The Hustle Daily Show

For years, Chipotle has been using robots to prep the best burritos in the game, but their latest move brings robots back to the farm. Plus: Volkswagen is bringing buttons back.  Join our hosts Mark Dent and Rob Litterst as they take you through our most interesting stories of the day. Follow us on social media: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thdspod  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thdspod/...

If you’re looking for recipes this holiday season, you may want to do a bit more research than usual. Google’s recipe rating system isn’t exactly the most trustworthy system out there, and today we’ll break down why that is. Plus: Americans are investing more than ever and Chinese company Nio is moving in on Tesla’s territory. Join our hosts Jon Weigell and Ben Berkley as they take you through our...

We’ll run down the stats from the latest survey of pro Santa impersonators, which paint a pretty clear picture: playing St. Nick is, above all, a labor of love and definitely not a money grab. Plus: Blue Origin is back and Bhutan wants to build the next megacity. Join our hosts Jon Weigell and Ben Berkley as they take you through our most interesting stories of the day. Follow us on social media:...

Wikipedia is the fifth-most visited website in the world. So as part of a nonprofit organization, are its executives making too much money, or not enough? We’ll dissect these salaries and compare them to some of the largest in tech. Plus: SpaceX has a soaring valuation and China is bolstering its love affair with branded coffee shops. Join our hosts Jon Weigell, Juliet Bennett Rylah, and Mark Dent...

Would you like a robot companion? ElliQ is a robot made by Intuition Robotics that will help you with reminders, common tasks and possibly cure your loneliness. Is this the future we’re destined to live in? Plus: Tesla is recalling more than 2 million vehicles and Ikea is giving away turkey-sized Christmas meatballs. Join our hosts Jon Weigell and Ben Berkley as they take you through our most inte...

Shohei Ohtani made history by inking the biggest deal in baseball history, then decided to defer 97% of it. Plus: Epic’s big win, and Apple’s new Journal. Join our hosts Rob Litterst and Mark Dent as they take you through our most interesting stories of the day. Follow us on social media: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thdspod  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thdspod/  Thank You For Listenin...

Adam Neumann holds the keys to Flow, an apartment startup that received a large investment in 2022. So what exactly is Flow doing and more importantly, how are the prices looking? Plus: A big money offer was made for Macy’s and TikTok Shop is bulking up in Indonesia. Join our hosts Jon Weigell and Rob Litterst as they take you through our most interesting stories of the day. Follow us on social me...

Celero Systems has seen early success testing a digital pill, loaded with sensors, a radio antenna, and a microprocessor, to monitor patients’ heart rates, breathing rates, and core temperature from inside their digestive system. Plus: The world’s richest family and 2024’s color of the year. Join our hosts Ben Berkley and Juliet Bennett Rylah as they take you through our most interesting stories o...

Big Brother is out there and he does not take breaks. Your push notifications are being swept up into government data, but what are they actually used for? Plus: Meta’s flaunts some new AI updates and Krispy Kreme gets Parisian.  Join our hosts Jon Weigell, Juliet Bennett Rylah, and Mark Dent as they take you through our most interesting stories of the day. Follow us on social media: TikTok: https...

In a year of rapidly-growing brands and plenty of tech drama, OpenAI’s ChatGPT was named the Fastest Growing Brand of 2023 by Morning Consult. We’ll chat about how exactly that’s calculated and if Gen Z is on board. Plus: Taylor Swift is named Time’s person of the year and Panera is having some lemonade trouble. Join our hosts Jon Weigell and Juliet Bennett Rylah as they take you through our most...

The startup Prophetic has a device that may let people control their own dreams one day. Will that mean more opportunities for fantasy or work? Plus: Sphere’s revenues and the most-read Wikipedia articles of 2023.  Join our hosts Mark Dent and Rob Litterst as they take you through our most interesting stories of the day. Follow us on social media: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thdspod  Instagram...

Audio streaming juggernaut Spotify laid off 17% of its workforce today after a large uptick in users and its first profitable quarter since 2021. What are constant layoffs like this doing to the psyche of workers? Plus: KISS lives on as the first US digital avatar band and Alaska Airlines buys Hawaiian Airlines. Join our hosts Jon Weigell and Rob Litterst as they take you through our most interest...

