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Group Chat News is back with the hottest topics of the week. The guys get into Father's Day, youth sports, and the real life lessons hiding in a kid's baseball tournament before diving into LVMH's stunning decline, OnlyFans' $2.6 billion machine, and World Cup mania taking over America.
On this episode of Group Chat, Dee Murthy and Anand Murthy break down:
– LVMH's negative growth and what the decline of Louis Vuitton, Dior, and the luxury giants says about the global economy
– The K-shaped recovery, the vanishing middle class, and why a "violent rebound" in luxury may be coming
– OnlyFans hitting $2.6 billion in US spending. the cash machine, the brand moat, and the AI creators cashing in
– The #1 OnlyFans spending city in America (it's not LA, New York, or Miami)
– World Cup mania: SoFi Stadium vs. MetLife, and why the finals should've been in LA
– The "Freddy" phenomenon America's viral World Cup hero, and whether the whole thing is a marketing plant
– Whether Europeans are really "discovering" America, and why the world sings American songs
– Team USA's run, the magic of a hot team, and the country roads takeover
– Father's Day real life lessons: learning how to lose the lessons sports teach that carries into business and life
If you enjoy the show, please leave us a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify — it genuinely helps more than you know, and it's the best way to support Group Chat.
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Hosted by Dee Murthy, Anand Murthy, and Chris "Drama" Pfaff
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The Group Chat crew breaks down the biggest SpaceX IPO on Wall Street, the AI shutdown scare gripping the tech world, and the World Cup mania taking over America. Business news, markets, and culture from one of the longest-running business podcasts.
This week on Group Chat News:
SpaceX goes public at a $2.1 trillion valuation: We break down the IPO frenzy, the OG Starbase investors, and Elon's path to $1 trillion by 2030 The El Segundo wealth boom: how space money is about to reshape the South Bay World Cup mania hits America, Team USA run, and the electric atmosphere in LA A Middle East peace deal looks imminent: what it means for summer gas prices and inflation The Stanford walkout: graduates, free speech, and real-world consequences in tech and finance The Knicks' historic win, Wembanyama, and how you're supposed to carry a loss The Fable 5 AI shutdown scare, government involvement, and Satya Nadella's warning to the industry Should the US government invest in AI companies? The guys debate the trillion dollar questionGroup Chat News covers business, markets, tech, sports, and culture every week. If you like All-In, My First Million, and business news that actually keeps up with the week, follow and subscribe.
⭐ Enjoying the show? Leave us a rating, it helps more than you'd think.Hosted by Dee Murthy, Anand Murthy, and Chris "Drama" Pfaff
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Group Chat News is back with the biggest stories of the week including the Knicks taking over Madison Square Garden and the massive MSG spectacle, the final LA ballots coming in and the questions surrounding the mayoral election, the government wanting to buy into the major AI companies as Bernie Sanders, Trump, and Sam Altman all weigh in, the market dip and what Broadcom's forecast says about AI, SpaceX minting 400 new millionaires ahead of its IPO and the Ontario Teachers' Fund turning $300 million into a projected $11 billion, and a debate on Newport Beach, California living, and much more
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Group Chat News is back with the biggest stories of the week including Steph Curry's mega shoe deal with Chinese brand Li-Ning, the upcoming SpaceX IPO and the panic around it sucking liquidity from the markets, the LA mayor race as ballots are still being counted, Berkshire Hathaway buying into Google and Google's $85 billion equity raise, the great AI bubble debate, Victoria's Secret and the GLP-1 ripple effect across fashion and retail, Macy's surprising growth, and Bernie Sanders' pitch for the government to own 50% of AI companies.
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Group Chat News is back with the hottest stories of the week including
Google's about to release 32 million genetically-modified mosquitoes in Florida — the boys break down why it's the worst PR move big tech could possibly make right now, and what Brad Gerstner is doing differently that the rest of Silicon Valley should copy.
Then: a 26-year-old named Curry Barker made a horror movie for $750K that's already grossed $148M in three weeks. That's a 197x return on a $750K bet — while Hollywood studios are losing money on $200M tentpole films. The barriers to entry just collapsed and the establishment isn't ready.
Plus the LA mayoral race heats up: why we're "quiet Spencer Pratt voters," whether he can beat Karen Bass in the runoff, and what his rise says about a city that's finally fed up. The Mamdani-in-NY parallel, the demo that decides it, and why this might be the biggest mayoral election in California history.
Also covered: why America stopped demanding excellence (and China didn't), Berkshire Hathaway's quiet bet on Scottsdale homebuilders, World Cup ticket prices getting borderline criminal, and why Wembanyama might be the most well-rounded young athlete in sports.
