60 acast.com Cultural Arbitrage // CARB https://shows.acast.com/the-carb-pod en The CARB Pod carb pod,cultural arbitrage,carb,technology,business,venture capital,fashion,women,politics,laura grimmelmann,natalie salmon,pia hauch,the modems,the carb pod The CARB Pod Your weekly serving of must-know stories in current events, tech, and pop culture. We are Cultural Arbitrage aka the CARB pod - the only carbs you won't regret this week. We deliver your weekly serving of must-know narratives in current events, tech, and pop culture. Our all-women hosts Pia Hauch, Laura Grimmelmann, and Natalie Salmon are industry leaders from tech, investing, and fashion, bringing fresh, unfiltered perspectives to the stories shaping our world.


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]]> We are Cultural Arbitrage aka the CARB pod - the only carbs you won't regret this week. We deliver your weekly serving of must-know narratives in current events, tech, and pop culture. Our all-women hosts Pia Hauch, Laura Grimmelmann, and Natalie Salmon are industry leaders from tech, investing, and fashion, bringing fresh, unfiltered perspectives to the stories shaping our world.


New episodes drop every Wednesday. Subscribe, follow us on Instagram @thecarbpod, and become the most interesting person at your next dinner party.

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]]> false The CARB Pod team@cultural-arbitrage.com 67b5224e5033e3e15acb753f the-carb-pod episodic https://assets.pippa.io/shows/cover/1739922751610-36522f7a-b717-477a-9bed-7757ef02fbbb.jpeg https://shows.acast.com/the-carb-pod Cultural Arbitrage // CARB Episode 10 Episode 10 Wed, 23 Apr 2025 06:30:00 GMT 39:54 68082f6dd841fa6edc732f1c false https://shows.acast.com/the-carb-pod/episodes/episode-10 68082f6dd841fa6edc732f1c 67b5224e5033e3e15acb753f episode-10 The Revival of Religion, AI x Energy and the Aliens may be coming full 10 Welcome to your weekly serving of CARBs - what's on the menu, you ask?


02:00 Obsessions of the Week! From lottery winners to allergy season

08:01 Pope Francis and Religion's Resurging Relevance to Millennials and Gen Z

19:22 The Dark Side of AI: Energy Consumption - is it really that bad?

28:35 Extraterrestrial Life & K2-18b: Shall we meet the little green men or be cautious?


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]]> Welcome to your weekly serving of CARBs - what's on the menu, you ask?


02:00 Obsessions of the Week! From lottery winners to allergy season

08:01 Pope Francis and Religion's Resurging Relevance to Millennials and Gen Z

19:22 The Dark Side of AI: Energy Consumption - is it really that bad?

28:35 Extraterrestrial Life & K2-18b: Shall we meet the little green men or be cautious?


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]]> Episode 9 Episode 9 Wed, 16 Apr 2025 06:00:00 GMT 39:45 67fed0adad69959fc26410ab false https://shows.acast.com/the-carb-pod/episodes/episode-9 67fed0adad69959fc26410ab 67b5224e5033e3e15acb753f episode-9 full 9 Welcome to your weekly serving of CARBs - whats on the menu, you ask?


00:00 Introductions, including our special guest Flora Macdonald Johnston

01:59 Weekly Obsessions: Flora dishes on Butter (the book, not the food...) & leather jackets, Laura spills the latest espionage drama from the tech industry's hottest payroll companies, Pia gushes over luxury French real estate, Nat shares a very random fact about Chat GPT's latest AI boxed Barbie Doll craze

10.18 Lauren Sanchez & her girl gang go to space

19.45 Colossal scientists break the internet with Dire Wolf puppies

28:11 Saudi Arabia’s $9 trillion sci-fi gamble

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]]> Welcome to your weekly serving of CARBs - whats on the menu, you ask?


00:00 Introductions, including our special guest Flora Macdonald Johnston

01:59 Weekly Obsessions: Flora dishes on Butter (the book, not the food...) & leather jackets, Laura spills the latest espionage drama from the tech industry's hottest payroll companies, Pia gushes over luxury French real estate, Nat shares a very random fact about Chat GPT's latest AI boxed Barbie Doll craze

10.18 Lauren Sanchez & her girl gang go to space

19.45 Colossal scientists break the internet with Dire Wolf puppies

28:11 Saudi Arabia’s $9 trillion sci-fi gamble

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]]> Episode 8 Episode 8 Wed, 09 Apr 2025 06:00:00 GMT 39:54 67f5802759cf07f9c9026be7 false https://shows.acast.com/the-carb-pod/episodes/episode-8 67f5802759cf07f9c9026be7 67b5224e5033e3e15acb753f episode-8 Global Tariffs, CPG is back, Beatles on the big screen full 8 This week CARB, we are serving up quite the menu:


00:00 Introduction to Culture Arbitrage

01:58 Weekly Obsessions: Pia gushes over the new Chanel x Rowing partnership, Laura teaches us about millennials' obsession with saunas, Nat shares the latest on hidden fees in the UK (and we all learn that 'drip' is Gen Z for 'bling')

7:35 Global Tariffs: Let's play Short, Long or Dead!

