The Week: The Hidden Debt Behind the AI Boom // TRAIN BRAIN

The Week: The Hidden Debt Behind the AI Boom

George Hahn connects the dots across the week’s biggest stories: how hidden debt is fueling America’s AI buildout, why China is spreading cheap, open-source AI around the world, and what the rise of solo founders reveals about the new creator economy. Plus, No Mercy / No Malice turns ten.
01:03 The Hidden Debt Behind Big Tech's AI Boom
03:17 How Hyperscalers Flooded the Credit Market
04:43 China's Plan to Win the AI Race
07:34 What It Really Means to Be a Founder
09:46 Why Most Side Hustles Aren't Real Businesses
11:07 Why Now Is the Best Time for Media Brands
13:19 If You Want to Live Forever, Start Writing

The Prof G Pod – Scott Galloway

NYU Professor, best-selling author, business leader and serial entrepreneur Scott Galloway cuts through the biggest stories in tech, business, and investing with unfiltered insights, bold predictions and thoughtful advice. Podcasts include Markets with co...

Sam Harris: The Democrats’ Far-Left Problem

Scott Galloway: Health Insurance Is a Scam | Office Hours

My mom was dying. I moved in.

More risk online, less risk offline

Buy, Borrow, Die: How The Rich Never Pay Taxes | Office Hours

Everyone's scared of the wrong thing about AI

Billionaires AND Universal Healthcare? The Sweden Answer

Scott Galloway: "Trump Is the Chernobyl of Politics"

Why olympians were calling me for jobs

The "Hotline to God" Problem in American Power

"There Needs to Be a Reckoning" — Heather Cox Richardson

China's Next Viral Food Trend

"It's Not a Deal" — HCR Dismantles Trump's Iran Announcement

Heather Cox Richardson: "He Will Never Stop Moving Forward"

The Week: The Hidden Debt Behind the AI Boom

Chinese AI: The Opposite of U.S. AI

Are You Saving Too Much Money? | Conversations

Why China Will Dominate Future Nobel Prizes

Why I only hire through references

Do Ivy League Degrees Actually Matter? | Office Hours

Something I hate: the incel movement

China's Plan to Win Over the World with Free AI | China Decode

How Much Money Is Actually Enough? | Office Hours

The first date is a reporting project

The "AI Will End Us" Panic Is Very American

If everyone use Distillation, is it still cheating?

The Week: China Is Undercutting America’s AI Boom

Europe, Canada, and Even Mexico Are Choosing China

Trump shakes up China/U.S. truce with bold election claims

China's AI dumping threatens tech stocks

Elon Musk’s Space Centers Are a “Fever Dream” | Office Hours

I've changed my mind on DEI and tax rates

My son's graduation broke me

China Just Passed America in Global Popularity. Here's Why It Matters. | China Decode

Washington Is AI’s Biggest Problem | Office Hours

Will AI trigger China's next great labor shock

China's 996 Culture Causes Reverse Migration

Has anonymity gone too far in the U.S.?

The Week | The Cost of Being Young in America

China Puts Up an AI Iron Curtain

Is America Sliding Toward Authoritarianism? — with Julia Angwin & Ami Fields-Meyer

44% of China Now Works in the Gig Economy

Is an MBA worth it?

Is an MBA Still Worth the Debt? Scott Galloway Breaks Down the Numbers | Office Hours

A parent's job is to become obsolete

China Just Dropped Its Jobs Target for the First Time in Decades | China Decode

58K Subscribers. $30M in Revenue. Here’s How.

The AI IPO Wave Is Coming — Here's What It Does to Your Portfolio | Office Hours

China's Open Source AI Has Caught Up

China fired a missile that can hit the US

The Week | Is the Market Rigged for Insiders?

Europe Can’t Manufacture the Things It Needs

The case for joint bank accounts

"His Money Is Our Money, My Money Is Mine" — Scott Galloway Responds | Office Hours

What they don't tell you about IPOs

China Tests Ballistic Missile, Europe's AC Addiction, & China's AI Coding Challenger | China Decode

Why AI Stocks Are Overvalued | Office Hours

Most people won't reach their limits

The Weird Dichotomy Inside China's Food Economy

Is Mamdani a kingmaker?

Europe Can't Compete and China Knows It

Rep. Jim Himes: America Is Losing Leverage in Iran

Everything Electronic Is About to Cost More

What responsible savers get wrong

Everyone Talks About How to Get Rich—No One Talks About How to Be Poor | Office Hours

Billionaires + universal health care can coexist

China’s AI Has Apple PANICKING, DeepSeek's Billions, and the Californication of Food | China Decode

Working in corporate is underrated

The most dangerous person in the world

Lululemon's China Disaster and the Brands Before It

The Week | Is Britain America's Future?

The U.S. Just Accused a Chip Maker of Arming China

China Has Not Scored a World Cup Goal in Almost 100 Years

Dispatches from Cannes Lions.

Hating Trump is not a winning strategy

The College Affordability Crisis: Is a Degree Still Worth It? | Office Hours

Ask your dad this before it's too late

Hong Kong's AI Crackdown, Lululemon’s Marketing Backlash, and World Cup Fever | China Decode

Scott Galloway: Social Security Is Failing Young People | Office Hours

The balance myth