SpaceX and Anthropic go public, the ceasefires that couldn't, and animal lookalikes

SpaceX and Anthropic go public, the ceasefires that couldn't, and animal lookalikes

Author: Amanda Stephens, Hanna Bilinski,Rti June 8, 2026 Duration: 0:00
This week, hosts Amanda and Hanna talk stocks-- or try to-- as they cover what it means for SpaceX and other AI companies going public on the stock market. Then a review of what's happening in Iran, and the ceasefires (or less-fires?) in the middle east, the pressure Trump is facing domestically to end the war, and wrap up with a fun new animal look-alike in the New Delhi zoo. Read along with us! Stocks: 1. 8 Things To Know Before SpaceX Goes Public (Joel Shulman and Sophia Acevedo, Forbes), 2. How Elon Musk Engineered the World’s biggest I.P.O. (Ryan Mac and Michael Barbaro, NYT "The Daily" Podcast), 3. Can the stockmarket swallow Anthropic, SpaceX and OpenAI? (The Economist), 4. Anthropic IPO and Alphabet stock offering reminiscent of dot.com bubble – expert (The Independent UK Finance, via Yahoo) Iran: 1. 'Crazy' phone call between Trump and Netanyahu complicates Iran talks (Bernd Debusmann Jr, BBC), 2. Israel and Lebanon agree to implement ceasefire if Hezbollah stops attacks (David GrittenandHelen Sullivan, BBC), 3. US House delivers rebuke to Trump as it votes to halt Iran war (Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu, BBC), 4. Ukraine hit by large-scale Russian attacks (CNN, via Reuters), 5. Hezbollah rejects new Israel-Lebanon ceasefire (DW News, Youtube) Zoo lookalike: 1. Buffalo named Donald Trump for his golden locks is a sensation at a Bangladesh zoo (Al Emrun Garjon and Julhas Alam, AP)

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