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It’s Not Just Oil. War in Iran Will Hike the Price of Nearly Everything You Buy

A core US demand heading into peace talks with Iran this weekend will be reopening the Strait of Hormuz, where a near-total shipping shutdown has led to rising global oil prices and threatened supplie...

2026-04-11

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One Small Step for NASA, One Giant Leap for the Lunar Economy

Need a little ‘moon joy’? Over the past eight days, four astronauts on NASA's Artemis II mission have been flying through the cosmos, breaking records for human spaceflight and sharing nev...

2026-04-10

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Meet Tether: The Most Powerful Crypto Firm You’ve Never Heard Of

In just over a decade, Tether has grown from an idea into a global crypto juggernaut, poised to become one of the world’s most highly valued private companies. But where did its dollar-linked st...

2026-04-09

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Taxes Are Due Soon. Should the Rich Pay More?

From London to California, calls to “tax the rich” are growing. But what are they calling for in practice, and how are governments responding? On today’s Big Take podcast, host Sar...

2026-04-08

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Trump Escalates Threats to Iran

President Trump intensified his threats on Iran Tuesday morning posting on Truth Social, "A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again." This escalation follows a post on Mon...

2026-04-07

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Trump Made His Case for War With Iran. It Backfired

After a month of fighting, President Trump took his case for war with Iran to the American people Wednesday night. In a prime-time address that sent energy markets surging, he promised both an imminen...

2026-04-03

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Special Report: President Trump's Prime Time Address

US President Donald Trump spoke for nearly 20 minutes from the White House, saying the US would hit Iran “extremely hard” in the next two to three weeks, and that he’d strike key inf...

2026-04-02

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Meet OpenClaw: The AI Craze Sweeping China

Fueled by a powerful mix of FOMO and a government drive to accelerate AI adoption, OpenClaw has exploded in popularity across China. But as these agentic systems gain sweeping access to personal data,...

2026-04-02

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Trump Threatens Iran's Water

A month into the Iran War, the Trump administration continues to send mixed messages about when and how it will end. In addition to threats on electricity plants and oil wells if a deal isn’t re...

2026-04-01

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With SpaceX IPO, Elon Musk Shoots for The Stars, Trillionaire Status

SpaceX is preparing for liftoff. After months of speculation, the company could file for a historic IPO as early as this week — seeking $75 billion in funding that would push the company’s...

2026-03-31

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Weekend Listen: BTS Leads Netflix’s Push for Growth in Asia

BTS is back. After a near four-year hiatus, the K-pop icons returned with a historic Netflix event – the platform’s first concert live streamed from Asia.  On today's Big Take Asia ...

2026-03-29

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How US Troops Could Go About Taking Hormuz

Leaders in Washington and Tehran are on the clock, with about a month to wrap up the Iran war before it does greater damage to the global economy and their own political fates, according to retired Ad...

2026-03-28

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What Really Happened in the Battle for Warner Bros.

Just when it seemed that Netflix had clinched the deal to purchase Warner Bros. Discovery, Paramount Skydance Corp. swooped in with a $110 billion counter-offer that was ultimately too good for the st...

2026-03-27

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The Prosecutor Who Tried to Stop Epstein, in Her Own Words

Two decades ago, a federal prosecutor in Florida spent two years investigating Jeffrey Epstein and urged her superiors to charge him. Her frustrations mounted as her boss, US Attorney Alex Acosta, pur...

2026-03-26

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What Trump Wants in Cuba

President Donald Trump says he believes he’ll have the “honor of taking Cuba.” As the island nation suffers from major blackouts and a US squeeze on its oil supply, its regime’...

2026-03-25

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$100 to Fill Up Your Tank? Some Drivers Look Elsewhere

As the war with Iran drags out and oil prices remain turbulent, it raises the question of whether — and how — prolonged conflict in the Middle East might impact global fossil fuel dependen...

2026-03-24

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The Sixth Bureau Episode 6: Nothing Is Holy

In Episode 6 of The Sixth Bureau, a series from The Big Take, with spy Xu Yanjun in prison, the US government pursues some of his collaborators. Plus, host Jordan Robertson gets an unexpected call whi...

2026-03-20

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Reopening the Strait of Hormuz Is Going to Take Awhile

Has Iran laid mines across the Strait of Hormuz? With attacks on gas and oil facilities across the Middle East sending energy prices soaring, a key to restoring global oil supplies is ensuring the Str...

2026-03-20

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The Iran War Is the Fed's Worst Nightmare

The Federal Open Market Committee announced this afternoon that it would hold interest rates steady. The decision comes in spite of spiking oil prices and new market uncertainty driven by the Iran War...

2026-03-19

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Asia Is Bearing the Brunt of the Iran War Energy Crisis

From soaring fuel prices in Pakistan to a shortage of cooking gas in India, Asia is bearing the brunt of the energy crunch sparked by the Iran War. On today’s Big Take Asia podcast we look at ...

2026-03-18

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