Welcome to Snacks Mix! Nia Warfield and Jack Raines run through the week’s market maze, as crypto goes crazy; the reckoning over mass deportation begins; and an AI chip war looms.

• The Story Everyone IS Talking About: Spirit goes bust. Why can't a low-cost airline cut it in America?
• The Story Everyone SHOULD Be Talking About: Target vs WalMart. Surprising earnings indicate where American consumers are headed.
• The Story Everyone WILL Be Talking About: It's not just chips and infrastructure that will determine whether the US or China emerge in the AI wars -- human capital plays a huge part too.
• Plus: Another taste of our new Sherwood show -- The Sherwood Ten. Check it out wherever you get your podcasts!

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Snacks Mix is a production of Sherwood News, made in collaboration with Roulette Productions. Jody Avirgan and Claire Bidigare-Curtis are the producers. Special thanks this week to Aaron Dalton.