Adriele and Caleb are back and their mental health is iffy as they dive into the week’s news: the Earth is getting hotter as temperatures break records, but our ESG progress is stalling and unsold EV stock is piling up. Meanwhile, Sarah Silverman sues OpenAI and Meta for copyright infringement, Apple cuts its outlook for the Vision Pro, and the US and EU reach a landmark data sharing agreement. Then, Adriele goes deep on why Black unemployment is so high, and all the structural problems around it. Next, Caleb spins a verbal knot around Threads, Meta’s new Twitter killer. The pair ask: is this it for social media? All that, plus the Inflation Reduction Act is almost a year old and having a big impact on climate change; and a new Alzheimer’s drug gets FDA approval.
Hosts: Caleb Gardner & Adriele Parker
Producer: Dave Sandell
Discussed today:
Zombie Twitter Has Arrived | The Atlantic
Instagram’s Threads surpasses 100 million users | The Verge
US Black Workers Account for 90% of Recent Unemployment Increase | Bloomberg
For the second consecutive month Black unemployment has increased | NPR
Why Black workers still face a promotion and wage gap that's costing the economy trillions | CNBC
