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Squawk Pod
Squawk Pod is a daily, guided curation of the top moments and takeaways from CNBC’s flagship morning show, “Squawk Box”, anchored by Joe Kernen, Becky Quick and Andrew Ross Sorkin. Each day, the podcast includes news making interviews, perspective and analysis from iconic guest hosts, and slices of debate and discussion—from the heated to the hilarious— all wrapped with exclusive context and color from Senior Producer Katie Kramer.
Episodes
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Eli Lilly’s Obesity Pill & Tim Cook at the White House 8/7/25
President Trump has announced he will impose a 100% tariff on chips and semiconductors imports, although he’s suggested exemptions for companies manufacturing…
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5 Things to Know Before the Opening Bell 8/7/2025
The 5 things you need to know before the stock market opens today … on a Thursday! Toyota expects a profit hit due to increased tariffs, e.l.f. beauty is…
Squawk PodTwo Treasury Secretaries: Hank Paulson & Tim Geithner 8/6/25
Treasury Secretary under President George W. Bush Hank Paulson and Treasury Secretary under President Barack Obama Tim Geithner sat down with Andrew Ross…
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Disney’s Hugh Johnston & Minneapolis Fed’s Neel Kashkari 8/6/25
Disney CFO Hugh Johnston speaks to Julia Boorstin, Joe Kernen, and Becky Quick about Disney’s strong quarterly results and news coming from its subsidiary…
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The President Donald J. Trump Interview 8/5/25
President Trump dials into Squawk Box for an extended conversation spanning the looming Fed Chair nominations, tariffs, and the U.S. economy. He confirms that…
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A Firing at the Labor Department & Musk’s $29B in Tesla Shares 8/4/25
President Trump fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer on Friday, after the agency reported a weak jobs report for the month of…
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5 Things to Know Before the Opening Bell 8/4/2025
The 5 things you need to know before the stock market opens today: Tesla’s board has approved a 96 million share compensation for Elon Musk, President Trump…
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Strong Tech Stocks, A Weak Jobs Report, & FDA Departures 8/1/25
President Trump has ratcheted up tariffs for dozens of countries set to take effect next week. Apple reported its greatest revenue growth in years, Microsoft’s…
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5 Things to Know Before the Opening Bell 8/1/2025
The 5 things you need to know before the stock market opens today: shares of Coinbase and Roku are both tumbling after the companies reported quarterly…
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Treasury Secretary Bessent & Media with Mario Gabelli 7/31/25
After the U.S. struck a trade deal with South Korea, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent explains that negotiation and the ongoing talks with China after the…
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FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary & U.S. Tourism 7/30/25
The morning after the FDA’s vaccine regulator Dr. Vinay Prasad announced his resignation, FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary shares the agency’s position on the…
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5 Things to Know Before the Opening Bell 7/30/2025
The 5 things you need to know before the stock market opens today: AI startup Anthropic is nearing a deal to raise as much as $5 billion in new funding. SoFi…
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Commerce Secretary Lutnick & A Midtown Tragedy 7/29/25
After a gunman killed 4 people in a New York City office building in midtown on Monday, corporate America is evaluating office security and employee safety…
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Trade Talks: A Deal in the EU, Talks with China in Stockholm 7/28/25
Now that President Trump has struck a trade deal with the EU, attention shifts to Stockholm, where U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer is participating in…
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5 Things to Know Before the Opening Bell 7/28/2025
The 5 things you need to know before the stock market opens today: Boeing expects its St. Louis area workers to strike next week, China has unveiled its global…
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Fed Renovations & Rebuilding the Middle Class 7/25/25
After President Trump’s eventful and rare visit to the Federal Reserve building with Fed Chair Powell, OMB Director Russell Vought discusses the building’s…
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5 Things to Know Before the Opening Bell 7/25/2025
The 5 things you need to know before the stock market opens today: OpenAI reportedly plans to release GPT-5 next month, Elon Musk’s Starlink suffered one of…
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Andrew Cuomo & White House AI Czar David Sacks 7/24/25
After the hosts of the All In Podcast invited tech and government leaders to an AI summit in DC, President Trump signed three executive orders on artificial…
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Remembering Larry Bossidy, 1935-2025 7/23/25
Joe Kernen, Becky Quick, and Andrew Ross Sorkin remember the late Larry Bossidy, a longtime friend of Squawk Box. The former Chairman and CEO of Honeywell was…
