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Squawk Pod

Squawk Pod is a daily, guided curation of the top moments and takeaways from CNBC’s flagship morning show, “Squawk Box”, anchored by Joe Kernen, Becky Quick and Andrew Ross Sorkin. Each day, the podcast includes news making interviews, perspective and analysis from iconic guest hosts, and slices of debate and discussion—from the heated to the hilarious— all wrapped with exclusive context and color from Senior Producer Katie Kramer.
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Mellody Hobson’s & Bill Miller’s Investing Advice; The SOTU Breakdown

Famed value investor Bill Miller of Miller Value Partners joins Ariel Investments co-CEO Mellody Hobson to share investment advice as war abroad escalates and inflation at home rises. Some of Miller’s biggest positions are in Amazon, Alphabet, and Meta, and he says, Meta stock is cheap, and the case for bitcoin is strong. Hobson says value investors are enthusiastic about leisure and entertainment stocks, like hotels and casinos. Joe, Becky, and Andrew break down President Biden’s first State of...

Mar 02, 202231 min

Russian Economics, Housing Refugees, & Investing for Impact with Serena Williams

As the Western world’s sanctions pile onto Russia, CNBC’s Steve Liesman considers the effect they’ll really have for the Russian economy and the Russian people. Speaking from his experience as a journalist in Moscow, Liesman explains the Russian government’s relationship to its citizens and the country’s difficult financial history. Meanwhile, U.S. corporations including Netflix, Disney, and Warner Bros. are taking a stand for Ukraine , and Airbnb is helping to coordinate housing for refugees . ...

Mar 01, 202228 min

The Weight of the World’s Sanctions: SWIFT, Oligarchs, & Frozen Assets

Bill Daley, vice chairman of public affairs at Wells Fargo and former chief of staff in the Obama administration, discusses new sanctions against Russia, including the move to block some access to the SWIFT international payment system. CNBC’s Kayla Tausche breaks down the latest moves from the U.S. Treasury Department against Russia, CNBC’s Robert Frank reports on the swath of new sanctions from Western nations against Russian elites, and Eunice Yoon reports from Beijing, where China is struggl...

Feb 28, 202230 min

Oil & Gas Powers, ‘Digital Gold,’ & Opening the Door for Diplomacy

As Russia bombards Ukraine and advances on Kyiv, and Western powers consider deterrence strategies, market swings match changes in the power dynamic. After a call between China’s President Xi and Russia’s President Putin, Russian news outlets reported that Russia would be willing to start talks with Ukraine at a meeting in Minsk. Niall Ferguson, renowned historian, Hoover Institution senior fellow and founder of Greenmantle, discusses Europe’s reliance on Russia’s oil and gas. As investors seek ...

Feb 25, 202229 min

The Invasion: “It’s a war, there’s no doubt about it.”

Russia has launched an invasion of its neighbor Ukraine, with military assaults on several key Ukrainian cities including its capital, Kyiv. City officials said the offensive has already killed dozens of soldiers and several civilians. Jack Jacobs, retired U.S. army colonel and a Medal of Honor recipient, discusses global deterrence strategy and says, "It is a war, there's no doubt about it." CNBC’s Kayla Tausche reports on how the White House is reacting to Russia’s attack on Ukraine, NBC’s Mat...

Feb 24, 202240 min

Stacey Abrams on ‘Leveling Up’ & Sanctions for Deterrence

Democratic candidate for Georgia governor Stacey Abrams discusses her new book, “Level Up: Rise Above the Hidden Forces Holding Your Business Back,” and shares her plan for bolstering small businesses across the country. In a wide-ranging conversation, Abrams covers Congressional fundraising, voting rights, and the state of the Democratic Party. As Russia appears poised for further invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. is imposing economic sanctions on the country in hopes of determent. CNBC’s Kayla Tau...

Feb 23, 202229 min

Putin’s “Peacekeeping” and Marriott’s CEO

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered troops into two breakaway regions of eastern Ukraine after announcing Monday evening that he would recognize their independence. NBC’s Matt Bradley reports from Kiev on the escalating tensions between Russia and Ukraine , as well as international implications for China and responses from the EU, UN, and NATO. Marriott CEO Tony Capuano discusses the rebound in leisure travel and the impact of Covid-19 on its business. Home Depot reported a strong fisca...

