Episode 84: INTERVIEW with David Lazarus – Can The World Cup Save The Struggling Alcohol Industry, Allbirds Goes AI, The Donald J. Trump Reflecting Pool Goes Green, and more episode artwork

EPISODE · Jun 19, 2026 · 12 MIN

Episode 84: INTERVIEW with David Lazarus – Can The World Cup Save The Struggling Alcohol Industry, Allbirds Goes AI, The Donald J. Trump Reflecting Pool Goes Green, and more

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KTLA’s Business Reporter, the unstoppable David Lazarus, joins The Dumbest Story of the Week to talk about whether the rowdy and thirsty World Cup drinkers can save the slumping alcohol industry. Shoe company Allbirds re-hatches as Smartbird, rebrands as an AI infrastructure company, and investors love it. What? And after spending what could have been as much as $16 million dollars of taxpayer money to paint the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool what Donald Trump called ‘American Flag Blue,’ it is currently filled with algae and more of a deep Kermit green. Maybe we should rename it after Trump. We can use the letters that they just knocked off The Kennedy Center. The jokes just write themselves.

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