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EP 60 - Robotaxis, Rent Shock, and the New Space Race · Trending Now: Top 10 Topics This Week

HOST: Ten stories are fighting for your group chat this week, and number one has no driver. [SFX: surprise whoosh] HOST: Robotaxis are expanding block by block, with Waymo, Tesla, and local regulators turning city streets into live test labs. HOST: Two: climate insurance. Homeowners are discovering the new disaster map is also a bill. HOST: Three: retail media overload. Your grocery app is now an ad network with bananas. [SFX: confused beep] HOST: Four: the concert economy keeps roaring, as stadium tours sell the feeling of being offline together. [AD_BREAK:1] HOST: Five: space startups are chasing cheaper launches, and governments are chasing lunar influence. HOST: Six: wearable health rings are moving from step counts to early-warning systems. HOST: Seven: classrooms are debating phone bans again, but this time parents are split. HOST: Eight: fast-food value menus are back, because inflation made the combo meal political. [AD_BREAK:2] HOST: Nine: athletes are becoming media companies before retirement. HOST: And ten: “quiet vacationing” is getting louder, as bosses learn the calendar invite can lie. [SFX: silly record scratch] HOST: This week’s trend line is simple: every industry wants your attention, your data, and apparently your lunch break.