All Too Human

This one is slower and more reflective. Today’s vote on Elon Musk’s trillion-dollar pay package is about more than compensation — it’s about control, power, and who gets to shape the future of autonomy and labor. I walk through how The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal each frame the stakes, and then we zoom out: the NASA nomination that quietly re-emerged, the Black...

From trillion-dollar pay packages to billion-dollar cloud deals, the AI gold rush has officially gone imperial. Elon Musk’s Tesla investors are balking at his record-shattering payday, Sam Altman just signed a $38 billion pact with Amazon, and Palantir’s Alex Karp is turning government contracts into an AI war machine. Together, they’re cashing in on a revolution they claim is about “intelligence”...

It’s Monday, November 3rd, and the week opens with contradiction: the clocks turned back, but Washington’s still frozen. The government shutdown hits Day 34 as Obamacare premiums surge 30%, and twenty million Americans brace for impact. Meanwhile, Nvidia becomes the world’s first $5 trillion company — the crown jewel of an AI economy now worth more than entire nations. Elon pushes for a trillion-d...

Kala Hampton joined the earnings calls, so you didn’t have to. From Apple’s record quarter to Amazon’s cloud arms race and Microsoft’s $35 billion data-center spree, here’s what executives actually said — and what they didn’t. Plus insider context on OpenAI’s circular funding loop , NVIDIA’s global chip moves , Disney vs. YouTube TV , SpaceX’s $2 billion Pentagon deal , and why Shutdown Day 31 cou...

Microsoft spends $35 billion building the infrastructure of intelligence. Meta doubles down on AI. Google beats expectations. The Fed cuts rates but warns of uncertainty. And OpenAI lays the groundwork for a $1 trillion IPO. In The Update: Inside the Intelligence Boom , Kala breaks down how power, money, and human behavior are colliding to rewire the modern world. From markets and policy to techno...

Recorded October 29, 2025 — the 96-year anniversary of Black Tuesday, as Apple, Microsoft, and Nvidia hit record highs. Ninety-six years after the market fell apart on Black Tuesday, every major sector just hit record highs. Apple’s flirting with $4 trillion. Nvidia just crossed $5 trillion and is hosting its AI conference in Washington. Amazon quietly turned on an $11 billion data-center city in...

This week, everything connects — the markets, the military, and the media. We break down why the Fed’s next move could shake Wall Street, how Trump’s sit-down with Xi might redraw the AI supply chain, and what Microsoft isn’t telling you about its OpenAI exposure. Then we shift to hard power — the U.S. quietly positioning forces near Venezuela under the label of “narcoterrorism” — and the Category...

Amazon calls it “advanced technology.” The leaked documents call it what it is — robots replacing 600,000 jobs. Kala breaks down Amazon’s automation plan, how it reshapes the economy, and why Washington still isn’t ready for what’s coming. Shoot us an email Visit our website Send us Fan Mail Support the show

This one almost didn’t make it to air. The AWS outage that darkened half the internet—Snapchat, Amazon, even our own studio software—pushed The Press Company offline until after midnight. But we’re back, and there’s a lot to cover. Inside the Monday Morning Rundown:  • Washington’s government shutdown enters week three, stalled over healthcare  • U.S. strikes off Venezuela’s coast blur the line be...

They say your body is your temple — but these days, it’s also a data stream. From your sleep score to your heart rate, everything you track comes with a price. Kala traces how your health data became a $100 billion market — and what happens when privacy turns into profit. Shoot us an email  Visit our media website Visit our institute   Send us Fan Mail Support the show

A sleep ring worth $11 billion says it can “change behavior.” Kala looks at the paradox of modern health tech—how innovation keeps driving prices up, not down, and what that says about who gets to live well. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

Everything around us is speeding up — technology, markets, even our thoughts. But if we’re honest, most of us don’t feel faster. We feel scattered, stretched, and searching for meaning in the middle of motion. In this episode, Kala reflects on focus — what it means, why we’ve lost it, and how it connects to the systems shaping our lives. From AI data centers and energy deals to healthcare, educati...

Kala sits down for an unplanned Saturday conversation to talk directly with listeners about what’s next. The company is growing fast, the work is expanding, and the show is evolving to match. The themes you’ve loved — the rundowns, reports, and reflections — aren’t gone. They’re becoming something bigger. Kala shares why she’s simplifying the format, how she plans to keep showing up every week wit...

