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Latest Episodes

The Gilded Newsroom
May 02, 2024

What do you call a hedge fund that reports and publishes its own stories? Bradley talks to Sam Koppleman, co-founder and publisher of HunterBrook, an innovative hybrid that seeks to break news and generate alpha. "There's this myth that journali

Thinking Independently About Israel
April 30, 2024

Whatever people's instincts are on Israel's predicament, says Bradley, they should question the strident voices that dominate the news coverage. Only when we don't feel compelled to mimic the talking points, views or narratives of others just to fit

Live from P&T: Scott Galloway and the Algebra of Wealth
April 25, 2024

What are the rules of financial success in today's economy? What small steps can you take now for big returns later? Scott Galloway answers these questions and a whole lot more as Bradley interviews him about his new book, The Algebra

How to Make Social Change
April 23, 2024

Bradley is joined by guest cohosts Cory Epstein and Meaghan Collins and continues his how-to series with his tips for making social change. But before that, he discusses why Speaker Mike Johnson supported the foreign aid packages in Congress even if they'

Where Did Baseball Really Come from?
April 18, 2024

New York City, baby, New York City! Kevin Baker, author of the excellent new book "The New York Game: Baseball and the Rise of a New City" joins Bradley for a wide-ranging discussion on urban history and big-league folklore.This episode was taped at

The Manhattan Project of Local Government
April 16, 2024

A glowing magazine profile of Jessica Tisch had some over-the-top moments, but there's no denying that New York City's sanitation commissioner is worth keeping an eye on. Plus, the 11 contenders for the 2024 Gotham Book Prize nominees, conjuring TV shows

Three Ways to be a Better Mayor
April 11, 2024

Is there hope for Eric Adams' embattled administration? Bradley is joined by Nicole Gelinas, columnist for the New York Post and senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, to talk about what a comeback could look like. Plus, she previews her forthcoming bo

Buying Sky High
April 09, 2024

Will giddy retail investors fall for late-stage start-ups with wildly inflated valuations? For the good of the venture-capital industry, let's hope not, says Bradley. Plus, he shares his advice on how  immigration could regain the popular support it&

All the News That Was Unfit to Print
April 04, 2024

The lefty weekly newspaper was once such a great business that Rupert Murdoch happily owned it and left it alone to thrive. Bradley talks to Tricia Romano, the author of "The Freaks Came Out to Write", a riveting oral history of the Voice, about

Hot New Kennedy Conspiracy
April 02, 2024

If RFK Jr.'s goal is to tip the election to Donald Trump, he could hardly have picked a better running mate than Nicole Shanahan. Bradley sketches out a nightmare for Democrats that could just come true. Plus, why Trump could be a Biblical allegory; what