Why aren’t people refinancing their mortgages? Because they’re not sitting next to Mary Childs on a plane. But AI might be making that process easier.
mary childs
@marychilds.bsky.social
host of Mary in America, a new podcast out now https://www.youtube.com/@maryinamerica
Congratulations to @marychilds.bsky.social for making it to the pinnacle of podcasting (after much toiling in other pods), and to @matt-levine.bsky.social for having the pinnacle of co-hosts (that are not Katie, of course, and also not the other equally great guest co-hosts)
mary childs@marychilds.bsky.social · yesterdayso honored and happy to be on @matt-levine.bsky.social podcast this week talking about mortgages, AI, Amazon+FTC...it was extremely fun podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
so honored and happy to be on @matt-levine.bsky.social podcast this week talking about mortgages, AI, Amazon+FTC...it was extremely fun podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
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Podcast Episode · Money Stuff: The Podcast · September 4 · 38m
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SOO fun to go on @thebrianlehrershow.bsky.social to talk about the best and most interesting subject, BONDS.
The Brian Lehrer Show@thebrianlehrershow.bsky.social · 2d agoThe global bond market is rattled. @marychilds.bsky.social, host of the podcast Mary in America, author of The Bond King, and former co-host of Planet Money, talks about what it all means for the global economy & for your wallet. Listen: wnyc.org/browse/shows...
The global bond market is rattled. @marychilds.bsky.social, host of the podcast Mary in America, author of The Bond King, and former co-host of Planet Money, talks about what it all means for the global economy & for your wallet. Listen: wnyc.org/browse/shows...
What Rising Global Bond Yields Mean for the Economy, and Your Money | WNYC
Amidst rising inflation, ongoing wars in Iran and Israel, and the U.
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for this week's conversation I had my former colleague @jacobgoldstein.bsky.social on to tell me why we have always been obsessed with gold. why gold?? what's so special about gold? happily, Reader, he answered!!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fzF...
Why Do We Trust Gold More Than Money?
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Extraordinarily fascinating conversation. I never thought about child labor the way it was discussed here.
mary childs@marychilds.bsky.social · last wk.i had to talk to Debra Satz, philosopher + Stanford prof, as a curative to being SO THOROUGHLY convinced that selling (some!) human organs is good and we should do it. Markets SHOULD stop, I get that, in the abstract. but where? and why, again, exactly? www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMt-...
An illegal war launched in the name of regional stability has achieved the opposite. It has shattered the old energy order. The American Petrostate vs the Chinese Electrostate. What will ppl choose? - US allies, global south, factories, farms, cities? phenomenalworld.org/analysis/daw...
Dawn of the Electric World Order | The Polycrisis
Global shockwaves from the war on Iran
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i had to talk to Debra Satz, philosopher + Stanford prof, as a curative to being SO THOROUGHLY convinced that selling (some!) human organs is good and we should do it. Markets SHOULD stop, I get that, in the abstract. but where? and why, again, exactly? www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMt-...
Markets Don’t Just Set Prices. They Shape Us.
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ok I did it, I gave up trying to manage it mentally and made a spreadsheet of where all my friends live, and it's actually/already really improving my life. I can remember who I meant to call when I visit! I am going to single-handedly cure the loneliness crisis!!!!
i had to talk to Debra Satz, philosopher + Stanford prof, as a curative to being SO THOROUGHLY convinced that selling (some!) human organs is good and we should do it. Markets SHOULD stop, I get that, in the abstract. but where? and why, again, exactly? www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMt-...
Markets Don’t Just Set Prices. They Shape Us.
YouTube video by Mary in America
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let me recommend reading the NYPost if you are looking to keep up with all the new ways that moms can die / be maimed
In this week's episode, I try to catch some of @rohitlamba.bsky.social's optimism about AI and how it will impact society, or CAN if we are intentional about it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WE8k...
AI Is Inevitable. The Damage Isn't.
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i would like to thank @marychilds.bsky.social for helping me get really into bonds before they became cool, so i'm not like those people who got into epidemiology in feb 2020
"The tide has gone out on the rest of the internet. It just doesn’t work anymore.” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/16/s...
A Gossip Site Dies, and With It a Piece of the Old Internet
It’s curtains for the DataLounge, an online forum from a time when websites were funny, wild and maybe a little reckless.
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LOVED getting to talk to @pollard.bsky.social about Situational Awareness and what we can learn from it, if anything. stay til the end for a GREAT dinner party activity: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ye08...
The AI Hedge Fund That Imploded And Is Still Up 80% This Year
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on this week's Mary In America: How to Get To Sesame Street We get to hear from my longtime dear friend Scott Cameron, who is the head of content and IP strategy at Sesame Workshop. see how great he is here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PDI...
The World Changed. How Does Sesame Change With It?
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Washington and Lee University seeks someone w/exoerience in business journalism as its new Donald W. Reynolds Chair in Business Journalism. Endowed, full professor w/tenure; involves teaching business journalism, overseeing internships, coaching young journalists and more. DETAILS: loom.ly/opz2h7k
new episode!! we wanted to know how students are faring in the battle between education and AI - so we called up legendary coding professor Jae Woo Lee. what he described is ummmm not heartening. but he had constructive lessons! literally! watch me learn to code: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxJn...
The Hidden Cost of Letting AI Think for You
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“We’re tired of watching influencers rub their wealth in our faces,” said one [TikTok commenter]. “Teach me something. Educate me. That is what I want,” wrote another. www.vulture.com/article/infl...
The Influencer Recession
Once upon a time, lifestyle influencers could post cute photos and make millions. Now they are forced to pivot.
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don't know if "learn by bonking" is a technical term but it should be
mary childs@marychilds.bsky.social · last mo.new episode!! we wanted to know how students are faring in the battle between education and AI - so we called up legendary coding professor Jae Woo Lee. what he described is ummmm not heartening. but he had constructive lessons! literally! watch me learn to code: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxJn...
new episode!! we wanted to know how students are faring in the battle between education and AI - so we called up legendary coding professor Jae Woo Lee. what he described is ummmm not heartening. but he had constructive lessons! literally! watch me learn to code: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxJn...
The Hidden Cost of Letting AI Think for You
YouTube video by Mary in America
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"I am human, and a man, and some of these girls are fcking hot :D haaaaa, which puts me face to face with confronting the inner struggle of not becoming the very thing that I despise" this is insane and fascinating @nymag.com www.thecut.com/article/cam-...
The Porn Addicts Who Tried to Rescue the Camgirls
How a community of porn addicts tried to rescue the teenage camgirls they worshipped from the clutches of a violent webcam pimp.
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““I think it’s unfair to pick on people...I pay condo fees, I pay real estate taxes…I go out & eat, I go to the theater, I go to movies, I spend money everywhere, I buy stuff. I mean, I am a profit center,” she said, estimating she spends around 3mo a year in New York. nypost.com/2026/07/28/u...
Exclusive | Longtime New Yorkers fume after being hit with massive pied-à-terre tax bills: ‘Is this a witch hunt?’
Ordinary New Yorkers are seething after receiving five-figure property tax bills under Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s new pied-à-terre tax scheme.
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today's episode of Mary in America is a quick education on what the International Criminal Court is, what its jurisdiction and powers are, and why the US has announced intent to "dismantle" it www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKHg...
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