Trends with Friends

Trends with Friends is a weekly podcast and newsletter hosted by Howard Lindzon, JC Parets, and Phil Pearlman, discussing the hottest trends in the market and more. Oh, and they occasionally invite their friends to join the fun.Follow the Show:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdHmRHXX9yQe07xpndq9wHATrends With Friends Newsletter: https://trendswithfriends.com/Howard's Newsletter: https://www.howardlindzon.com/Follow The Hosts: https://twitter.com/howardlindzonhttps://twitter.com/allstarchartshttps://twitter.com/ppearlman

Trends with Friends is a business podcast hosted by Howard Lindzon, with 117 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Streaming Wars: Why YouTube Wins & Netflix Is Chasing the Wrong Prize

  Dec 17, 202558 minS0

  <p>Hear ye, hear ye. Howard is back on Trends With Friends with an actual friend and streaming insider: Farhad Massoudi, founder of Tubi – the free, ad-supported streaming service he started in 2011, launched in 2014, and sold to Fox for about $500M. Today, Tubi has 100M+ MAUs, $1B+ in revenue, and is profitable… not bad for what everyone once dismissed as “crap tail content.” Farhad walks through how Tubi really worked:Why he bet on the tail of the library (bottom 99%) instead of the sexy top 20 originalsHow Tubi was always a data & AI company that happened to be mediaWhy fragmentation in news, mu...

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  Google vs OpenAI: Code Red, Gemini, and the AI Arms Race

  Dec 9, 202557 minS0

  <p>The gang is back for a “Code Red” episode of Trends With Friends.Howard is joined by regulars Michael Parekh and Roy Rubin to unpack the real state of the AI wars: Google vs OpenAI, Apple’s quiet dominance at the edge, Amazon’s under-the-radar AI position, and why Tesla’s FSD might be the new definition of luxury.They go deep on:Why there’s now a “code red” inside OpenAI after Google’s Gemini pushHow Google’s distribution edge (Search, Chrome, Android, YouTube) changes the AI gameRoy’s real-world shift from ChatGPT power user → Gemini everyday userThe uncomfortable truth abou...

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  Internet Capital Markets: Kyle Samani on Solana, Prediction Markets, and the $FORD Play

  Oct 29, 202559 minS0

  <p>Howard and Michael sit down with Multicoin’s Kyle Samani for a fast, no-BS tour of where markets are going next. They rewind the Multicoin origin story (including Howard’s IRA adventure), then dive into why 2022–23 was emotionally tougher than the 2018–19 crypto winter. From there, Kyle lays out “Internet Capital Markets”—finance embedded everywhere—why trading inside chats, media, and sports apps is inevitable, and how prediction markets become the new front page of news. We get into Solana’s lead, stablecoins as rails, prime brokerage natively on-chain, and why the biggest market makers are already active on Kalshi. Kyle also breaks d...

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  How Speculation Became a Global Pastime: Howard Lindzon and Katie Perry on the Degenerate Economy

  Aug 14, 202528 minS0

  <p>Howard is joined by Katie Perry to dive headfirst into the "Degenerate Economy", a term he coined to describe the collision of speculation, vice, free time, and mobile tech. From the sin stocks of the 1980s to Robinhood, crypto, and Zyn pouches, this conversation unpacks how financial speculation has morphed into mainstream entertainment. They explore why the post-COVID world unleashed a wave of retail trading, how platforms like Twitter and Discord are the new Wild West saloons, and what it means when money becomes religion. Plus, Howard shares his own investment thesis behind the Degenerate Economy Index, including why...

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  From the Death of 60/40 to Bitcoin Treasuries: Rethinking Portfolios with Jeff Park of ProCap

  Aug 7, 202547 minS0

  <p>Howard is back with another mind-bending episode of Trends With Friends alongside Michael Parekh and special guest Jeff Park, Wall Street alum turned Bitwise crypto Jedi. From the radical rethinking of portfolio construction to the institutionalization of Bitcoin, Jeff unpacks how markets are being rewired in real time. The trio dives deep into the death of the 60/40 portfolio, the rise of Bitcoin treasury companies, the myth of the risk-free rate, and why every investor needs to grapple with global carry dynamics. Plus, they debate Elon’s Tesla troubles, BYD’s China dominance, why CME is booming, and how prediction mark...

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