Hailey Bieber just sold her 3 year old beauty company Rhode for $1 billion. Is the girlboss back? We investigate the world of celebrity beauty—how are these brands created and what makes one hit vs flop?Topics covered:

• e.l.f. Beauty Acquires Rhode for $1B—was it a good deal
• The origins of the celeb beauty company
• How do celebrities go about creating their brands?
• What are the typical backgrounds of the founding team, and how involved is the celebrity?

• Is there a magic formula/playbook to creating a successful celeb beauty brand? We look at Fenty, Rare, and Haus Labs.

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What do you get when a former Catholic schoolgirl and a business-school-educated atheist chat religion? A deep dive into the Vatican—how it works as a business, country, and moral guidepost.Topics covered:

• A quick overview of Christianity and the history of how Protestantism split from Catholicism—great primer for the non-religious
• The origins of the Vatican and how the Holy See governs today
• How the Vatican makes money, and its current deficit
• How much power does the Vatican really have?
• The significance of the name chosen by the new Pope, Leo XIV
• Cults and scandals that have rocked the Catholic Church

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We research the Cohabitation Effect—how concerned should you be really that living with your partner before marriage may actually mean you’re more likely to divorce?Topics covered:

• Should you avoid living with your partner before marriage if you want higher marital satisfaction and a lower divorce rate?
• Global trends around cohabitation before marriage and as an alternative to marriage
• What are the psychological reasons underpinning why and when people move in together?
• Who takes on more of the household labor when you cohabitate, and then when you get married? How common is sharing household chores vs specializing and dividing chores?

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