For years, Spirit Airlines soared with a low-cost, no-frills business model. This week, it came in for a bumpy landing. WSJ's Alison Sider explains how the big airlines learned to compete with Spirit??and helped put the carrier in bankruptcy. Further Listening: -The Love Triangle Over Spirit Airlines  -Frontier, Spirit and the Future of Low-Cost Airlines  Further Reading: -How Spirit Airlines Went From Industry Maverick to Chapter 11 Bankruptcy  -Discount Airline Spirit Files for Bankruptcy  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Earlier this year, Canadian convenience store company Alimentation Couche-Tard put in a bid to acquire 7-Eleven. Then, management from inside 7-Eleven?s parent company, Seven & i, proposed a record-breaking buyout to counter. WSJ?s Jinjoo Lee on the drama around who will own the world?s largest convenience store chain.  Further Listening: -The Fight Over U.S. Steel and the Community Caught in the Middle  -Why the FTC is Challenging a $25 Billion Supermarket Merger  Further Reading: -The Fight for 7-Eleven Isn?t Just About Money  -Talk of a 7-Eleven Takeover Has Japan Worried About the Rice Balls  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Grocery bills are going up for a lot of reasons. One has to do with how food gets on grocery store shelves. WSJ?s Jesse Newman explains a hidden layer of fees that are getting passed down to the consumer.  Further Reading: - The Mysterious Fees Inflating Your Grocery Bill  - After Years of Raising Prices, Food Companies Hit Consumers? Limits  Further Listening: - The Twinkie: From Bankruptcy to Billions  - Food Fight: PepsiCo vs. Carrefour  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Onion, the satirical news outlet, wants to buy Infowars, the platform conspiracy theorist Alex Jones used to defame families of the Sandy Hook massacre. Onion CEO Ben Collins shares why and John Feinblatt, president of Everytown for Gun Safety, explains what it means to Sandy Hook families and the fight against disinformation. Further Reading: -The Onion Is Buying Alex Jones?s Infowars Site  -Alex Jones Files for Bankruptcy Following Sandy Hook Trial Losses  Further Listening: -How Much Will Alex Jones Pay for his Sandy Hook Lie?  -What One School District Is Doing About Rising Gun Violence  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Leaders from around the world are meeting in Azerbaijan for the U.N.?s COP29 climate conference. With Donald Trump?s recent election victory looming over the event, the U.S.?s role will be diminished. WSJ?s Matthew Dalton explains why this moment might be China?s chance to shine. Further Listening: -The Oil Giant Hosting This Year?s U.N. Climate Summit  -The Fight Over Climate Change's Price Tag  Further Reading: -Trump Victory Leaves China Calling the Shots at COP29 Climate Negotiations  -Welcome to Baku, a City Built on Oil Hosting the World?s Climate Conference  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The famous investor and muti-billionaire CEO of Berkshire Hathaway is doing something unusual: selling stocks and hoarding cash. WSJ?s Spencer Jakab breaks down possible reasons why and what everyday investors can learn from his choices. Further Reading: - Does Warren Buffett Know Something That We Don?t?  - A $150 Billion Question: What Will Warren Buffett Do With All That Cash?  Further Listening: - Charlie Munger: Curmudgeon, Sage and Investing Legend  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After abortion access wins in 2022, Democrats made a bet that voters backing abortion on states? ballot measures would also back Democratic candidates. WSJ?s Laura Kusisto explains why that bet turned out to be wrong. Further Listening: The Scramble Is on to Fill Trump?s Cabinet  What a Republican Congress Could Mean for Trump  Further Reading: Voters Continued to Back Abortion Rights. It Didn?t Help Democrats.  A State-by-State Guide to Abortion Access in the U.S.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The incoming Trump administration has just named its White House chief of staff and more appointments will be coming soon. WSJ?s Andrew Restuccia on who is in the running and how this transition could be different from 2016. Further Reading: -The Scramble Is On to Fill Out Trump?s Cabinet   -Lutnick Consults With Musk, Kushner, Wall Street in Rush to Staff Trump White House   -Meet the Wall Street Bigwig Who Has Become Trump?s Headhunter in Chief   Further Listening: -Red, White and Who? Why Trump Won and Where Democrats Go Next  -What a Republican Congress Could Mean for Trump  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The race is over! Molly Ball and Ryan Knutson dive into the election results to understand what the electorate is feeling. Plus, where did it all go wrong for Democrats and what will day one of a Trump presidency look like? Further Listening: - Red, White and Who? Playlist  - Red, White and Who? It?s Trump.  - Red, White and Who? An Electoral College Blowout?  Further Reading: - How Trump Won the Economy-Is-Everything Election  - Trump Win Marks a Blow to Biden?s Legacy  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former president Donald Trump is now president-elect. But that wasn?t the only win this week for the GOP. Republicans have also secured a majority in the Senate, and they?re poised to win the House of Representatives. WSJ?s Siobhan Hughes breaks down what this Republican trifecta could look like. Further Reading: -Republicans Poised to Keep Control of House After Winning Senate  -How Republicans Regained Control of the Senate  Further Listening: -Red, White and Who? It's Trump.  -How Donald Trump Pulled Off a Historic Comeback  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Republican former president Donald Trump defeats Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris, reclaiming the White House. WSJ?s Alex Leary reports on Trump?s winning strategy and the campaign that fueled it. Further Listening: -Red, White and Who? Playlist  Further Reading: -Trump Defeats Harris, Marking Historic Comeback  -How Donald Trump Won?by Being Donald Trump  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After flipping Georgia, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, Donald Trump will become the 47th President of the United States. In the early hours of the morning, Molly Ball and Ryan Knutson discuss election night and Trump's victory. Further Listening: - Red, White and Who? Playlist  - Red, White and Who? An Electoral College Blowout?  - Red, White and Who? The Undecided Voters Who Could Decide The Election  Further Reading: - Live Coverage from WSJ  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Election night is here, and the U.S.?and the world?is watching as the votes come in. WSJ's Politics Editor Ben Pershing walks us through what he's keeping a close eye on, and how long it might take before a winner is called. Further Reading: -Election Day 2024 Live: It's Kamala Harris vs. Donald Trump as America Votes  -A (Don?t Hold Us to It) Hour-by-Hour Guide to Election Night  Further Listening:  -Harris, Trump and the Inflation Election  -Red, White and Who? An Electoral College Blowout?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tomorrow is Election Day, and both Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump have campaigned on bringing down inflation. WSJ?s Nick Timiraos breaks down how both candidates? plans will impact everyday costs. Further Listening: -Why Trump and Harris Aren?t Talking About the $1.8 Trillion Deficit  -Red, White and Who? Playlist  Further Reading: -Economists Warn of New Inflation Hazards After Election  -Inflation Continues Its Bumpy Decline With Mixed September Reading  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For decades, activists and lawmakers have tried to change the way child care works in the U.S. But they haven?t had much success. More recently, a fight has been brewing at the local level. This Tuesday, several places around the country will vote on whether to subsidize childcare. WSJ?s Harriet Torry explains what that could mean for one county in Texas. Further Reading: -Are American Taxpayers Ready to Foot the Bill for Child Care?  -Child Care, Rent, Insurance: Where Inflation Hits Hardest Now  Further Listening: -How Employer-Funded Child Care Can Work  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rachel Humphreys and Molly Ball share dispatches from two major campaign events with Ryan Knutson. Molly analyzes the closing arguments and outlines what to expect on election day. Plus, we finally answer listeners? most asked question: What?s up with the electoral college?  Further Listening: - Red, White and Who? Playlist  - Red, White and Who? The Undecided Voters Who Could Decide The Election  - Red, White and Who? The Desperation Stage  Further Reading: - America Is Having a Panic Attack Over the Election  - Pennsylvania Has Already Become Ground Zero for Election-Fraud Claims  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After a rocky start, self-driving car company Waymo seems to have won over riders in San Francisco. WSJ?s Meghan Bobrowsky talks about the company?s push to convince the public its robotaxis are safe and the challenges of replicating that progress elsewhere. Further Reading: -How San Francisco Learned to Love Self-Driving Cars  -America?s Most Tech-Forward City Has Doubts About Self-Driving Cars  Further Listening: -The Future of Self-Driving Cars Is Here  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For four generations, the Merwin family has worked in Boeing?s factories in Washington state. But for the last six weeks, Tony Merwin and his son Patrick have been on strike, along with 33,000 machinists. They explain why they?re demanding higher wages and pension benefits.  