Filtered: Billionaires, Bots & Skinny Shots: Who’s Really Running Things?

Today on Filtered with TJ Walker, we follow the money and the power: Warner Bros Discovery in play – Paramount, Comcast and Netflix line up with bids that could reshape Hollywood, streaming, and cable all at once. The right-wing YouTube economy – Conservative podcasters and influencers turn “vote with your wallet” into a powerful ad machine, building a parallel media-commerce ecosystem. AI in the recording studio – AI-generated tracks are now charting and signing major deals. What does that mean for working musicians and the future of creativity? The A.I. boom vs. everyone else – Data centers, chips and utilities boom while much of the broader economy slows. How fragile is this model? Eli Lilly’s $1 trillion moment – GLP-1 “skinny shots” dominate revenue and profit as questions about pricing, access and long-term consequences grow louder. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s resignation – A symbol of what happens when a MAGA icon stops toeing the Trump line. Trump & Zohran Mamdani – A democratic socialist mayor-elect and a populist president find common ground in the Oval Office. What does that signal for cities, markets and movements? Listen in for forward-looking analysis on media consolidation, AI, pharma power, and the evolving Trump era – all through the lens of how narratives are sold to you every day.