Big Take

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi wants to put Japan back in the fast lane, with huge investments in everything from AI to space technology. But can she generate the growth to justify the spending without unsettling markets and voters?
On today’s Big Take Asia podcast, host K. Oanh Ha talks to Bloomberg’s Paul Jackson about Takaichi’s first-year scorecard and the economic and political pressures that could determine whether her agenda succeeds.
Read more: Japan Is Still Figuring Out How a Female Prime Minister Should Lead

Further listening: Japan Hikes Rates, Reshaping Carry Trade
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Host: K. Oanh Ha; Guest: Paul Jackson; Produced by Naomi Ng; Edited by Crispina Robert and Julia Weaver; Engineering by Greg Tock.
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CoreWeave’s eye-popping debt and quest for new capital has some investors on edge. On today’s Big Take podcast, Bloomberg credit reporter Katherine Schwartz and AI infrastructure reporter Dina Bass join host Sarah Holder to make sense of the selloff, what it means for neoclouds and the future of the AI build-out.
Read more: CoreWeave’s Business Is Sound Despite Debt Fears, JPMorgan Says
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Host: Sarah Holder; Guests: Katherine Schwartz, Dina Bass; Produced by Julia Weaver and David Fox; Edited by Paddy Hirsch; Engineering by Sean Carter.
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In Disclosure, investigative reporter Jason Leopold and attorney Matt Topic take listeners inside a years long effort to head off document destruction at the White House during President Trump’s first term. Drawing from government documents (and The Big Lebowski), they reveal how the US National Archives and Records Administration tried to alert the feds to potentially illegal record disposal. And they learn why FBI and Justice Department personnel clashed before searching Trump's Florida home, Mar-a-Lago. Voice acting by Mandy Hull.

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Are “natural” diamonds still worth it if you can get a near-identical alternative for a fraction of the cost? With a boost from celebrities like Sarah Jessica Parker, lab-grown competitors could be coming for the crown.
On today’s Big Take podcast, guest host Stacey Vanek Smith talks to industry insiders and De Beers Group CEO Al Cook about what $12 half-carat earrings could mean for the luxury business’ future and how the old guard is pushing back.
Read more: The Diamond Industry’s Old Guard Wants You to Buy ‘Natural’

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Host: Stacey Vanek Smith; Guests: Al Cook, Edahn Golan, Adelle Archer; Produced by Julia Press; Edited by Aaron Edwards; Engineering by Sean Carter.
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US economic growth is up but consumer sentiment is down. Another rate hike, expected this year, could help lower inflation, but do little to ease the frustrations of much of the middle class, for whom the American dream sits just out of reach.
On today’s Big Take podcast, editors Matthew Boesler and Cristina Lindblad join Sarah Holder to unpack what the data says is happening in the US economy and why consumer sentiment tells another story.
Read more:
The Trump Stock Market Is Lousy for Most
US Consumer Prices Rise by Most Since April in Broad Advance
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Host: Sarah Holder; Guests: Matthew Boesler and Cristina Lindblad; Produced by David Fox; Edited by Paddy Hirsch and Naomi Shavin; Engineering by Emma Munger.
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