Mattel
Organization
Mattel, Inc. is an American multinational toy manufacturing and entertainment company headquartered in El Segundo, California. Founded in 1945, it develops and markets toys, games, and entertainment properties, with products sold in more than 150 countries.
16 episodes featuring Mattel
Stock Movers
Markets punish weak growth and risky media deals
The episode connects corporate setbacks at Nike, Disney, Paramount Skydance, and Netflix with the longer-term challenge of planning smarter cities.
Oct 1, 2026 · 8 min
Stock Movers
Disney cuts jobs as Mattel draws takeover interest
The episode connects immediate corporate catalysts with a broader question about how technology and long-term planning reshape economies and cities.
Oct 1, 2026 · 7 min
WSJ What’s News
Watergate review collides with oil shock and rising borrowing costs
The episode connects a reopened fight over Watergate accountability with legal fallout from an ICE shooting and energy-driven pressure on households and markets.
Oct 1, 2026 · 12 min
Bloomberg Tech
Hollywood tests AI’s promise against its creative costs
The episode shows entertainment companies moving from AI experimentation toward systems that could reshape production, ownership, and creative control.
Oct 1, 2026 · 55 min
Marketplace
AI spending lifts GDP as workers and startups stay cautious
The episode tests whether AI investment can produce durable economic gains while a seemingly strong labor market and private funding conceal underlying uncertainty.
Sep 30, 2026 · 25 min
WSJ What’s News
Flight emergency exposes risks behind markets’ calm
The episode connects a dramatic aviation crisis with unresolved questions about central-bank oversight, market concentration, inflation and drug-development tradeoffs.
Sep 30, 2026 · 10 min
The 404 Media Podcast
Turkle warns AI companionship could erode human connection
As chatbots move into roles once reserved for friends, therapists, and lovers, the episode asks what human capacities society risks outsourcing.
Sep 21, 2026 · 50 min
Louder with Crowder
Crowder targets online misinformation and defends a holdout juror
The episode connects unreliable digital information with the real-world consequences of media framing, jury criticism, and ideological conflict.
Sep 16, 2026 · 1h 1m
The Dan Bongino Show
Bongino frames AI regulation as a fight over truth and control
The episode connects debates over artificial-intelligence oversight to open-source access, historical accuracy, privacy, law enforcement, and the Republican policy record.
Sep 15, 2026 · 1h 16m
The Contrarians with Adam and Adir
Yochi’s economics test the limits of founder mythology
The episode connects boardroom governance, AI-driven legal disruption, and consumer-brand growth to a broader question about what really creates durable companies.
Sep 11, 2026 · 45 min
The Big Picture
Ridley Scott’s filmography faces its ultimate ranking
The episode tests whether Scott’s visual command can outweigh uneven storytelling across a 30-film career.
Aug 28, 2026 · 2h 0m
Raging Moderates with Scott Galloway and Jessica Tarlov
Trade war puts swing-state Republicans under pressure
The episode connects tariffs, immigration enforcement, voting restrictions, and candidate quality to the coalition Republicans need in 2026.
Aug 27, 2026 · 54 min
TBPN
AI’s research edge meets the demands of commerce and infrastructure
The episode connects upheaval in AI research with the harder work of deploying intelligent systems across shopping, finance, vehicles, and real-economy businesses.
Aug 5, 2026 · 1h 54m
Fearless with Jason Whitlock
Whitlock challenges the WNBA’s culture-first identity
The episode examines whether the WNBA’s inclusion-driven branding is strengthening the league or intensifying disputes over competition, identity, and public attention.
Aug 5, 2026 · 1h 12m
Raging Moderates with Scott Galloway and Jessica Tarlov
Trump loyalty tests DOJ independence and Democratic direction
The episode connects weakened institutional checks, congressional incentives, and Michigan’s Senate primary to a broader struggle over political accountability and party identity.
Aug 4, 2026 · 51 min
Raging Moderates with Scott Galloway and Jessica Tarlov
Hosts weigh corruption claims against political accountability
The discussion connects confirmation politics, alleged presidential corruption, misinformation, and party accountability to a broader test of institutional checks.
Aug 3, 2026 · 52 min