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The Ben and Emil Show
Hosted by Ben Cahn and Emil DeRosa -- a licensed Wall Street trader and his skeptical best friend -- The Ben and Emil Show highlights the funnier side of the business, political, and financial world. Ben and Emil dive deep into the hilarious underbelly of our economy. It's an insightful, hilarious, and occasionally chaotic way to learn about finance, business, and politics. Get bonus content on benandemilshow.com.
Episodes
- The Ben and Emil Show
BAES 117: DEEP DIVE: The Epstein Birthday Book is Trump's 9/11
Is the Epstein birthday book a big nothing burger, or is it a smoking gun? We're more inclined to think it's the latter, especially as we dig deep into the…
The Ben and Emil ShowBAES 116: WHO WILL DIE FIRST: TRUMP OR AMERICA?
Well...Trump didn't die. But he may be actively dying. And so is America. Look no further than the flashy rollout of Amtrak's pathetic new ACELA trains. Oh…
The Ben and Emil ShowBAES 115: Deep Dive: Chinese Stock Scams are EVERYWHERE
This week Edwin Dorsey from The Bear Cave joins us to talk about the massive problem with Chinese stock scams absolutely inundating the Nasdaq. Their…
The Ben and Emil ShowBAES 114: A New Pandemic May Already Be Here
If you thought covid was bad and are worried about another pandemic, then you need to watch this episode. Virologist Dr. Angela Rasmussen joins us this week to…
The Ben and Emil ShowBAES 113: Hiring A Fake Man to Run Your Company
This week we have Penelope Gazin and Kate Giambra from Fashion Brand Company! Their story is wild and inspirational. The clothes are good too. If you want to…
The Ben and Emil ShowBAES 112: Can China Destroy Starbucks?
Something is BREWING in the world of Starbucks. And that something is extremely Chinese. That's right -- LUCKIN COFFEE, the massively successful Chinese…
The Ben and Emil ShowBAES 111: Is Sydney Sweeney Racist?
This week we're getting to the bottom of whether or not Sydney Sweeney's new American Eagle ad is promoting eugenics. Good genes or good jeans? We're also…
The Ben and Emil ShowBAES 110: Trump is Winning the News Wars
FIRST, we gotta talk about the Coldplay cheating CEO and Hunter Biden's wild interview. Then we're all about Trump's ongoing war against the media. And to be…
The Ben and Emil ShowBAES 109: Betting on Weird Russian Sports Farms
Emil is starting to get hooked into sports gambling. But that's okay because it's just "human gambling instincts". We're talking all about 1xBet, the insanely…
The Ben and Emil ShowBAES 108: Why We're Joining Elon's AMERICA Party
We've officially joined the Elon cult. He is god, he is single handedly going to save humanity. Did you know he's going to take us to Mars? He's also SO…
The Ben and Emil ShowBAES 107: Robinhood Just Created A New Stock Market
Well. We were dead wrong about Vlad Tenev and Robinhood. Holy crap. They just made a bunch of announcements that have shaken the stock market and the crypto…
The Ben and Emil ShowBAES 106: The Insane Story of How We Bombed Iran
The haters said it wouldn't happen. That TACO Trump would back down like always. But the haters were wrong: America is still top dog, and we showed the world…
The Ben and Emil ShowBAES 105: Did Israel Just Start WW3??
Israel has bombed Iran and is trying to drag the United States into it. Netanyahu says they're closer than ever to building a nuclear bomb. Is he full of crap?…
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BAES 104: Everything You Need to Know About the LA Protests
Los Angeles is a war zone! It's dangerous! Or is it? In this week's episode we FULLY dive into the protests that have taken over the streets of downtown LA and…
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BAES 103: Left and Right Unite over hating Palantir
So it turns out Trump loves the deep state after all, and the deep state is...Palantir. ALL my homies hate Palantir and Trump's *alleged* plan to create a…
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BAES 102: Tom Cruise versus AI
It seems like it was just yesterday that those janky videos of AI-generated Will Smith eating spaghetti was all over everyone's timeline. Because in a short…
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BAES 101: Was Luigi Right About United Health?
United Health Group is having a bad, bad time. Let us tell you the fascinating and frustrating reasons why the stock recently lost a whopping $200 BILLION in…
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BAES 100: Is it safe to fly?