Further Reading: -For This Boeing Family, the Job Is the Same. The Payoff Isn?t  -Boeing Strike Extended After Union Machinists Reject Contract  -Boeing?s CEO Is Shrinking the Jet Maker to Stop Its Crisis From Spiraling  Further Listening: -Why 33,000 Boeing Workers Walked Off the Job  -Boeing's Long Flight Delay ? in Space  -Boeing Agrees to Felony Plea. Now Its Future Is Up in the Air.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

During the Trump administration, Chris Krebs was the top cybersecurity official at the Department of Homeland Security. He spoke with WSJ?s Rolfe Winkler at WSJ Tech Live about the upcoming U.S. election and growing cyber threats from foreign governments. Further Listening: -The Chinese Hackers Spying on U.S. Internet Traffic  -Red, White and Who? Playlist  Further Reading: -China-Linked Hackers Breach U.S. Internet Providers in New ?Salt Typhoon? Cyberattack  -U.S. Wiretap Systems Targeted in China-Linked Hack  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For the past two years, tech billionaire Elon Musk has been having regular contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin. WSJ?s Thomas Grove reports on what we know about the nature of their conversations and why that contact raises potential national security concerns for some in the current administration. Further Reading: - Elon Musk?s Secret Conversations With Vladimir Putin  - Musk Says He Thwarted Attack on Russian Fleet in Ukraine?s Crimea  Further Listening: - Uncovering Elon Musk's Secret Political Donations  - The Russian Military is Using Elon Musk?s Starlink  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hans Zimmer, Academy Award-winning composer, and Golnar Khosrowshahi, CEO of Reservoir Media, discuss AI in the music industry, why human creation is still unique and whether or not Zimmer approves of ?The Journal? theme music. Further Listening: -Artificial: The OpenAI Story -When AI Comes for Your Art Further Reading: -Hans Zimmer, Movie Maestro -Music Labels Take On AI Startups With New Lawsuits Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Five undecided voters in swing states speak to Rachel Humphreys about how they're feeling as election day looms. Ryan Knutson and Molly Ball unpack the stakes. Plus, will betting markets predict the winner? Further Listening: - Red, White and Who? Playlist  - Red, White and Who? The Desperation Stage  - How Betting on U.S. Politics Is Getting Big  Further Reading: - Trump Takes Narrow Lead Over Harris in Closing Weeks of Race  - Meet the Traders Making Money Off the Trump Shooting and Biden?s Stumbles  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike Jeffries, former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch, was arrested and charged with running an international sex-trafficking ring. WSJ?s Khadeeja Safdar describes the alleged crimes and the potential fallout for the company. Further Reading: -Former Abercrombie CEO Mike Jeffries Is Arrested, Charged in Sex-Trafficking Case  Further Listening: -The Resurrection of Abercrombie & Fitch  -JPMorgan's $75 Million Jeffrey Epstein Settlement  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Across the country, elections officials are bracing for a potentially contentious election day. At the same time, a network of conservative election integrity groups are preparing to challenge the result. WSJ's Rebecca Ballhaus reports on the billionaire-funded effort to contest the election, and WSJ's Jim Carlton reports how Maricopa County, Arizona is preparing for the worst. Further Reading: -The Secretive Billionaire Network Funding ?Stop the Steal? 2.0  -?It Feels Very Dystopian.? Republican County Officials Brace for Election Deniers?Again  Further Listening: -Red, White and Who? The Desperation Stage   -Uncovering Elon Musk's Secret Political Donations  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For 17 days last year, unidentified drones swarmed an area in Virginia that is home to a military base and other sensitive intelligence sites. WSJ?s Gordon Lubold looked into why it was so difficult for U.S. officials to stop them.  Further Reading: -Mystery Drones Swarmed a U.S. Military Base for 17 Days. The Pentagon Is Stumped.  