Joe Lonsdale: American Optimist
By Joe Lonsdale
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American Optimist, hosted by Joe Lonsdale: entrepreneur, investor, and founder of four multi-billion dollar companies and other mission-driven organizations. American Optimist is an alternative to the fear, cynicism, and zero-sum thinking in mainstream media. Learn from the innovators and leaders who are solving our nation’s most pressing challenges, and doing it in a way that will lift everyone up. Hope should dominate our discourse, and American Optimist will show you why. blog.joelonsdale.com
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Ep 112: Peter Thiel on DOGE, Tariffs, Building Generational Companies & the Future of Civilization
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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Episode 111: Sen. Tom Cotton on DOGE, TikTok, and "Seven Things You Can't Say About China"
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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Ep 110: Dr. Mike Israetel on Miracle Drugs, the Aesthetic Revolution, Living to 200 & New Frontiers in AI-Powered Medicine
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Mar 14, 2025 |
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Ep 109: Anson Frericks on the Rise & Fall of Budweiser; Milton Friedman vs Klaus Schwab; and How to Save Corporate America
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Feb 21, 2025 |
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Ep 108: Tim Urban on Superintelligence, Mars, Fermi Paradox & How to Conquer a Society
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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Ep 107: Off-Road Autonomy & Saving Soldiers' Lives with Overland AI CEO Byron Boots
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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Ep 106: Zac Bookman on Advice for DOGE & Building OpenGov into a $1.8 Billion GovTech Leader
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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Ep 105: What Can Aristotle Teach Us About AI? Training "Philosopher Builders" with Brendan McCord of the Cosmos Institute
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Dec 14, 2024 |
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Ep 104: Will AI Replace Coders? Terminal Co-Founder & CEO Dylan Serota
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Dec 06, 2024 |
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Ep 103: Raj Bhakta Created WhistlePig; Now He's Reinventing the Whiskey Industry (Again)
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Nov 29, 2024 |
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Ep 102: "If You're Not Blowing Stuff Up, You're Not Innovating!" — Stanford Professor Steve Blank
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Nov 22, 2024 |
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Ep 101: Gov. Kevin Stitt — the Businessman Governor Standing Up to Special Interests
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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Ep 100: Why AI Is Underhyped with Elad Gil
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Nov 02, 2024 |
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Ep 99: The Myth of American Inequality with Senator Phil Gramm
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Oct 26, 2024 |
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Ep 98: How Wokeness Foments Antisemitism; a Conversation with ADL's Jonathan Greenblatt
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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Ep 97: Jimmy John Built a Restaurant Empire; Government Almost Destroyed It
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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Ep 96: Harvard Economist Roland Fryer on the Truth Behind Police Shootings & Using Data to Supercharge Meritocracy
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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Ep 95: Navy SEAL & Saronic CEO Dino Mavrookas on the Race for Autonomous Ships and Naval Dominance
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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Ep 94: A Conversation with Turnaround King & U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross
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Aug 30, 2024 |
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Ep 93: Cold War II & the Race for Technological Supremacy with CrowdStrike Co-Founder Dmitri Alperovitch
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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Ep 92: High-Power Microwave & the Rise of Electronic Shields with Epirus CEO Andy Lowery
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Aug 16, 2024 |
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Ep 91: "I whooped his ass!" Legendary Investor & Home Depot Founder Ken Langone on Leadership, Courage & Defeating the Bad Guys
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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Ep 90: Ethan Penner on Choosing Greatness & Pioneering New Markets on Wall Street
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May 23, 2024 |
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Ep 89: Coleman Hughes on "The End of Race Politics" & the Worst Ideas Done in the Name of Diversity
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May 16, 2024 |
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Ep 88: A Conversation with MLK's Attorney & Speechwriter: Dr. Clarence Jones
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May 10, 2024 |
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Ep 87: Dr. Cliff Winston — Deregulate Lawyers, Deregulate Airlines, and Let Markets Correct Themselves
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May 02, 2024 |
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Ep 86: How to Design a STEM Curriculum for the 21st Century with Dr. David Ruth
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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Ep 85: The Path to Regime Change in Iran with Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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Ep 84: Sri Ganesan on Freshworks' Big Win, Building Rocketlane & India's Tech Boom
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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Ep 83: A New Cancer Breakthrough with Ivan Dimov of Orca Bio
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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Ep 82: Whitney Baker's Masterclass on Macro Investing & the State of the Economy
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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Ep 81: How Palantir Star Tyler Scriven Is Helping Small Businesses Compete Against Amazon
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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Ep 80: Leonard Leo's Winning Strategy to Rebuild Institutions, Accelerate Innovation, and Save Our Country
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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Ep 79: Bjorn Lomborg and the 12 Best Policies to Help the World
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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Ep 78: Emil Michael — the Master Dealmaker Behind Uber's Global Dominance
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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Ep 77: Mike Solana on Exposing Government Corruption, Saving San Francisco, and Building a New Media Empire
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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Ep 76: Accelerate or Die! Guillaume Verdon and the e/acc Movement
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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Ep 75: Leadership Lessons with Intuit Founder & Silicon Valley Legend Scott Cook
