writer, @BW and @technology. Co-Host, the Everybody's Business podcast. Author, The Contrarian. Worse half to @lagorio. Email: m at maxchafkin dot com.
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Jun 12
we went full knicks fancast this week. (Also talked about the spacex IPO, whether cell phones are birth control, and what "Backrooms" smells like)
Jun 12
The vibes in New York City are very, very good this week with the historic 29-point comeback in Game 4 of the NBA Finals.
Bloomberg's Randall Williams joins @chafkin and @svaneksmith on the Everybody's Business podcast to unpack the NBA frenzy overtaking New York and the economic impact the Knicks' historic run has on the city. Listen and watch at bit.ly/4diMcN4.
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Jun 11
there's a perception that Musk "quite politics" when he and trump had their spat. it's just not true. mostly that people have just gotten used to/numb this stuff
Elon Musk is on the verge of financial immortality as the world's richest man — and potentially its first trillionaire.
And yet, on the eve of SpaceX's monster IPO, its CEO was hunkered down in his digital fiefdom stoking far-right culture wars. axios.com/2026/06/11/elon-mu…
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Jun 11
I reported last month that @johnofa, one of the first partners at Andreessen Horowitz, left his role at the firm due to political disagreements with Marc Ben.
Today, he's expanding on that in a column in NYT.
"Some of the most powerful players in A.I. — led by some of my friends and former partners, to my great sadness — have raised hundreds of millions of dollars to forestall a more serious and meaningful debate about how A.I. should be governed."
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Jun 10
Will be on MSNOW in a bit
TONIGHT: The latest from primary races around the country. In Maine, the stage is set for democrat Graham Platner to face republican Susan Collins in November's senate race. Plus, in California's governor's race, former Fox News host Steve Hilton advances to the general election facing democrat Xavier Becerra. And, a dangerous escalation threatens the cease-fire with Iran: the US launches new strikes after Iranian forces shoot down an army helicopter.
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It's a pivotal year for Apple. From AI to its new CEO to a foldable iPhone, @markgurman answers your questions in a Live Q&A conversation with @chafkin starting at 1 p.m. EDT. Join the livestream: bloom.bg/43WXeSt
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This week, the Everybody's Business podcast asked moviegoers which summer movies they are most excited to see.
@Lucas_Shaw joins @svaneksmith and @chafkin to unpack why movies like Backrooms and Obsession coming from two young, YouTube-famous directors, have become surprise hits. Listen and watch at bit.ly/4diMcN4 .
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Jun 5
new episode w/@svaneksmith: Iran at 100 days with @JavierBlas, @Lucas_Shaw on the great smartphone in theaters debate (among other things), and @MattCampbell about art heists. like/subscribe/etc! bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Jun 3
@eli_kamisher and I wrote about this dynamic a couple of weeks ago. Tech donors were saying that Khanna was cooked. Khanna was saying he was more popular than ever. He was right...bloomberg.com/news/features/…
Jun 3
amazing how badly big money Silicon Valley guys fell on their face in the primary. the guy that tech industry figures threw their weight behind when Khanna attacked Peter Thiel got 6% of the vote. Khanna's at 60% mercurynews.com/2026/06/02/s…
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Jun 3
taking on big tech is pretty popular, even in Silicon Valley. Kind of nuts when you think about it
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amazing how badly big money Silicon Valley guys fell on their face in the primary. the guy that tech industry figures threw their weight behind when Khanna attacked Peter Thiel got 6% of the vote. Khanna's at 60% mercurynews.com/2026/06/02/s…
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Jun 3
The weirdest thing from the right about 60 min, is the insistence that it was/is broken. This was/is one of the most successful shows on network tv. They’re not paying pelley $5 million a year to be nice.
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Jun 2
i know why they're doing this, but its pretty funny that employees are scrambling to avoid holding spacex in their index funds bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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May 27
The Enhanced Games debacle reminds me so much of Thiel’s last sports venture/troll, a short lived magazine about NASCAR. From my book
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May 27
here's what has happened to the stock since the weekend's big spectacle
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May 26
Dying to know how much they spent on this to get the equivalent of a really quick time for a high schooler
May 25
Damn the check clear already 🤪🤪
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May 25
There’s a reason no one who knows sports took this seriously.
May 25
All the critics of Peter Thiel’s steroid Olympics have been silenced as Fred Kerley finishes astonishingly close to the (1968) world record
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May 22
context: Trump pardoned Binance's CEO in connection with a money laundering related guilty plea wsj.com/world/middle-east/ir…
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May 22
there's a segment at the end of this weeks podcast featuring a guy who built a world cup ticket scrapper. His name is Luke and he was a fan who wanted to avoid getting "FIFA-ed." The story is fascinating and I've found the site super useful open.spotify.com/episode/7hH…
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