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Polymarket Founder & Beast Games Champion 7/23/25
Thanks to a $112 million acquisition, prediction market Polymarket is one step closer to operating in the U.S. Founder Shayne Coplan discusses the betting…
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5 Things to Know Before the Opening Bell 7/23/2025
The 5 things you need to know before the stock market opens today: Shares of Texas Instruments are down sharply pre-market, Elon Musk’s xAI wants to raise…
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Janet Yellen on the Fed & the Treasury 7/22/25
The only person to have held both the Treasury Secretary and the Fed Chair positions, Janet Yellen weighs in on America’s economy and the pressure President…
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Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent: Let’s Examine the Entire Fed 7/21/25
Less than two weeks out from the August 1 tariff deadline, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent discusses progress on trade deals with the EU, Japan, and…
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5 Things to Know Before the Opening Bell 7/21/2025
The 5 things you need to know before the stock market opens today: Block is heading into the S&P 500, Alaska Airlines is back in the air after an IT outage…
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Housing Affordability & House Speaker Mike Johnson 7/18/25
Once the Housing and Urban Development Secretary under President Obama, Shaun Donovan now runs a nonprofit devoted to increasing housing supply and advancing…
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5 Things to Know Before the Opening Bell 7/18/2025
The 5 things you need to know before the stock market opens today: Chevron has prevailed in its mediation with Exxon over oil assets in Guyana, Federal Reserve…
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The Fed’s Future & Kevin Warsh 7/17/25
President Trump has said he won’t attempt to fire sitting Fed Chair Jerome Powell, but change is coming to the central bank regardless. On Wall Street and in…
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Gary Cohn & the Acquired Podcast Interview 7/16/25
Gary Cohn was National Economic Council Director in the first Trump administration, and now he’s weighing in on U.S. inflation data and the nation’s future…
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5 Things to Know Before the Opening Bell 7/16/2025
The 5 things you need to know before the stock market opens today: Federal investigations into prediction betting site Polymarket have been closed, a…
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GameStop’s Ryan Cohen, a Stapler, & Billionaire Ken Langone 7/15/25
Billionaire philanthropist, Home Depot co-founder, and donor to Andrew Cuomo’s NYC mayoral bid Ken Langone sits for an extended conversation about local…
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Kevin Hassett & Cooking a Hot Dog Split 7/14/25
President Trump is threatening more tariffs on Mexico and the EU, in addition to last week’s threats to Canada. CNBC’s Megan Cassella reports on the likelihood…
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5 Things to Know Before the Opening Bell 7/14/2025
The 5 things you need to know before the stock market opens today: “Superman” tops the weekend box office, online spending surged thanks to Amazon Prime Days…
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FDA Commissioner Makary & OMB Director Vought 7/22/25
100 days on the job, FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary discusses HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s complicated stance on vaccines and the future of public…
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5 Things to Know Before the Opening Bell 7/11/2025
The 5 things you need to know before the stock market opens today: President Trump announces new tariffs on Canada, Secretary of State Marco Rubio travels in…
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Worse than Teenagers: Sen. Rand Paul on Congressional Spending 7/10/25
Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) stood firm on his “no” vote on President Trump’s megabill. He explains why the legislation’s additions to the deficit were too…
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Apple Turnovers & Two Kevins Eye the Fed 7/9/25
In another leadership change, Apple’s COO and presumed Tim Cook successor Jeff Williams has announced his retirement. CNBC’s Steve Kovach discusses Apple’s…
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5 Things to Know Before the Opening Bell 7/9/2025
The 5 things you need to know before the stock market opens today: SpaceX is preparing to sell insider shares, the China unit of Starbucks has attracted offers…
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Liberation Day, Round 2: Trump’s Tariffs & the AI Talent Race 7/8/25
CEO and President of Atlantic Council Fred Kempe discusses how the Trump administration’s renewed push for trade deals with foreign partners are being factored…
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent & New York City Mayor Eric Adams 7/7/25
In the latest phase of the Trump administration’s tariff strategy, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned that the foreign nations without deals by August 1st…
Squawk PodCNBC Special Report: America's Deficit Reckoning 7/7/25
