Today on the Big Take, we hear from our colleagues over atEverybody's Business, Stacey Vanek Smith and Max Chafkin. This week’s topics include a possible return of DOGE-like cuts due to the shutdown, the wild ride of crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun and a very surprising economic indicator.

Today on the&nbsp;Big Take, we hear from our colleagues over at Everybody's Business, Stacey Vanek Smith and Max Chafkin. This week&rsquo;s topics include a possible return of DOGE-like cuts due to the shutdown, the wild ride of crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun and a very surprising economic indicator.

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Will the Shutdown Lead to DOGE 2.0?

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LIV Golf split the professional circuit early this decade with its flashy tournaments and payouts that outstripped what golfers were earning on PGA tours. Now, after five years — and more than $5 billion in investments from the Saudi Public Investment Fund — LIV filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

On today’s Big Take podcast, Golf.com’s Sean Zak joins host David Gura to explore why LIV wasn’t able to convert lavish spending and an attention-grabbing feud with the PGA into big audience numbers. Zak explores the prospect for a player-owned LIV 2.0 and looks at whether the upstart tour was ultimately good for professional golf.

Read more:
LIV’s Great Saudi-Backed Assault on Golf Ends With Whimper
LIV Golf Files Bankruptcy With Post-Saudi Future Uncertain
LIV Golf Shows Money Can Buy Stars — But Not Fans

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Hosted by David Gura; Produced by Julia Press; Guest: Sean Zak; Edited by Jeffrey Grocott.

Fact-checking by Brunella Tipismana Urbano; Engineering by Alex Sugiura.

Deputy Executive Producer: Julia Weaver. Executive Producer: Nicole Beemsterboer.

LIV Golf split the professional circuit early this decade with its flashy tournaments and payouts that outstripped what golfers were earning on PGA tours. Now, after five years &mdash; and more than $5 billion in investments from the Saudi Public Investment Fund &mdash; LIV filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
On today&rsquo;s Big Take podcast, <a href="http://golf.com">Golf.com</a>&rsquo;s Sean Zak joins host David Gura to explore why LIV wasn&rsquo;t able to convert lavish spending and an attention-grabbing feud with the PGA into big audience numbers. Zak explores the prospect for a player-owned LIV 2.0 and looks at whether the upstart tour was ultimately good for professional golf.
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<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-09/liv-s-great-saudi-backed-assault-on-golf-ends-with-whimper?srnd=undefined">LIV&rsquo;s Great Saudi-Backed Assault on Golf Ends With Whimper</a></li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-08/liv-golf-files-for-bankruptcy-with-post-saudi-future-uncertain">LIV Golf Files Bankruptcy With Post-Saudi Future Uncertain</a></li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-04-23/liv-golf-shows-limits-of-what-saudi-money-can-buy-in-sports">LIV Golf Shows Money Can Buy Stars &mdash; But Not Fans</a></li>
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Hosted by David Gura; Produced by Julia Press; Guest: Sean Zak; Edited by Jeffrey Grocott.
Fact-checking by Brunella Tipismana Urbano; Engineering by Alex Sugiura.
Deputy Executive Producer: Julia Weaver. Executive Producer: Nicole Beemsterboer.

LIV Golf’s $5 Billion Path to Bankruptcy

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Tens of thousands of workers in India are wearing head-mounted cameras to record their every move, helping train humanoid robots to perform everyday human tasks.

On today’s Big Take Asia podcast, Bloomberg’s Saritha Rai joins host Rebecca Choong Wilkins for an inside look at how vast troves of data are gathered by the very people who may eventually be replaced and what it all means for the US-China race for AI dominance.

Read more: Workers Are Teaching AI-Powered Robots to Take Over Their Jobs 


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Hosted by Rebecca Choong Wilkins; Produced by Yang Yang; Reported by Saritha Rai; Edited by Crispina Robert, Patrick Hirsch.
Fact-checking by Brunella Tipismana Urbano; Engineering by Alex Sugiura.
Deputy Executive Producer: Julia Weaver. Executive Producer: Nicole Beemsterboer.

Tens of thousands of workers in India are wearing head-mounted cameras to record their every move, helping train humanoid robots to perform everyday human tasks.
On today&rsquo;s Big Take Asia podcast, Bloomberg&rsquo;s Saritha Rai joins host Rebecca Choong Wilkins for an inside look at how vast troves of data are gathered by the very people who may eventually be replaced and what it all means for the US-China race for AI dominance.
Read more: <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-08-12/thousands-of-india-workers-are-helping-ai-firms-train-robots-to-replace-them">Workers Are Teaching AI-Powered Robots to Take Over Their Jobs</a>&nbsp; 
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Hosted by Rebecca Choong Wilkins; Produced by Yang Yang; Reported by Saritha Rai; Edited by Crispina Robert, Patrick Hirsch. Fact-checking by Brunella Tipismana Urbano; Engineering by Alex Sugiura. Deputy Executive Producer: Julia Weaver. Executive Producer: Nicole Beemsterboer.

How India Is Training the Robots of the Future

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"The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade." An X post by a former employee of both OpenAI and Anthropic went viral and is prompting big questions.

On today’s Big Take podcast, host Sarah Holder and Bloomberg’s Mike Shepard talk through what an AI safety reckoning could look like — and whether an industry in the midst of intense competition can slow down.  

Read more: 
Anthropic Worker Quits Over AI Firms ‘Gambling With Our Lives’ 
Moonshot Secretly Routed User Requests Through Claude, Anthropic Says 

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Hosted by Sarah Holder; Produced by Rachael Lewis-Krisky; Guest: Mike Shepard; Edited by Naomi Shavin and Aaron Edwards. Fact-checking by Brunella Tipismana Urbano; Engineering by Sean Carter. Senior Producer: Naomi Shavin; Deputy Executive Producer: Julia Weaver. Executive Producer: Nicole Beemsterboer.

"The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade." An X post by a former employee of both OpenAI and Anthropic went viral and is prompting big questions.
On today&rsquo;s Big Take podcast, host Sarah Holder and Bloomberg&rsquo;s Mike Shepard talk through what an AI safety reckoning could look like &mdash; and whether an industry in the midst of intense competition can slow down.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Read more:&nbsp;
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<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-09/anthropic-worker-quits-over-ai-firms-gambling-with-our-lives?srnd=undefined">Anthropic Worker Quits Over AI Firms &lsquo;Gambling With Our Lives&rsquo;</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-10/moonshot-secretly-routed-user-requests-through-claude-anthropic-says?srnd=phx-anthropic">Moonshot Secretly Routed User Requests Through Claude, Anthropic Says</a>&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
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Hosted by Sarah Holder; Produced by Rachael Lewis-Krisky; Guest: Mike Shepard; Edited by Naomi Shavin and Aaron Edwards. Fact-checking by Brunella Tipismana Urbano; Engineering by Sean Carter. Senior Producer: Naomi Shavin; Deputy Executive Producer: Julia Weaver. Executive Producer: Nicole Beemsterboer.

So Could AI 'Kill Us All'?

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Will the Shutdown Lead to DOGE 2.0?

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