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#975: Nvidia is preparing to oust Jensen Huang after its board investigates further into Huang’s affairs, including a 2nd affair with a VP. Consumer prices rose 0.4% in October, which is more than expected and further complicates Fed’s inflation fight. Why California’s billionaire tax didn’t surf the blue wave from the midterms. Next, Neal’s Numbers on Route 66 turning 100, NCIS, and the Walmart effect. Finally, United Airlines bans AI agents from booking flights for humans.

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#974: Author Michael Lewis returns to talk about his latest book, “Blockers: Rebels in the Deep State,” which offers an inside look at the early days of Elon Musk’s DOGE. Lewis shares stories about several dedicated public workers who tried to maintain nonpartisan government operations while their agencies were being gutted.

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#973: The Jensen Huang scandal fallout continues, then Semafor’s Business and Finance editor and host of Compound Interest Liz Hoffman stops by to give her take on whether Jensen Huang and Nvidia is too big to fail. The College Football Playoffs will expand from 12 to 24 teams in an effort to increase revenue. Americans are switching over to non-seed oil snacks. Finally, the FAA is finally ditching floppy disks.

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#972: Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang admits to having an affair with a tech executive who is identified as a Chinese spy by US intelligence officials. Tesla winds down production of the Cybertruck. The latest jobs report shows AI’s takeover of white collar jobs isn’t as dire as many believed. The SS United States will be sunk and turned into the world’s largest artificial reef. Finally, what you need to know in the week ahead.

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#971: Just kidding. Tech stocks suffer a historic rout to the tune of $2.5 trillion. The midterms set the stage for the new way voters stay informed: Steve Kornacki and influencers. AI agents have failed to catch on…mainly because of trust issues. The remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is trying to steal some of the thunder that is GTA VI. Finally, Liv Golf is no more.

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