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Max Chafkin @chafkin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Wrote about the quiet corporate oppo team that is making CEOs sweat and helping Dems reclaim the affordability mantle from Trump www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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When CEOs Brag About Price Hikes, She’s Listening

Lindsay Owens and her think tank are getting traction by blaming the likes of Instacart and Walmart for voters’ tight budgets.

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Max Chafkin @chafkin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

this week's ep of everybody's business is great. We cover the insurance industry's decision to stop covering a category of wonderdrug, the ethics of debt, and and and *that* iced coffee story podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

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Why Are Employers Dropping GLP-1 Coverage?

Podcast Episode · Everybody's Business · September 25 · 38m

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Max Chafkin @chafkin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

went into @vauhinivara.bsky.social's businessweek article, and this conversation, very skeptical of Pangram, and came away feeling more optimistic about our ability to fight actual risks posed by ai www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Is It Really AI End Times or Just ‘Cognitive Surrender’?

On this episode, we drill into the week’s apocalyptic warnings and a way to protect student brains from chatbot-induced atrophy.

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Max Chafkin @chafkin.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

This weeks ep is great. We talk about AI and crime @evrat.bsky.social and explain why AI data centers are driving up interest rates for everybody www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Max Chafkin @chafkin.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

no self driving system, not even the best ones, are good enough to operate with 0 oversight, no matter what the industry says

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Max Chafkin @chafkin.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

drivers will keep doing this as long as tsla and others pretend that fsd is, by itself, *safer* than a human. it makes intuitive sense, i know, but its just not true -- not even with waymo, which operates with human oversight (in a much more responsible way). futurism.com/advanced-tra...

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Tesla Driver Killed After Self-Driving Mode Stops in the Middle of a Highway

A Tesla running Autopilot or Full Self-Driving was rear-ended after the car stopped in the middle of the highway, killing the driver.

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Jason Gale @jasongale.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

What has Covid left behind for the scientists who study dangerous viruses? @chafkin.bsky.social and I spent time with Bob Garry, whose shrinking Tulane lab offers a glimpse of what’s happening to virology just as the forces that drive outbreaks grow. 🎁🔗👇 www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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A Top Virus Scientist Stared Down Covid Lab-Leak Proponents. Now His Life’s Work Is at Stake

The battle over Covid’s origins has come for Bob Garry, who’s faced some of the world’s deadliest viral threats.

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Max Chafkin @chafkin.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

wrote about the experience of watching one's life's work get set on fire because..."lab leak." A profile of the virologist Robert Garry with the great @jasongale.bsky.social. gift link. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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A Top Virus Scientist Stared Down Covid Lab-Leak Proponents. Now His Life’s Work Is at Stake

The battle over Covid’s origins has come for Bob Garry, who’s faced some of the world’s deadliest viral threats.

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Max Chafkin @chafkin.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

come on man www.ft.com/content/7e14...

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Dana Hull @danahull.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

NHTSA will start developing new requirements to ensure drivers and passengers can safely exit their vehicles, a significant move to address issues exposed by deadly incidents in which people have become trapped inside cars. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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US to Begin Work on New Car Door Safety Rules After Deaths in Teslas

US auto safety regulators will start developing new requirements to ensure drivers and passengers can safely exit their vehicles, a significant move to address issues exposed by sometimes deadly incid...

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Max Chafkin @chafkin.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

i'm not sure people appreciate how intertwined Tesla and SpaceX are at this point, merger no merger. Without SpaceX, Teslas finances would look way worse, to say nothing of Cybertruck sales www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

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Max Chafkin @chafkin.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

i wonder if the cybertruck would have been received differently if its ceo wasn't simultaneously embracing white nationalism, though this story makes clear that car buyers just really really don't want a weird looking car www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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Tesla’s Cratering Cybertruck Sales Evoke Ford Edsel Comparisons

Both automakers expected consumers to buy hundreds of thousands of their futuristic models per year. Tesla’s pickup is missing the mark by a wider margin.

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Max Chafkin @chafkin.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

new episode -- with guest host @bradstone.bsky.social. We go deep on Lilly and the business of weight loss and then talk to @bethkowitt.bsky.social about why nobody likes ceos anymore, not even ceos www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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The Cult of the C-Suite Is Officially Over

On this episode of Everybody’s Business, we explain why chief executives are feeling especially unloved these days.

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Max Chafkin @chafkin.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

So strange to have this thoughts and then conclude that the solution is a screen flush against your face

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Max Chafkin @chafkin.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Lizzie and I do some Elon math this week

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Max Chafkin @chafkin.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

come join us if youre a bloomberg subscriber and mark will answer all your apple questions

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Max Chafkin @chafkin.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

really enjoyed this one. me and @svaneksmith.bsky.social talking to the people who run an honest-to-god state backed grocery store (Atlanta's Azalea Fresh Market, which is a sort of model for what Mamdani is trying to do in nyc). www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Max Chafkin @chafkin.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

This enhanced games debacle reminds me of the last time a bunch of Thiel acolytes attempted (very clumsily) to star a sports company. From my book

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Max Chafkin @chafkin.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

this week on everybody's business! bonds, basics, basketball and the redditors who are trying to help World Cup fans best FIFA. like/subscribe/etc podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

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Is That T-Shirt Worth $100 Million?

Podcast Episode · Everybody's Business · May 22 · 39m

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Max Chafkin @chafkin.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

i reviewed "AI For Good" in the NYT today. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/b...

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Will A.I. Help Humanity? A Journalist Looks for Answers.

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Max Chafkin @chafkin.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

we talked the attack on Altman and the AI backlash with @sarahfrier.bsky.social. Plus why's it so damn hard to get hired straight out of college right now and Allbirds but AI. LISTEN/SUBSCRIBE/ETC www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Why the AI Backlash Is Only Going to Get Worse

More Americans are experiencing firsthand the negative effects of the technology on the labor market, the environment and their wallets.

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Max Chafkin @chafkin.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Did anybody else think that the bread in the Atlantic story sounded basically identical to the Kirkland Signature Cranberry Walnut loaf (good loaf fwiw)

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Max Chafkin @chafkin.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

new everybody's business. taxes, Iran, and the $7 bag of Doritos, with @svaneksmith.bsky.social and Ben Steverman. subscribe! www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Max Chafkin @chafkin.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Talked about some of this last week on everybody’s business and in the last weeks episode of @pkafka.bsky.social pod. Both worth checking out if you haven’t

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Max Chafkin @chafkin.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

It’s not news that there’s a reality distortion field around Musk, but I don’t think people quite realize how big the gap between reality and expectations has gotten (gift link) www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Max Chafkin @chafkin.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

this was fun! Me and @pkafka.bsky.social talking about the SpaceX IPO, Trump, Musk and the nature of a new kind of business celebrity podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

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Why We Need to Pay Attention to Elon Musk Again

Podcast Episode · Channels with Peter Kafka · April 1 · 50m

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Max Chafkin @chafkin.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Will be joining tonight to talk about the war, the markets, and the economy. See you in a few minutes!

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Max Chafkin @chafkin.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

seems like the beginning and end of this is that normal people didn't like sora very much www.wsj.com/business/med...

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Max Chafkin @chafkin.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

This is a good one. @tracyalloway.bsky.social explains private credit markets and we talk about the great baseball resurgence with Randall Williams. Like/subscribe/etc. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...