The Journal.

The Wall Street Journal & Spotify Studios•www.wsj.com

The most important stories about money, business and power. Hosted by Ryan Knutson and Jessica Mendoza. The Journal is a co-production of Spotify and The Wall Street Journal. Get show merch here: https://wsjshop.com/collections/clothing

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Behind the Scenes at Davos, Claims of a Toxic Boss

The Davos conference brings together the world’s elites to try to make the world a better place. But according to some current and former employees, the leader of the organizing body behind Davos fosters a toxic workplace . WSJ’s Shalini Ramachandran discusses her investigation into the World Economic Forum and the impact of a recent anonymous whistleblower letter . Annie Minoff hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Apr 30, 2025•18 min

Canada’s New Leader Is Ready To Take on Trump

Mark Carney, a former banker, won Canada’s national election on Monday. Carney ran on an anti-Trump platform , and he's promised to try to decouple his country’s economy from its biggest trading partner and, lately, its biggest threat . WSJ’s Vipal Monga explains how Trump’s trade war and threats to annex Canada have upended the election. Annie Minoff hosts. Further Listening: - Why Justin Trudeau Stepped Down - Guns and Death Threats in Canada's Baby-Eel Fisheries Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s ...

Apr 29, 2025•17 min

A Syrian Father’s Journey to Find His Son

Suleiman al-Youssef’s son, Shadi, has been missing since the beginning of the Syrian civil war. After the Assad regime was overthrown, Suleiman found new hope when he discovered a video of a man who looked like his son outside the country’s most notorious prison. WSJ’s Ben C. Solomon on Suleiman’s search for his son and Syria’s thousands of other missing loved ones like him. Kate Linebaugh hosts. Further Listening: - Assad’s Regime Falls. What’s Next For Syria? - Ten Days That Shifted Power in S...

Apr 28, 2025•21 min

Neom, Pt 2: The Emperor’s New Clothes

Andy Wirth and Tony Harris moved halfway across the world to help build Neom: Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s futuristic new city in the Saudi desert . But what they found wasn’t the desert utopia of Neom’s marketing. Instead, they found a project bleeding cash , led by a screaming CEO , where very little was actually being built . WSJ’s Rory Jones and Eliot Brown explain how Neom fell years behind schedule – and went billions of dollars over-budget – thanks to a culture of runaway spending a...

Apr 26, 2025•43 min

Neom, Pt 1: Skiing in the Desert

In 2017, Saudi Arabia’s ambitious, young leader, Mohammed bin Salman, unveiled Neom : a futuristic new city Saudi Arabia would build in the desert. Neom would be a hotspot for tourism like the French Riviera, a center of innovation like Silicon Valley, and a global melting pot like Dubai. It would help transform the Saudi economy. But over the years, that already bold plan grew even more ambitious . In the first of two episodes about Neom, WSJ’s Rory Jones and Eliot Brown explain how an effort t...

Apr 25, 2025•34 min

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