People Love Watching the World Cup in Spanish & Dating Coworkers is OK Again?
July 9, 2026
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5 min readA Brown University economics professor gave a take-home midterm and the average score was 96 out of 100, with 40 students earning a perfect score. Suspicious, he made the final exam in person. Eighteen students dropped the course, nine didn't show up, and the average score fell to 48. The professor told the class, "We cannot afford to have a society in which a significant faction of our best young minds think that cheating is okay. That leads to a declining society, to a fail society. We cannot choose to become idiots." That story set the tone for a wide-ranging episode covering Meta's new AI image generator, the surprising popularity of Spanish-language World Cup broadcasts, Europe's chaotic new airport security system, and a handful of other developments.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:33) **Episode Intro & Cheating Scandal at Brown** - Hosts Neil and Toby introduce the show and lead with a story about a Brown University economics professor who caught students cheating on a take-home midterm.
- 2 (03:15) **Meta's New AI Image Generator Raises Privacy Concerns** - Meta rolled out "Muse Image," an AI image generator integrated into Instagram that can use public profile photos for AI remixes without user notification.
- 3 (08:21) **World Cup Viewers Prefer Spanish-Language Broadcasts** - Nearly half of US World Cup viewers are choosing Telemundo's Spanish broadcast over Fox's English one, driven by passion and production differences.
- 4 (14:45) **Europe's New Airport Security System Causes Chaos** - The EU's new Entry/Exit System (EES) requiring biometrics for non-EU travelers is causing hours-long lines at major airports just before peak summer travel.
- 5 (20:43) **Neil's Numbers: Driscoll's Berry Empire** - Driscoll's has become a $7B giant by pioneering year-round berry availability through genetics and a unique business model.
- 6 (22:55) **Neil's Numbers: Why Big Populations Don't Win World Cups** - None of the 20 most populous nations are in the World Cup quarterfinals, highlighting that population size doesn't guarantee soccer success.
- 7 (25:28) **Neil's Numbers: The Case for Dating Your Coworker** - A New York Times piece argues that dating coworkers is making a comeback as dating app fatigue sets in, with high success rates.
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Show Notes
#885: Meta launches an AI image-generator that can use users’ profile pictures and not everybody is happy about it. Telemundo is drawing nearly 4.6 million watchers for the World Cup who love hearing the broadcast in Spanish. Travelers entering and exiting some European airports have run into massive backups amid a rocky rollout of the EU’s new Entry and Exit System. Neal’s Numbers on Driscoll’s berry-boom, none of the 20 most populous countries are still in the World Cup, and dating coworkers are becoming more accepted.
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