First, Ellie and MPW Editor Emma Hinchliffe break down the summit's biggest themes- who is in the room, what top leaders are discussing, and what lies ahead for female leadership.

Then, we hear from two women redefining wealth and influence on their own terms: 

- Lucy Guo, once named the world’s youngest self-made female billionaire, on why walking away and retiring early proved harder than building a tech empire.

- Olivia Ferney, a luxury travel fixer for billionaires, on turning viral behind-the-scenes content into a thriving multi-million-dollar business and disrupting a notoriously secretive industry.

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00:00 Fortune Most Power Women Preview

09:29 Lucy Guo on early retirement

12:41 Olivia Ferney

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Plus, Fortune Editorial Director Kristen Stoller turns the table on Ellie to ask what we can expect at  the upcoming Most Powerful Women Summit and what goes into planning Fortune’s premier gathering of female leaders.

Finally, Executive Editorial Director Diane Brady hosts our CEO Source segment with Jason Buechel, CEO of Whole Foods Market and VP of Amazon Worldwide Grocery Stores, exploring the evolving future of grocery retail.

CHAPTERS:

00:00 - Why McDonald’s Is Losing Its Value Crown (ft. Phil Wahba)

11:59 - CEO Source: Jason Buechel, Whole Foods & Amazon

16:32 - Inside the Most Powerful Women Summit Preview

Read Phil’s full article - https://fortune.com/2026/10/07/mcdonalds-earnings-growth-customers-meal-deals

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Senior AI Reporter Emily Forlini joins the show to unpack the enormous data and financial stakes behind this shift, as well as OpenAI's new "mission interview" screening process for prospective hires. Plus, Fortune Brainstorm Editorial Director Andrew Nusca discusses Norway’s proposed ban on Meta smart glasses in public spaces and what it signals for the future of wearable tech and privacy.

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In this episode:

• 00:00 – The Rise of Personal AI Agents

• 10:16 – OpenAI’s "Mission Interviews"

• 15:40 – Meta Smart Glasses Face a Ban in Norway

In this episode of Fortune Daily, Edward Jones Managing Partner Penny Pennington (#54 on Fortune's Most Powerful Women list) breaks down how this generational shift will transform society, why the path forward begins with blunt conversations, the pros and cons of using AI to manage your portfolio, and how to build a resilient, diversified strategy in today’s economy. 

Plus, we examine the major business moves reshaping media and dining:

• Paramount-Skydance Takeover: What the massive Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition means for consumers, streaming consolidation, and Hollywood.

• Sweetgreen’s Fight Against the “Slop Bowl”: Fortune News Editor Cat Gioino talks with Sweetgreen's co-founder on how the fast-casual chain is rebounding after "cyclospora summer" and rethinking food quality.

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Episode Chapters:

0:00 - Penny Pennington

14:25 - Paramount-Skydance Takes Over Warner Bros. Discovery

16:30 - Sweetgreen: Clawing Back After "Cyclospora Summer"

A new Fortune investigation reveals that the viral promotion was only the tip of the seafood tower. Behind the bankruptcy, mass restaurant closures, and devastated employee pensions lies a story of private-equity deals, skyrocketing lease obligations, and allegations of self-dealing by former owners.

Fortune Business Editor Nick Lichtenberg joins Fortune Daily to break down how an iconic American dining staple lost its way, who really profited, and what this collapse signals for the broader restaurant industry.

Plus, we look at Argentina’s new "golden passport" program designed to attract high-net-worth individuals and what it means for global wealth mobility.

Read Nick’s full article: https://fortune.com/2026/10/01/red-lobster-endless-shrimp-bankruptcy-thai-union-private-equity-lawsuit/ 

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00:00 Red Lobster

15:40 Argentina’s Golden Passports

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Once viewed as the poster child for Silicon Valley's unchecked "tech bro" culture, Kalanick has resurfaced with Atoms, a bold new venture leveraging AI, automation, and robotics to prepare and deliver food without human intervention. But his comeback also signals a massive cultural vibe shift: why is Silicon Valley celebrating the founder it once treated as a cautionary tale?

Fortune Finance & Crypto Editor Jeff John Roberts joins Fortune Daily to unpack what changed—Kalanick, the technology, or the venture capitalists writing the checks. Plus, Jeff breaks down Robinhood’s new agentic trading features and what automated investing means for the retail market, followed by a preview of Fortune’s upcoming AIQ conference with Fortune AI Editor Jeremy Kahn.

