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Long-form conversations that challenge consensus thinking about markets, money, and the economy. We question the narratives everyone else accepts and welcome contrarian ideas.Hosted by Malcolm Ethridge and Ricky Mulvey
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Signup to Generate a PitchLong-form conversations that challenge consensus thinking about markets, money, and the economy. We question the narratives everyone else accepts and welcome contrarian ideas. Hosted by Malcolm Ethridge and Ricky Mulvey
This Time Is Different is hosted by Malcolm Ethridge and Ricky Mulvey. The show has published 150 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Netflix Has a YouTube Problem" (27 October 2026, 52 minutes), "The Risk You Didn’t Choose" (20 October 2026, 51 minutes), and "Who Does Your AI Actually Work For?" (13 October 2026, 45 minutes).
This Time Is Different publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 52 minutes across 150 episodes.
Booking probability for This Time Is Different is 23%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. This Time Is Different requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. This Time Is Different's contact route on record: verified email.
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Malcolm Ethridge and Ricky Mulvey hosts This Time Is Different, a business podcast with 150 episodes published.
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This Time Is Different
If Netflix listens to two podcasters, then the company will turn around. Ricky Mulvey and Malcolm Ethridge discuss: Netflix’s earnings, and if a management shake-up can solve long-term problems. What Netflix should do...
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Some of the biggest risks are the ones that crash into you. Ricky Mulvey and Malcolm Ethridge discuss: Why avoiding taxes can be the bigger investment risk, using an Oracle case. Malcolm’s two-step risk test: what can...
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AI agents want your credit card, and new research suggests they may not find you the best price. Ricky and Malcolm ask who these tools are actually beholden to. Ricky Mulvey and Malcolm Ethridge discuss: - Why Malcolm...
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Leveraged ETFs have a reputation problem, and AI agents are already slipping past the security checks meant to stop them. Direxion's Bilal Little joins Ricky Mulvey and Malcolm Ethridge to separate the real risks from...
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Mark Cuban says rising health benefit costs will get more people fired or not hired than artificial intelligence will. Ricky and Malcolm dig into the claim that polite society isn’t supposed to talk about. Ricky...
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Sam Altman told Fortune that OpenAI is delaying its IPO because of safety concerns. Ricky and Malcolm think the real story is something else. Ricky Mulvey and Malcolm Ethridge discuss: Why Sam Altman's "safety" excuse...
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Apple dropped a new folding iPhone. Are you ready to pay $2k for one? Ricky and Malcolm are joined by special guest Dylan Lewis, now with The Morning Brew! They discuss: Malcolm's case that this is Apple's "Jordan...
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Tax tricks used by billionaires are now showing up in the algorithm, but the real money secrets aren’t going out on social media. Ricky and Malcolm discuss: Winmark, a royalty-collecting franchisor (Play It Again...
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AI didn’t kill all software. In fact, some of the big dogs in cybersecurity may be stronger than before. Ricky and Malcolm discuss: Bitcoin's return to favor, and whether it's a trade or a decade-long hold. Why...
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Future US stock returns may not follow its historical success. Former Motley Fool senior analyst Matt Argersinger sits in for Malcolm this week. Ricky and Matt discuss: - 30-year Treasury yields near two-decade highs...
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The economy is unhinged! Ricky and Malcolm discuss: Gen Z redirecting investing dollars toward gambling. Malcolm as the lone voice of caution on a CNBC panel of market bulls. Bill Ackman's return to Netflix as an...
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Malcolm bought a popular tech stock a few years ago and just decided it's time to sell. How did he know? Ricky Mulvey and Malcolm Ethridge discuss: Why Malcolm is selling a streaming giant after a multi-year run, and...
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A 24-year-old hedge fund manager said he had more "situational awareness" than anyone on Wall Street. Then his leveraged bets on memory chipmakers blew up, forcing a fire sale to Ken Griffin. Wall Street is pretty...
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ServiceNow is down 50% over the past twelve months. Investors are doubting the company's place in a world with AI agents. But, maybe the software giant is figuring it out… Ricky Mulvey and Malcolm Ethridge discuss...
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Uber, Tesla, xAI, Meta, and now IBM have all quietly signaled the same thing: AI is too expensive. Ricky Mulvey and Malcolm Ethridge discuss: Whether "gotcha questions" in media interviews (from Tucker Carlson to JD...
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Nvidia’s valuation is the cheapest it has been since the AI boom. Traders’ attention moved to memory chipmakers. They may have forgotten that Nvidia makes advanced memory systems. Ricky Mulvey and Malcolm Ethridge...
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US margin debt, what investors borrow from their brokerages to buy securities, rose 54% from a year ago. Don’t take the punch bowl away! Ricky Mulvey and Malcolm Ethridge discuss: Malcolm’s prediction that Sam Altman...
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Polymarket reportedly paid creators to post videos of themselves "winning" bets that didn't exist. The Wall Street Journal found 118 videos showing nearly $900,000 in winnings — bets that, in reality, would have lost...
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Elon Musk says SpaceX could hit $1 trillion in revenue by 2030, a fifteen-fold jump from 2027 estimates. Parts of the market feel like they're on fire. So where does a long-term bull actually put money when they don't...
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Is the American Dream Dead? w/ Freddie Smith Over the past 50 years, Americans created roughly $140 trillion in new wealth. Roughly two SpaceX’s worth of wealth reached the bottom half. Actor-turned-economic-commentator...
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author of the Big Technology newsletter and podcast, Big Technology Podcast
Principal & Strategic Advisor and Practice Leader for Sales & Operations, University of California, Berkeley
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