Big Take Asia

About Big Take Asia

We’re taking The Big Take to Asia. Each week, Bloomberg’s Oanh Ha tells a story from the home of the world's most dynamic economies - and the markets, tycoons and businesses that drive the ever-shifting region.

Publisher

Bloomberg

Category

business · news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

14 May 2024

Latest episode

6 Nov 2026

Latest episodes

31 of 169 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   6 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT

   The New AI Trade Is FOGO: ‘Fear of Getting Obliterated’

   Wall Street’s brutal, $3.7 trillion rout cascaded into Asian markets, putting chipmakers and tech companies in its crosshairs. Host K. Oanh Ha sat down with Bloomberg Opinion Columnist Shuli Ren to look at what comes next for AI – and consider whether this is simply a correction or a crack in the AI bubble. Read more: Anatomy of a Selloff: Sudden Chain Reaction Rattles Wall Street (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-11-06/anatomy-of-a-selloff-sudden-chain-reaction-rattles-wall-street?srnd=homepage-americas) AI Has Taken Over Every Corner of the Market (https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2026-ai-bubble-financial-markets/?srnd=homepage-americas) We have a special Bloomberg subscription offer for podcast listeners at Bloomberg.com/podcastoffer. (https://www.bloomberg.com/subscriptions/podcasts) Host: K. Oanh Ha and David Gura; Guest: Shuli Ren; Produced by Naomi Ng and David Fox; Edited by Crispina Robert and Nicole Beemsterboer; Engineering by Sean Carter. See omnystudio.com/listener (https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information.

2. 

   3 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Binance, North Korea and the Crypto Heist Boom

   Host Sarah Holder interviews Bloomberg crypto editor Ryan Weeks and Bloomberg Economics' Adam Farrar about the massive Binance crypto heist and its connection to North Korea's nuclear funding.

3. 

   27 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Is Indonesia’s Stock Market Becoming Uninvestable?

   Host K. Oanh Ha interviews Bloomberg Indonesia bureau chief Ben Otto about the potential consequences of Indonesia's stock market downgrade and strategies to avoid an investor crisis.

Inside a recent episode

The New AI Trade Is FOGO: ‘Fear of Getting Obliterated’

Published 6 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] It was crowding out everything else, right? AI and the AI data center, they are the only things that people talk about. You know, even governments, right, sovereign governments, they are having trouble refinancing their debt. And then not to mention, you know, other sectors like real estate or retail. […]

Who has been a guest on Big Take Asia

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Ryan Weeks
• Adam Farrar
• Ben Otto
• Paul Jackson
• Savio Shetty

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

419,108,275

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

25 ratings

Spotify

4.7 / 5

90 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 80 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

84

Social presence

97

YouTube

93

Engagement

51

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

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