Fortune Articles mentioned:

Kalanick: https://fortune.com/2026/09/24/travis-kalanick-uber-comeback-atoms-ai-robotics-cloud-kitchens-silicon-valley/

Robinhood: https://fortune.com/2026/09/29/robinhood-trading-agents-hood-openai-anthropic/ 

AIQ 75: https://fortune.com/ranking/aiq/

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00:00 Kalanick's Return

15:46 Robinhood's AI Agents

20:31 AIQ Summit

Andreessen Horowitz has officially launched a bold new experiment in San Francisco: a school for gifted high school graduates featuring no grades, no tests, no traditional teachers, and no accreditation. While the first cohort attends for free, future tuition could reach up to $90,000 a year.

In this episode of Fortune Daily, Gagan Biyani, CEO of the Horowitz Andreessen Academy, joins us to discuss whether this unconventional model represents the future of higher education or an exclusive bet for the well-connected tech elite. Plus, Fortune Senior AI Reporter, Bea Nolan breaks down leaked Anthropic documents and what they reveal about the company's upcoming IPO.

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00:00 Gagan Biyani

17:32 Anthropic IPO

For nearly two decades, Dirty Jobs host Mike Rowe has warned that treating a college degree as the only path to success turned skilled trades into a "consolation prize." Today, that argument is more urgent than ever. As the AI boom reshapes white-collar work and tech, the AI revolution itself faces a massive bottleneck: a severe shortage of electricians, pipefitters, HVAC technicians, and lineworkers needed to build and power data centers and modern grids.

In today's episode of Fortune Daily, Ellie Austin breaks down whether skilled trade careers are truly safe from automation, the shifting economics of college degrees, and why the physical backbone of the tech industry is in desperate need of labor. 

Plus, Fortune Senior Editor Cat Gioino joins the show to discuss Alaska's beloved annual Fat Bear Week contest and how it supports national parks.

In this episode:

• The AI boom’s hidden bottleneck: physical infrastructure and skilled labor

• Mike Rowe’s crusade for trades and the true ROI of a college degree

• Are trade careers durable against future automation?

• Fat Bear Week: How a viral bracket raises big money for national parks

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00:00 Mike Rowe

15:52 Fat Bear Week

https://fortune.com/2026/09/28/heres-what-the-ai-native-org-chart-could-look-like/ 

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In this episode of Fortune Daily, we dive into the unintended chaos AI is unleashing across the corporate world. According to reporting by Fortune Editorial Director Kristin Stoller, recruiters are drowning in AI-generated resumes, AI note-takers are invading the wrong meetings, and autonomous agents are spending money and making key operational decisions—completely upending the traditional org chart.

One way an employer learned to cut through AI spam? Turn its employees into influencers and pay them extra to post. Fortune’s Kristin Stoller takes Fortune Daily inside Warp: the company helping employees grow their LinkedIn and X audiences to attract talent to the management startup. 

Plus, in our Future of Work segment, Kristin joins us to break down a major Wall Street blunder: a senior Morgan Stanley banker accidentally emailed a confidential list of over 100 live deals to clients. We discuss the fallout, the viral Instagram leak, and our readers' own cringe-worthy work fails.

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Chevron CFO Eimear Bonner joins Fortune Daily to discuss how one of America’s largest energy giants (No. 21 on the Fortune 500) is navigating these shifts—from continuing investments in Venezuela to signing a 20-year natural-gas supply agreement for Microsoft’s massive data center project in Texas. Bonner breaks down energy security, AI’s unprecedented power appetite, and what consumers should expect on their energy bills as winter approaches.

Also on today's episode: • Term Sheet Preview: How did prebiotic soda brand Poppi scale from a local farmers' market booth into a $1.95 billion beverage powerhouse? Senior Writer and Editor Allie Garfinkle talks with the founder to uncover the blueprint behind their rapid growth.- watch the full interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqcD2QIeEH8

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00:00 - Chevron CFO Eimear Bonner on AI & Energy Demand 

14:04 - Term Sheet: How Poppi Became a $1.95B Soda Brand

From major figures at OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind to sharp criticism from defense officials, the movement is facing unprecedented political scrutiny. Senior AI reporter Bea Nolan joins Fortune Daily to break down what Effective Altruists actually believe, why critics claim it threatens technological progress, and what the debate over AI "doomers" means for the future of the industry.

Also on today's episode: • Imperia Launch: First Lady Melania Trump rings the NYSE opening bell to debut Imperia, an invite-only network designed as a "Davos for women" connecting female CEOs with global capital and dealmakers. 

• Under the Radar: Business Editor Nick Lichtenberg explores how Gen Z is building wealth with help from parents—and the economic guilt driving families to step in.

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00:00 - Why Washington Is Targeting Effective Altruism 

01:48 - Inside the AI Doomer Debate with Bea Nolan 

11:25 - Melania Trump Launches "Imperia" at NYSE 

13:48 - How Gen Z Relies on the Bank of Mom and Dad

• How AI pushes executives into a “productivity trap”

• The ideal age to give your kids their inheritance

• Advice for the coming wave of young AI millionaires and billionaires

• Whether dying with zero is still realistic in an era of longevity breakthroughs

• What a 20-something should do with their last $100 each month

• His take on Warren Buffett’s approach to wealth and giving, and why he thinks earlier philanthropy would have had a bigger impact

Plus, on today’s episode:

• The Business of Sports: Fortune’s Most Powerful Woman Editor, Emma Hinchliffe, breaks down the controversy surrounding Sydney Sweeney’s ad for Novig, and what it says about celebrity, sports, and brand risk.

• Anatomy of a Deal: Fortune News Editor Cat Gioino unpacks the joint press conference between New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and President Donald Trump, and what the unlikely pairing could mean for the city.

Read the articles mentioned:

Sydney Sweeney and Novig: https://fortune.com/2026/09/16/sydney-sweeney-novig-ad-sports-prediction-market-female-athletes-why-it-went-wrong/ 

President Trump and Mayor Mamdani Joint Press Conference: https://fortune.com/2026/09/21/trump-mamdani-press-conference-new-york-city-sunnyside-queens-housing-federal-funds/ 

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00:00 Bill Perkins

16:07 Sydney Sweeney

20:53 Trump and Mamdani

Now, she’s building Passes, a creator monetization platform shaping the future of digital media. Lucy sits down with Fortune Daily to discuss: 

• Building an AI giant before the boom 

• Bouncing back from a contentious exit 

• Early bets on Anthropic and the future of artificial intelligence 

• How a new generation of multi-hyphenate tech founders is wielding global influence

Also on today's show: 

• Fame to Fortune: Kristin Stoller sits down with two-time World Cup champion and former USWNT goalie Ashlyn Harris to break down the business of sports. 

• High Stakes Strategy: Former FBI lead hostage negotiator and CEO of The Black Swan Group, Chris Voss, shares negotiation tactics for high-net-worth, high-security environments.

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00:00 Lucy Guo
14:25 Ashlyn Harris
18:40 Chris Voss

On today’s episode of Fortune Daily, we break down an intense weekend of debate surrounding long-term AI safety and frontier model development. Following Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s essay urging the industry to “pace the frontier,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman sat down with Fortune Editor-in-Chief Alyson Shontell for an exclusive interview.

In a striking moment from one of the central figures accelerating the AI race, Altman agrees that development may need to be paced. We share exclusive clips from the interview and sit down with Fortune’s senior AI reporter Emily Forlini to break down what this means for the future of tech, safety regulations, and the global race for artificial intelligence.

In this episode: • Dario Amodei’s call to “pace the frontier” • Exclusive clips: Sam Altman sits down with Alyson Shontell • Analysis and context with Fortune Senior AI Reporter Emily Forlini

Watch Alyson Shontel’s full interview with Sam Altman on Titans and Distruptors: https://youtu.be/RSZSGa9if8k

Follow Emily Forlini on Instagram - @emily.forlini 

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After cycling through five CEOs in five years, Gap Inc. is betting on CEO Richard Dickson—the former Mattel executive who helped revive Barbie—to restore one of America’s most iconic brands. His strategy: stop relying on constant discounts and start telling a story consumers want to buy into at full price.

Fortune Senior Writer Phil Wahba takes us inside Gap’s remodeled Flatiron flagship and sits down with Dickson for Behind the Business. We examine the brand’s renewed push for fashion, celebrity partnerships, and viral marketing—from Hailey Bieber’s campaign to Gap’s Katseye dance video—and explore whether cultural buzz can deliver lasting sales growth.

While the core Gap brand has posted 11 consecutive quarters of comparable-sales growth, the broader turnaround faces headwinds as Old Navy and Athleta navigate challenges. Plus, Phil breaks down the rising trend of CEOs publishing lengthy online essays: who are they for, and why are they writing them?

Watch Phil’s full feature video here: https://youtu.be/PwDqR7Sa_rk

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00:00 Gap
12:50 CEO Essays

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In this episode of Fortune Daily, travel adviser and creator Olivia Ferney joins us to break down what the world’s richest travelers really want, how social media is reshaping high-end hospitality, and what it takes to solve problems most people can’t even imagine.

In this episode: 

• The shift from luxury stays to extreme access & experiences

• Inside the life of an ultra-wealthy travel fixer

• How social media is changing ultra-luxury travel

• How billionaires actually relax

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00:00 Olivia Furney

15:04 Joakim Noah

20:31 Miles Chamley-Watson

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00:00 AI Regulation
10:06 Gloria Steinem
12:14 U.N. General Assembly
18:35 Humanoid Robots

Next, we look at a bizarre change to Apple Maps. At the request of the Trump administration, Lake Superior has been renamed "Lake America" within the app.

Plus, we examine a warning from within the government. Pete Hegseth argues that Pentagon bureaucracy is driving the U.S. military into a "Soviet-style" decline. Reporter Sasha Rogelberg joins us to fact-check the claims. Finally, Energy Editor Jordan Blum reports on the unexpected oil exploration boom triggered by the chokepoint at the Strait of Hormuz.

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00:00 OpenAI
12:12 Lake America
14:14 SLB
17:17 Pete Hegseth's Military

Then, a huge development in skin cancer prevention has sent treatment hopes and Moderna stock through the roof. News editor Catherina Gioino has the report.

And finally, the great wealth transfer has begun. Associate editor Sydney Lake tells us why that’s causing a huge problem for some nonprofits.

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00:00 Intro

03:37 OpenAI Hardware

11:44 Moderna Skin Cancer Treatment

15:21 The Great Wealth Transfer

First, we are joined by tech mogul Bryan Johnson for a deeply personal conversation. We move past the bio-hacking data to discuss his ultimate quest for longevity, embracing haters, the journey of finding love, and how he thinks he’ll be viewed by future generations.

Next, Fortune’s Asia Editorial Director, Lee Williamson, provides an inside look at Vietnam’s rapid transformation into an economic powerhouse and what this means for the global stage.

Finally, Editor Catherina Gioino reports on a surprising crisis currently impacting the world of cheese banks in Italy.

The Iran War Briefing: Executive Editor Jim Edwards provides the essential Bull, Bear, and Base cases for the ongoing conflict in Iran. What are the global economic stakes, and how should investors be looking at the situation?

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Plus, we look at a surprising development in Greenland and why the heck Dr. Phil is involved. Finally, Fortune reporter Preston Fore joins us to pull back the curtain on the world of "factory farmed philanthropy."

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Next, Senior AI Reporter Emily Forlini shares her latest reporting on the leadership shakeup at OpenAI. We discuss Brad Lightcap’s departure and the wave of employee exits following recent share sales.

Finally, Editor Nick Lichtenberg joins the show to break down Kalshi’s newest partnership and what it means for the future of prediction markets.

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Topics covered:

• AOC’s announcement and workplace impact
• The state of the defense tech market
• Innovations in resumes and the future of hiring

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In today’s episode of Fortune Daily, Business Editor Nick Lichtenberg and Reporter Eva Roytburg join us to break down Gen Z’s massive impact on the workplace. We also dive into the recent leadership changes at Google DeepMind and the demotion of Demis Hassabis. Plus, Fortune News Editor Cat Giono joins the show to discuss the "stay-at-home boyfriend" trend and the surprising data backing it up.

Topics covered:

• Gen Z’s influence on the modern workforce.

• The leadership shakeup at Google DeepMind.

• Analyzing the stay-at-home boyfriend phenomenon

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We also dive into The Big Number from Ramp regarding AI spending trends and get the latest details on the future of air taxis from Fortune’s Tech Editor, Alexei Oreskovic.

Watch Alyson’s entire interview with Bill Ackman here: https://youtu.be/PujkGebv1Nw

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Plus, Phil Wahba joins to discuss how Barnes & Noble is pivoting by learning from independent bookstores and we talk about the big number on AI spending with Emily Forlini.

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Chapters
00:00 Introduction
00:25 Introducing Fortune Daily
01:07 Bonding with the Yen
02:14 The Oracle of AI Spending
03:36 IKEA: Assembling a New Approach
05:00 Barnes & Noble’s Comeback with Phil Wahba
08:02: Introducing Kristin Stoller’s interview with Jeff Bezos Interview
08:45 How to get Jeff Bezos on the phone
11:05: What is “customer obsession”?
12:06: Jeff Bezos’ glow up
13:02: How Bezos deals with failure
14:21: How Amazon dethroned Walmart
15:32: Is Amazon taking over the world?
17:17: Criticisms of Bezos stepping down
18:25: The future of Amazon
19:20 Closing