I hit pause yesterday—not because I had nothing to say, but because I needed to hear the room breathe. Tonight I’m telling you what I feel about America right now: a republic running a fever. We’re infected—socially, morally, informationally, even physically. Poisoned rivers and exhausted bodies. Dashboards that blind public servants while private power sees everything—a culture sprinting on a tre...

Got zoning packets, substation maps, “innovation campus” flyers, or those mystery “infrastructure rider” letters? Send them to contact@itsthepress.com — we’re digging. It’s a 98° night, your kid’s Chromebook is at 6%, your mom’s CPAP is humming, and across town a million-sq-ft server hall is sipping from the same grid. Who gets the next watt—your block, the NICU, or the data center? Today, we go i...

Day six of the government shutdown and Washington’s frozen, but Silicon Valley’s on fire. Kala breaks down OpenAI’s massive new AMD deal, Jony Ive’s screen-free AI gadget that’s already hitting roadblocks, and Elon Musk’s xAI “Colossus 2” power-hungry buildout in Memphis. Plus: Intel’s cash hunt, Micron and Broadcom’s next moves, Tesla’s teased car reveal, and why the Pentagon’s missile orders are...

From Capitol gridlock to cartel strikes, Big Pharma deals to billion-dollar AI battles—this weekend is packed. Washington is still shut down, Trump is rolling out “TrumpRx” with Pfizer (and igniting a firestorm), the FDA’s abortion pill decision is shaking politics, and the president just declared the U.S. in an armed conflict with cartels. Meanwhile, NVIDIA’s chip diplomacy, OpenAI’s $500B leap,...

What does it mean to lead when AI runs on chokepoints — scarce chips, fragile grids, limited water, and rules that only a few players control? In this episode of Bookmarked , we crack open Karen Hao’s Empire of AI and explore how leadership is being redefined in real time. We’ll break down: Why true leadership is different from management in an AI-driven economy. How NVIDIA’s chip monopoly forced...

At 12:01 a.m., Washington shut down. Paychecks froze, FEMA stalled, and political theater took center stage. While the headlines fixated on Capitol Hill, another story unfolded in the shadows: Big Tech’s quiet construction of AI factories — massive warehouses disguised behind shell LLCs, draining local water, straining power grids, and shifting the costs onto households. This Pattern Report pulls...

From Wall Street fraud to Washington gridlock to trillion-dollar AI factories, the thread is the same: someone always pays. This week, startup founder Charlie Javice heads to prison after faking millions of users, Congress plays shutdown chicken while families brace for higher health costs, and Sam Altman bets 17 gigawatts on AI’s future. So who really picks up the tab — banks, taxpayers, or house...

Your Monday Morning Rundown for September 29, 2025: The shutdown clock is ticking with Trump meeting Schumer and Jeffries at 3 p.m. today. The Pentagon is pressing defense contractors to ramp up missile production, Venezuela is mobilizing militias as U.S. warships patrol the Caribbean, and Marjorie Taylor Greene is breaking ranks with Trump over the Epstein files. Big Tech is throwing money around...

This weekend’s watchlist is packed: – TikTok’s U.S. spinoff gets Trump’s stamp, but at a shockingly low $14B valuation. Who’s really winning here? – Elon Musk sues OpenAI and drags Apple into the fight. – Amazon agrees to a $2.5B FTC settlement over “dark patterns.” – Intel scrambles for survival, asking Apple and TSMC for backup. – Trump slaps new tariffs on drugs, furniture, and trucks—ripples a...

Trump’s Golden Dome is on the clock: a trillion-dollar missile shield, three years to build it, and more than a hundred companies racing to get inside. Boeing just tapped Palantir to wire AI into its defense factories, while start-ups test tech that can track objects at 18,000 miles an hour. In today’s Bookmarked , Kala Hampton connects the rush for contracts to a deeper story Alex Karp calls the...

It’s power lunch on a Wednesday, and we’re following the pattern. Jimmy Kimmel returned to late-night — emotional, tearful, but unapologetic — while Elon Musk holed up in Palo Alto, running xAI into chaos with “truth-seeking” experiments that spiraled into praise for Hitler and broken code. Two very different stages, but they rhyme: speech bending under pressure, whether from billion-dollar networ...

Jimmy Kimmel was yanked off air “indefinitely.” Now he’s back — but not everywhere. What does this showdown between the FCC, Disney, and local affiliates really say about free speech in America today? ____ Notes for listeners: In the episode, I refer to Disney as a “private company” in the First Amendment context. To be precise: Disney is a publicly traded corporation, but the key distinction here...