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- Yesterdayinterview53 min6-min read
How Airlines Actually Hedge Higher Fuel Prices
Airline fuel hedging is far more complex and strategic than commonly understood, with Qatar Airways under David Kang pioneering a revolutionary approach that treated fuel surcharges as a revenue stream linked to oil prices, allowing the airline to profit from structured trades like strangles while mitigating risk. This strategy flipped the traditional view of airlines as purely fuel consumers by recognizing their structural long exposure to oil via pricing power.
- 2 days agoconversational44 min5-min read
Everything in Markets Is Now Moving Incredibly Fast
The Odd Lots team, joined by returning guest Luke Kawa of Sherwood News, unpacks the current state of financial markets, describing them as unusually fast, narrow, and dominated by AI-driven momentum. Despite geopolitical tensions, inflation, and rising bond yields, markets remain resilient, driven by concentrated bets on AI infrastructure and hyperscaler capital spending, while traditional sectors like consumer discretionary and housing languish.
- 5 days agoroundtable21 min3-min read
Why Building a Crosswalk in LA Is Kafkaesque
The episode explores the evolving real estate landscape in Los Angeles through the lens of both residential market veteran Bill McBride and innovative developer Zach Lasry. McBride highlights structural challenges like zoning, density, and housing affordability, while Lasry discusses his vision for creating culturally vibrant, artistically inspired commercial developments that foster community. The conversation underscores a shift in real estate from financial engineering to product quality, driven by rising interest rates and changing consumer expectations, with both guests agreeing that long-term value must now come from placemaking rather than spreadsheets.
- 1 weeks agointerview32 min5-min read
Hollywood Was Cooked Before AI, and Now It's Only Getting Worse
Hollywood is in structural decline, with shoot days in Los Angeles down nearly 50% since 2016 due to streaming shifts, tax incentives pulling production elsewhere, and the dual blows of the pandemic and 2023 strikes. While AI looms as a threat, especially to below-the-line jobs, writers remain skeptical of its creative utility—particularly in comedy.
- 1 weeks agoconversational27 min4-min read
AI Is Upending the Lives of People Who Do Social Media Professionally
In this live episode of Odd Thoughts recorded in Los Angeles, hosts Tracy Alloway and Joe Weisenthal explore the evolving influencer and creator economy amid the rise of AI-generated content, joined by tech journalist Taylor Lorenz and social media strategist Rachel Karten. The conversation centers on how AI is reshaping content creation, marketing workflows, and audience expectations, revealing a tension between efficiency and authenticity.
- 1 weeks agoconversational36 min6-min read
How LA Is Quietly Becoming America's New Industrial Tech Hub
In a live episode of Odd Lots recorded in Los Angeles, hosts Joe Wiesenthal and Tracy Alloway explore the state of U.S. manufacturing and reindustrialization with two high-profile founders: Chris Power of Hadrian, a next-generation contract manufacturer, and Tom Mueller, founder of Impulse Space and the first employee of SpaceX. The conversation centers on why America lost its industrial edge, whether it can regain it, and the real-world efforts underway to rebuild domestic manufacturing and technological capacity—especially in Southern California. The discussion blends historical analysis, geopolitical stakes, and on-the-ground insights from two leaders building advanced factories and space systems.
- 1 weeks agoconversational0 min
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- 2 weeks agointerview32 min6-min read
A Goldman M&A Banker Helped Bring the Olympics to Los Angeles
Gene Sykes, co-head of Global M&A at Goldman Sachs and president of the U.S. Olympic Committee, discusses the upcoming 2028 Los Angeles Olympics and the evolving landscape of mergers and acquisitions, particularly in the context of AI. The games are set to be the largest privately funded Olympic event in history, leveraging existing infrastructure and driven by massive corporate and media interest, while the M&A market is experiencing unprecedented activity fueled by AI-driven transformation across industries.
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