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The show’s nontraditional approach—a mix of clever analysis and laudatory commentary—has allowed it to nab high-profile interviews with executives, some of whom rarely speak to legacy media outlets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

She doesn’t feel comfortable speaking Spanish because she doesn’t know how to speak it anymore, even though it was her first language.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

None of that would speak to the risk premium coming out of oil prices, he said, so the idea that oil is going to go back below $70 a barrel seems “far-fetched,” according to Turnquist.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026

Some outside of Canada may wonder why Rousseau's failure to speak French is such a big issue.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

So I stopped and thought I would tell her later but I didn’t, somehow, and did not speak of him or see the man, my new friend, again for a long time.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen