Plus, an announcement: Snacks Mix is taking an extended break, bringing the Jack and Nia era to a close. Thank you to everyone for listening over the last few months, and of course keep following Sherwood and the Snacks newsletter for all the latest news!

1. The Story Everyone IS Talking About: Can DeepSeek really revolutionize the AI game?

• The Story Everyone SHOULD Be Talking About: Starbucks has a new celebrity CEO, but how long of a leash does he have?
• The Story Everyone WILL Be Talking About: Tech earnings are on the way, does the sector still rule?

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Snacks Mix is a production of Sherwood News, made in collaboration with Roulette Productions. Jody Avirgan and Claire Bidigare-Curtis are the producers.

1. The Story Everyone IS Talking About: Netflix soars on some eye-popping subscriber numbers

• The Story Everyone SHOULD Be Talking About: Donald Trump announced plans for a $500 billion AI data center investment
• The Story Everyone WILL Be Talking About: Tik-Tok's future is still pretty murky, even after Trump stepped in

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1. The Story Everyone IS Talking About: Tik-Tok could very well go away this weekend. What next?!

• The Story Everyone SHOULD Be Talking About: Tesla sales are actually pretty sluggish - is this peak Tesla?
• The Story Everyone WILL Be Talking About: Trump has pledged to create a new agency -- the External Revenue Service -- to enact his tariff plans.

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• The Story Everyone IS Talking About: Fires are raging in LA -- is this the new normal for homeowners, insurance companies, and local governments?
• The Story Everyone SHOULD Be Talking About: A couple weeks after quantum computing went wild, there's a lot more skepticism
• The Story Everyone WILL Be Talking About: The Surgeon General issues dire warnings about alcohol consumption
• Plus: We say goodbye to Jack, who is leaving Sherwood (shed a tear!)

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• The Story Everyone IS Talking About: OpenAI has a very weird corporate structure, and now Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk are joining forces to keep it that way.
• The Story Everyone SHOULD Be Talking About: A company called Databricks provides a crucial behind-the-scenes service, and is showing how going public may not be the best bet.
• The Story Everyone WILL Be Talking About: Google’s quantum computing breakthrough have sent some very sketchy stocks to the moon!
• Plus: Jack and Nia offer some hot takes and trends to watch heading into 2025.

We’ll be back in two weeks with a new episode. See you in 2025!

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• The Story Everyone IS Talking About: In the wake of the assassination of United Healthcare's CEO, there's a new spotlight on health insurance companies -- but will it change anything about the industry?
• The Story Everyone SHOULD Be Talking About: In Texas, Elon Musk is bringing the company town back. Sherwood's Rani Molla went to Bastrop to find out how the town is transforming.
• The Story Everyone WILL Be Talking About: Robotaxi's are here to stay, even as some companies pull back from the industry

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• The Story Everyone IS Talking About: Amazon says it is building the world’s most powerful supercomputer in their bid to keep up on the AI revolution.
• The Story Everyone SHOULD Be Talking About: The trade disputes with China keep ballooning, with the country restricting mineral exports to the US
• The Story Everyone WILL Be Talking About: Weight loss drugs are about to go from trendy curiosity to big business

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• It's been a big earnings week, which big retailers are positioned to end the year strong?
• This Black Friday, which sectors will perform well? Are electronics still the name of the game?
• By the way, where did the term "Black Friday" come from anyway?

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• The Story Everyone IS Talking About: Spirit goes bust. Why can't a low-cost airline cut it in America?
• The Story Everyone SHOULD Be Talking About: Target vs WalMart. Surprising earnings indicate where American consumers are headed.
• The Story Everyone WILL Be Talking About: It's not just chips and infrastructure that will determine whether the US or China emerge in the AI wars -- human capital plays a huge part too.
• Plus: Another taste of our new Sherwood show -- The Sherwood Ten. Check it out wherever you get your podcasts!

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• The Story Everyone IS Talking About: Crypto. Bitcoin is through the roof and meme stocks are following. Nat Eliason, author of "Crypto Confidential," joins the show to talk about how long this all may last.
• The Story Everyone SHOULD Be Talking About: Trump ran on a promise to enact mass deportation, but the effect on the labor force could be devastating. What will actually happen once he's in office.
• The Story Everyone WILL Be Talking About: The AI war extends to China and the US squabbling over chip manufacturing policy. The stakes are high.

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• The Story Everyone IS Talking About: The election. What did you think? Lots of sectors feel like Trump 2.0 will help them a lot. Luke Kawa helps us run through the reaction.
• The Story Everyone SHOULD Be Talking About: Jack has a theory about prediction markets and polling.
• The Story Everyone WILL Be Talking About: Why first-time home buyers are getting older and older as entering the market becomes more impossible for the average American.

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• The Story Everyone IS Talking About: More earnings from some big-name companies like Alphabet, McDonald's and Snap.
• The Story Everyone SHOULD Be Talking About: Reddit and Snap seem to be righting the ship -- what have they figured out about social media in the AI era?
• Jody Avirgan joins the show to talk about The Sherwood Ten, our new audio project profiling some of the most interesting people in money and leadership. Listen to it here!

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• The Story Everyone IS Talking About: Earnings reports are dropping one after another this week, which caught our eye?
• The Story Everyone SHOULD Be Talking About: A young boy committed suicide as he was developing a relationship with an AI chatbot. How much will this tragedy shift the narrative around these technologies?
• Field Trip! Walt Hickey joins Jack and Nia to talk about the HOOD Summit in Miami, and Comic-Con in NYC.

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• The Story Everyone IS Talking About: The bad news keeps coming for Boeing as SpaceX is winning the space race
• The Story Everyone SHOULD Be Talking About: Google and other tech companies are building nuclear reactors now?
• The Story Everyone WILL be Talking About: Private equity is coming for mom-and-pop shops, especially in areas hit by natural disasters

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Snacks Mix is a production of Sherwood News, made in collaboration with Roulette Productions. Jody Avirgan and Claire Bidigare-Curtis are the producers. Special thanks this week to Aaron Dalton.

• The Story Everyone IS Talking About: Will the Justice Department really try to break up Google?
• The Story Everyone SHOULD Be Talking About: A dozen states allege that Tik-Tok is addicting young kids
• The Story Everyone WILL be Talking About: The UAE cuts a deal with Wynn
• The Feature: A conversation with writer Tim Fernholz about a mysterious dead billionaire. He wrote about it on Sherwood this week.



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• The Story Everyone IS Talking About: AI regulation gets vetoed in California as OpenAI gets a huge valuation
• The Story Everyone SHOULD Be Talking About: China goes "bazooka mode" on stimulus measures
• The Story Everyone WILL be Talking About: The biggest shipping strike in a generation may bring everything to a half

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Now, imagine that -- in a podcast! Welcome to Snacks Mix, from Sherwood Media.

Hosted by Nia Warfield, with Jack Raines and many more from the Sherwood team. New episodes drop every Thursday.