Guys, it's bad out there. Like, really bad. It's legitimately dangerous to fly in certain parts of the country depending on who you ask. And that's if you ask…
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BAES 99: Getting Paid to be Racist
What a week. We're talking about Shiloh Hendrix, the woman who made $600,000 by being racist to a child. We're also talking about the great Warren Buffett, who…
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BAES 98: Memes and Politics ft. Dan Toomey of Good Work
Check out Good Work here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNptnCkCoVk Talking New York City, The Mets, and more in the Bonus B&E this week! Sign up to watch…
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BAES 97: Google Breakup: The internet is about to change
Well folks, the Pope is dead. Anyway now that that's out of the way, we're gettin deep into the HUGE antitrust cases against Google, Meta, and to a lesser…
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BAES 96: China wants to make a deal...with YOU!
Well well well, if it isn't CHINA. Trying to make a deal with little old US. We always knew they'd come begging for us to buy their various wares and gadgets…
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BAES 95: What stocks to buy, Tariffs explained, Trump's big gamble
It sucks living in interesting times! We're talking all about what's going on with these damn tariffs, the impact we're already seeing, what it means for YOU…
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BAES 94: Is America Over as we Know it? ft. Kyla Scanlon
Back by popular demand! @KylaScanlon joins us this week to talk about Trump's big tariff gamble, the looming recession, social media breaking our brains, and…
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BAES 93: The Shady New AI Tools Being used Against us
Every day we learn about new and unsettling things AI can do. In this episode we'll talk about a journalist who was involuntarily psychologically profiled by a…
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BAES 92: Trolling Tesla Fanboys
Popular YouTuber Mark Rober drove his Tesla through a cartoon wall and the Tesla permabulls and Elon fanboys cannot stop obsessing over it. We'll take a look…
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BAES 91: A.I. is the Biggest Waste of Money in History
This week we've got Ed Zitron, the outspoken AI critic and journalist. He's got a LOT to say, and we have a lot to ask him. We think this episode speaks for…
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BAES 90: A millionaire tells us why he's going ALL IN on robots
Chris Camillo is a massively successful investor who's been right on a ton of big trades over the years. And now he's got his eyes (and his money) fully set on…
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BAES 89: Is the Stock Market about to Crash?
Tariff fears. Consumer sentiment in the toilet. Seasonality. Caution from billionaires. Everything right now is pointing toward a bumpy road ahead. Buckle up…
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BAES 88: This kid just stole $100 million from Argentina
President Javier Milei tweeted on Valentine’s Day about $LIBRA, a token he said would help raise funds that would go directly to small businesses and help…
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BAES 87: DOGE Chaos, CFPB Dismantled, Big Balls, Panic Time
As DOGE and its merry band of edgelord geniuses rip through the government unabated, the only thing we can do is sit back and watch. This week we'll dive in…
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BAES 86: Can Trump's Economic Warfare Actually Work?
Is this what "winning" looks like? All within the world's longest week, we've got tariffs against two of our biggest trade partners, and Elon Musk giving…
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BAES 85: Did DeepSeek Pop the AI Bubble? And What's Next?
If a Chinese tree falls in the woods, does it make a sound? You bet it does. In this case the tree is DeepSeek, and the woods are the US stock market, and the…
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MBS 10: Narrowly Escaping the LA Fires
A bit of a somber episode this month, as Phil describes in detail just how close he came to losing everything in the Eaton fire. This week's bonus is us…
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BAES 84: Inside Trump's Perfect Day
Well folks, it's finally here. Trump took control of the government and a whole bunch of stuff has already happened. And we've got you covered. Barron got a…
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BAES 83: Why you're wrong about the TikTok ban (sorry)
As the TikTok ban looms, we dive deep into the REAL reasons it's being blocked. We'll talk about the arguments heard in the Supreme Court, a brief history of…
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BAES 82: Porn ban, taking Greenland, Zuck goes MAGA
Hooooooo boy. What a week. Porn has been blocked in many states. Bird flu has its first death in America. Mark Zuckerberg cozies up to the Trump administration…
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BAES 81: Plane Crashes, MAGA Meltdown, and Bird Flu
The last couple weeks have been LOADED with stuff happening. Some would say too much. But we love when things happen. We're talking about the four plane…
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BAES 80: The Online Gambling Bubble is About to Burst (ft. David Hill)
Seems like everywhere you turn these days you're being told by a celebrity just how easy it is to gamble on sports through your phone. And honestly? They're…
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MBS 9: A Very Special Christmas Episode
Okay gang this week we're talking about Ben's favorite Chinese TikTok woman, fisting, plus a whole bunch of other crazy shit. Merry Christmas to all!!! This…
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BAES 79: What's with all the Quantum computing hype?
