joel weber here to talk to us about that. tell us about the hbo story. joel: we knew it had cover potential from the moment we started to think about it. the images from game of thrones, which is its flagship show right now, are so arresting and powerful. and iconic. so, we wanted to lean into that. chris: we start with this idea about the classic hbo title screen. it is this staticy thing. joel: you go from mergers cut deeper than swords, we're still not there. chris: and that was like, maybe we can do this silly thing where we can play with the logos. jason: where do you end up? chris: after all the stuff, we were like, where is the fun energy of game of thrones? it brought us back to something like that would match up the business side and the game of thrones side in a way that is funny. carol: up next, how amazon is winning the influence game when it comes to washington, d.c. jason: plus a high-stakes antenna battle over one of the most important spots in global financial markets. hint, it's in suburban chicago. carol: later on, we survey the recruite

editor joel weber is with us now. you and i were talking about this earlier this morning. joel: this is one that was in the media world and is a big, big deal. the at&t merger with time warner has been months coming. it got delayed because of the u.s. justice department. maybe not being willing to do this, and all of a sudden, it happens. on top of that, he steps down. he had been basically the architect of the hbo empire, and now, all of a sudden, ahead of its popular show, game of thrones coming to an end next month, not only is he out, at&t is the new overlord at hbo. the story is all about the tension. carol: it was about everybody wanting to be hbo. now, everybody wants to be netflix. joel: that is the elephant in the room. the night is dark and full of netflix. hbo knows that, and that is an attempt to pivot and become much more of the streaming service then the cable one it has been. carol: very timely with everything going on. we have got more on this story from our reporter felix gillette. helix: richard resigns this past week, the longtime head of hbo. carroll: 27

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jason: joel weber joins us now. i love this cover, and we love the ceo. el: this is really timely. in the wake of the college admissions scandal, this is a story we had brewing for a while. instead of talking about the scandal, let's talk about how we can fix things going forward. rebecca kantar has this big idea that can totally reframe how education works in schools. carol: she is brilliant, first of all, and we are lucky enough to have her in the extended podcast this week. she really wants to figure out how to measure how people think, how students think. joel: it is bigger than video games. the problem when you think about the admissions scandal, what it comes back to is the sat or the act. that is the northstar. when you program schools around that, you end up with standardized testing that goes all the way down through middle schools and elementary schools. she said, what if we read thought what -- we re thought what the northstar was? and how do we talk to kids in a language they might understand better? video games. carol: she is really trying to

we are here with joel weber -- i feel like there was a chance to step back and think about the biggermplications here. joel: he does a nice job of connecting some dots. this is a dialogue that has been happening for months now, and now the deadline has been pushed back and afforded the opportunity to say that even after this thing might reach a moment of compromise, there will be some implications that none of us have actually started talking about yet. carol: that is something to think about. it is not just the u.s. and china negotiating alone, everybody else in the world is watching. we even see agreements with the european region starting to come up. joel: china and the u.s., they are economic superpowers. and when they come together on whatever this ends up looking like, it creates a new version of what global trade alliances will look like. that is what hasn't been taken into account. we have all been talking about u.s., china, but what about everybody else? what happens for them? carol: because everyone is watching so closely. editor joel weber, thank you so much. i sat down wit

editor joel weber is with us and you got this great visualization. i call this the room for improvement chart. we look specifically at california where the state has recently passed a law. public companies based in california, by 2021 will have to have a significant number of women on boards, and right now, there are very few. we tried to show you the gap and where you will see displacement start to happen as more companies put women on boards. carol: it shows you there is a lot to be done. joel: exactly, and if you want to learn more about we did a longer story to accompany the graphic that extrapolates what look like if this went to a bigger national movement how many more seats might become occupied by women, which is a really important topic because when you look at the makeup of boards we are talking about male and older and we can transform what corporate boards look like, and that is the heart of the equality issue. jason: speaking of leadership, a story about dow chemical. maybe not the company you would expect to be on the forefront. joel: an

and it are joel weber joins us now. i have to tell you, we love the ceo. el: this is a timely one. in the wake of the college of message scandal, this is a story we had brewing for a while. we had it for the right time. let's talk about how we can get things going forward. rebecca cantor has this big idea that could totally reframe how education works in schools. she is brilliant. we are lucky to have her in our podcast this weekend. she wants to figure out how to measure how people think. joel: it's bigger than video games. you thinkm, when about the emissions scandal, when it comes back to is the sat or azt. those of the north stars. when you program schools around that, you end up with standardized testing that goes all the way down through middle schools and elementary schools. she said, what if we rethought what the north star is? that is how it can about. then, how do we talk about kids in a way that they understand. video games. carol: we spoke with the founder , rebecca cantor. rebecca: we don't have a meritocracy right now. we think we do. because