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- MasterClass launched "Other People's Business," its first-ever podcast, hosted by founder and CEO David Rogier as a weekly audio and video series focused on the "money, power and behind-the-scenes decision-making" driving various industries.
- Martha Stewart is the first guest, discussing becoming the first self-made female billionaire in the U.S., once earning $6 million for a single day's work on a commercial, losing nearly $1 billion, and the Snoop Dogg partnership that introduced both stars to new audiences.
- Pfeffer joins Rogier for a conversation on the mechanics of power — how people gain influence, leverage status, and convert it into financial opportunity — citing Donald Trump, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Stewart herself as examples of how power is wielded and signaled.
- Upcoming guests include Malcolm Gladwell (the business of writing), former FBI hostage negotiator Chris Voss (crisis negotiation), professional poker player Daniel Negreanu (poker economics and psychology), and DJ Drama from the hip-hop world.
- Industry-focused episodes will feature PwC's Ali Furman and Jefferies' Sheila Kahyaoglu unpacking the GLP-1 market behind drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy, pastor Mark DeYmaz on megachurch economics, and a deep dive into the wedding industry.
- MasterClass currently offers more than 200 classes and original series, and has been broadening from its single-instructor course format into episodic original programming on investing, business, and emerging technology.
Why it matters: The launch deepens MasterClass's stated expansion from single-instructor courses into personality-driven interview media, using its existing roster of celebrity experts as the foundation for an ongoing franchise. With a slate spanning power dynamics, GLP-1 economics, megachurch finances, and poker psychology, MasterClass is leveraging instructor access to anchor recurring content — blurring the line between its education platform and a general-audience media operation.
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