So Google just debuted a special quantum chip and everyone's FREAKING out. There's lots of implications at play here, not just for computing, but for reality…
The Ben and Emil ShowBAES 78: Luigi Mangione Kicks off the Class War with A Bang
This week we're talking all about Luigi Mangione, the folk hero who shot down the CEO of United Healthcare. We're taking it apart from all sides and it's a…
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BAES 77: How Enron fell and why we learned NOTHING
So this week we learned that Enron is back...sort of. That prompted us to finally do an episode on the rise and fall of the once massive company that became…
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BAES 76: Inside Pump.Fun's most outrageous livestreams
The crypto world is getting just a bit out of control. Pump.Fun started out as an obscure memecoin site and has recently snowballed into a completely unchecked…
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MBS 8: Talking with Trump's new PODCAST CZAR
This week Phil gives a special presentation about his new job in the Trump administration. This week's bonus is a real treat. You've just gotta go see it. Sign…
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BAES 75: RFK declares war on yummy snacks
RFK Jr makes a lot of crazy declarations. This week we dive into as many as we can to sort fact from fiction. There's certainly things he says we agree…
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BAES 74: Trump Euphoria takes over
The election may be over, but Trump is just getting started. So what's that mean for all of us and our precious, precious economy? We'll go over some of the…
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BAES 73: The $70 BILLION fraud that just rocked wall street
Lina Kahn is doing the best work in all of US government. She takes action that makes people's lives better, easier, smoother. And yet, she's persona non grata…
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BAES 72: Our BIG election predictions
The election is almost here. It's almost over. Thank god. This week we're going over our predictions for who will win, when we'll know, what the markets are…
The Ben and Emil ShowMBS 7: Catching up with a very special guest
You asked for it, and he's back. Our sweet boy gives us a big business update on his furniture store and we're just screwin around and laughing and gigglin…
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BAES 71: The unhinged AI agent that just became a millionaire
The most fascinating story to come out of the internet and artificial intelligence is unfolding faster than we can keep up with it. A semi-autonomous AI agent…
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BAES 70: We were wrong about Elon + Tesla.
Last week was arguably the biggest event in the history of Tesla, aptly titled "We, Robot". They're promising us a world of abundance for everyone, all thanks…
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BAES 69: Longshoremen Victory
The longshoremen union and the UMX came to a temporary agreement recently but it only kicked the can to January...and it's not looking good. It's not just…
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BAES 68: Our Biggest Announcement EVER
It's finally here. The haters said it couldn't be done, and now the haters are in prison. What do you guys think? Anyway, this week we're covering the…
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BAES 67: Rupert Murdoch's real life Succession drama is too funny
Stinky old newspaper magnate Rupert Murdoch is at war with his own billionaire children over the future of his media empire. We'll fill you in on the…
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BAES 66: Mr Beast sells Poison to Kids
He finally did it. It wasn't enough to poison the minds of America's youth through his videos...Mr. Beast had to go all the way and start poisoning their…
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BAES 65: The Nicotine Wars
The nicotine wars are here, and they're heating up. With the rise in popularity of Zyn, the demand for nicotine pouches is only going up. This week we've got…
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BAES 64: The best stock of the last 2 years isn't Nvidia
In the early 2000s Abercrombie & Fitch was untouchable. Record profits, clothes that everyone wanted, and meticulous branding that was as effective as it was…
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BAES 63: The Joyful Democratic National Convention
Do you feel the joy? Do you feel it coursing through your veins? It's everywhere for those with eyes to see. That's basically the message Kamala's campaign was…
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BAES 62: The insane story of the missing billionaire
We've got a crazy episode this week. A few days ago a British tech billionaire went missing after his yacht sank off the coast of Sicily...but that's not the…