Feb 22, 202231 min

Warren Buffett & the ATVI Buy; Fmr. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer

Warren Buffett is setting the record straight after The Wall Street Journal insinuated that Berkshire Hathaway might have had inside information on the Microsoft-Activision Blizzard deal that informed his own timely ATVI buy. Buffett said the stock buys were made by “one of the two investment managers who operate independently of me at Berkshire” – a reference to Berkshire investors Ted Weschler and Todd Combs – and were completed long before the acquisition was announced. Steve Ballmer, former ...

Feb 18, 202230 min

Feuds Over the Fed & The Personal vs. Professional with Ex-Levi Executive Jennifer Sey

Ongoing tension at the Russia-Ukraine border continues to impact market sentiment. The U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations says the conflict has reached a “crucial moment” and that Russia is moving toward “an imminent invasion.” Senate Republicans are blocking votes on President Joe Biden’s five nominees for the Federal Reserve Board, creating an impasse while the central bank is under increasing pressure to combat inflation. Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND.), discusses delaying the vote and why he ha...

Feb 17, 202237 min

Leadership Lessons with Arthur Brooks & Restaurateur Realities with Cameron Mitchell

Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel finds it “reasonable” to think the pandemic might be over , but economies and politics around the world must recover in its wake. Cameron Mitchell, CEO of Cameron Mitchell Restaurants, discusses the increased labor and product costs hitting all restaurateurs, whether Covid ends or not. Arthur Brooks, Harvard professor and The Atlantic contributor, discusses Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his approach to truckers protesting vaccine mandates. Brooks consider...

Feb 16, 202235 min

De-escalation in Ukraine; Warren Buffett’s $1B ATVI Buy; Tommy John’s New Bedmate

Russia appears to be backing away from an immediate invasion of Ukraine , cooling geopolitical tensions that have knocked the stock market down the last three days. Daleep Singh, deputy national security advisor for international economics and a deputy assistant to the President, discusses the Russia-Ukraine border crisis and confirms that the U.S. is prepared to levy severe sanctions on Russia, should President Putin pursue an invasion. Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway bought roughly $1 bill...

Feb 15, 202235 min

Rate Hikes with Jim Bullard; Crypto Ads with FTX US; Border Watch in Ukraine

A super-sized episode, starting with St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard’s suggestion of a super-sized hike in interest rates. After Bullard’s original comments spooked the markets last week, he makes his case to mitigate 40-year inflation highs with a fast reaction from the U.S. central bank. Abroad, tensions between Russia and Ukraine--and now the rest of the world--remain unresolved, and investors gauging the geopolitics remain uncertain. Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov ...

Feb 14, 202246 min

Trucker Troubles; Holdings on the Hill; The Consumer Squeeze

Inflation is squeezing consumer wallets, and it’s likely to soon start affecting the housing market. Becky Quick and Brian Sullivan discuss how the latest inflation data may strongarm the Fed into taking more aggressive economic action than originally planned for 2022. Truckers protesting vaccine mandates on the U.S.-Canada border are disrupting an already fraught auto industry. New York Times columnist Tom Friedman admits their right to protest and underlines his own right to label the activism...

Feb 11, 202234 min

Inflation’s 40 Year High; Twitter’s CFO; Connecticut’s Mask Decision

Inflation rose 7.5% over the past year, its highest level since 1982 . Jim Paulsen, The Leuthold Group CIO, CNBC’s Rick Santelli and Steve Liesman break down January’s key consumer price index data. Twitter reported fourth quarter financial results that missed analyst estimates on earnings, revenue, and user growth. The report is the first under new CEO Parag Agrawal after Jack Dorsey stepped down from the role in November. Twitter CFO Ned Segal discusses the company's latest acquisitions and it...

Feb 10, 202233 min

Masks and Meta Down, Electric Vehicles Ramp Up

Support is growing among lawmakers on Capitol Hill for legislation that would ban lawmakers from trading stocks. CNBC’s Ylan Mui reports on Pelosi’s proposal, and Senator Steve Daines (R-Mont.), who sits on the Senate Finance Committee, explains the bipartisan support to ban stock trading among Congressional lawmakers. Transportation Sec. Pete Buttigieg discusses U.S. companies investing in manufacturing and ensuring the nation’s electric vehicle infrastructure is made at home. New York is pulli...