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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Ep 74: A Turning Point in Higher Education with Pano Kanelos & Niall Ferguson
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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Ep 73: How Candid Health Is Fixing the $280B Healthcare Billing Fiasco, With Lessons from Palantir
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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Ep 72: Illegal Chinese Bio Labs & Secret Police in the U.S.; Investigating the CCP with Congressman Mike Gallagher
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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Ep 71: Reinventing Community College with Tade Oyerinde, Chancellor of Campus
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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Ep 70: "The Geek Way" — Andrew McAfee's New Book on the Radical Mindset that Transformed the World
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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Ep 69: How a Builder Mindset Is Solving the World's Ocean Trash Problem; Boyan Slat & The Ocean Cleanup
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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Ep 68: How to Generate Alpha in Volatile Markets with Jacob Miller of Opto Investments
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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Ep 67: Brad Gerstner on the AI Supercycle & Restoring Faith in Capitalism with Invest America
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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A Missing Israeli Soldier & the Truth About Hamas
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Oct 13, 2023 |
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Ep 66: Bob McGrew — the Superstar Palantir Alum Leading OpenAI's Transformative Research Projects
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Aug 18, 2023 |
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Ep 65: Marc Andreessen and the Case for AI Optimism
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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Ep 64: The Palantir Interview with Dr. Alex Karp
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Jul 14, 2023 |
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Ep 63: Eddie Margain on Fleeing Mexico, Preserving Rule of Law & Building Austin FC
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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Ep 62: Ben Rubenstein on How to Hire Great Salespeople & Why Resumes Are Largely Useless
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Jun 15, 2023 |
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Ep 61: High School Dropout to Billion-Dollar Startup; How Guillermo Rauch Built Vercel
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Jun 11, 2023 |
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Ep 60: Dr. Rebekah Gee Is Reinventing In-Home Care With Nest Health
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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Ep 59: Adi Berlia on India's Remarkable Rise Out of Socialism & How to Strengthen U.S.-India Ties
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May 24, 2023 |
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Ep 58: Eliot Hodges on Democratizing Access to Private Markets & Expanding the Innovation Economy
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May 17, 2023 |
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Ep 57: Balaji Srinivasan on the Origins & Severity of the Bank Crisis, the Future of Bitcoin, and "Make America States Again"
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May 11, 2023 |
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Ep 56: A Philosopher in Construction? How Maria Davidson Is Reinventing the $250B Construction Materials Industry
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May 03, 2023 |
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Ep 55: Nathan Mintz on Directed Energy, a Driverless Future, and How He Attracts the Top Engineering Talent
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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Ep 54: Peter Attia on the Science of Longevity, Willpower vs Environment, and Why Americans Are Increasingly Unhealthy
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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Ep 53: Airbnb Co-Founder Joe Gebbia Transformed the Hospitality Industry; Learn What He's Building Next with Samara
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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Ep 52: An Orthodox Jew Building in Saudi Arabia! The Middle East's Modern Renaissance with Yitz Applbaum
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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Ep 51: Adm. Bill McRaven on Lessons from the bin Laden Raid, Why "Make Your Bed" Went Viral, and Addressing Russia & China
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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Ep 50: Legendary Music Manager Troy Carter on Making Lady Gaga a Superstar & Why He's Speaking Out for School Choice
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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Ep 49: Eboo Patel's Inspiring Journey from Social Activist to Social Entrepreneur
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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Ep 48: Rahul Gandhi on Disrupting the $38 Billion Storage Industry
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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Ep 47: John Chambers & Pankaj Patel Changed the World with Cisco. Now They're Doing It Again with Nile.
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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Ep 46: Mike Pompeo on Negotiating with Tyrants, Spy Balloons (or UFOs?) & Why Trump Didn't Ban TikTok
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Feb 22, 2023 |
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Ep 45: John Mack — Wall Street Legend & Former Morgan Stanley CEO
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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Ep 44: Dr. Clay Johnston Transformed Dell Medical School. Now He's Redesigning Primary Care.
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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Ep 43: Ryan Holiday on Stoicism, Virtue & Ancient Wisdom for Modern Life
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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Ep 42: Kimmy Scotti on How to Spot — and Build — the Next Big Thing
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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Ep 41: Iyinoluwa "E" Aboyeji — Africa's Great Tech Entrepreneur
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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Ep 40: Andrew Yang on Building a New Political Party & Using Incentives to Fix Dysfunction
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Jan 11, 2023 |
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Psychedelic Medicine, Value-Based Care & Why Medical School Is Broken with Sebastian Caliri
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Aug 09, 2022 |
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The Secrets to Building Great Products with Tony Fadell, Creator of the iPod, iPhone, & Nest Thermostat
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May 20, 2022 |
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Zach Latta: Building Hack Club & Inspiring the Next Generation of Coders
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Apr 27, 2022 |
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Gene Berdichevsky and Sila’s Game-Changing Battery Technology
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Apr 21, 2022 |
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Reprogramming Cells, Decentralizing Pharma, and Understanding the Biotech Revolution.
