to this stuff and really freaking good at our jobs. So the systems behind the numbers and the systems behind the money, We will help you figure out what's working, what's not working and get you in the best shape of your life. Dana, thank you so much for today and everyone, we will catch you next time.
Protestors have been arrested in Nairobi while objecting the Africa-France event and France-Africa relations, calling it rebranded "imperialism". Macron has announced investments worth $27bn (£20bn) in Africa in areas such as energy transition, digital and AI, the maritime economy and agriculture. The summit is aimed at broadening Paris's partnerships and making investment deals on the continent against a backdrop of rising anti-French sentiment and diminishing power in its former colonies, especially in West Africa.And, we turn to a not-so new but revived sound of music by South-African musician Zawadi Yamungu, who is creating music that feels both spiritual and contemporary, drawing on themes of ancestry, identity and healing.Presenter: Charles Gitonga Producers: Rukia Bulle, Godwin Asediba and Blessing Aderogba Technical Producer: Herbert Masua Senior Producer: Bella Twine Editors: Priya Sippy and Maryam Abdalla
This Episode The Pulse Check is back with the full crew. Chris Lopez, Jim Pfeifer, and Paul Shannon reconvene just days after the PassivePockets Summit to unpack what they learned, how their theses got challenged (sometimes in real time), and what they're actually doing with their portfolios right now. They talk through why this conference hits differently: top-tier speakers in a small room where you can actually have real conversations and how those competing viewpoints are the whole point. From “sit in treasuries” caution to “this is the window to buy” optimism, the trio break down how to filter the noise, lean into uncertainty, and keep operator quality at the top of the decision stack. On the portfolio side: Jim shares his first two allocations of the year including a private credit interval fund and AAA Storage via the Open Tribe structure, while Paul discusses a new private money note, an industrial sidecar he's watching, and a recent multifamily exit. Chris recaps a strong Q1 for “green shoots” across his equity positions (sales, contracts, and a complicated Denver lakefront development that's finally moving toward resolution), plus why he's still dollar-cost averaging into real estate even when headlines shift fast. They close with one of the most tactical takeaways from the Summit: how LPs are using AI to speed up diligence and catch inconsistencies across pitch decks, PPMs, and operating agreements and why that should raise the bar for sponsors going forward. Disclaimer The content of this podcast is for informational purposes only. All host and participant opinions are their own. Investment in any asset, real estate included, involves risk, so use your best judgment and consult with qualified advisors before investing. You should only risk capital you can afford to lose. Past performance is not indicative of future results. This podcast may contain paid advertisements or other promotional materials for real estate investment advisers, investment funds, and investment opportunities, which should not be interpreted as a recommendation, endorsement, or testimonial by PassivePockets, LLC or any of its affiliates. Viewers must conduct their own due diligence and consider their own financial situations before engaging with any advertised offerings, products, or services. PassivePockets, LLC disclaims all liability for direct, indirect, consequential, or other damages arising out of reliance on information and advertisements presented in this podcast.
