With Stacey Vanek Smith off at the World Economic Forum in China, Max Chafkin is joined by Brad Stone, the editor of Bloomberg Businessweek, and Bloomberg reporter Laura Nahmias. Together, they discuss how significant democratic socialist Zoran Mamdani’s surprising New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary victory could be for Wall Street and the city of New York. 

A parallel to Mamdani’s triumph in an increasingly unaffordable city is taking place this week in Venice, where multibillionaire Amazon co-founder Jeff Bezos and former broadcast journalist Lauren Sánchez are to be married. With fierce opposition raging in the Italian city, already made crushingly expensive by over-tourism, does this mean disdain for billionaires is at a boiling point? Chafkin and Stone talk it over. Also, the crew sent out a producer to the streets of New York to ask people the question on everyone’s mind: what wedding gift can you possibly get for the man behind the everything store? 

Chafkin and Stone then turn their gaze to the movie industry. Technology has been haunting Hollywood for a while now. The internet, file sharing, streaming—the big studios have been playing defense against Silicon Valley since the turn of the century. But now they’re facing a potentially bigger threat: artificial intelligence. Entertainment reporter Lucas Shaw walks us through how the industry is fighting with, and adapting to, this seemingly unstoppable new force.

And to end things, Chafkin brings what he considers the most underrated story of the week: the accidental support of a planned coup in South Sudan by a co-funder of Jane Street. 

With Stacey Vanek Smith off at the World Economic Forum in China, Max Chafkin is joined by Brad Stone, the editor of Bloomberg Businessweek, and Bloomberg reporter Laura Nahmias. Together, they discuss how significant democratic socialist Zoran Mamdani&rsquo;s surprising New York City&rsquo;s Democratic mayoral primary victory could be for Wall Street and the city of New York.&nbsp;
A parallel to Mamdani&rsquo;s triumph&nbsp;in an increasingly unaffordable city is taking&nbsp;place this week in Venice, where multibillionaire Amazon co-founder Jeff Bezos and former broadcast journalist&nbsp;Lauren S&aacute;nchez are to be married. With <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd0vjr07570o" data-cke-saved-href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd0vjr07570o">fierce opposition</a> raging in the Italian city, already made crushingly expensive by over-tourism, does this mean disdain for billionaires is at a boiling point? Chafkin and Stone talk it over.&nbsp;Also, the crew sent out a producer to the streets of New York to ask people the question on everyone&rsquo;s mind: what wedding gift can you possibly get for the man behind the everything store?&nbsp;
Chafkin and Stone&nbsp;then turn their gaze to the movie industry. Technology has been haunting Hollywood for a while now.&nbsp;The internet, file sharing, streaming&mdash;the big studios have been playing defense against Silicon Valley since the turn of the century.&nbsp;But now they&rsquo;re facing a potentially bigger threat:&nbsp;artificial intelligence. Entertainment reporter Lucas Shaw walks us through how the industry is fighting with,&nbsp;and adapting&nbsp;to, this seemingly unstoppable new force.
And to end things, Chafkin brings what he considers the most underrated story of the week: the <a href="bbg://news/stories/SYBHG5T0AFB4" data-web-url="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-25/jane-street-s-rob-granieri-says-he-was-duped-into-funding-south-sudan-coup-plot?sref=6dRmcIro" data-cke-saved-href="bbg://news/stories/SYBHG5T0AFB4">accidental support</a> of a planned coup in South Sudan by a co-funder of Jane Street.&nbsp;

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Bloomberg Businessweek brings you a smart and fun chat show about all things...business. Hosted by award-winning business and economics journalists Max Chafkin (author of The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley&rsquo;s Pursuit of Power) and Stacey Vanek Smith (former co-host of NPR&rsquo;s Planet Money and reporter for Marketplace), Everybody's Business is powered by the unparalleled sources and reporters who bring you Businessweek magazine&rsquo;s headlines and the stories behind them. The show gives listeners a window into the discussions happening in boardrooms, Zooms and group chats in power centers around the world. From interpreting Fed meetings to the business of wolf cloning, each week Max, Stacey and their friends at Bloomberg Businessweek guide listeners through what really went on during the last week from Wall Street and Main Street. Because what&rsquo;s happening with money and markets is everybody&rsquo;s business.

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