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Group Chat News is back with the hottest stories of the week. We get into fake peptides showing up in pools and locker rooms, Eli Lilly's gene therapy IV that drops cholesterol 65% for 18 months, and the wild gap between an S&P at all-time highs and consumer sentiment at all-time lows. We dig into the AI optimist vs. pessimist split, Andrew Sorkin's 1929 doomer pitch on 60 Minutes, and why the next Carnegies need to start building parks and libraries to win back public sentiment,the American fitness test, and much more
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Group Chat News is back with the hottest news of the week including:
- Meta cuts 8,000 jobs as Zuck pivots the company hard toward AI
- Andrej Karpathy joins Anthropic and what it signals about the AI race
- SpaceX IPO drops June 12 — and what Peter Thiel walking away with $80B means
- Anthropic, OpenAI and the SPV chaos behind the next round of mega rounds
- San Francisco's "AI depression" vs LA's quality-of-life money culture
- Jeff Bezos on CNBC pushing for no income tax
- America's #1 pizza chain
- Las Vegas struggles for the middle class as $200 all-inclusive packages return
- USA vs Paraguay Club World Cup tickets are dropping
-Plus much more!Drop us a review and a 5-star rating if you're rocking with the show.
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Group Chat News is back with the hottest news of the week including:
- Anand returns after 6 weeks dealing with two serious infections
- The AP Swatch collab and what it means for luxury strategy
- G-Wagens taking over LA
- Laurel Supply, Bristol Farms, and the elevated grocery wave
- How clipping democratized brainwashing
- Trump's historic trip to China with America's biggest CEOs
- SpaceX IPO and the SPV chaos coming
- The South Bay tax revenue California lost
- Berkshire switch up
- Is insider trading how the wealthy actually operate
- Pokemon lines wrapping around Gelson's
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Group Chat News is back with the hottest stories of the week and a special interview with Michael Katz, founder of Trove and longtime mentor to Dee, to talk about the explosion of the trading card and collectibles space. Michael breaks down how Trove is reinventing pack opening as a digital experience with real graded cards, why physical assets are having a moment, and what's behind the cultural shift that put card ripping on the red carpet.
The guys go deep on the LA mayoral race and Spencer Pratt's surge, The market section tackles GLP-1 drugs as the biggest consumer shift in a generation, the collapse of junk food categories, the rise of Erewhon and Laurel Supply as the future of grocery, and the case for being long assets right now.
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Group Chat News is back with the hottest news of the week including, modern fatherhood would be unrecognizable to a 1950's dad, Historically every single time the market hits a P/E of 23, the next 10 years returned between 2% and -2% annualized,Spencer Pratt just hit a 28% chance to win the Los Angeles Mayor race,GameStop CEO Prepares Takeover Bid For eBay, Monthly Trading Card Volume by Year, and much more
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Group Chat News is back and we got the hottest news of the week including Spencer Pratt is now polling second for LA mayor behind a socialist and we break down why a reality star might actually be the right pick for the city right now. Nick Shirley kicked off a whistleblower wave and we think fraud detection is about to be the next big YC batch.
LAUSD is spending $45K per student while California school enrollment drops over 15 percent. The UK as a 51st state would land below Mississippi on wages. China's GDP went from 78 percent of the US to 64 percent and we get into how the one child policy and going after their wealthy entrepreneurs cooked them.
Nike rolled out a Boston Marathon ad that said runners welcome walkers tolerated then pulled it after backlash. We get into pace shaming, why every kid needs to learn how to lose, and how brands get stuck in a stretch where they cannot do anything right.
Plus 56 percent of Gen Z women now have tattoos, and the Customs and Border Protection portal opens tomorrow at 8am ET to refund $127B in tariffs to 82 percent of US importers. If you imported anything since last April, get on it
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Group Chat News is back
1001 and still going.
This week: the Masters broke every record with Rory's comeback. Online gambling is out of control. LIV Golf winding down as Saudi money dries up. Uber's AI budget produced nothing and big companies are rethinking the spend. S&P at all-time highs while Buffett sits on $300B cash. Allbirds became a meme stock. Zuck moved his desk. SpaceX SPV drama. Corporate lawyers getting quarterback money. American luxury thriving, Gucci bleeding, global luxury demand disappearing. Boomers have $90T and every spring break reservation. TMZ set up shop in DC.
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Group Chat News is back with episode 1000!
One thousand episodes. Nearly nine years. And somehow we're still here. Dee, Anand, and Drama celebrate the milestone by looking back at how it all started, the eras the podcast has gone through.
