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The Contrarian PodLeader Jeffries on the shutdown & what's at stake next week in SCOTUSEarlier this week, you might have seen that President Trump tweeted a racist, AI-generated video with a sombrero and mustache on House Representative Minority Leader Hakeem Jefferies.Jefferies joined The Tea with April Ryan to talk about why the President is focusing on distractions and memes during a government shutdown instead of a resolution to the shutdown, why Democrats won’t sign a Republican funding bill that refuses to provide healthcare for everyday Americans, and his eight-word message to the President: “Cancel the cuts, lower the cost, save healthcare.”You can catch The Tea, live every...
2025-10-0447 min
The Independent AdvisorsThe Independent Advisors Podcast Episode 316: Seasonality in Vogue#316 topics:September Historically WeakCurrent market positioning: No significant pullback since April lows, creating potential opportunity for buyers during September weakness.Contrarian perspective: Excessive focus on September weakness in media might indicate potential for better-than-expected performance.Currency and International MarketsDollar weakness driving international outperformanceConcerns about international markets' ability to maintain outperformance due to shorter work weeks and slower growth rates compared to US.Housing Market Dynamics Supply-demand imbalance: Redfin data shows 508,000 more home sellers than buyers in June 2024.Despite higher mortgage rates, household debt service remains below historical...
2025-09-0433 min
The Contrarian PodHow Trump weaponizes law with Abbe Lowell and Pastor Jamal BryantBack in April, Trump signed an executive order targeting whistleblower Miles Taylor. You might remember the name, he wrote an anonymous op-ed in the New York Times critiquing Trump during his first term.And, New York Attorney General Letitia James has long been a target of Trump’s revenge. Most recently, the Department of Justice launched a two-pronged investigation into her conduct.Attorney Abbe Lowell now represents them both.Jen Rubin spoke with him about how much power Trump has over D.C. and how he’s weaponizing litigation against his perceived enemies in h...
2025-08-2343 min
The Contrarian PodTrump's troops takeover with Gov. Wes Moore & Andrew WeissmannThis week, National Guard troops were deployed to DC under Trump’s allegation that the city is “lawless”. And if that wasn’t enough, more than 120 FBI agents have been assigned for night patrol duty.Andrew Weissmann, Former General Counsel for the FBI, joined me this week to explain what jurisdiction, if any, the FBI has in D.C., why the National Guard is being deployed now but not during the Capitol riots, and how this “state of emergency” in D.C. is a false pretense.And after, Contrarian contributor April Ryan is here speaking with Marylan...
2025-08-1654 min
The Contrarian PodThe attack on education with Randi Weingarten & Arne DuncanToday on The Contrarian Pod, Randi Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers since 2008 joined Norm and I for Coffee with the Contrarians. We discussed how the reconciliation package will affect rural communities and her new book that’s out in September: Why Fascists Fear Teachers: Public Education and the Future of Democracy.Later on, Contrarian contributor April Ryan is here with Arne Duncan, the former Secretary of Education in President Obama’s cabinet. You can catch The Tea with April Ryan, live, every Thursday, at 5pm eastern on our Substack.The Contrarian is o...
2025-07-1949 min
My First MillionThe Acquired Podcast Hosts: How They Started and Grew a Multimillion Dollar PodcastEpisode 440: Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) are joined by the Acquired podcast (@AcquiredFM) hosts, Ben Gilbert (@gilbert) and David Rosenthal (@djrosent) to talk about scaling to a large podcast, the company they would like to own, the CEO's you don't want to compete against, and the 100+ year history of Nintendo. Plus, a YouTube Premium subscription giveaway!Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.Vote for MFM to win a Webby: mfmpod.com/webbyClick here to sign up for our event in Austin, TX on Saturday...
2023-04-061h 25
Benzinga Daily Stocks To WatchTwitter's Future - Daily Stocks To Watch April 25, 2022Straight from Benzinga newsdesk, hosts Brent Slava and Steve Krause bring you the market news and stocks to watch.Steve and Brent focus today on other big earnings this week:AAPL, after market on Thursday, AMZN, after market on ThursdayROKU, after on ThursdayHTZ, after market WednesdayPINS, after market WednesdayPYPL after on WednesdayFB, after on WednesdayGOOG, GOOGL after Tuesday, V, After TuesdayGM, after Tuesday, MSFT, after TuesdayBA, Wed, before marketJBLU Tuesday beforeUPS, before TuesdayMMM, GE, before TuesdaySteve's non stock pick of the week : Severence on Apple + Today's 5...
2022-04-2510 min
Bankless114 - In Defense of Bitcoin Maximalism | Vitalik Buterin✨ DEBRIEF ✨ | Ryan & David's Unfiltered Thoughts on the Episode https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/114-vitalik-debrief ---- Vitalik returns to Bankless once again—this time to defend Bitcoin Maximalism of all things. On April Fools Day this year, Vitalik posted an article to his blog titled 'In Defense of Bitcoin Maximalism,' but instead of being a pure troll, the Ethereum Founder approached the piece with truth and crafted a salient & compelling argument. By steel-manning maximalism, Vitalik lays out a very reasonable case for the merits intolerance and toxicity. Philosophical and contrarian episodes like these help us understa...
2022-04-181h 43
Bankless114 - In Defense of Bitcoin Maximalism | Vitalik Buterin✨ DEBRIEF ✨ | Ryan & David's Unfiltered Thoughts on the Episode https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/114-vitalik-debrief ---- Vitalik returns to Bankless once again—this time to defend Bitcoin Maximalism of all things. On April Fools Day this year, Vitalik posted an article to his blog titled 'In Defense of Bitcoin Maximalism,' but instead of being a pure troll, the Ethereum Founder approached the piece with truth and crafted a salient & compelling argument. By steel-manning maximalism, Vitalik lays out a very reasonable case for the merits intolerance and toxicity. Philosophical and contrarian episodes like these help us...
2022-04-181h 43