We are Cultural Arbitrage aka the CARB pod - the only carbs you won't regret this week. We deliver your weekly serving of must-know narratives in current events, tech, and pop culture. Our all-women hosts Pia Hauch, Laura Grimmelmann, and Natalie Salmon are industry leaders from tech, investing, and fashion, bringing fresh, unfiltered perspectives to the stories shaping our world.
New episodes drop every Wednesday. Subscribe, follow us on Instagram @thecarbpod, and become the most interesting person at your next dinner party.
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Welcome to your weekly serving of CARBs - what's on the menu, you ask?
02:00 Obsessions of the Week! From lottery winners to allergy season
08:01 Pope Francis and Religion's Resurging Relevance to Millennials and Gen Z
19:22 The Dark Side of AI: Energy Consumption - is it really that bad?
28:35 Extraterrestrial Life & K2-18b: Shall we meet the little green men or be cautious?
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16 Apr 2025
Episode 9
Welcome to your weekly serving of CARBs - whats on the menu, you ask?
00:00 Introductions, including our special guest Flora Macdonald Johnston
01:59 Weekly Obsessions: Flora dishes on Butter (the book, not the food...) & leather jackets, Laura spills the latest espionage drama from the tech industry's hottest payroll companies, Pia gushes over luxury French real estate, Nat shares a very random fact about Chat GPT's latest AI boxed Barbie Doll craze
10.18 Lauren Sanchez & her girl gang go to space
19.45 Colossal scientists break the internet with Dire Wolf puppies
28:11 Saudi Arabia’s $9 trillion sci-fi gamble
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9 Apr 2025
Episode 8
This week CARB, we are serving up quite the menu:
00:00 Introduction to Culture Arbitrage
01:58 Weekly Obsessions: Pia gushes over the new Chanel x Rowing partnership, Laura teaches us about millennials' obsession with saunas, Nat shares the latest on hidden fees in the UK (and we all learn that 'drip' is Gen Z for 'bling')
7:35 Global Tariffs: Let's play Short, Long or Dead!
19:52 CPG is back, baby: The consumer package goods industry is having a renaissance
29:55 Beatles Backlash: 4 A-list actors, 4 movies, no local representation - do we care or do movie-goers just want a box office hit?
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2 Apr 2025
Episode 7
This week on the CARB menu, we are dishing up:
00:00 Introduction to Culture Arbitrage & listener obsessions
04:30 Weekly Obsessions: Nat gushes over the Sydney Sweeney / Glen Powell love affair, Laura nerds out on England's newest 15 year old AI founder, Pia teaches everyone about commercial aircraft tires
11:59 Global Defense Tech: Is this previously unsexy industry having a renaissance?
21:44 The UK's Non-Dom Rule: This new tax regime has the wealthy running for the hills ... outside of Britain
30:14 H&M's AI Digital Twins: H&M is making AI replicas of real models - is this the future of the runway?
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26 Mar 2025
Episode 6
Welcome to the Carb Pod! This week, we are dishing up:
00:00 Introduction to Culture Arbitrage
01:48 Weekly Obsessions: Nat has an aha moment about George Foreman, Pia warns us about microplastics, Laura teaches us about Volkswagen's side hustle
08:16 BYD Electric Cars: Tesla has a new arch nemesis
17:10 Longevity Tech: Is Biohacking the next big thing or just a marketing gimic
30:14 NASA Astronauts: Rescued from space but not from the media's obsession with the 'perfect' female body
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19 Mar 2025
Episode 5
Welcome to the Carb Pod! On this week's menu
00:00 Introduction to Culture Arbitrage
01:13 Weekly Obsessions: Nat <3 F1, Laura Becomes a Cyborg, Pia Makes it Rain
08:51 TikTok's Existential Crisis: National Security vs. Free Speech
17:20 Fertility Rates: A Global Concern
27:29 An Insider's View: Gucci's New Creative Director
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12 Mar 2025
Episode 4
0:20: Introductions
0.54: Weekly Obsessions
6:50: Bezos kills the opinion section of the Washington Post
18.15: Meghan Markle, Sussex or (Martha) Stewart?
29:00: China's AI game isn't just a one trick pony - Manus launches a new AI Agent
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5 Mar 2025
Episode 3
0:20 Weekly Obsessions
07:47: US/Ukraine Mineral Deal - to be or not to be?
21:35 The Future of Robotics - is there anything they can't do?
35:23: Oscar Drama - is AI taking over Hollywood?
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26 Feb 2025
Episode 2
0:20 Weekly Obsessions
07:28 German Elections: A Political Landscape Shift & a Lesson in Polarization
20:02 Flying Cars: A New Era of Transportation
26:15 Amazon's Acquisition of James Bond: Bezos, the New Supervillain?
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20 Feb 2025
Episode 1
(2:00) Obsessions of the week: Denmark takes on Cali, Pete Davidson for Valentine's, Musk’s “Doge Army”
(8:00) US bureaucratic overhaul: Trump & Elon take on USAID
(21:00) The latest Kanye scandal - but with a AI deep fake twist
(29:00) AI copyright lawsuits - is this just the beginning?
(36:00) Weekly bets by Nat, Pia & Laura
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