The Journal.

Liz Essley Whyte, an investigative reporter on health policy for The Wall Street Journal, explains how flavored vapes became a political flashpoint. She unpacks FDA turmoil, shifting political pressure, and policy moves that opened market access for nicotine products. Short, clear scenes cover youth vaping, industry frustration, and the chain of events that toppled leadership.

Joanna Stern, Emmy-winning tech journalist who tested AI and robots for a year while researching her book I Am Not a Robot. She shares why she let AI run daily life. She defines AI beyond chatbots. She explores AI wearables, work-assist benefits, where robots fail, AI in medical imaging, risks for students, and the perils of machine-pandered relationships.

Lauren Thomas, deals and activism reporter at The Wall Street Journal, breaks down GameStop’s bold $56 billion bid for eBay. She explains Ryan Cohen’s rise and his vision to cut costs and turn eBay into an Amazon rival. Financing puzzles, eBay’s resistance, and the possibility of a larger conglomerate all get attention in crisp, fast-paced reporting.

A small Missouri town erupts over a proposed $6 billion AI data center and the local political fallout that follows. Residents uncover records, organize, and successfully remove officials who supported the plan. The conversation explores how community pushback, water and property concerns, and local zoning fights are reshaping where data centers get built.

Matt Wirz, a Wall Street Journal reporter covering private credit, dives into Wall Street’s private credit frenzy. He explores Blue Owl’s redemption chaos. The conversation follows how software bets and AI fears rattled investors. It also looks at why wealthy households and even 401(k)s are being pulled into an increasingly illiquid market.

Bojan Pancevski, a Wall Street Journal reporter covering Europe, unpacks Germany’s dramatic turn from industrial slump to defense production. He explores how car-parts factories could be retooled for weapons. The conversation also touches on energy shocks, Chinese competition, fading pacifism, and why Berlin sees rearmament as an economic gamble.

Alison Sider, a Wall Street Journal reporter covering airlines, walks through Spirit Airlines’ collapse. She traces its no-frills fare revolution, why travelers moved on from the discount model, and how merger hopes with Frontier and JetBlue unraveled. Then the focus turns to fuel costs, failed bailout talks, and what Spirit’s disappearance could mean for travelers and competition.

Robert McMillan, a Wall Street Journal cybersecurity reporter, sets the stage for the rise of Kimwolf. Benjamin Brundage, a college coder and security researcher, follows clues from shady residential proxy networks to a rogue picture frame exploit. They trace hacked home devices, a taunting hacker tip, and the scramble to stop a botnet attacking the internet.

Juvencio Maeztu, CEO of Ingka Group and a longtime IKEA leader, explains how the company keeps furniture affordable in a world of tariffs, inflation and energy shocks. He discusses cutting prices after raising them, avoiding knee-jerk tariff moves, using wind and solar to steady costs, and rethinking city stores while sticking to a long-term vision.

Yoko Kubota, a Wall Street Journal reporter covering China tech and business, explores China’s humanoid robot boom. She looks at robot malls, factory floors, hotel desks, and even latte service. The conversation digs into subsidies, supply-chain advantages, labor shortages, military ambitions, and why the U.S. is scrambling to keep pace.