19:52 CPG is back, baby: The consumer package goods industry is having a renaissance

29:55 Beatles Backlash: 4 A-list actors, 4 movies, no local representation - do we care or do movie-goers just want a box office hit?

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]]> This week CARB, we are serving up quite the menu:


00:00 Introduction to Culture Arbitrage

01:58 Weekly Obsessions: Pia gushes over the new Chanel x Rowing partnership, Laura teaches us about millennials' obsession with saunas, Nat shares the latest on hidden fees in the UK (and we all learn that 'drip' is Gen Z for 'bling')

7:35 Global Tariffs: Let's play Short, Long or Dead!

19:52 CPG is back, baby: The consumer package goods industry is having a renaissance

29:55 Beatles Backlash: 4 A-list actors, 4 movies, no local representation - do we care or do movie-goers just want a box office hit?

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]]> Episode 7 Episode 7 Wed, 02 Apr 2025 07:45:34 GMT 39:24 67ece80702e789100ff1dcbe false https://shows.acast.com/the-carb-pod/episodes/cultural-arbitrage 67ece80702e789100ff1dcbe 67b5224e5033e3e15acb753f cultural-arbitrage full 7 This week on the CARB menu, we are dishing up:


00:00 Introduction to Culture Arbitrage & listener obsessions

04:30 Weekly Obsessions: Nat gushes over the Sydney Sweeney / Glen Powell love affair, Laura nerds out on England's newest 15 year old AI founder, Pia teaches everyone about commercial aircraft tires

11:59 Global Defense Tech: Is this previously unsexy industry having a renaissance?

21:44 The UK's Non-Dom Rule: This new tax regime has the wealthy running for the hills ... outside of Britain

30:14 H&M's AI Digital Twins: H&M is making AI replicas of real models - is this the future of the runway?

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]]> This week on the CARB menu, we are dishing up:


00:00 Introduction to Culture Arbitrage & listener obsessions

04:30 Weekly Obsessions: Nat gushes over the Sydney Sweeney / Glen Powell love affair, Laura nerds out on England's newest 15 year old AI founder, Pia teaches everyone about commercial aircraft tires

11:59 Global Defense Tech: Is this previously unsexy industry having a renaissance?

21:44 The UK's Non-Dom Rule: This new tax regime has the wealthy running for the hills ... outside of Britain

30:14 H&M's AI Digital Twins: H&M is making AI replicas of real models - is this the future of the runway?

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]]> Episode 6 Episode 6 Wed, 26 Mar 2025 07:00:00 GMT 41:43 67e31b1fff10fa253f0668f5 false https://shows.acast.com/the-carb-pod/episodes/67e31b1fff10fa253f0668f5 67e31b1fff10fa253f0668f5 67b5224e5033e3e15acb753f full 6 Welcome to the Carb Pod! This week, we are dishing up:


00:00 Introduction to Culture Arbitrage

01:48 Weekly Obsessions: Nat has an aha moment about George Foreman, Pia warns us about microplastics, Laura teaches us about Volkswagen's side hustle

08:16 BYD Electric Cars: Tesla has a new arch nemesis

17:10 Longevity Tech: Is Biohacking the next big thing or just a marketing gimic

30:14 NASA Astronauts: Rescued from space but not from the media's obsession with the 'perfect' female body

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]]> Welcome to the Carb Pod! This week, we are dishing up:


00:00 Introduction to Culture Arbitrage

01:48 Weekly Obsessions: Nat has an aha moment about George Foreman, Pia warns us about microplastics, Laura teaches us about Volkswagen's side hustle

08:16 BYD Electric Cars: Tesla has a new arch nemesis

17:10 Longevity Tech: Is Biohacking the next big thing or just a marketing gimic

30:14 NASA Astronauts: Rescued from space but not from the media's obsession with the 'perfect' female body

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]]> Episode 5 Episode 5 Wed, 19 Mar 2025 06:00:00 GMT 38:33 67d9d280f48da9809224abeb false https://shows.acast.com/the-carb-pod/episodes/67d9d280f48da9809224abeb 67d9d280f48da9809224abeb 67b5224e5033e3e15acb753f full 5 Welcome to the Carb Pod! On this week's menu


