The Ben and Emil Show
Hosted by Ben Cahn and Emil DeRosa -- a licensed Wall Street trader and his skeptical best friend -- The Ben and Emil Show highlights the funnier side of the business, political, and financial world. Ben and Emil dive deep into the hilarious underbelly of our economy. It's an insightful, hilarious, and occasionally chaotic way to learn about finance, business, and politics. Get bonus content on benandemilshow.com.
Episodes
August 7, 2025 • 71 mins
Something is BREWING in the world of Starbucks. And that something is extremely Chinese. That's right -- LUCKIN COFFEE, the massively successful Chinese upstart, is on its way to de-throne the reigning American champ. Will Starbucks' attempts to stay relevant be their Blockbuster moment? Stay tuned and we'll lay it all out for you. With extra cold foam.
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July 31, 2025 • 75 mins
This week we're getting to the bottom of whether or not Sydney Sweeney's new American Eagle ad is promoting eugenics. Good genes or good jeans? We're also taking a look at some other classic ad blunders. And we take a brief detour into the horny economy. Let's get into it.
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July 24, 2025 • 72 mins
FIRST, we gotta talk about the Coldplay cheating CEO and Hunter Biden's wild interview. Then we're all about Trump's ongoing war against the media. And to be fair the guy did say we'd get sick of winning. But is this war just a big distraction? And what do his diehard followers say?
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July 17, 2025 • 78 mins
Emil is starting to get hooked into sports gambling. But that's okay because it's just "human gambling instincts". We're talking all about 1xBet, the insanely immoral and illegal Russian gambling site that lets you bet on just about anything. Plus, the WILD story of how an American hedge fund quite literally robbed hundreds of millions of poor Indian dudes of their hard earned money. Finally we've got the Grok updates and boy is it...
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July 10, 2025 • 75 mins
We've officially joined the Elon cult. He is god, he is single handedly going to save humanity. Did you know he's going to take us to Mars? He's also SO funny!!!! Anyway, sit back and relax as we discuss the latest about Musk's new political party, the BBB, and of course...the Epstein list. (Innocent!)
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July 3, 2025 • 64 mins
Well. We were dead wrong about Vlad Tenev and Robinhood. Holy crap. They just made a bunch of announcements that have shaken the stock market and the crypto market to their core. We'll explain what they are doing, why it's kinda cool, and what it means! Enjoy!
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June 26, 2025 • 69 mins
The haters said it wouldn't happen. That TACO Trump would back down like always. But the haters were wrong: America is still top dog, and we showed the world by bombing Iran. The details of the operation are insane to say the least so stay tuned and enjoy.
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June 19, 2025 • 76 mins
Israel has bombed Iran and is trying to drag the United States into it. Netanyahu says they're closer than ever to building a nuclear bomb. Is he full of crap? Is WW3 about to kick off? Oh plus we talk about the absolute joke failure of an Army parade that happened over the weekend.
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June 12, 2025 • 72 mins
Los Angeles is a war zone! It's dangerous! Or is it? In this week's episode we FULLY dive into the protests that have taken over the streets of downtown LA and cover the who, what, when, where, and why of it all -- PLUS, most importantly, our take on all of it.
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June 5, 2025 • 79 mins
So it turns out Trump loves the deep state after all, and the deep state is...Palantir. ALL my homies hate Palantir and Trump's *alleged* plan to create a comprehensive database on all Americans. We're gonna dive in sweetie. PLUS, we're talking Anduril and Meta teaming up, and Elon got punched in the face by someone.
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May 29, 2025 • 72 mins
It seems like it was just yesterday that those janky videos of AI-generated Will Smith eating spaghetti was all over everyone's timeline. Because in a short two years we've now reached the point of no return: AI generated video WITH audio is now completely indistinguishable from real life. Join us as we discuss some example clips and the implications for this rapidly growing technology -- especially for the movie industry. PLUS, we...
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May 22, 2025 • 71 mins
United Health Group is having a bad, bad time. Let us tell you the fascinating and frustrating reasons why the stock recently lost a whopping $200 BILLION in value.
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May 15, 2025 • 76 mins
Guys, it's bad out there. Like, really bad. It's legitimately dangerous to fly in certain parts of the country depending on who you ask. And that's if you ask people who work in the FAA or air traffic control. So, you know, no biggie. PLUS, we've got the latest updates on China and what it means for the markets.
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May 8, 2025 • 73 mins
What a week. We're talking about Shiloh Hendrix, the woman who made $600,000 by being racist to a child. We're also talking about the great Warren Buffett, who announced his retirement recently. PLUS, we're covering weird, weird weird Mark Zuckerberg and the latest weird shit he's saying.
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May 1, 2025 • 96 mins
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April 24, 2025 • 70 mins
Well folks, the Pope is dead. Anyway now that that's out of the way, we're gettin deep into the HUGE antitrust cases against Google, Meta, and to a lesser extent Amazon and Apple. These cases are massive, and their rulings could change the internet as we know it. It's fascinating stuff!
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April 17, 2025 • 70 mins
Well well well, if it isn't CHINA. Trying to make a deal with little old US. We always knew they'd come begging for us to buy their various wares and gadgets. And now here they are...TAUNTING us with their dirt cheap shoes, electronics, designer bags, and athleisureware. That's right: they've pulled back the curtain and showed us the Matrix and are offering us poor, brainwashed Americans the chance to cut out the middleman once and...
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April 10, 2025 • 75 mins
It sucks living in interesting times! We're talking all about what's going on with these damn tariffs, the impact we're already seeing, what it means for YOU, what the billionaire rulers think, and what stocks you might want to consider.
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April 3, 2025 • 100 mins
Back by popular demand! @KylaScanlon joins us this week to talk about Trump's big tariff gamble, the looming recession, social media breaking our brains, and so much more.
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March 27, 2025 • 77 mins
Every day we learn about new and unsettling things AI can do. In this episode we'll talk about a journalist who was involuntarily psychologically profiled by a stranger using ChatGPT, the sketchy new tools ICE is using to detain people, and just what exactly Palantir actually DOES.
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