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The Big Take from Bloomberg News brings you inside what’s shaping the world's economies with the smartest and most informed business reporters around the world. The context you need on the stories that can move markets. Every afternoon.

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Robert Gatz
Vice President and General Manager at Can Corporation of America
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Episode: What Trump’s Tariffs Mean for Canned Soup
Glenn Abbott
Farmer in charge of Abbott Farms
Abbott Farms
Episode: What Trump’s Tariffs Mean for Canned Soup
John Authers
Bloomberg columnist and guest expert on bonds
Bloomberg News
Episode: What's Behind the Bond Market Rollercoaster
Cat Barton
Bloomberg journalist covering the Korean Peninsula
Bloomberg News
Episode: The Unexpected Rise of North Korea’s Economy
Josh Eidelson
Senior reporter covering labor and work
Bloomberg News
Episode: How Amazon Landed on Mamdani’s Labor Agenda
Zohran Mamdani
Mayor of New York City
Office of the Mayor, New York City
Episode: How Amazon Landed on Mamdani’s Labor Agenda
Abelardo de la Espriella
President of Colombia, outsider candidate turned head of state
Office of the Presidency of Colombia
Episode: A Major Earthquake Challenges Colombia’s New Right-Wing President
Yang Chilling
Founder of Moonshot AI
Moonshot AI
Episode: The Chinese AI Model Rattling Silicon Valley and Washington
Phoebe Gates
Co-founder of Phia
Phia
Episode: The Controversy at Phia, Phoebe Gates’ Buzzy Startup

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David Gura
Host with Bloomberg News focus on economics and policy context; multiple episode appearances.
Sarah Holder
Frequent host and reporter covering business, technology, and policy dynamics.

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4.3 out of 5 stars from 690 ratings
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    Best pod for compelling and substantive topics.

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    I’ve only listened to a couple of these but I found them informative, balanced and succinct. Ad breaks are annoying.

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    United Kingdom4 months ago
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    4 months ago
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    This podcast really goes deep on the most important issues of today. It’s an excellent entry into the group of elite daily podcast such as the journal and the daily.

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What's Behind the Bond Market Rollercoaster
Q: What role do buybacks play in stabilizing the market?
Buybacks increase demand for government bonds, temporarily pushing yields down and soothing market nerves, though they are a short-term tool and come at a cost to the government.
What's Behind the Bond Market Rollercoaster
Q: How is the current situation different from the 2007 crisis?
Today, the issue is not a housing bubble and subprime loans, but rather whether debt levels and inflation risk could erode purchasing power and prompt policy responses, with certain similarities in market nerves but different underlying causes.
What's Behind the Bond Market Rollercoaster
Q: Why should people who aren't bond professionals care about the bond market right now?
Because the 10-year yield acts as a global risk-free benchmark that influences mortgage rates, corporate borrowing costs, and overall financial conditions, touching everyday financial decisions from loans to retirement portfolios.
How Amazon Landed on Mamdani’s Labor Agenda
Q: Josh, what are the practical differences the Delivery Protection Act would make for delivery workers and the companies that employ them?
The Act would force licensing of delivery hubs and require direct employment of workers at those hubs, which would change how benefits, liability, and oversight are handled, potentially giving workers more protections while increasing costs and compliance for companies.
Weekend Listen: Why Private Credit Got Entangled With Insurance
Q: What reforms do the authors propose to reduce opacity and realign incentives in the insurer/private credit nexus?
Proposed reforms include valuation-based adjustments, a Pigouvian tax on opacity, shifting toward pre-funding or a federal-like backstop, and applying the source of strength concept within insurance holding groups to ensure affiliates contribute to payouts when needed.

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