Fridays are all about podcast links here at Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s links including a look at what is still holding back women at work.
The biz
- Are the days of the blockbuster podcast long gone? (vulture.com)
- Frederick Geischen talks with Patrick O'Shaughnessy about building Colossus into a self-perpetuating learning machine. (manual.withcompound.com)
- Spotify ($SPOT) is going to start offering audiobooks on the platform. (theverge.com)
Business
- Nilay Patel talks supply chains with Flexport CEO Ryan Petersen. (theverge.com)
- Patrick O'Shaughnessy talks with Trina Spear who is the co-founder and CEO of FIGS (joincolossus.com)
Economy
- Tyler Cowen talks with Byron Auguste, who is president and co-founder of Opportunity@Work, about the state of the U.S. labor market. (conversationswithtyler.com)
- Stephen Dubner discusses the number of misconceptions about nuclear power. (freakonomics.com)
Finance
- Barry Ritholtz talk all things venture with Albert Wenger of Union Square Ventures. (ritholtz.com)
- Roben Farzad talks with Eric Balchunas author of "The Bogle Effect: How John Bogle and Vanguard Turned Wall Street Inside Out and Saved Investors Trillions." (podcasts.apple.com)
- Jeff Malec talks trading careers with SIG alums, Kris Abdelmessih, Michael Steiner, and Tina Lindstrom. (youtube.com)
- The story of how the Mayfair Club in NYC launches the careers of many a professional gambler. (podcasts.apple.com)
Entertainment
- Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo and Brian Koppelman take another look at 'Margin Call.' (theringer.com)
- Trung Phan and Rob Henderson talk the history of television. (infiniteloopspodcast.com)
Non-finance
- Jonathan Fields talks with Amanda Ripley author of "High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out." (goodlifeproject.com)
- Brett McKay talks with Dimitris Xygalatas author of "Ritual: How Seemingly Senseless Acts Make Life Worth Living." (artofmanliness.com)
- Derek Thompson talks with psychologist Ethan Kross author of "Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It." (theringer.com)
- Russ Roberts talks with Kieran Setiya author of "Midlife: A Philosophical Guide." (econtalk.org)