Further Listening: -How Ukraine Built a Weapon to Control the Black Sea  -Cheap Drones Are Transforming the Battlefield  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Clouds are gathering over the Sunshine State?s housing market. Especially along the state?s Gulf Coast, housing inventory is up and buyer interest is slowing. WSJ?s Deborah Acosta talks through the cooling-off of one of America?s biggest housing booms and what it says about what it means to live in Florida now. Further Listening: - Is Asheville No Longer a 'Climate Haven?  - Years After Surfside Collapse, Florida Condos Are In Crisis  Further Reading: - The Great Florida Migration Is Coming Undone  - Why the Tampa Area Is So Vulnerable to a Hurricane  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Last year, China?s foreign minister, Qin Gang, suddenly disappeared. Qin was a rising star in Chinese politics and a protegé of China?s strongman leader, Xi Jinping. In the first episode of our three-part investigation, we chart Qin?s rise and begin to untangle the mystery of his disappearance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the second episode of our investigation, we examine the life and career of Fu Xiaotian: the prominent Chinese TV host who had an affair with Qin Gang. Like Qin, Fu was sharp and ambitious, but her high-flying career would come to an abrupt halt. And like Qin, she would also mysteriously disappear.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In our final episode, we get a break in the case of the missing minister: According to our sources, Chinese officials were told that Qin disappeared due to an explosive allegation. We dig into that story and its consequences for Fu and for Qin ? Xi Jinping?s trusted aide.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With millions of votes already cast, the race is on for each campaign to get their supporters to the polls. Ryan Knutson talks with Molly Ball about the different strategies Trump and Harris are taking, and why election denial is such a big issue in Arizona. Plus, Rachel Humphreys speaks to a Gen Z Voter. Further Listening:  - Red, White and Who? Playlist  - Red, White and Who? Foreign Policy and the Rise of Donald Trump Jr.  - Red, White and Who? Veep Veep! All Eyes on Vance and Walz  Further Reading: - Republicans Rush to Bolster Trump?s Ground Game  - Kari Lake?s 2022 Fraud Claims Are Costing Her in 2024  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lilly Ledbetter, equal pay trailblazer, died on Saturday. WSJ?s Joseph De Avila reports on how Ledbetter faced pay discrimination at her job and sued her employer, taking her case all the way to the Supreme Court. And WSJ?s Lauren Weber discusses the persistence of the gender pay gap.  Further Reading: -Fair-Wage Advocate Lilly Ledbetter Dies at 86  -Data Show Gender Pay Gap Opens Early  Further Listening: -The TikTok That Changed College Hoops  -What Corporate America Can Learn From Coke?s Reckoning With Race  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Investigators say that Arion Kurtaj?s life in cybercrime began at age 11, and ultimately led to his participation in the hacks of major companies like Nvidia, Microsoft, and Uber. WSJ?s Robert McMillan explains how Kurtaj?s case has brought worries about a new breed of fearless young hackers. Further Reading: -This Teenage Hacker Became a Legend Attacking Companies. Then His Rivals Attacked Him.  -Hackers Leaked ?Grand Theft Auto? Footage, Rockstar Games Says  Further Listening: -Hack Me If You Can, Part 1: The Making of a Russian Hacker  -How North Korea?s Hacker Army Stole $3 Billion in Crypto  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Over the summer, an outbreak of listeria in Boar?s Head products killed 10 people and sickened dozens more. In the months after the crisis, the family that runs the company has said little. WSJ?s Sarah Nassauer dug through court documents to piece together a decades-long story of a family fighting over ownership of a deli meat empire. Further Reading: - Inside the Half-Century Feud Dividing the Boar?s Head Family  - Boar?s Head Closing Virginia Factory Tied to Deadly Listeria Outbreak  Further Listening: - Farm-to-Table Pioneer on Why We Still Need Better Food  - Food Fight: PepsiCo vs. Carrefour  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TD Bank?s U.S. entity pleaded guilty and agreed to pay more than $3 billion in penalties, acknowledging it failed to properly monitor money laundering by drug cartels and other criminal groups. WSJ?s Dylan Tokar unpacks the investigation that led to such a historic deal. Further Listening: -The Suitcases Full of Cash Flowing Through Airports  Further Reading: -TD Bank Agrees to $3 Billion in Penalties and Growth Restrictions in U.S. Settlement  -TD Pays Hefty Penalties as Prosecutors Detail Nearly a Decade of Lax Controls  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ryan Knutson and Molly Ball explore what we know about both candidates? approach to foreign policy. Plus, Molly shares what she learned about the future of MAGA from an interview with Donald Trump Jr. and JD Vance. Further Listening: - Red, White and Who? Playlist  - Red, White and Who? Veep Veep! All Eyes on Vance and Walz  - Red, White and Who? It's Always the Economy!  