Disney Parks, Neuralink Brain Implants, & Four-Day Workweeks 9/20/23

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4 • 494 Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Disney CEO Bob Iger has announced plans to expand investment in parks and cruises; New York Times columnist and “Disney War” author James Stewart unpacks the House of Mouse’s new strategy, as well as Iger’s leadership. Yale lecturer and journalist Joanne Lipman examines the pros and cons of a four-day work week in light of employee unrest in the American workforce, from the UAW to SAG-AFTRA and beyond. Plus, Elon Musk’s Neuralink is looking for brain implant trial subjects, Microsoft is making a fresh push into gaming, and the maker of Marlboro is rethinking its venture into pharma. Jim Stewart 11:32 Joanne Lipman 23:03 In this episode: Joanne Lipman, @joannelipman James Stewart, @JamesStewartNYT Andrew Ross Sorkin, @andrewrsorkin Joe Kernen, @JoeSquawk Becky Quick, @BeckyQuick Katie Kramer, @Kramer_Katie

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0:00.0	Bring in show music please.
0:03.0	Hi, I'm C NBC producer Katie Kramer today on Squack Pot.
0:08.0	Disney doubling down on theme parks,
0:11.0	has the House of Mouse lost its golden touch on entertainment.
0:14.4	The New York Times, Jim Stewart.
0:15.8	There's a lot going on there, but the unfortunate bottom line here is that they're all
0:20.5	diminishing assets.
0:22.3	Power to the work people, the labor movements
0:25.1	shaking America and the changes coming to the job
0:27.7	with author Joanne Lippman.
0:29.2	Look, if we were to create the workplace from scratch today, I don't think it would look anything like
0:34.7	five days, 40 hours a week on the premises. Plus the rest of today's stories that got us
0:40.4	squawking, a tobacco giant singing a new tune, Microsoft on gaming, and Elon Musk's
0:45.9	Nuralink looking for volunteers.
0:48.3	I mean, rockets and EVs, and brain surgery.
0:53.0	I didn't realize they were looking.
0:55.0	It's Wednesday, September 20th.
0:58.0	Squawk Pod begins right now.
1:00.0	Stand Becky by in three, two, one, queue please.
1:04.4	Good morning, everybody.
1:05.4	Welcome to Squawk Box here on C.
1:07.6	We're live from the NASDAQ Market site in Times Square.
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