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NASA Set to Launch Crew to Moon for First Time in 50 Years Apr 01, 2026

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The people, companies and trends shaping the global economy.

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NASA astronauts are poised to lift off Wednesday on a 10-day journey that will slingshot them around the moon, marking humanity’s return to the lunar vicinity for the first time in more than half a century.

The crew’s Lockheed Martin Corp.-built Orion capsule, perched atop the Boeing Co.-made Space Launch System rocket, is set to launch at 6:24 p.m. local time from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

The mission is a crucial, in-space dress rehearsal for the long-delayed SLS rocket and Orion capsule, and marks the biggest milestone yet in NASA’s multi-year Artemis campaign to land humans on the moon as soon as 2028. If the mission launches on schedule, the four-person crew will travel farther in space than anyone in history.

President Donald Trump’s NASA administrator, Jared Isaacman, and former astronaut and US Senator Mark Kelly attended the send-off.Earlier, European Space Agency Director General Josef Aschbacher joined other NASA officials, lawmakers and industry executives walking the press site, conducting interviews. TV outlets set up white tents on the lawn outside to capture the giant SLS rocket standing a few miles away.
Today's show features:

Ed Ludlow, Bloomberg Tech Co-Host on NASA's Artemis II Launch
Rebecca Homkes, Lecturer at the London Business School and Faculty at Duke Corporate Executive Education
Andrew Szczurowski, Morgan Stanley Investment Management Strategic Income Portfolio Manager
Ben Gagnon, Bitfarms CEO on Bitfarms Officially Rebrands as Keel Infrastructure; Completes U.S. Redomiciliation

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The Launch of PatientGPT Apr 01, 2026

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More and more Americans are turning to consumer AI platforms for medical information. Until now, those educational conversations with AI have taken place outside of the healthcare system. Without access to the user’s private and secure medical information, educational information provided by the AI tool may not be as meaningful to the user. Today, Harford HealthCare and K Health announced the launch of PatientGPT, the nation’s first AI system with the ability to securely access the user’s medical record. PatientGPT, accessible right within the Hartford HealthCare patient portal and app, is rolling out as a beta version for a limited number of patients to try.
Jeff Flaks is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Hartford HealthCare, a $7.0-billion enterprise that cares for more than 27,000 people daily. Allon Block co-founded K Health after being inspired by his own frustration with the U.S. healthcare system to build a better solution. They speak with Bloomberg's Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec.

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Trump Calls on Allies to Seize Hormuz as Frustration Mounts Mar 31, 2026

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US President Donald Trump called on other nations to wrest control of the Strait of Hormuz as Iran maintained missile fire across the Persian Gulf, expressing his frustration that the monthlong war remains unresolved.
Countries that can’t get energy supplies due to the effective closure of the vital waterway should “go to the Strait and just TAKE IT,” Trump said in a social-media post on Tuesday.“You’ll have to start learning how to fight for yourself” as the US “won’t be there to help you anymore,” he added, the latest sign he’s looking to exit a conflict that’s triggered a surge in oil and gas prices and stoked fears of a global economic crisis. “Go get your own oil!” he added.
Stocks climbed and oil prices fell on hopes that both US and Iran might be looking for a way out of the war. WTI Crude was trading around $101 a barrel, travel stocks climbed and the S&P Energy Index turned negative, giving up an earlier gain of as much as 1.4%.
Those moves came after Iran’s state news agency reported a phone call between European Union Council President Antonio Costa and President Masoud Pezeskhian, who said the Islamic Republic has “the necessary will to end this war,” but only with guarantees “to prevent the recurrence of aggression.” It wasn’t immediately clear if his comments represent a change in Tehran’s position.
Tehran kept up strikes on Israel and countries around the Persian Gulf, including the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, with one attack hitting a large Kuwaiti oil tanker off the coast of Dubai. That was one of the most significant assaults on shipping since the US and Israel began bombarding the Islamic Republic on Feb. 28.
Today's show features:

Jennifer Welch, Bloomberg Economics Chief Geoeconomics analyst on state of ongoing Iran negotiations as Trump calls on allies to seize Hormuz as frustration mounts
Peter Atwater, Financial Insyghts President & Adjunct Lecturer of Economics at the College William & Mary on K-Shaped economy amid Iran shocks
Loren Grush, BN Space Reporter on Artemis II launch
Stew Leonard Jr., Stew Leonard's President & CEO on consumer pressures in the grocery aisle amid Iran, pricier Easter & Passover tables

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Rise of Women Owned Wines Mar 31, 2026

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Mandy Oser is the owner of Ardesia in Hell’s Kitchen, a neighborhood wine bar she opened in the Fall of 2009 as a place where both those with a deeper knowledge of wine as well as novices can find a selection that will satisfy. She discusses the wine industry, how many are male dominated but highlighting women wineries owned and made by woman. And the increase of wine sales this month.

