Eyes Wide Open with Nick Thompson

EYES ON: AI Layoffs are a LIE, Natural Ozempic WITHOUT side effects, Amazon Worker Drops Dead, SCOTUS Takes Monsanto Case

April 19, 2026

In this weekly roundup of news coverage, Nick breaks down important stories you might have missed that we should all have eyes on.    AI Layoffs Are a LIE (Here's What's REALLY Happening) AI layoffs aren't really about automation. Companies are firing full-time employees and rehiring them as contractors to cut benefits, reduce salaries, and protect stock prices.   📌 Sources: Business Insider: https://www.businessinsider.com/recent-company-layoffs-laying-off-workers-2026#meta-lays-off-workers...

BRAIN HACKING: How to STOP Your Subconscious Mindset from Sabotaging Your Success with Tim Shurr

April 14, 2026

Are you running your life on an outdated mindset that's holding you back?    Today on Eyes Wide Open, we're joined by high-performance mind architect Tim Shurr to discuss how your subconscious beliefs are secretly driving your stress, self-doubt, and level of success.    Tim breaks down the radical intentionality required to identify the childhood scripts that keep us in survival mode and how to upgrade core beliefs quickly and sustainably.   In this episode, we dive into the truth about impo...

Exposing the TRUTH About AI Layoffs (And it's Not What You Think)

April 10, 2026

Are tech companies actually replacing human jobs with AI, or are AI layoffs just a convenient smokescreen for old-school cost-cutting?  A Business Insider expose reveals that corporations are using AI as an excuse to cut massive numbers of full-time jobs, only to bring many of the roles back as contractors. Nick Thompson strips back the corporate narrative to reveal the murky reality of the recent AI layoff cycle. While Big Tech headlines attribute mass job losses to "AI efficiency," the data...