Julian Gewirtz, former Biden administration China official, now at Columbia, joins me to chat about the Xi-Trump visit and all things US-China. Matt Sheehan, senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, drops by to give his takes on the AI angle.We cover: What to expect (and not expect) from the Trump-Xi “stalemate summit” Historical echoes from the 1793 Macartney mission and the 1972 Nixon-Kissinger opening — summit optics, status games, and the choreography of power. Taiwan — arms sales, declaratory language, and Beijing's long game on Taiwanese morale and politics. The good and bad case for China in the Iran conflict, and how Chinese officials may be reading America's military commitments, political cohesion, and staying power. US-China AI safety conversation after Mythos, China's approach to frontier AI risks, and the control, harness, govern playbook for emerging technologies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
President Trump heads to China alongside some of America's most powerful business leaders — and critics are sounding the alarm. Reports of possible manufacturing and auto industry deals with Beijing have lawmakers, automakers, and national security experts on edge. From fears over Chinese-connected vehicles collecting American data to growing tensions involving Iran, Pakistan, and U.S. military operations, this episode breaks down the political firestorm surrounding Trump's high-stakes China trip. Is America opening the door too wide to Beijing while global tensions escalate? SHORT DESCRIPTION Trump's China summit sparks backlash over national security, Chinese vehicles, Iran tensions, and fears of deepening Beijing's influence inside America. CLICKABLE HEADLINES Trump's China Trip Sparks Massive Backlash Lawmakers Warn Against Chinese Cars in America National Security Alarm Over China Deal Trump's China Summit Raises Big Questions Auto Industry Fears Explode Over Beijing Talks Chinese Vehicles Could Track Americans? Iran War Pause Fuels New Speculation Pakistan Accused of Betraying U.S. Interests Is America Getting Too Close to China? Trump's Business Delegation Under Fire KEY TALKING POINTS President Trump travels to China with major U.S. business executives Concerns about possible manufacturing and automotive agreements Bipartisan Connected Vehicle Security Act discussed Fears over Chinese-made vehicles collecting American data National security concerns involving connected car technology Debate over Chinese auto plants operating inside the U.S. Ongoing Iran conflict and questions surrounding military pauses Pakistan accused of supporting Iranian military activity Speculation surrounding U.S. munitions shortages Growing concerns over China's global influence and economic leverage SEO KEYWORDS Trump China summit, Chinese vehicles America, Connected Vehicle Security Act, national security, Trump China deal, Chinese EVs, Iran conflict, Pakistan Iran support, U.S. auto industry, Chinese manufacturing, data security concerns, geopolitical tensions, Elon Musk China, Tim Cook China, Larry Fink China YOUTUBE TAGS Trump, China, Xi Jinping, Chinese vehicles, national security, connected vehicles, Iran, Pakistan, U.S. military, auto industry, EVs, Elon Musk, Tim Cook, Larry Fink, geopolitical tensions, politics, breaking news, America First, China summit, business leaders THUMBNAIL TEXT OPTIONS CHINA DEAL PANIC TRUMP UNDER FIRE NATIONAL SECURITY WARNING CHINESE CARS IN AMERICA? AUTO INDUSTRY FREAKING OUT WHAT IS TRUMP DOING? IRAN WAR PAUSED? CHINA ACCESS DENIED? PODCAST CHAPTERS 00:00 Trump Heads to China With Top Executives 03:12 Auto Industry Sounds the Alarm 06:45 Connected Vehicle Security Act Explained 10:08 Fears Over Chinese Data Collection 13:50 National Security Concerns Intensify 17:25 Iran Conflict and Military Questions 21:40 Pakistan Accused of Double-Dealing 25:10 Speculation Over U.S. Munitions Supply 29:35 Why Critics Oppose China Manufacturing Deals 33:50 Final Thoughts on America's China Strategy SOCIAL MEDIA PROMO
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Get ready for the 5th annual LA County Arts and Health Week Summit with this conversation hosted by LA Opera Connects Vice President Dr. Andréa Fuentes. This conversation was recorded live as part of our most recent Exploring Opera session—LA Opera Connects free virtual learning series—with this session focused on all things arts and health. In this episode, Andréa facilitates a dialogue about LA Opera's unique collaboration with the LA Children's Chorus and the USC Brain and Creativity Institute, featuring Dr. Assal Habibi, Susan Kotses, and Dr. Michele Patzakis. Did you know that singing and storytelling enhance cognitive and social/emotional skills? The science is there, and if this research excites you, join us for the Arts and Health Week Summit on June 12. Learn more and RSVP now at LAOpera.org/Summit.
In this week's episode of China Insider, Miles Yu discusses the sentencing of former defense ministers Wei Fenghe and Li Shangfu, and how the rulings fit into the larger pattern of Xi Jinping's ongoing purge campaign. Next, Miles unpacks what is at stake in the upcoming Trump-Xi summit, including key strategic priorities and points of contention for both sides. Finally, Miles reviews the current views held among the Chinese people related to Trump's visit, and general sentiment toward US bilateral engagement with China. China Insider is a weekly podcast project from Hudson Institute's China Center, hosted by China Center Director and Senior Fellow, Dr. Miles Yu, who provides weekly news that mainstream American outlets often miss, as well as in-depth commentary and analysis on the China challenge and the free world's future.
