Bond villains, politics is weird, and earnings season kicks off.

What do King Gizzard and Tom Lehrer share?

 

Names in Today's Pod

 

Darryl Ballantyne

Karen Allen

Tom Lehrer

Daniel Ek

Ethan Shanfield

Ashley King

US Rep Kevin Kylie

Fire Aid

Richard Severo

Peter Keepnews

Spotify

Deerhoof

Xiu XIu

King Gizzard

Glenn S. Gerstell

TikTok

Universal Music Group

Deeezer

Sirius XM

Tom Truitt

 

LINKS:

King Gizzard and Spotify

https://variety.com/2025/music/news/king-gizzard-and-the-lizard-wizard-pulls-music-off-spotify-1236470802/

Fire Aid kerfuffle

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/25/fireaid-funds-distribution-to-non-profits/

RIP Tom Lehrer

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/arts/music/tom-lehrer-dead.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Whither the TikTok Ban?

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/25/opinion/tiktok-ban-trump-china-technology.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Karen Allen and Darryl Ballantyne are the Smartest people in the room

https://www.linkedin.com/events/thesmartestpeopleintheroom-darr7353438566628089861/

 

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