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US Expands Threats to Iran Energy, Water Even as It Hails Talks Mar 30, 2026

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The White House threatened further escalation of attacks on Iran, including critical civilian energy infrastructure, as the fifth week of war jolts global markets with little sign of relief.
President Donald Trump earlier on Monday posted on social media that if Tehran doesn’t re-open the Strait of Hormuz, “we will conclude our lovely ‘stay’ in Iran by blowing up and completely obliterating” electricity plants, oil facilities and “possibly” desalination infrastructure.
Trump has regularly vacillated between saying a deal with Iran is imminent and warning he’s prepared to increase the military tempo. The threat to water facilities would constitute a war crime as defined by the Geneva Conventions. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the US is “conducting more intense, targeted strikes with devastating combat power with each passing day” and the US operations are proceeding “according to plan,” even as she echoed the president in saying talks are on track. The administration hasn’t identified which Iranian officials it’s dealing with, directly or indirectly.
Despite the mystery surrounding peace talks, Leavitt said the Iranians were “increasingly eager” to negotiate and agreed to “some of the points” that the US has put forward to end the conflict. Iran has consistently said peace talks aren’t progressing and has signaled it can carry on fighting for much longer.
Today's show features:

Maj. Gen. Mastin Robeson, Academy Securities
Florian Ielpo, Head of Macro at Lombard Odier Investment
James Walker, CEO of NANO Nuclear
Drive to the Close with Rob Haworth, Senior Investment Strategy Director at US Bank Asset Management

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Project Maven, the Dawn of AI Warfare Mar 30, 2026

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In 2017, a small crew gathered in a windowless Pentagon room to put AI at the heart of how America makes war. Led by Drew Cukor, an unyielding Marine Corps colonel driven by the deaths of US troops and the prospect of war with an AI-equipped China, the Project Maven team raced to send AI into combat, igniting controversy and forever changing the US military. Summoning the mayhem of a tech startup, the Maven team wrestled Pentagon bureaucrats and each other. They enlisted an initially reluctant Silicon Valley, supercharged the growth of Palantir, and sent algorithms made by Amazon, Microsoft, and others into hot wars. Maven fielded technology to identify targets at speed and scale, developed AI-infused command systems, and learned where AI fails.
Katrina Manson, Bloomberg News Reporter covering technology and national security, talks about her book Project Maven: A Marine Colonel, His Team, and the Dawn of AI Warfare.

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Evolving Money: Diversifying with Digital Assets (Sponsored Content) Mar 29, 2026

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If you want to build a diversified portfolio, you need to assemble assets that respond to different return drivers. Digital assets can play a central role. For starters, cryptocurrencies like bitcoin behave differently than traditional equities or commodities, giving portfolios exposure to unique sources of risk and return. And within the crypto universe, you can find coins, protocols, and equities that all behave differently under different market conditions. By investing in a wide range of digital assets you can potentially both mitigate risk and improve returns.

This episode is sponsored by Coinbase.

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Black Leaders Confront the DEI Backlash: Businessweek Convenes Mar 29, 2026

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This is a special presentation of Businessweek Convenes, a series dedicated to bringing together prominent leaders for frank discussions on vital, often sensitive subjects. In this episode, we delve into a crucial topic: the state of Black leadership in corporate America amid the rollbacks to diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives across the country. Bloomberg's Romaine Bostick leads this discussion with prominent business and finance veterans Ursula Burns, Nicole Reboe, Jacob Walthour, Jr., Lisa Wardell, and Chris Williams.

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Bloomberg Businessweek Weekend - March 27th, 2026 Mar 27, 2026

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Featuring some of our favorite conversations of the week from our daily radio show "Bloomberg Businessweek Daily."
Hosted by Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec
Hear the show live at 2PM ET on WBBR 1130 AM New York, Bloomberg 92.9 FM Boston, WDCH 99.1 FM in Washington D.C. Metro, Sirius/XM channel 121, on the Bloomberg Business App, Radio.com, the iHeartRadio app and at Bloomberg.com/audio.
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Like us at Bloomberg Radio on Facebook and follow us on Twitter @carolmassar @timsteno and @BW

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US, Israel Hit Nuclear Targets as Tehran Vows Retaliation Mar 27, 2026

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The Trump administration is signaling to allies that it has no immediate plans for a ground invasion of Iran, even as it deploys thousands of troops to the Middle East, people familiar with the matter said. The people, who asked not to be identified discussing private deliberations, cautioned that President Donald Trump could change his mind at any moment or go ahead with an attack. They said the troops could serve a variety of roles, including to help with evacuations of American citizens but also to create a sense of strategic ambiguity about US intentions.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday the US can achieve its objectives in Iran without the use of ground troops but their presence gives Trump options.
“The president has to be prepared for multiple contingencies, which I’m not going to discuss in the media,” Rubio told reporters. “We can achieve all of our objectives without ground troops. But we are always going to be prepared to give the president maximum optionality and maximum opportunity to adjust to contingencies should they emerge.”
A White House official, who requested anonymity to describe internal thinking, said it’s the Pentagon’s job to develop plans to give the president optionality, and noted that Trump has previously said he has no plans to send ground troops anywhere at this time. The official said Iran will be hit harder than ever before if they fail to make a deal.
Today's show features:

Iain Marlow, Bloomberg News National Security Editor
Spencer Faragasso, Senior Fellow with the Institute for Science and International Security on Iran's stocks of highly enriched uranium
Dimitra Kessenides, Bloomberg Businessweek Senior Editor and Professor Angel Saz, Director of EsadeGeo – Centre for Global Economy and Geopolitics, a leading B-school in Spain
Drive to the Close with Mark Luschini, Chief Investment Strategist, President and Chief Investment Officer, Janney Capital Management

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