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The Big Take from Bloomberg News brings you inside what’s shaping the world's economies with the smartest and most informed business reporters around the world. The context you need on the stories that can move markets. Every afternoon.

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Trump's Big Beautiful Bill, the Value of Gold, Taylor Swift Buys Back Her Albums

Today on the Big Take, we hear from the hosts of Everybody's Business, Stacey Vanek Smith and Max Chafkin, who dive into the latest news on President Trump's tax bill, Taylor Swift buying back her first six albums, and Gen Z bar culture. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

34 min
1D AGO

The New Economics of Broadway

Broadway has always been a high-risk, high-reward kind of business — but with costs to mount a production higher than ever, producers are leaning into new strategies to try to recoup investments. Now, as Broadway wraps its highest-grossing season on record, the hottest tickets to celebrity-studded shows are going for upwards of $800. On today’s Big Take podcast, we speak with two Tony Award-winning producers, Daryl Roth and Lucas Katler, about what it takes to succeed these days in show business, and we hear from Bloomberg Pursuits’ Chris Rovzar about what Broadway’s new economic reality means for tourism, for art and for what audiences pay at the box office. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

16 min
2D AGO

Looking for a Job? The World Desperately Needs Engineers

There's a vital puzzle piece missing as rich nations aim to transform their electricity grids for the AI age: millions of skilled engineers.On today’s Big Take podcast, Bloomberg’s Akshat Rathi joins host Sarah Holder to break down how labor shortages in the electrification industry are slowing down the green energy transition and what it would take to turn things around. Plus, the one country bucking the trend.Read more: The Missing EngineersListen more: A skilled worker shortage is becoming an ‘existential’ problem for the energy transition: Bottleneck Series See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

16 min
3D AGO

What’s Driving Europe’s Political Shift to the Right?

Poland’s election of a Trump-backed conservative nationalist president early this week is part of a larger shift to the right across the European continent: Much like in the US, conservative, nationalist and right-wing parties are gaining traction. On today’s Big Take podcast, Bloomberg’s Rodney Jefferson and David Gura discuss the growing cultural divide behind Europe’s rising conservative movements and what their growth could mean for migration, climate policy and the future of the EU. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

18 min
4D AGO

Nintendo's Big Bet on Switch 2

The Nintendo Switch has generated some $100 billion in sales for the Japanese gaming giant since its launch in 2017, propelling the company’s shares to record highs. Now the game-maker is under pressure to do even better with the new Switch 2, out this week. On today’s Big Take Asia Podcast, Bloomberg Opinion’s Gearoid Reidy joins host K. Oanh Ha to talk about why the Switch 2 is so important to Nintendo’s business and whether it can live up to the hype. Read more: If the Switch 2 Stumbles, Nintendo Has No Plan BWatch, from Originals: Nintendo’s High-Stakes Bet on the Switch 2Further listening: A Turning Point in Trump’s Trade War See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

16 min
5D AGO

A Turning Point in Trump’s Trade War

We’re more than halfway through the 90-day pause on President Trump’s sweeping reciprocal tariffs. That three-month delay was supposed to give the US time to negotiate trade deals with countries around the world. And while talks are ongoing, many deals still seem out of reach. Now, legal challenges to Trump’s tariff strategy have thrown another wrench in the administration’s plans. On today’s Big Take podcast, host Sarah Holder sits down with Bloomberg’s Brendan Murray to hear a status report on the latest steel tariff hikes and trade negotiations, and with legal reporter Erik Larson to explore how the courts could upend Trump’s agenda. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

18 min
MAY 31

The New Law Aimed At Cracking Down On Deepfake Pornography

The US has a new federal law protecting victims of nonconsensual deepfake pornography. It puts new pressure on perpetrators of online sexual harassment and on the social media networks where they can flourish. Today on the Big Take, we hear from the hosts of the Levittown podcast, Olivia Carville and Margi Murphy, in conversation with two mothers whose children had very different experiences in the online world that this legislation aims to regulate. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

35 min
MAY 30

The Dollar’s Dominance is Unwinding in Asia

As Donald Trump tries to remake global trade, the dollar’s historic dominance in Asia is under pressure. After Taiwan’s currency saw the biggest surge against the dollar in almost 40 years in early May, some money managers are saying the spike signals the acceleration of a bigger trend of moving investments back home. On today’s Big Take Asia Podcast, host Rebecca Choong Wilkins talks to Bloomberg’s Ruth Carson about what’s driving Asia’s shift away from the greenback and what a rewiring of global financial ties means for the region’s biggest economies. Further listening: Carry Trades, ExplainedCould the Chinese Yuan Ever Replace the US Dollar? Watch, from Originals: Why the US Is Getting Downgraded See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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May 8

JohnPorkOnMyWrist

Intelligent and non-biased. All I really seek these days.
Peons

May 29

Everything is Mine

Just call everyone and everything that isn’t fully anti-trump MAGA. You are far too biased to be respected for your opinion. I hate Trump and Kamala. We had two horrible options, so everyone with a working brain and critical thinking skills went with the one who could speak in a semi-coherent sentence from time to time. We don’t have to be MAGA-sycophants to vote for Trump or agree with some of his views. We only have to be open to working with a team with an actual PLAN.
Oh my

May 21

damn__tam

Elon is such a douche
Mishal Hussain is haughty and arrogant.

May 21

Unispired

I love bloomberg content, but Mishal Hussain interviews people from a start g point in which she assumes her preconceived notions must be correct. She simply comes off as insulting to her guests.

The Big Take from Bloomberg News brings you inside what’s shaping the world's economies with the smartest and most informed business reporters around the world. The context you need on the stories that can move markets. Every afternoon.

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