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Apr 18, 2022 |
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The New Age of Nuclear: Oklo’s Amazing Small Reactor That Reuses Nuclear Waste
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper: Why Russia’s Invasion Is Failing & How to Bring More Innovation to the Pentagon
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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Free Housing Won’t Solve Homelessness. Judge Glock Explains What Will.
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Mar 23, 2022 |
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How the Renaissance Sparked an Entrepreneurial Explosion with Jeannette zu Fürstenberg
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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How to Take on Big Healthcare & Other Entrenched Interests and Win with Jared Meyer
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Mar 09, 2022 |
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Unlearning Race and Restoring Liberalism with Thomas Chatterton Williams
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Mar 02, 2022 |
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Hayes Barnard Is Revolutionizing Solar Tech & Green Housing
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Feb 23, 2022 |
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Fast Grants, Faster Science, and Reviving a Culture of Innovation with Tyler Cowen
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Feb 16, 2022 |
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Building a New World-Class University with University of Austin President Pano Kanelos
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Feb 10, 2022 |
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Former UN Ambassador Kelly Craft: How to Deter Russian Threats to Ukraine & Hold China Accountable
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Feb 02, 2022 |
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Charles Koch Explains How His Love of Philosophy Built One of America’s Most Successful Companies
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Jan 26, 2022 |
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How to Defeat Special Interests & Cronyism with Florida’s Speaker of the House Chris Sprowls
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Jan 20, 2022 |
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Are Billionaires Bad? A Friendly Debate Over Income Inequality and Big Tech with Rep. Ro Khanna
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Jan 14, 2022 |
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The Power of Adversity with NFL Star Dhani Jones
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Jan 05, 2022 |
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Forget Free College —This Texas College Is the Future of Higher Ed
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Dec 29, 2021 |
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How to Fix Dysfunctional Government with Esper CEO Maleka Momand | Season 2 | Episode 19
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Dec 22, 2021 |
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Directed Energy, Force Fields, and the Future of Defense Tech with Epirus Co-Founder Bo Marr | Season 2 | Ep 18
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Dec 16, 2021 |
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How to Fix America’s Division with KIND Bar Founder Daniel Lubetzky
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Dec 15, 2021 |
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Maureen Hillenmeyer: Discovering New Life-Saving Drugs from the Natural World | Season 1| Ep 16
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Sep 24, 2021 |
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Ep 15: Whole Foods Founder & CEO John Mackey: Conscious Capitalism and Repairing America's Division
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Sep 15, 2021 |
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Jake Kloberdanz: Cause-Centric Commerce and the Art of Award-Winning Winemaking | Season 1 | Ep 14
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Sep 09, 2021 |
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Sal Churi, Keri Findley, and Wesley Chan: Innovators Changing Our World Right Now | Season 1 | Ep 13
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Sep 03, 2021 |
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Former D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty: Courage, Accountability, Better Schools, and Safer Cities | Season 1 | Ep 12
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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Niall Ferguson: Why Civilizations Rise & Fall | Season 1 | Ep 11
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Aug 18, 2021 |
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Balaji Srinivasan: Bitcoin, China, the "Woke" Mob, and the Future of the Internet | Season 1 | Episode 10
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Aug 11, 2021 |
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NFL Legend Ronnie Lott: Grit, Leadership, and What America Means to Him | Season 1 | Episode 9
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Aug 03, 2021 |
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Rt. Hon. Stephen Harper: Rejecting Wokeness, Addressing China, and Defending Western Values | Season 1 | Ep 8
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Jul 27, 2021 |
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Sujay Jaswa: Billion Dollar Wins -- and Losses -- and Solving Silicon Valley's #1 Problem | Season 1 | Ep 7
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Jul 22, 2021 |
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Arthur Brooks on Finding Authentic Happiness and Making Poverty Escapable | Season 1 | Ep 6
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Jul 13, 2021 |
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Palmer Luckey on Creating Oculus Rift, Anduril, and Game-Changing Defense Tech | Season 1 Ep 5
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Jul 06, 2021 |
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Bari Weiss on Defending Western Civ and the New School Movement | Season 1 Ep 4
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Jun 29, 2021 |
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Kimbal Musk on Building Great Companies and Community | Season 1 Ep 3
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Jun 29, 2021 |
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Ashton Kutcher: China, TikTok, and Influencing American Minds | Season 1 Ep 2
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Jun 29, 2021 |
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Dr. Rick Klausner on the Biotech Revolution | Season 1 Ep 1
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Jun 29, 2021 |