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🌊 Gyms Come to Airports

Dec 11, 2025

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13 min read

🌊 Gyms Come to Airports

Plus: "Pride Match" debacle, Fed cuts rates, & McDonald's pulls AI ad

🌊 China Big Dogs US on Chips

Dec 10, 2025

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11 min read

🌊 China Big Dogs US on Chips

Plus: Australia's social media ban, SpaceX IPOs, & Roca's worst snubs

🌊 Netflix and (Poison) Pill?

Dec 9, 2025

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13 min read

🌊 Netflix and (Poison) Pill?

Plus: Trump's AI order, China's $1T surplus, & inflatable Santa called "tacky"

🌊 Not So Fast, Netflix!

Dec 8, 2025

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13 min read

🌊 Not So Fast, Netflix!

Plus: Eurovision boycotted, Hep-B nixed, & Michigan grocer gets $1.7M

🌊 Mass Shootings Drop to Record Low

Dec 5, 2025

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17 min read

🌊 Mass Shootings Drop to Record Low

Plus: Netflix buys HBO Max, Jan 6 pipe bomb suspect arrested, & 20 Questions!

🌊 Economy Wrapped: Jobs 📉

Dec 4, 2025

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13 min read

🌊 Economy Wrapped: Jobs 📉

Plus: Next Fed chair, Don Jr's latest deal, & raccoon passes out in liquor store

🌊 Belgium Waffles on Peace Deal?

Dec 3, 2025

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15 min read

🌊 Belgium Waffles on Peace Deal?

Plus: "Code Red" at OpenAI, India's mandatory app, & "Stranger Things" record

🌊 The World's New Biggest City

Dec 2, 2025

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14 min read

🌊 The World's New Biggest City

Plus: Luigi trial begins, Zootopia 2 smashes record, & Oxford's word of the year

🌊 Campbell's Soup in Hot Water

Dec 1, 2025

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12 min read

🌊 Campbell's Soup in Hot Water

Plus: Afghan refugee shooting, Ukrainian scandal, & fantasy punishment gone wrong

🌊 Adolescence Lasts Into Your... 30s?

Nov 26, 2025

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14 min read

🌊 Adolescence Lasts Into Your... 30s?

Plus: Bad economic vibes, Ukrainian peace talks, & Virginia's data center town

🌊 Put(in) It In Reverse, Terry!

Nov 25, 2025

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14 min read

🌊 Put(in) It In Reverse, Terry!

Plus: X location scandal, DOGE sut down after 8 months, & woman found alive in coffin in Thailand

🌊 Did They Just Become Best Friends?

Nov 24, 2025

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15 min read

🌊 Did They Just Become Best Friends?

Plus: MTG resigns, Eli Lilly hits $1T, & AI teddy bear gone wrong

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