Nvidia’s Chip Boom, GOP Fireworks, & The Escape of Carlos Ghosn, a Docu-Series 8/24/23

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Business News, Investing, Business, News

4 • 494 Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Chipmaker Nvidia boasted a 171% uptick in data center revenue in the second quarter; CNBC’s Kristina Partsinevelos explains the earnings beat and the road ahead for chips. Venture capitalist and tech investor Bradley Tusk considers how demand for AI proves to be a tailwind for Nvidia and its competitors. Former Nissan executive Carlos Ghosn’s escape from Japan captured global headlines in 2019, and now the story is ready to capture streaming eyeballs. Director of “Wanted: The Escape Of Carlos Ghosn” James Jones shares details from his new docuseries ready to stream on AppleTV+. Former Green Beret Michael Taylor, a character in the series, explains how he orchestrated Ghosn’s now infamous “music box escape,” and how, after succeeding, he ended up in a Japanese prison. Plus, CNBC’s Eamon Javers breaks down the highlights of the GOP’s first presidential debate for the 2024 election. Kristina Partsinevelos - 14:49 Bradley Tusk - 20:33 Michael Taylor & James Jones - 29:05 In this episode: James Jones, @jamesjonesfilm Kristina Partsinevelos, @KristinaParts Eamon Javers, @EamonJavers Andrew Ross Sorkin, @andrewrsorkin Joe Kernen, @JoeSquawk Kelly Evans, @KellyCNBC Klaire Odumody, @klairemarie

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0:00.0	This is
0:03.3	This is Squag Pod. I'm C and B. producer Claire Odomodi
0:07.0	today on our podcast.
0:09.0	Know your enemy. Keep your friends close it and your enemy's closet.
0:13.0	Eight Hopeful's debate.
0:15.0	It felt to me like the first internet debate.
0:18.0	Republican candidates in the first primary debate of the 2024 cycle, the hits, the misses, and the elephant not in the room.
0:26.7	Our A Manjavas reports.
0:28.5	This was a multi-screen moment in American politics.
0:32.2	And the CEO's story so good,
0:35.0	it's coming to a streaming screen near you.
0:38.0	The remarkable escape of Nissan Executive Carlos Gone.
0:42.2	I literally binged the whole of,'t stop I couldn't stop watching.
0:45.6	The director that had Andrew glued to his screen James Jones and his new
0:50.7	docu series. Headlines all over the world,
0:53.6	one of the world's most successful business executives
0:56.5	smuggled out of Japan in a music box.
0:58.8	You know, that has Hollywood movie written all over it.
1:02.2	Plus, the chipmaker soaring.
1:04.0	You said Navidia.
1:06.0	Invideo.
1:07.0	Well, which is it?
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