Further Reading: - How Donald Trump Jr. Became the Crown Prince of MAGA World  - JD Vance?s Version of Trump Is Better Than the Real Thing  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The U.S. budget deficit topped $1.8 trillion in the last fiscal year. Meanwhile, both candidates for president are proposing plans that would increase the deficit for years to come. WSJ?s Richard Rubin explains how the deficit got so large and why the candidates don?t talk about it.  Further Listening: -The Economy: Trump vs. Harris  -The Clock Is Ticking on the Debt Ceiling  Further Reading: -Federal Deficit Hit $1.8 Trillion for 2024, CBO Says  -Federal Debt Is Soaring. Here?s Why Trump and Harris Aren?t Talking About It.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Elon Musk's financial support for Republican causes has been much more extensive and started earlier than previously known. WSJ?s Dana Mattioli reports on Musk?s rightward political shift and explains how he hid his donations.  Further Listening: - Elon Musk and Silicon Valley Turn Towards Trump  Further Reading: - Elon Musk Gave Tens of Millions to Republican Causes Far Earlier Than Previously Known  - Inside Elon Musk?s Hands-On Push to Win 800,000 Voters for Trump  - How Elon Musk Broke With Biden and the Democrats Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

WSJ reporting has revealed a major cyberattack from a group tied to the Chinese government. Hackers penetrated the networks of several broadband providers and gained access to the U.S. domestic wiretapping system. Dustin Volz unpacks what the attack could mean for national security. Further Listening: - ?Hack Me If You Can?  - Hacking the Hackers  Further Reading: - U.S. Wiretap Systems Targeted in China-Linked Hack  - Chinese-Linked Hackers Breach U.S. Internet Providers in New ?Salt Typhoon? Cyberattack  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Asheville, North Carolina, was thriving until floodwaters and heavy wind from Hurricane Helene ripped through the region and destroyed large parts of the city's commercial districts. We talk to two business owners who are trying to figure out what comes next.  Further Reading: -The Hurricane That Threatens to Sink Asheville?s Feel-Good Success  -North Carolina in Crisis Mode as Helene Rescues Continue  Further Listening: -Hot, Dry and Booming: A Texas Climate Case Study  -?Everything Is Gone? ? One Resident on the Maui Wildfires  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Last month, Microsoft and Constellation Energy announced a deal to restart Pennsylvania?s Three Mile Island, the site of the country?s worst nuclear power accident. WSJ?s Jennifer Hiller reports that the goal is to power the tech giant?s growing artificial intelligence ambitions. Further Listening: - Artificial: The OpenAI Story  - Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella's Big Bet on AI  Further Reading: - Three Mile Island?s Nuclear Plant to Reopen, Help Power Microsoft?s AI Centers  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The vice-presidential candidates took center stage at a debate this week. Ryan Knutson talks with Molly Ball about the important takeaways, and Rachel Humphreys speaks to a listener about why she?s thinking about climate change this election.  Further Listening: - Red, White and Who? Playlist  - Red, White and Who? It's Always the Economy!  - Red, White and Who? Why Ohio Could Decide the Senate  Further Reading: - JD Vance?s Version of Trump Is Better Than the Real Thing  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Under CEO John Donahoe, Nike pulled away from retailers and ramped up production of its classic sneaker lines. Now sales have plummeted, the company has lost market share to competitors and Donahoe is stepping down. WSJ's Inti Pacheco discusses what went wrong. Further Reading: -Nike CEO John Donahoe Stepping Down After Rocky Tenure  -How Nike Missed the Boom in Running Culture  -Nike Reverses Course as Innovation Stalls and Rivals Gain Ground  Further Listening: -Nike?s Sneaky Sneaker Thieves  -How Allbirds Lost Its Footing  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Israel is now fighting on multiple fronts, after clashing with Hezbollah in Lebanon and sustaining Iranian strikes yesterday. WSJ?s Michael Amon explains the growing risk of an all-out regional war.   