Reed travels to Hamilton, Ontario, Canada for the Northern Spruce Summit Event hosted by Northern Spruce Media, powered by iGUIDE for the Upmarket Podcast's FIRST EVER LIVE EPISODE! Recorded in front of a live audience, this panel brings together some of the voices shaping the real estate media industry across Canada to talk growth, competition, creativity, and the need for stronger community in the space. Reed sits down with Alex Coombs of Northern Spruce Media in Hamilton, Ontario, Mike Santos of Santeezy Media in Toronto, and Karly Wojtowicz of Foothill Real Estate Media in Calgary, Alberta for an honest conversation about what it actually takes to build and scale media companies today. The discussion dives into where inspiration comes from outside the industry, why collaboration matters more than ever, and how events like Northern Spruce Summit are helping bring operators together instead of keeping them isolated. This episode captures the energy of a live room filled with people passionate about pushing the industry forward.Panel Instagram Information:Reed Fish (Host): @reedfishlysmAlex Coombs: @alex__coombsMike Santos: @mrsanteezyKarly Wojtowicz: @foothills_realestate_mediaFollow the pod on Instagram at @upmarketpod.The Presenting Sponsor of Upmarket is Fotello, an AI media platform built to snap, upload, and deliver. Pricing starts at $12 per listing, with human revisions available within six hours. To get started, visit https://fotello.co/?via=upmarket and use the coupon code 50UP to get 50% off your first monthly subscription.Another amazing sponsor is iGUIDE, which helps real estate professionals capture spaces fast and with industry-leading accuracy. Their PLANIX Pro camera delivers trusted measurements, with no subscriptions and priced per project. Options like iGUIDE Instant provide a clean 3D tour and interactive floor plan in minutes, starting at $7.99. Learn more at goiguide.com or @go_iguide.Another sponsor is HDPhotoHub, the all-in-one platform for ordering, scheduling, and delivering complete marketing kits, from video reels to print. With pay-per-listing pricing, transparent terms, and industry-leading integrations, HDPhotoHub helps you build the workflow you actually want. Visit HDPhotoHub.com and use code Upmarket to get your first 15 full deliveries free.Another amazing sponsor of Upmarket is SecondFloor, the fastest way to create a finished floor plan. It's so fast that you can deliver the finished floor plan while you are still on-site! Not only that, but you can get UNLIMITED floor plans for one low monthly fee. We love SecondFloor and you can go to secondfloorapp.com/upmarket and any new subscriber will get a one-month free trial.Our Action Items are sponsored by PixlCRM, where you can scale your real estate photography business through automation. It's an all-in-one business and marketing platform that complements your current delivery app. If you go to pixlcrm.com/upmarket you can get a 30-day risk-free trial!
Drilled is a true-crime climate change podcast exposing how corporate corruption and political operatives built decades of climate denial and delay. Hosted and reported by award-winning investigative climate journalists, led by Amy Westervelt, each season unravels new evidence of deception, disinformation, and the power structures keeping real climate solutions out of reach. In September 2025, a group of Brazilian ministers trekked all the way to chilly North Dakota to see a presentation on a new type of clean energy project, one that promised to help them deliver Brazilian President Lula’s dream of turning Brazil into "the Saudi Arabia of sustainable aviation fuels." It was the latest in a string of projects from Midwest Republican kingmaker and corn ethanol magnate Bruce Rastetter, whose investments in Brazil might just transform him into a global carbon czar, even as his Summit pipeline carbon project faces fierce opposition from Iowa to North Dakota. The problem? It all requires loads of land and none of it does a thing about climate change. Here's episode 1 of Drilled: Carbon Cowboys. Find Drilled wherever you get podcasts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This week President Donald Trump heads to Beijing for a high-stakes summit with Xi Jinping - the first U.S. presidential visit to China in nearly a decade. But this isn't 2017 all over again. China is stronger, America's alliances are under strain, the war in Iran has scrambled the chessboard, and the stakes run straight through Taiwan, AI chips, rare earths and critical minerals, and the supply chains the world depends on.Hosts Ray Powell and Jim Caruso are joined by Michael Sobolik, Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute and author of Countering China's Great Game: A Strategy for American Dominance.Michael unpacks why Trump may be arriving in Beijing with less leverage than he wanted, why the Iran war isn't the "four-dimensional chess" anti-China strategy some Washington commentators imagine, and what Xi Jinping's "Christmas wish list" could look like - from a public U.S. statement against Taiwanese independence to economic offers that sound like wins but could deepen American dependence on China and spook America's Indo-Pacific allies.He also warns about the AI race hiding in plain sight: selling advanced chips to China, he argues, can mean "equipping your adversary with a weapon they don't know how to make themselves yet." As for Chinese electric vehicles manufactured on American soil, he calls that "TikTok on wheels" - a potential extinction-level event for U.S. and Japanese automakers and a national security nightmare.Michael flags one summit topic getting too much attention: setting AI rules, which he thinks is likely to yield very little substantial fruit. He also emphasizes another getting too little: political prisoners. Human rights, he argues, isn't just a moral add-on, it's strategic pressure on a Leninist regime that fears its own people, and one of the most overlooked sources of American leverage heading into Beijing.
