Tictoc By Bloomberg

The pool of 2020 candidates is crowded, but Jay Inslee is dedicated to breaking through the noise. He has been Washington state's governor since 2013, and climate change is the main focus of his presidential campaign. We chatted with Jay Inslee himself. --- TicToc is a daily news podcast hosted by Alexis Benveniste (@apbenven), produced at Bloomberg Worldwide HQ in New York City. You can follow up with us and watch our reporting @tictoc. If you like it, be sure to rate us on iTunes, and tell your friends!

Marvel's "Avengers: Endgame" is likely to shatter box office records this weekend, both domestically and internationally. Early estimates are predicting a record $285 million opening as fans flock to the theaters to see the culmination of an 11-year and 22-film saga. Jennifer Zabasajja speaks with Bloomberg News' Media and Entertainment Reporter Anousha Sakoui, about what's contributed to the success of the franchise and what you can expect this weekend. TicToc is a daily news podcast hosted by Jennifer Zabasajja (@jenniferlaurenz) produced at Bloomberg Worldwide HQ in New York City. You can follow up with us and watch our reporting @tictoc. If you like it, be sure to rate us on iTunes, and tell your friends!

The American opinion on legalizing weed has shifted in the last decade, and Gen Z isn't afraid to tap into the trend. This is good news for the booming weed industry since Gen Z has three times more eligible consumers than their parents. We chatted with Craig Giammona, Consumer Reporter at Bloomberg News. --- TicToc is a daily news podcast hosted by Alexis Benveniste (@apbenven), produced at Bloomberg Worldwide HQ in New York City. You can follow up with us and watch our reporting @tictoc. If you like it, be sure to rate us on iTunes, and tell your friends!

The conversation surrounding student loans is more relevant than ever after Elizabeth Warren announced her plan to cancel student loan debt. In a country with more than $1.4 trillion of student loan debt, some college grads are trying to dodge debt and get creative. We chatted with Bloomberg reporter Claire Boston about how college grads are selling stakes in themselves to Wall Street. --- TicToc is a daily news podcast hosted by Alexis Benveniste (@apbenven), produced at Bloomberg Worldwide HQ in New York City. You can follow up with us and watch our reporting @tictoc. If you like it, be sure to review and rate us on iTunes, and tell your friends!

Today is Earth Day. A lot of today's conversations about climate change and the environment are depressing, but it doesn't have to be that way. We chatted with Joe Sanberg, the co-founder of Aspiration, a financial firm that only lends to sustainable companies. --- TicToc is a daily news podcast hosted by Alexis Benveniste (@apbenven), produced at Bloomberg Worldwide HQ in New York City. You can follow up with us and watch our reporting @tictoc. If you like it, be sure to rate us on iTunes, and tell your friends!

The long-awaited Mueller report is finally out. The 448-page redacted report comes almost 22 months after the special counsel began his investigation. The report also came after a news conference by Attorney General William Barr and a Trump tweet reading, "Game Over." So what do we know now that the report is out? Jennifer Zabasajja talks with Bloomberg News White House Editor Alex Wayne about the latest. TicToc is a daily news podcast hosted by Jennifer Zabasajja (@jenniferlaurenz) produced at Bloomberg Worldwide HQ in New York City. You can follow up with us and watch our reporting @tictoc. If you like it, be sure to rate us on iTunes, and tell your friends!

The Trump administration will allow U.S. citizens to file lawsuits over property confiscated in Cuba during the 1959 revolution, a move that reverses two decades of policy and will create new tensions with allies whose companies do business there. Andrew Mach speaks to Bloomberg News State Department reporter Nick Wadhams about what's behind the major foreign policy shift and how it may affect the ongoing crisis in Venezuela. ---- TicToc is a daily news podcast hosted by Andrew Mach (@andrewjmach), produced at Bloomberg Worldwide HQ in New York City. You can follow up with us and watch our reporting @tictoc. If you like it, be sure to rate us on iTunes, and tell your friends!