Further Reading: - Israel Clashes With Hezbollah in Lebanon  - Israeli Response to Iran?s Attack to Set Course of Widening War  - Israeli Review Shows Minor Damage From Iran?s Missile Barrage  Further Listening: - Exploding Pagers and the Risk of a Spreading War  - The Brutal Calculation of Hamas?s Leader  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In less than two years, OpenAI?the company behind ChatGPT?has gone from a little-known nonprofit lab to a world-famous organization at the forefront of an artificial intelligence revolution. But the company has faced a series of challenges, culminating last week in another high-profile departure and the decision to become a for-profit corporation. WSJ?s Deepa Seetharaman discusses the permanent change to OpenAI's ethos and what it could mean for the AI industry. Further Listening: - Artificial: The OpenAI Story  - Artificial: Episode 1, The Dream  Further Reading: - Turning OpenAI Into a Real Business Is Tearing It Apart  - OpenAI?s Complex Path to Becoming a For-Profit Company  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Department of Justice is taking Visa, the largest card network in the U.S., to court, accusing the company of illegally monopolizing the debit card market. WSJ's Angel Au-Yeung breaks down the Justice Department's allegations. Further Listening: - The Unusual Economics of the Bilt Credit Card  - The Deal That Could Change Credit Cards  - The Trustbuster Taking on Ticketmaster  Further Reading: - Justice Department Sues Visa, Alleges Illegal Monopoly in Debit-Card Payments  - Google Faces Blockbuster Antitrust Case?Again  - Getting Oasis Tickets Was a Nightmare. Ticketmaster Is Again Being Asked for Answers.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The mayor of America?s largest city likes to say he?s been ?rejected, arrested and then elected.? Now, he?s been indicted. WSJ?s Jimmy Vielkind unpacks the unprecedented federal foreign bribery case against Eric Adams. Further Listening: -Gold Bars, Cash and a Mercedes: A U.S. Senator's Corruption Trial  Further Reading: -Inside the Eric Adams Indictment  -After the Eric Adams Indictment, What?s Next?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After two big economic speeches this week, Ryan Knutson and Molly Ball discuss the candidates? different economic strategies. Plus, voting has begun! We explore mail in voting and its impact on this election! Further Listening: - Red, White and Who? Playlist  - Red, White and Who? Why Ohio Could Decide the Senate  - Red, White and Who? A Swing-State Debate  Further Reading: - Harris Puts Government Intervention at Heart of Economic Policy  - Trump Says Plan Will Convince Foreign Companies to Shift Jobs to U.S.  - Voters Love the Policies That Economists Love to Hate  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Milton Magnus, an Alabama businessman who runs one of the last makers of wire hangers in the U.S., has waged a decades-long tariff battle against Chinese manufacturers to try to stay afloat. We hear from Magnus and we talk to Chao Deng about th e effectiveness of tariffs as the trade tool becomes more popular with politicians.  Further Listening: -Why China Is Risking a Trade War  -The Fight Over U.S. Steel and the Community Caught in the Middle  Further Reading: -The Family Business in Alabama That Fights China for Survival  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former president Donald Trump wants to be the crypto president. With stops at a bitcoin conference and a bitcoin-themed bar, Trump is tapping into an industry that?s eager to support a crypto-friendly candidate. WSJ?s Vicky Huang explains how Trump and the crypto industry have cozied up ahead of the 2024 election. Further Reading: - Trump Hitches His Campaign to the Crypto Crowd  - That Time Donald Trump Walked Into a Bar and Bought a Round Using Bitcoin  - The Crypto Industry Is Trying to Elect Political Allies. The Stakes Couldn?t Be Higher.  Further Listening: - Elon Musk and Silicon Valley Turn Towards Trump  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This month, Red Lobster emerged from bankruptcy. At the helm of the restaurant chain is its new CEO, 35-year-old Damola Adamolekun. Ryan Knutson talks to Adamolekun about what brought about Red Lobster?s decline and his plan to revitalize the company.  Further Listening: - McDonald?s Wants To Offer Quality And Value. Can It Do Both?  Further Reading: - The 35-Year-Old CEO Plotting Red Lobster?s Comeback  - Red Lobster Exits Chapter 11 Bankruptcy With New Owners, CEO  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices