2026-07-16

The latest addition is Before Kalshi and Polymarket there was the Iowa Electronic Markets, a Planet Money episode built from a Throughline segment on Iowa Electronic Markets, older Election Betting Markets, and the long Prediction Market History behind Kalshi and Polymarket. It adds Iowa Electronic Markets, Robert Forsythe, Coleman Strumpf, Paul Rhode, Throughline, Prediction Market History, Election Betting Markets, and Academic Prediction Market Sandbox, while extending CFTC, Prediction Market Ethics, Prediction Market Integrity Oversight, Market Efficiency, NPR, and Planet Money. Its core synthesis is that prediction markets are not only a recent platform or gambling controversy: they are a recurring election-forecasting institution whose usefulness, legality, media acceptance, and public trust have always depended on the boundary between information aggregation, wagering, political theater, and regulatory restraint.

The latest addition is How much money President Trump and his family have made, a Planet Money episode on David Kirkpatrick’s nearly $4 billion estimate of Donald Trump family gains tied to the presidency. It adds David Kirkpatrick, Fred Wertheimer, Democracy 21, Trump Organization, Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump Jr., 1789 Capital, American Bitcoin, USD1, Office-Linked Profit Accounting, Presidential Crypto Policy Conflict, Presidential Library Gift Risk, and Emoluments Clause, while extending NPR, Planet Money, Political Influence Monetization, Presidential Conflict Of Interest, World Liberty Financial, Jared Kushner, Melania Trump, Truth Social, Trump Media And Technology Group, Stablecoins, Political Brand Licensing, and Presidential Memorial Culture. Its core synthesis is that Trump-family monetization is not only a valuation or political-brand story: the source turns it into a conservative attribution exercise across merchandise, legal fees, media settlements, real estate, foreign gifts, family finance, and crypto-policy overlap.

The latest addition is E244｜端到端vs上下分层：机器人路径之争，正在转向？, a 硅谷101 episode with Han Zheng / 韩正 on 速度科技 / Sudu Technology, robot manipulation, and whether Layered Robot Architecture is returning after the limits of narrow end-to-end routes. It adds 速度科技 / Sudu Technology, Han Zheng / 韩正, Su Hao / 苏浩, ManiSkill, ShapeNet, PartNet / PartNet Mobility, Skild AI, Sim2Real, Structured 3D Robot Data, Open-World Robot Manipulation, and Layered Robot Architecture, while extending Embodied AI, Robotics Simulation Evaluation, Embodied Data Pyramid, Real Robot Data Strategy, Vision Language Action Models, Dexterous Manipulation, Embodied AI Value Chain, Physical Intelligence, Generalist, Figure AI, Unitree Robotics, Boston Dynamics, Google DeepMind, Tesla, and Amazon. Its core synthesis is that robot progress should be judged less by polished demos or humanlike form and more by unseen-object manipulation, structured physical data, simulation transfer, hardware/software co-design, and reliable low-level skills that can be composed into long tasks.

The latest addition is Netflix struggles to retain viewers after a series’ first season, a Marketplace Tech episode with Brandon Katz of Greenlight Analytics on Netflix second-season viewer drop-off. It adds Brandon Katz, Greenlight Analytics, Bloomberg, The Night Agent, Beef, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Mindhunter, Streaming Audience Retention, and Binge Release Model, while extending Marketplace Tech, Netflix, Streaming Consolidation, and Subscription Fatigue. Its core synthesis is that streaming success is not only getting viewers to start: big catalogs, binge releases, long production gaps, and stronger competitors can turn first-season curiosity into weak second-season loyalty, forcing Netflix to experiment with cadence and cancellation economics.

The latest addition is Advice Line with Kenneth Cole, a How I Built This Advice Line episode with Guy Raz and Kenneth Cole on brand-building, distribution, customer conversion, and emotional product meaning. It adds Kenneth Cole, Pedestrian Project, Matt Jacobs, Israel Acabla, Emma Fiquade, Swing Sculpt, Levi Case, Gentle Souls, Emotional Brand Relationship, and Wholesale-To-Direct Customer Bridge, while extending How I Built This, Guy Raz, Story Led Consumer Branding, Direct-to-Consumer Brand Control, Category Creation, Purpose Driven Business, Consumer Brand Moat, Experiential Retail, Product Led Willingness To Pay, Made-To-Order Commerce, and Repeatable Customer Language. Its core synthesis is that distribution and awareness do not automatically build a durable brand: founders need emotional clarity, conversion proof, owned customer relationships, and social proof customers can repeat.

The latest addition is 93.聊聊头发：秃了，就会变强吗？, a 蜜獾吃书 episode using Kurt Stenn / 库尔特·斯坦’s 《头发》 / Hair to connect biology, hair loss, politics, gender, religion, grooming, and forensic evidence. It adds 《头发》 / Hair, Kurt Stenn / 库尔特·斯坦, 达菲辛, Minoxidil / 米诺地尔, Alan Turing / 图灵, Donald Gates, Hair As Biosocial Signal, Hair Loss And Follicle Cycle, Hair As Political Identity, Gendered Hair Regulation, and Forensic Hair Evidence, while extending 蜜獾吃书, Material History Narrative, Evolutionary Trait Interpretation, Gendered Medicalization, and Contested Forensic Attribution. Its core synthesis is that hair is not a trivial surface: it is a living follicle system, an evolved signal, a commercial treatment anxiety, a visible identity code, and a fragile forensic trace whose meaning depends on control, context, and evidence quality.