From Paris to Parkland: We’re bringing you the latest updates on Paris after the Notre Dame Cathedral caught fire on Monday. // Amid yesterday’s news, the Pulitzer Prize winners were announced. A little more than a year after 17 people were killed in a mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, reporters at the South Florida Sun Sentinel received a Pulitzer Prize in public service. The South Florida’s Sun Sentinel’s in-depth coverage unveiled a series of failures and issues surrounding local officials and law enforcement that ultimately contributed to the catastrophe. ---- TicToc is a daily news podcast hosted by Alexis Benveniste (@apbenven), produced at Bloomberg Worldwide HQ in New York City. You can follow up with us and watch our reporting @tictoc. If you like it, be sure to review and rate us on iTunes, and tell your friends!

The Writers Guild of America, the body representing most major screenwriters, instructed members to sever their ties with Hollywood’s biggest talent agencies late last week due to a contract dispute. As top agencies have expanded the scope of their business in recent years, including financing and producing their own projects, more writers are feeling overlooked when it comes to their paychecks, especially in the era of Peak TV. Andrew Mach speaks to Bloomberg News entertainment reporter Anousha Sakoui about whether the disagreement will affect film and TV production. ---- TicToc is a daily news podcast hosted by Andrew Mach (@andrewjmach), produced at Bloomberg Worldwide HQ in New York City. You can follow up with us and watch our reporting @tictoc. If you like it, be sure to rate us on iTunes, and tell your friends!

Amazon employs thousands of workers around the world to listen to voice recordings captured by Echo owners. What they hear is often mundane, but sometimes upsetting—and possibly even criminal. Andrew Mach speaks to Bloomberg News technology reporter Matt Day, who got this scoop, about why Amazon is doing this and what you can do about it. ---- TicToc is a daily news podcast hosted by Andrew Mach (@andrewjmach), produced at Bloomberg Worldwide HQ in New York City. You can follow up with us and watch our reporting @tictoc. If you like it, be sure to rate us on iTunes, and tell your friends!

European leaders agreed to extend the Brexit deadline to October 31st. The next step for U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May, is convincing the skeptical members of Parliament and a Conservative Party losing patience in her leadership. So what's next after this latest extension? Jennifer Zabasajja speaks with Bloomberg News' Ian Wishart, who was in Brussels as the late-night negotiations were taking place. TicToc is a daily news podcast hosted by Jennifer Zabasajja (@jenniferlaurenz) produced at Bloomberg Worldwide HQ in New York City. You can follow up with us and watch our reporting @tictoc. If you like it, be sure to rate us on iTunes, and tell your friends!

Scientists revealed the first-ever glimpse of a super-massive black hole Wednesday, as the Event Horizon Telescope released its findings in a “ground-breaking” discovery that's being hailed as a paradigm shift for astronomy. In their attempt to capture an image of a black hole, scientists combined the power of eight radio telescopes around the world, creating a virtual telescope around the same size as the Earth itself. Andrew Mach speaks with Katie Bouman, who was part of that international team of astronomers and developed an algorithm to piece together the historic image. ---- TicToc is a daily news podcast hosted by Andrew Mach (@andrewjmach), produced at Bloomberg Worldwide HQ in New York City. You can follow up with us and watch our reporting @tictoc. If you like it, be sure to rate us on iTunes, and tell your friends!

If you like hot sauce, chances are you know about Sriracha. The chili sauce was brought to American consumers by David Tran, a now 73-year-old Vietnamese refugee, who founded a food company named after the boat that brought him to the U.S. Now, nearly 40 years later, the company controls nearly 10% of the $1.55 billion American hot sauce market, and other hot sauce makers are stepping into the ring, aiming to take over American fridges. TicToc is a daily news podcast hosted by Alexis Benveniste (@apbenven) produced at Bloomberg Worldwide HQ in New York City. You can follow up with us and watch our reporting @tictoc. If you like it, be sure to rate us on iTunes, and tell your friends!

Beychella is coming to Netflix. The streaming service released the first trailer for Beyonce's "Homecoming" special about her 2018 Coachella performance that's been dubbed "a cultural movement." Beyonce directed the documentary, set to be released April 17, and its trailer seems to indicate fans will get a behind-the-scenes look at how her performance, years in the making, all came together. Andrew Mach speaks to Bloomberg News' Lucas Shaw about how the film fits perfectly into Netflix's strategy of industry domination—and Beyonce's strategy to do just about anything she wants. ---- TicToc is a daily news podcast hosted by Andrew Mach (@andrewjmach), produced at Bloomberg Worldwide HQ in New York City. You can follow up with us and watch our reporting @tictoc. If you like it, be sure to rate us on iTunes, and tell your friends!

