AI Skeptic: This Business Makes No Sense

Prof G Markets

Prof G Media & Vox Media

Investing, Entrepreneurship, Business

4.3 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2026

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Ed Elson is joined by Ed Zitron to discuss the state of the AI industry (read: bubble). Zitron argues that every AI startup is unprofitable at its core. Then James Kynge breaks down what to expect from President Trump’s visit to China. Finally, Ed digs into data from the producer price index and what it could signal for inflation and the broader economy. Ed Zitron is the author of the Where’s Your Ed At Newsletter, and the Better Offline Podcast. James Kynge is the host of the Prof G Media’s China Decode podcast and Senior Research Fellow at Chatham House. Get your tickets to the Prof G Markets tour Subscribe to the Prof G Markets Youtube Channel Check out our latest Prof G Markets newsletter Follow Prof G Markets on Instagram Follow Ed on Instagram, X and Substack Follow Scott on Instagram Send us your questions or comments by emailing Markets@profgmedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Some follow the noise.
0:03.3	Bloomberg follows the money.
0:05.4	Because behind every headline is a bottom line.
0:09.3	Whether it's the funds fueling AI or crypto's trillion dollar swings,
0:13.8	there's a money side to every story.
0:16.5	And when you see the money side, you understand what others miss.
0:22.3	Get the money side of the story.
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0:30.7	Do you ever wonder what's in your lotion?
0:35.6	If you look at the back of the bottle, it could contain more than a dozen ingredients.
0:38.2	And they may not all be regulated.
0:47.2	The threshold is so high that only 11 cosmetic ingredients have been restricted by the FDA since 1938.
0:51.6	This week on Explain It to Me, the chemicals lurking in your cosmetics.
0:55.1	New episodes, Sundays, wherever you get your podcasts.
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1:26.5	Today's number two.
1:29.0	That's the number of times Sir David Attenborough has been knighted for his services to British television and conservation.
1:37.4	It appears that after Brexit, the UK has run out of people tonight.
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