Other People's Business

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• The Business of GLP-1s with Ali Furman and Sheila Kahyaoglu

  October 21, 2026 · 46 min

  21% of US households now have someone on a GLP-1. PwC's Ali Furman on how Ozempic and other GLP-1s are rewiring the consumer economy. In this conversation, Ali walks through the data PwC pulls from 110,000 households: why apparel is the…

• Former FBI Lead Hostage Negotiator Chris Voss on the Business of Hostage Taking

  October 14, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min

  Chris Voss spent 24 years as the FBI's lead international hostage negotiator. He says hostage taking isn't a crime of passion, it's a business. In this conversation, Chris breaks down the business model behind the ransom: who gets…

• Stanford Professor Jeffrey Pfeffer on the Business of Power

  October 5, 2026 · 1 hr 24 min

  Hard work won't get you promoted. Stanford professor Jeffrey Pfeffer on the rules of power nobody teaches you. In this conversation, Jeffrey lays out the real sequence: political skill gets you power, power gets you money, and hard work…

• Lifestyle Mogul Martha Stewart on the Business of Influence

  October 5, 2026 · 59 min

  Martha Stewart built the creator economy before it had a name and made $65M a year in royalties on nearly $2B in merchandise. In this conversation, Martha breaks down the business model behind the empire: the Kmart licensing deal that…

• Trailer: Other People's Business

  October 5, 2026 · 2 min

  Every industry has a version of itself that never makes the headlines. Every success has a cost that never makes the story. Everything you interact with has a system underneath it, shaping how it works, who profits, and what it actually…

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