It's been 25 years since the death of Kurt Cobain, the Nirvana frontman who heralded rock's grunge era of the early 1990s. The iconic musician tapped into a collective state of mind through earnest songwriting that challenged the angst and alienation of his time. Now, 25 years later, his impact on music remains as important as ever. Andrew Mach speaks to Danny Goldberg, Nirvana's co-manager from 1990 to 1994 and author of "Serving the Servant: Remembering Kurt Cobain," who says that while Cobain hated being called the voice of a generation, his legacy is ultimately exactly that. ---- TicToc is a daily news podcast hosted by Andrew Mach (@andrewjmach), produced at Bloomberg Worldwide HQ in New York City. You can follow up with us and watch our reporting @tictoc. If you like it, be sure to rate us on iTunes, and tell your friends!

Which risk factor is responsible for more deaths around the world? It’s not smoking. It’s not even high blood pressure. It’s a poor diet. In fact, it’s what we’re not eating that’s killing us faster, according to a new global study. Andrew Mach speaks to Dr. Ashkan Afshin of the University of Washington, who authored the study that was published this week in the medical journal The Lancet, and he says the fix is more than just eating more fruits and vegetables. FOLLOW UP Bloomberg's latest report: It Isn't Just Meat That's Killing You ---- TicToc is a daily news podcast hosted by Andrew Mach (@andrewjmach), produced at Bloomberg Worldwide HQ in New York City. You can follow up with us and watch our reporting @tictoc. If you like it, be sure to rate us on iTunes, and tell your friends!

Lori Lightfoot just made history, becoming Chicago’s first gay, black, female mayor. Alexis Benveniste chatted with Dick Simpson, a Lightfoot campaign aid and political science professor at the University of Illinois in Chicago. TicToc is a daily news podcast hosted by Alexis Benveniste (@apbenven), produced at Bloomberg Worldwide HQ in New York City. You can follow up with us and watch our reporting @tictoc. If you like it, be sure to rate us on iTunes, and tell your friends!

April 2nd is Equal Pay Day, a day that focuses on the gender pay gap and income inequality. We chatted with Lilly Ledbetter, an equal pay activist who pioneered the Fair Pay Act of 2009 under the Obama Administration. TicToc is a daily news podcast hosted by Alexis Benveniste (@apbenven), produced at Bloomberg Worldwide HQ in New York City. You can follow up with us and watch our reporting @tictoc. If you like it, be sure to rate us on iTunes, and tell your friends!

The fight between Jeff Bezos and the National Enquirer just got even uglier. Earlier this year, the tabloid got hold of text messages of the Amazon CEO that confirmed an extramarital affair which allegedly led to the end of his 25-year marriage. Now, in an unexpected turn, a private investigator claims that Saudi Arabia had access to Bezos's phone before the photos and texts were ever leaked. Andrew Mach speaks to Bloomberg News reporter Spencer Soper about how this new development raises the stakes of this global scandal. FOLLOW UP Bloomberg's latest report: Bezos Investigator Says Saudis Hacked Into Amazon CEO’s Phone You can follow Spencer at: @spencersoper ---- TicToc is a daily news podcast hosted by Andrew Mach (@andrewjmach), produced at Bloomberg Worldwide HQ in New York City. You can follow up with us and watch our reporting @tictoc. If you like it, be sure to rate us on iTunes, and tell your friends!

Women directors make up a scant fraction of filmmakers in Hollywood. That vivid inequality is central to a heated gender discrimination battle that’s been taking shape against the backdrop of the #MeToo movement and the Trump presidency. Jennifer Zabasajja speaks to activist, writer and director Maria Giese, who’s at the center of the new documentary “This Changes Everything,” at the Bloomberg Business of Equality Summit about the fight for more female voices in the entertainment industry. FOLLOW UP Bloomberg's latest report: In ‘This Changes Everything,’ Hollywood’s Top Women Wonder When You can follow Maria at: @MariaGiese ---- TicToc is a daily news podcast hosted by Jennifer Zabasajja (@jenniferlaurenz), produced at Bloomberg Worldwide HQ in New York City. You can follow up with us and watch our reporting @tictoc. If you like it, be sure to rate us on iTunes, and tell your friends!