Feb 09, 202235 min

Game Day Bets & Snacks with Goldbelly CEO, and Carlyle’s David Rubenstein: No Recession Coming

Carlyle Group co-founder David Rubenstein says investors should not expect rising inflation or a major stock market downturn to spiral the United States into a recession. Rubenstein shares his market outlook and the impact of growing tensions between Russia and Ukraine. Millions of Americans are expected to bet on the Super Bowl this weekend . CNBC’s Contessa Brewer reports on what has changed as states move to legalize sports betting. Goldbelly founder and CEO Joe Ariel breaks down the game day...

Feb 08, 202233 min

A Sky-Bound Merger, Naked Short Selling, & DEI Due Diligence

Frontier Airlines and Spirit Airlines, the two largest low-cost carriers in the U.S., have agreed to merge in a $6.6 billion deal , CNBC’s Phil LeBeau reports. Frontier will control 51.5% of the new airline. Former SEC chairman Jay Clayton discusses the Department of Justice’s latest probe into roughly a dozen short-selling firms, and considers the value of all market players, positive and negative. Ashley Marchand Orme, JUST Capital director of corporate equity, discusses how well the nation’s ...

Feb 07, 202228 min

Direct from Pebble Beach: AT&T CEO John Stankey & Discovery CEO David Zaslav

AT&T is spinning off WarnerMedia in a $43 billion merger with Discovery. AT&T CEO John Stankey and Discovery CEO David Zaslav discuss the deal, the rollout of 5G, and the separate futures of telecom and streaming from the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am golf tournament. Plus, the executives respond to the surprise departure of CNN President Jeff Zucker. In this episode: John Stankey, @ATT David Zaslav, @Discovery Joe Kernen, @JoeSquawk Becky Quick, @BeckyQuick Andrew Ross Sorkin, @andrewrso...

Feb 04, 202239 min

Meta’s Mega-Miss and The WNBA’s Big Score

Facebook parent Meta delivered disappointing quarterly results , and its stock is taking a hit in response. CEO Mark Zuckerberg cited supply chain and inflation issues hitting advertiser budgets and fallout from Apple’s new iOS, but the stock still lost a fifth of its value overnight. Adam Singolda, founder and CEO of advertising platform Taboola, joins venture capitalist Kevin O’Leary to discuss Meta’s momentous miss, its metaverse ambitions, and Spotify’s path beyond the Joe Rogan controversy....

Feb 03, 202225 min

NFL on the Defense & Spotify, Platform or Publisher?

In the wake of Brian Flores’s lawsuit against the NFL and three of its teams, CNBC’s sports business reporter Jabari Young and Washington University’s director of the sports business program Patrick Rishe discuss the legacy of racial inequity in the league and the ripple effects of the ex-head coach’s allegations. Journalist and Yale University lecturer Joanne Lipman considers Spotify’s decision to stand by Joe Rogan, even as more musicians follow Neil Young’s lead. Spotify’s $100 million check ...

Feb 02, 202228 min

Closing the Racial Wealth Gap, International Spies, & a 6-Letter Word for Game Gone Viral

Black spending power reached a record $1.6 trillion in 2021, up 171% since 2000, but CNBC’s Frank Holland reports that Black Americans have seen their net wealth decline 14%. Bob Johnson, founder and chairman of RLJ Companies and founder of the BET Network, kicks off Black History Month with a discussion about closing the racial wealth gap . Johnson considers whether President Biden’s Build Back Better plan will ultimately improve economic mobility, and he lays out the biggest streaming players ...

Feb 01, 202226 min

Shorting Cathie Wood, High Tech Car Karaoke, & China’s Covid Realities

Tech investing titan and retail trader favorite Cathie Wood is doubling, tripling, quadrupling down on her speculative tech portfolio strategy, despite recent losses. Matthew Tuttle, founder of the “anti-ARKK fund” SARKK is shorting Wood’s own ETF . In China, keeping Covid-19 in check comes at a great price for its residents; CNBC’s Beijing Bureau Chief Eunice Yoon reports on the long testing lines and government surveillance that are now a part of everyday life. In the wake of Spotify’s decisio...

