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The Journal.

The most important stories about money, business and power. Hosted by Ryan Knutson and Jessica Mendoza. The Journal is a co-production of Spotify and The Wall Street Journal.

Website ↗ Last published 2 November 2026 397 posts collected by Sputnik

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“I've been comparing it to the parent of a child that's trying to rent an apartment, essentially. And the kid is maybe going to make a ton of money one day. But right now on paper, they look pretty broke. So Broadcom is kind of going to the landlord, which in this case is the banks, and saying, hey, we got them. If for whatever reason they can't make their rent payment, just call us and we got you.” — Alexander Saeedy, The Journal.
Alexander Saeedy · 30 Oct 2026 Listen →
“In a circular financing arrangement, I might have a lot of money and you might not have that much money, but I can just give you some of my money that you can then give back to me. And it appears like, wow, you've paid me all this money to buy all these super valuable chips. Circular financing is a concern because essentially all this money can make companies appear to be more valuable than they really are. It can make revenues be higher than they are. It just sort of adds more air to the bubble in a way.” — Alexander Saeedy, The Journal.
Alexander Saeedy · 30 Oct 2026 Listen →
“Hollywood is the most gossipy industry in the world. So the fact that they kept it so secret, even within their own company, was extraordinary. And at first, it was kind of necessary for them as they figured out what this film was going to be. And then as it got closer to completion, A24 kind of realized that the secrecy would actually be a really effective marketing tool.” — Ben Fritz, The Journal.
Ben Fritz · 28 Oct 2026 Listen →
“I think they wanted me to stop bothering them. I'm a very polite botherer, but it is still a bother. Well, it is still a bother, and I know that. But they can also see I'm very sincere.” — Gayle King, The Journal.
Gayle King · 18 Oct 2026 Listen →
“Basically between 2021 and 2025, China added more blueberry production than the United States has in total. And the United States is the world's top blueberry producer.” — Jon Emont, The Journal.
Jon Emont · 29 Sep 2026 Listen →
“You can sort of start to piece together somebody's life, I think. You know, you can tell maybe where they go to work, if they're dropping their kids off at school, who they're associating with, their religious affiliation. All sorts of things can start to be inferred that way.” — Kris Maher, The Journal.
Kris Maher · 20 Aug 2026 Listen →
“…StubHub's actual product never actually was tickets. It was trust. It was, we can trust us to be the filter through which people sell tickets. And that guarantee was the whole business.” — Hanna Krueger, The Journal.
Hanna Krueger · 19 Aug 2026 Listen →

Hosts

The Journal. is hosted by Jessica Mendoza , Ryan Knutson , Annie Minoff , Imani Moise , Michelle Hackman , Lane Florsheim , Erich Schwartzel , Matt Kwong , David Wainer , Katherine Sayre , Marcus Walker and Elizabeth Findell .

Recent Episodes

  1. 2 Nov 2026

    California Democrats Can’t Agree On How To Tax Billionaires

    With Laura Nelson

  2. 30 Oct 2026

    Is AI Running Out of Money to Borrow?

    With Alexander Saeedy

  3. 29 Oct 2026

    Why Billionaires Are Giving Money to Kids

  4. 28 Oct 2026

    How A24 Keeps Making Hit Films

  5. 28 Oct 2026

    Red, White and Who? A Progressive Gamble in Michigan

    With John McCormick

  6. 27 Oct 2026

    The Most Expensive Midterms Ever

    With Maggie Severns

  7. 26 Oct 2026

    A Raging Battle Over How Homes Are Sold

    With Katherine Clarke

  8. 23 Oct 2026

    The Money Problem Fueling France’s Riots

  9. 22 Oct 2026

    Did OpenAI Just Catch a Spy?

    With Maxwell Zeff

  10. 21 Oct 2026

    A Sneak Peek Into Anthropic’s Business

  11. 21 Oct 2026

    Red, White and Who? The Swing Voters in South Texas

    With Benny Melendez , Mike Garza , Liz Amaya , Michelle Hernandez and Jorge Martinez

  12. 20 Oct 2026

    Trump Turns on Ukraine

Guests

Nick Timiraos (8 episodes), Joe Flint (6 episodes), Jesse Newman (6 episodes), Gavin Bade (6 episodes), Heather Haddon (5 episodes), Amrith Ramkumar (5 episodes), Valerie Bauerlein (5 episodes), Alexander Saeedy (5 episodes), Robert McMillan (5 episodes), Drew Hinshaw (5 episodes), Laura Cooper (5 episodes), Berber Jin (4 episodes), and 272 more.