Big Take

People who fabricate artificial stone are getting sick with a deadly chronic illness—on that, there’s no debate. But whether it’s the individual shops or the material’s manufacturers who should be held responsible is the subject of a highly political dispute playing out across the US.
On today’s Big Take podcast, Bloomberg labor reporter Josh Eidelson breaks down the consequences of this dispute for the industry and the people who work in it.
Read more: ‘Death Sentences’: Crafting America’s Favorite Countertops Is Killing Workers
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Host: Sarah Holder; Guest: Josh Eidelson; Produced by Julia Press; Edited by Naomi Shavin; Engineering by Alex Sugiura.
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At this week’s UN General Assembly meeting in New York, an AI executive delivered dire warnings via video. President Trump threatened to annihilate Iran. China’s Xi Jinping skipped the meeting altogether. Eight decades after its founding as a guarantor of world peace, does the UN still matter?
On today’s Big Take podcast, what UN week and the Xi-Trump summit mean for global security and the future of multilateralism. Host David Gura speaks with Bloomberg’s managing editor for international security and economics, Nick Wadhams, and Bloomberg TV’s chief political correspondent Annmarie Hordern.
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Hosted by David Gura; Produced by David Fox and Naomi Ng; Guests: Annmarie Hordern and Nick Wadhams; Edited by Jeffrey Grocott; Engineering by Emma Munger.
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Diesel prices are hitting new highs, and voters aren’t happy. With the midterms approaching, the Trump administration is trying to find ways to curb fuel costs, including a potential US diesel export ban.
On today’s Big Take podcast: The political fallout of sky-high diesel prices. Bloomberg national economics reporter Mark Niquette and host Sarah Holder break down what’s driving up costs, why prices are hitting battleground states particularly hard and whether an export ban could backfire.
Read more: Record Diesel Prices Hit at Worst Time in Key Battleground States
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Hosted by Sarah Holder; Produced by David Fox; Reported by Mark Niquette Edited by Tracey Samuelson; Engineering by Alex Sugiura
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As Chinese President Xi Jinping makes his first visit to Washington in over a decade, trade and the AI race will likely dominate talks with Donald Trump.
On today’s Big Take Asia podcast, host K. Oanh Ha and Bloomberg’s John Liu unpack what each leader hopes to gain and why they may have no choice but to cooperate on AI safety.
Read more: The Tough AI Questions Looming Over the Trump-Xi Summit
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Hosted by K. Oanh Ha; Produced by Yang Yang and Naomi Ng; Edited by Crispina Robert and Paddy Hirsch Engineering by Alex Sugiura
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The Iran War is likely to take center stage when President Trump meets with Gulf leaders on the sidelines of this week's UN General Assembly. Houthi attacks in Saudi Arabia and rising energy prices underscore the widening global toll of a war that has cost the US more than $43 billion, according to the Pentagon's latest estimate.
On today's Big Take podcast, Bloomberg Global Defense Editor Gerry Doyle and Bloomberg Economics Defense Lead Becca Wasser join Sarah Holder to break down the conflict’s latest costs – the rising tab for the US's six-month-long blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, the drawdown of US munitions stockpiles and the deepening toll on military personnel – and how the war has changed the US's ability to defend itself in future conflicts.
Read more: Iran Blockade Costs Are Draining America’s Global Military Power
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Hosted by Sarah Holder; Reported by Gerry Doyle and Becca Wasser; Produced by Julia Press; Edited by Jeffrey Grocott; Engineering by Emma Munger.
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