The Economist
4 statements across 4 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Nov 19, 2024 by John Coogan · said 52 times in 22 episodes since 2024 · across every show →
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2026 13 mentions in 8 episodes 2 per episode
- OpenAI Cracks Navier-Stokes, Tech Trailers, AI Jobs Apocalypse on Hold | Diet TBPN
- U.S. Bans New Chinese Humanoids, Zuck’s Op-Ed, eBay's $56M Lawsuit | Diet TBPN
- Bezos' Prometheus Raises $12B, America Inc. Moves to Texas, Trucking Rebounds | Diet TBPN
- IBM's AI Rollercoaster, Demis Calls for AI Watchdog, NY Pauses AI Data Centers | Diet TBPN
- Social Network Sequel Trailer, Fable 5 Sparks Safety Debate, SpaceX IPO Watch | Diet TBPN
- The $1B One-Person Company, China’s Pork Crisis, America’s New Weapon | Diet TBPN
- Elon's Moon Mass Driver: Here's How He'll Do It
- AI Needs a Steve Jobs, Meta’s Nuclear Powerplants, a16z raises $15B | Diet TBPN
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2025 18 mentions in 7 episodes 3 per episode
- Defense Tech vs. Silicon Valley
- Weekly Recap: Tesla Robotaxi, Mr. Beast's AI Tool, Yacine, The Social Network 2, Neuralink Update
- Blue Origin Lands Rocket, Valve Drops Steam Machine, Cantor Group Surges | Diet TBPN
- Ashlee Vance on the Future of Media, Current Inspiration, and Upcoming Books.
- The Businesses Making $$$ off Disaster Relief
- Insurance Companies Explained (How they actually work)
- The END of Ski Season? (E26)
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2024 21 mentions in 7 episodes 3 per episode
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Nov 19, 2024 neutral
Coogan: Base LLMs naturally favor Kamala Harris due to mainstream journalistic endorsements
“At the same time, like, I would expect all LLMs, unless you actually went in and put your thumb on the scale, to recommend Kamala, because that's what was being recommended in all the upstream source material, right? Like, Nature magazine, Science magazine, Th…”
Jan 7, 2025 neutral
LLM outputs represent an average blend, not direct publisher replication
“Most of these AI things, they feel very, like, the average of everything. Every answer feels like the average of everything, and then the New York Times gets upset and says like, oh, it's exactly like us. It's like, well, it's kind of like the average of you a…”
Mar 23, 2026 neutral