Jan 31, 202229 min

Facing Off Inflation; The Next Variant; Buckling Up for Booze

Thanks to the Fed’s emergency stimulus measures, the U.S. economy saw its fastest pace of growth since the 1980s in 2021. To combat the resulting inflation however, the Fed plans to dial those measures back, starting with a rate hike in March. Carlos Gutierrez, former Commerce Secretary, former CEO of Kellogg’s, and co-founder of Empath, says that CEOs will have to deal with inflation now, whether it’s transitory or not. In the face of yet another Covid-19 variant, Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former FDA...

Jan 28, 202229 min

Netflix & Bill (Ackman); Druckenmiller & the Great Fed-spectations; Spotify & Neil Young’s ‘Separate Ways’

Legendary investor Stanley Druckenmiller says he’ll be listening to the bond market as the Federal Reserve backs away from its economic easing policies. CNBC’s Steve Liesman breaks down Fed Chair Jay Powell’s tricky road ahead. Hedge funder Bill Ackman bought up enough Netflix stock to make him one of the streamer’s top 20 shareholders. Musician Neil Young set an ultimatum for Spotify, asking the team to remove either Joe Rogan’s ‘The Rogan Experience,’ which Young claims is spreading Covid-19 m...

Jan 27, 202230 min

Tom Sosnoff & the Retail Play; Mattel’s Doll Deal; Chips Needed

The market’s wild swings have not deterred retail investors; Tastytrade founder Tom Sosnoff breaks down trading volume and trading appetite among the smaller market players. ARK Invest’s Cathie Wood isn’t deterred by big tech’s big swings either, and she’s doubling down on her strategy. Mattel has won back the license to make Disney princess toys , Microsoft is optimistic about its future in the cloud, and the U.S. Commerce Department is warning of a concerningly low semiconductor inventory. Plu...

Jan 26, 202227 min

Meme Stock Anniversary; Tensions in Eastern Europe; A Massive Market Swing

After the biggest intraday market bounceback in years, investors are making sense of tech stock stumbles, inflation fears, and uncertainty from the Fed. Cryptocurrencies are still trading lower, with bitcoin down 50% from its highs . About 8,500 American troops are standing by for deployment as the U.S. and its European allies watch Russia-Ukraine tensions escalate . CNBC’s Kayla Tausche breaks down the U.S. response to the rising likelihood of a Russian invasion, and Hayman Capital Management C...

Jan 25, 202234 min

Special Report | Markets in Turmoil

Listen to CNBC's special report about today's market volatility. From which stocks were hit hardest, to fears of war between Russia and Ukraine, and whether the Federal Reserve is moving too fast. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jan 25, 202246 min

Stock Tumbles & a Fed Preview with Lloyd Blankfein

U.S. stocks fell today following the S&P 500′s worst week since March 2020. Riskier assets are also selling off, with bitcoin plunging over the weekend, wiping out nearly half of its value. Lloyd Blankfein, former CEO of Goldman Sachs, discusses cryptocurrencies, plus the Fed’s plan for rate hikes ahead of the FOMC meeting this week . Blankfein explains why he thinks bank stocks are a good place for investors to be and why his view on digital currencies is evolving. Sal Khan, founder and CEO...

Jan 24, 202242 min

Intel’s Chips in the Heartland, Nasdaq Woes, & What’s Next in the Peloton Cycle

The Nasdaq is firmly in correction territory, with Peloton and Netflix leading the slide downhill. Veteran investor Jeremy Grantham says there’s more to come , predicting a multi-asset bubble burst, resulting in a 45% decline in stocks. After CNBC’s report that Peloton would halt production of its products and concerns about insider trades in the c-suite, Peloton’s been on a bumpy ride. Its stock price returning to earth from the stratosphere could make it a good target for M&A, maybe even A...

Jan 21, 202237 min

American Airlines CEO; NYC Subway Slump; ‘Til Next Time, Beijing

American Airlines CEO Doug Parker spoke with CNBC’s Phil LeBeau and the ‘Squawk Box’ team to break down the company’s latest fourth-quarter earnings report . In his last interview as CEO, Parker considers omicron’s impact on industry recovery, provides a bookings forecast for the spring, and discusses the nation’s 5G rollout . The Winter Olympics kick off in two weeks, but NBC’s announcers have decided against traveling to Beijing over Covid-19 concerns. Plus, is it finally time for NYC employee...

Jan 20, 202228 min
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