Thank you to all the Kathys who have listened over the years
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This week on Group Chat, Zach White returns and the crew goes deep on Nike's earnings disaster and why the brand has become culturally irrelevant. From losing China to getting outpaced by Salomon and Arc'teryx, the guys break down what went wrong and whether the Swoosh can recover.
OpenAI just acquired TBPN, a tech podcast, for a reported $200M+ after only 18 months. The crew breaks down why 70K viewers of the right people is worth more than millions of the wrong ones, and what it means for the future of media acquisitions.
Kanye sold out two nights at SoFi for the first time in LA since 2019. 45 songs, Lauryn Hill, Travis Scott, and $18M on night one alone. Is cancel culture officially dead? The crew debates what it means when the most controversial artist in the world sells out the biggest venue in the city.
Plus: the Artemis moon launch, the moon landing conspiracy debate (the crew votes), a GCP fan builds a SaaS product from a pod tip, Dee builds a baseball swing analyzer on a Duffy boat, and Venice is the new West Hollywood.
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This week on Group Chat NEWS, a Wall Street Journal deep dive reveals 400,000 Americans are now worth over $30 million and the number is climbing fast. The guys break down what that means for the economy, why a real recession might be impossible, and how the $90 trillion boomer inheritance is about to reshape everything.
TikTok is launching its own TV shows, and the crew can't help but point out that Jeffrey Katzenberg and Quibi had this exact idea seven years too early. Short form premium content is now the norm, and China's numbers prove it.
Tiger Woods flipped his car again in Jupiter, Florida, this time with a DUI charge. The guys debate whether anything actually changes for him professionally and why certain icons get unlimited passes.
The average age of a US gamer is now 36 years old. What does that mean for kids on headsets, for the culture, and for dating?
Anand shares an emotional recap of Colin Farrell's event in Pasadena for special needs families and what it meant to his family personally.
Plus: Drama is funding a social experiment, Javi has the wildest story of the year, and Dee finally settles the $350 baseball bat debate once and for all.
Group Chat is a weekly podcast breaking down the biggest trends in business, technology, fashion, sports and more! Hosted by Dee Murthy, Drama aka Chris Pfaff and Anand Murthy successful entrepreneurs with honest perspectives.
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Dee and Anand are back with a midweek episode packed with big stories.
OpenAI just shut down Sora — their viral AI video editing app — and Disney pulled their billion dollar investment. Is OpenAI spreading itself too thin while Anthropic quietly wins the AI race? The guys break down why the cost structure of AI doesn't make sense yet and what needs to happen for it all to click.
David Goggins just re-enlisted in the Marines at 51 years old. The Army raised its enlistment age to 42 and the internet is losing its mind. Is this patriotism, content, or both? And what does it mean for military recruiting when the biggest thought leaders of young men in America start signing up?
Meek Mill went viral for pushing AI in underprivileged schools, got clowned on the internet, and then got personally invited by a top tech executive to make it happen. The guys break down what the moment actually means and why Meek Mill might be onto something real.
Plus: The NBA is losing America and nobody wants to admit why. A 20 year old just won $3 million from Facebook and YouTube for childhood social media addiction — and every personal injury lawyer in the country just took notes. Blackstone drops $1.4 billion on an Indian cricket team. And why every billionaire in LA is suddenly obsessed with sleep.
A packed 997. Episode 1000 is coming.
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Dee and Anand sit down with actor Adam Rodriguez and footwear entrepreneur Steve Pitino for a massive announcement: Steve's American-made comfort shoe brand Ales Grey just landed in Walmart, the largest retailer in the world.
The guys break down how five years living above a factory in China, zero overseas supply chain, and algae-based materials led to a $60 shoe that nurses, doctors, and frontline workers are calling life-changing and why this launch couldn't come at a better moment with tariffs reshaping American manufacturing.
Then the crew pivots to the weekend's biggest sports story: the Fanatics Flag Football event in LA. Was it actually good? What does Logan Paul and Tom Brady's role say about the future of live sports entertainment?
Plus: Jeff Bezos is raising $100 billion to re-enter the game through AI and robotics manufacturing and why that might be the single biggest bullish signal for America's future. Anthropic's new free certification, Waymo going freeway-legal, Tesla Full Self-Driving, and why Sergey Brin showing up at an AI open meetup says everything.
And to close: life expectancy is actually up, fentanyl deaths are down 26%, and GLP-1s are going generic so why does everyone feel like the world is ending?
A packed 996. Episode 1000 is coming.
