Nasdaq Euphoria is Hitting its Limit with Kai Wu and Ben Carlson

**Ben Carlson** (0:00)
Alright, Josh, didn't you read your own audio book?

**Josh Brown** (0:02)
Let's make an amazing show. Yeah, of course. Can you imagine somebody else reading my book?

**Ben Carlson** (0:05)
Didn't your brain feel like mush after doing that though?

**Josh Brown** (0:08)
I did it. It took me six weeks.

**Ben Carlson** (0:11)
Six weeks?

**Josh Brown** (0:11)
Yeah.

**Ben Carlson** (0:11)
See, I did it in two days.

**Josh Brown** (0:13)
Because I, I, I don't know if you heard any of my audio book, but I really, I performed that thing like Mick Jagger.
Like I was like, I'm like yelling into the microphone. It takes a, like it's a performance. It takes a lot out of you.

**Ben Carlson** (0:30)
Yeah, I was dead afterwards.

**Josh Brown** (0:32)
Mine is so autobiographical. It could never be read by somebody else. It would sound ridiculous. You know what I mean?

**Ben Carlson** (0:38)
I actually enjoyed the process, but it was a lot.

**Josh Brown** (0:40)
I hated it.

**Ben Carlson** (0:42)
I liked how it came out. After it was done.

**Josh Brown** (0:44)
I liked how it came out. Yeah, I enjoyed it after it was done. I like, I'm happy with the products, but I don't know if I want to do it again.
You working on your next book yet or?

**Ben Carlson** (0:55)
I need a break.

**Michael Batnick** (0:56)
Kai, no books for you?

**Kai Wu** (0:58)
Not yet, but I kind of want to do one now.

**Ben Carlson** (1:00)
Well, all your white papers, put them all together. That's a book.

**Michael Batnick** (1:03)
Have you spoken to him or not supposed to have him reach out to you?

**Kai Wu** (1:05)
I should talk to him.

**Ben Carlson** (1:06)
Yeah, yeah.

**Josh Brown** (1:07)
Why do you want to, devil's advocate, why do you want to do a book?

**Kai Wu** (1:11)
Because all the cool kids have one.

**Josh Brown** (1:13)
Okay. Do you think people read books?

**Kai Wu** (1:17)
No, but it's a cool thing to have done.

**Michael Batnick** (1:19)
He just, his book got published yesterday. Why are you talking shit?

**Josh Brown** (1:22)
No, I've written four books. I'm not talking shit. Dude, I'm reading his book right now.

**Michael Batnick** (1:27)
Do you think people read books?

**Josh Brown** (1:28)
I don't think people read books anymore. I don't know.

**Ben Carlson** (1:31)
So you did a lot of podcasts for years. The percentage of people who watched the...

**Josh Brown** (1:35)
I did not.

**Ben Carlson** (1:35)
I did not do. The percentage of people who I'm on a podcast with and read my book is probably 10%.
I can tell if they read the book or not.

**Josh Brown** (1:42)
Yeah, I don't think anybody reads.

**Ben Carlson** (1:44)
And I don't fault them for that.

**Josh Brown** (1:46)
I don't even think people read articles. I think people read headlines.
And soon they're only going to watch videos about articles.

**Michael Batnick** (1:54)
I read so many headlines today, I'm exhausted.

**Josh Brown** (1:57)
I mean, look, I love reading. I don't know how many people are reading books these days. I'm not sure.

**Ben Carlson** (2:05)
I've seen surveys on it.

**Josh Brown** (2:06)
But people buy books. It's not the same thing. People buy books because they want to read them. They truly want to.
But I think our brains have been rewired by algorithms.

**Ben Carlson** (2:16)
This is why audio books are so great.

**Josh Brown** (2:18)
Yes, I agree.

**Ben Carlson** (2:19)
You can have them on in the background.

**Josh Brown** (2:21)
He's an audio book. Michael's an audio book.

**Michael Batnick** (2:23)
I've never seen a bigger audio book either. You know what? I should listen to your book. What if I listen to your book?

**Ben Carlson** (2:27)
Yes. It's like I'm talking to you. It'll put you to sleep at night.

**Michael Batnick** (2:30)
I'm going to press pause and interrupt you.

**Ben Carlson** (2:33)
Put your sleeping mask on.
By the way, Michael's got a nice shirt on. Someone last night said, Hey, I've been noticing Michael's dressing better. Did you start dressing him?

**Josh Brown** (2:43)
He's so rich now. That's what's going on. Wow.

**Ben Carlson** (2:46)
Appreciate that.

**Josh Brown** (2:47)
He is dressing better.

**Ben Carlson** (2:50)
That's a compliment to say that I dress you.

**Josh Brown** (2:51)
It's not just that he's dressing better. His taste is improving. It's good because you could have bad taste and buy a lot of expensive clothes that don't look good. He's like put together. Like when you see him at an event.