Just last week, Detroit became the first American city to install an electrified roadway, which would allow wireless charging for some electric vehicles while driving, parking, or idling. It’d be a long, expensive time to expand them everywhere, but electrified roads could ultimately be a gamechanger. Plus: A possible Apple TV+ and Paramount+ alliance and a bold play for $34m. Join our hosts Ben B...

Ades, space cadet: McDonald’s is testing out a new sci-fi themed restaurant in Illinois with the hope of creating a fast-food spinoff to rule the galaxy. Plus, Forbes unveils its Hall of Shame and Red Lobster’s endless shrimp deal is costing them boatloads. Join our hosts Jon Weigell, Mark Dent & Juliet Bennett Rylah as they take you through our most interesting stories of the day. Follow us on so...

The 2030 World Expo is confirmed for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, but what’s the use of a World Expo today? Plus: OpenAI celebrates its first birthday and Spotify Wrapped is here. Join our hosts Jon Weigell, Ben Berkley & Juliet Bennett Rylah as they take you through our most interesting stories of the day. Follow us on social media: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thdspod  Instagram: https://www.instagr...

It’s not just you: Decor for Christmas, Halloween, and even Valentine’s Day is getting more elaborate than ever. Plus: Shein’s IPO and Sports Illustrated’s AI problem.  Join our hosts Mark Dent and Rob Litterst as they take you through our most interesting stories of the day. Follow us on social media: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thdspod  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thdspod/  Thank Yo...

A new crop of startups are using AI to help humans deal with one of the biggest challenges we face – grief. Plus: Buybuy Baby is back, and Merriam Webster’s word of the year. Join our hosts Rob Litterst, Sara Friedman, and Jon Weigell as they take you through our most interesting stories of the day. Follow us on social media: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thdspod  Instagram: https://www.instagra...

It’s been a year heavy with tech layoffs but one employer is still actively hiring, and it’s not Tim Cook or Mark Zuckerberg — it’s Uncle Sam. Plus: Spotify turns off the rain and a pricey three-year cruise gets canceled. Join our hosts Ben Berkley, and guest, Sara Friedman as they take you through our most interesting stories of the day. Follow us on social media: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@...

It’s not just you: Thanksgiving dinner has gotten significantly more expensive than just a few years ago. Plus: homes sales fall to a new low and NASA’s wooden satellite. Join our hosts Mark Dent, Rob Litterst, and Noelle Medina as they take you through our most interesting stories of the day. Follow us on social media: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thdspod  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/...

Sam Altman was hired by Microsoft, OpenAI employees threatened to walk, and the company has its third CEO in a week. We broke down the latest developments and what it all means. Join our hosts Rob Litterst, Sara Friedman, and Jon Weigell as they take you through our most interesting stories of the day. Follow us on social media: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thdspod  Instagram: https://www.insta...

The AI leader’s boardroom drama is the kind of thing TV writers put in their first draft scripts and then pare back because it feels like it’s a little much. Plus: Slurpee-themed pajamas and a weekend full of Elon chaos, both good and bad. Join our hosts Juliet Bennett Rylah and Ben Berkley as they take you through our most interesting stories of the day. Follow us on social media: TikTok: https:/...

Before there was Taylor Swift, there was Dolly Parton, who built a vast business empire based on everything from songwriting to an amusement park. Plus: Amazon plans to roll out a digital car sales room, and Apple finally makes life easier for Android users. Join our hosts Mark Dent, Juliet Bennett Rylah, and guest Jon Weigell as they take you through our most interesting stories of the day. Follo...

A research project took 500 chatbots, each with their own persona, fed them news from one day in July 2020, and let them loose into a Twitter-like social media platform to discuss it. We’ll tell you what happened next. Plus: Amazon’s got a security robot and Uber wants to be like TaskRabbit now. Join our hosts Juliet Bennett Rylah, Ben Berkley and guest Jon Weigell as they take you through our mos...

The influx of new technology has changed the etiquette around tipping, and a new study shows Americans are confused. Plus: ESPN’s big bet on Penn Entertainment. Join our hosts Rob Litterst and Mark Dent as they take you through our most interesting stories of the day. Follow us on social media: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thdspod  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thdspod/  Thank You For Li...

With kids increasingly wanting to become YouTubers when they grow up, kids’ camps are changing their focus — and their programming — toward teaching young people the ins and outs of content creation. Plus: Bing falls even further behind Google and Dior’s got a $230 “scented water” as part of its baby skincare line.  Join our hosts Rob Litterst, Ben Berkley, and Sara Friedman as they take you throu...