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Group Chat News is back and Michael B. Jordan just won Best Actor while we were recording!! For the guys, this one's personal. From Fantasy Factory hangs to courtside moments, MBJ is the real deal. Plus, is Timothée Chalamet peaking too soon, and what does Hollywood actually reward?
Tucker Carlson's name is popping up in Iran spy allegations and the crew breaks down what's real, what's speculation, and why none of it is surprising.
Then the guys get into the AI debate. Chamath says the utility isn't there yet. The crew strongly disagrees. From fixing a $750-a-month water leak with one prompt to small business owners changing their entire operation overnight the future is already here, people just aren't paying attention.
And with humanoid robots coming for blue collar jobs, what does the future of work actually look like? The guys make the case this moment is bigger than the iPhone and the internet combined.
All that on this week's Group Chat Podcast.
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It is a special midweek drop and the group chat is packed. This episode covers the forces quietly reshaping the economy right now — from AI slashing business costs overnight, to GLP-1 drugs gutting the snack industry, to private credit markets showing their first real cracks. The guys break down what is actually happening beneath the headlines, why sports viewership is at an all-time high, which consumer brands are quietly hitting $10 billion, and why the stock market may be setting up for a violent rally. No fluff, no filler — just the conversations happening in every serious group chat right now. Topics Covered This Episode: 1. AI Is Replacing Your Entire Software Stack How using Claude cut one company's AWS bill from $9,500 a month down to a projected $500 — and what that means for every business owner still paying for legacy SaaS tools. Plus: Lovable jumps from a $300M to $400M run rate in a single month, and Anthropic adds $6 billion in run rate in two months. The AI economy is not coming — it is already here. 2. The GLP-1 Effect Is Hitting Corporate Earnings Campbell Soup's snack division dropped 6% in a single quarter with no obvious explanation other than 30 million Americans now on GLP-1 medications. The guys explore the downstream ripple effects — grocery aisles, fast food, supplement brands, and what retailers like Kroger do when people simply stop snacking. 3. Private Credit Is Cracking Blackstone, Blue Owl, and Cliffwater are all facing record redemption requests after two major auto suppliers backed by private credit funds went under. Is this an economy problem, a bad-lending problem, or a panic problem? The guys break it all down and explain why it matters even if you have never heard of private credit. 4. Sports Is on an Unprecedented Run Every sport — NFL, NBA, MLS, World Baseball Classic, UFC — is posting record ratings. The guys explain why gambling, fragmented media, and the death of cable news are all fueling the surge, and why the Tom Brady flag football league and the Gronk vs. Logan Paul beef are the perfect example of how modern sports entertainment actually works. 5. The $10 Billion Consumer Brands Nobody Is Talking About Quince hits a $10 billion valuation doing nearly $2 billion in revenue by going factory-direct to consumers. The guys break down why consumer investing is back, who is losing market share, and what the rise of brands like Keats and Whatnot means for traditional retail. 6. Millionaire Taxes, Fraud, and the Wealth Exodus Washington State's new 9.9% millionaire tax, the staggering scale of hospice care fraud in Los Angeles, and why billionaires — and now regular millionaires — are leaving high-tax states for Nevada, Texas, and Florida. The argument is simple: clean up the fraud first, and you would not need to raise taxes at all. 7. The Stock Market Rally Nobody Wants to Miss Goldman Sachs is calling for an extreme stock rally. The guys explain why $8.5 trillion sitting in money markets has nowhere else to go, why the US stock market is the only investable market left in the world, and why owning assets — not just earning a salary — is the only play that makes sense right now. Group Chat News drops every week. Subscribe so you never miss the conversation.
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This week on Group Chat, the guys kick things off fresh off Daylight Savings — and nobody's mad about it. The LA Marathon took over the city, and with it came one of the most unbelievable finishes in recent sports memory: Nathan Smith, a 36-year-old middle school teacher, came from behind in the final seconds to steal the win in a photo finish for the ages. Nike, call this man. The crew also digs into the controversy around LA handing out medals at mile 18, the logistics of playing Frogger through 10,000 runners on Sunset, and why Boston will always have more credibility.
From there: Is Whole Foods actually one of the cheapest grocery stores in America? The guys make the case — and call out the "whole paycheck" narrative as outdated marketing. Plus, the best days of the week to shop on Amazon, Walmart, and Revolve thanks to dynamic pricing, and what surge pricing has taught us about how we spend.
The five wealthiest counties in the US are all in the DC area. What does that tell us about who's really winning? The crew breaks it down. And finally: matcha is everywhere, vegetarianism might be the new woke, and Drama's Fantasy Factory is going viral on TikTok all over again.
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