Andrew Harding of the Heritage Foundation is here to discuss the pendulum swing of addressing China through different administrations.
Julian Gewirtz, former Biden administration China official, now at Columbia, joins me to chat about the Xi-Trump visit and all things US-China. Matt Sheehan, senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, drops by to give his takes on the AI angle.We cover: What to expect (and not expect) from the Trump-Xi “stalemate summit” Historical echoes from the 1793 Macartney mission and the 1972 Nixon-Kissinger opening — summit optics, status games, and the choreography of power. Taiwan — arms sales, declaratory language, and Beijing's long game on Taiwanese morale and politics. The good and bad case for China in the Iran conflict, and how Chinese officials may be reading America's military commitments, political cohesion, and staying power. US-China AI safety conversation after Mythos, China's approach to frontier AI risks, and the control, harness, govern playbook for emerging technologies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
AP correspondent Eduardo Castillo reports on President Trump's upcoming visit to China.
AP Washington correspondent Sagar Meghani reports President Trump is headed to Beijing.
In this segment, Mark is joined by Andrew Harding, a National Security and Indo-Pacific Affairs Analyst at The Heritage Foundation. Harding defines what could be the best and worst outcomes of the Trump-XI Summit and more.
Stephen Mason, Corinne Muth and special guest Andrew Patterson break down all things Lady Vol with softball postseason getting started this weekend on the 16 episode of Rock Solid Summit Blue. Presented by Rock Solid Sports.
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Today, a look at the massive further ramping in the hottest AI-adjacent hardware names on Friday, although it was a former SaaS victim that rallied hardest in an ironic twist. Elsewhere, we note one of the more exquisitely timed AI-related IPOs set for this Thursday, while we await the historical moment of this week's Trump-Xi summit and the titanic stakes. This and more on today's pod, which is hosted by Saxo Global Head of Macro Strategy John J. Hardy. Today's links: Been reading Chokepoints as I have previously noted - a critical book for understanding the leverage that economic (and financial) chokepoints provide, and an important work in light of the heavily intertwined US and Chinese economies. An excellent Deutsche research piece on the "return of history" as gold is set to become a potentially dominant presence in global central bank reserves. And as noted, the Back Mechanic, a book kindly recommended to me by a podcast listener on getting your back in shape and avoiding the kind of trauma I am currently suffering with a herniated disk. About twice per week, you will find links discussed on the podcast and a chart-of-the-day over at the John J. Hardy substack. Read daily in-depth market updates from the Saxo Market Call and the Saxo Strategy Team here. Please reach out to us at marketcall@saxobank.com for feedback and questions. Click here to open an account with Saxo. Intro music by AShamaluevMusic DISCLAIMER This content is marketing material. Trading financial instruments carries risks. Always ensure that you understand these risks before trading. This material does not contain investment advice or an encouragement to invest in a particular manner. Historic performance is not a guarantee of future results. The instrument(s) referenced in this content may be issued by a partner, from whom Saxo Bank A/S receives promotional fees, payment or retrocessions. While Saxo may receive compensation from these partnerships, all content is created with the aim of providing clients with valuable information and options.
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