AMERICA’S DEFICIT RECKONING: What happens if the U.S. doesn’t rein in the budget deficit? CNBC Senior Finance & Banking Reporter Leslie Picker interviewed a…
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5 Things to Know Before the Opening Bell 7/7/2025
The 5 things you need to know before the stock market opens today: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said over the weekend that countries who don’t make a trade…
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Ro Khanna on the Megabill & OpenAI Warns ‘Token’ Investors 7/3/25
The House of Representatives began debate on President Donald Trump’s sweeping spending bill following a late-night shift as key Republican holdouts threw…
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SEC Chair Paul Atkins: Make IPOs Great Again 7/2/25
In an extended interview, SEC Chair Paul Atkins discusses his vision for the agency. From cutting red tape and rebooting IPOs to expanding retail investors'…
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5 Things to Know Before the Opening Bell 7/2/2025
The 5 things you need to know before the stock market opens today: the ADP releases its monthly metrics for private sector hiring later this morning, Tesla…
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Tokenizing the Private Market & NYC’s Housing Shortage 7/1/25
Senators worked through the night Monday as President Trump’s sweeping legislative package struggled to gain passing support in the Senate. CNBC’s Emily…
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5 Things to Know Before the Opening Bell 7/1/25
The 5 things you need to know before the stock market opens today: Circle applies for a national bank charter, Boeing CFO Brian West prepares to step down…
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Verizon Celebrates 25 Years & ‘F1’ Races into Theaters 6/30/25
Senators will begin offering amendments to President Donald Trump’s legislative package after a weekend of tense negotiations aimed at advancing his…
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5 Things to Know Before the Opening Bell 6/30/25
The 5 things you need to know before the stock market opens today: China’s manufacturing contracted for the third consecutive month, President Trump has teased…
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Exxon Mobil CEO on the Global Oil Supply & ‘Revenge Saving’ 6/27/25
Exxon Mobil CEO Darren Woods discusses the global oil supply in the face of the Israel-Iran conflict, and he highlights the difficulty of the EU’s regulatory…
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5 Things to Know Before the Opening Bell 6/27/25
The 5 things you need to know before the stock market opens today: key inflation data is out today, Elon Musk has fired Tesla’s vice president of manufacturing…
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Elizabeth Warren grills Jay Powell & Scott Gottlieb on Vaccine Future 6/26/25
President Trump continues to pressure Fed Chair Jay Powell to lower interest rates. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) reacts to Powell’s testimony and the Fed’s…
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Coatue’s Philippe Laffont: The Year of the Privates 6/25/25
An early backer of Facebook and Netflix, Philippe Laffont is known as the founder of famed hedge fund Coatue. In an exclusive and rare interview, Laffont…
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5 Things to Know Before the Opening Bell 6/25/25
The 5 things you need to know before the stock market opens today: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent believes President Trump’s tax and spending bill is on…
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An Israel-Iran Ceasefire & New Yorkers Head to the Polls 6/24/25
President Donald Trump says he is “not happy” that Israel fired fresh rockets at Iran. CNBC’s Megan Cassella breaks down the latest on a ceasefire. Then, Rep…
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The U.S.-Iran Escalation Explained 06/23/25
President Donald Trump said the U.S. has struck Iranian nuclear sites, escalating the Israel-Iran conflict. Retired U.S. Army Col. Jack Jacobs explains the…
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5 Things to Know Before the Opening Bell 6/23/25
The 5 things you need to know before the stock market opens today: President Trump says damage to Iran’s nuclear program is “monumental” following U.S…
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Israel-Iran Conflict Escalates & Stablecoin Bill Advances 6/20/25
President Donald Trump says he will decide within two weeks whether the United States will enter the escalating conflict in the Middle East. Israel's Minister…
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5 Things to Know Before the Opening Bell 6/20/25
The 5 things you need to know before the stock market opens today: President Trump says a decision on U.S. involvement in the Middle East conflict will come…
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AI Jobs, $100m Offers, & Two Plans for Iran 6/18/25
Retired 4-star General Wesley Clark, once NATO Supreme Allied Commander, offers his advice to the Trump administration: don’t bomb Iran’s nuclear plant Fordow…
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5 Things to Know Before the Opening Bell 6/18/25
The 5 things you need to know before the stock market opens today: Israel and Iran exchange airstrikes for a sixth consecutive day as President Trump weighs a…