00:00 Introduction to Culture Arbitrage

01:13 Weekly Obsessions: Nat <3 F1, Laura Becomes a Cyborg, Pia Makes it Rain

08:51 TikTok's Existential Crisis: National Security vs. Free Speech

17:20 Fertility Rates: A Global Concern

27:29 An Insider's View: Gucci's New Creative Director


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]]> Welcome to the Carb Pod! On this week's menu


00:00 Introduction to Culture Arbitrage

01:13 Weekly Obsessions: Nat <3 F1, Laura Becomes a Cyborg, Pia Makes it Rain

08:51 TikTok's Existential Crisis: National Security vs. Free Speech

17:20 Fertility Rates: A Global Concern

27:29 An Insider's View: Gucci's New Creative Director


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]]> Episode 4 Episode 4 Wed, 12 Mar 2025 08:00:00 GMT 45:16 67d0b95ac6a6a96730b3644c false https://shows.acast.com/the-carb-pod/episodes/67d0b95ac6a6a96730b3644c 67d0b95ac6a6a96730b3644c 67b5224e5033e3e15acb753f full 4 0:20: Introductions

0.54: Weekly Obsessions

6:50: Bezos kills the opinion section of the Washington Post

18.15: Meghan Markle, Sussex or (Martha) Stewart?

29:00: China's AI game isn't just a one trick pony - Manus launches a new AI Agent

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]]> 0:20: Introductions

0.54: Weekly Obsessions

6:50: Bezos kills the opinion section of the Washington Post

18.15: Meghan Markle, Sussex or (Martha) Stewart?

29:00: China's AI game isn't just a one trick pony - Manus launches a new AI Agent

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]]> Episode 3 Episode 3 Wed, 05 Mar 2025 07:00:00 GMT 49:54 67c6f86dece4993ac7c023d6 false https://shows.acast.com/the-carb-pod/episodes/67c6f86dece4993ac7c023d6 67c6f86dece4993ac7c023d6 67b5224e5033e3e15acb753f US/Ukraine Mineral Deal, Robots, AI in Hollywood full 3 0:20 Weekly Obsessions

07:47: US/Ukraine Mineral Deal - to be or not to be?

21:35 The Future of Robotics - is there anything they can't do?

35:23: Oscar Drama - is AI taking over Hollywood?

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]]> 0:20 Weekly Obsessions

07:47: US/Ukraine Mineral Deal - to be or not to be?

21:35 The Future of Robotics - is there anything they can't do?

35:23: Oscar Drama - is AI taking over Hollywood?

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]]> Episode 2 Episode 2 Wed, 26 Feb 2025 08:00:00 GMT 36:06 67be622cce4aee402ae715f7 false https://shows.acast.com/the-carb-pod/episodes/67be622cce4aee402ae715f7 67be622cce4aee402ae715f7 67b5224e5033e3e15acb753f full 2 0:20 Weekly Obsessions

07:28 German Elections: A Political Landscape Shift & a Lesson in Polarization

20:02 Flying Cars: A New Era of Transportation

26:15 Amazon's Acquisition of James Bond: Bezos, the New Supervillain?


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]]> 0:20 Weekly Obsessions

07:28 German Elections: A Political Landscape Shift & a Lesson in Polarization

20:02 Flying Cars: A New Era of Transportation

26:15 Amazon's Acquisition of James Bond: Bezos, the New Supervillain?


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]]> Episode 1 Episode 1 Thu, 20 Feb 2025 21:28:52 GMT 40:51 67b526a53a756523b8602d66 false https://shows.acast.com/the-carb-pod/episodes/67b526a53a756523b8602d66 67b526a53a756523b8602d66 67b5224e5033e3e15acb753f full 1 (2:00) Obsessions of the week: Denmark takes on Cali, Pete Davidson for Valentine's, Musk’s “Doge Army”

(8:00) US bureaucratic overhaul: Trump & Elon take on USAID

(21:00) The latest Kanye scandal - but with a AI deep fake twist

(29:00) AI copyright lawsuits - is this just the beginning?

(36:00) Weekly bets by Nat, Pia & Laura





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]]> (2:00) Obsessions of the week: Denmark takes on Cali, Pete Davidson for Valentine's, Musk’s “Doge Army”

(8:00) US bureaucratic overhaul: Trump & Elon take on USAID

(21:00) The latest Kanye scandal - but with a AI deep fake twist

(29:00) AI copyright lawsuits - is this just the beginning?

(36:00) Weekly bets by Nat, Pia & Laura





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