Forged in America
By Ravin Gandhi and Al Goldstein
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Episodes: 41
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Forged in America is a conversation between longtime friends & entrepreneurs Ravin Gandhi (GMM Nonstick Coatings) and Al Goldstein (Avant, Stoic Lane, Pangea) who have founded, built, and exited numerous businesses in addition to investing in dozens of successful startups. This podcast is about how consequential decisions actually get made under pressure—across business, investing, and the institutions shaping the USA. We break down how capital gets allocated, how leaders think in moments of uncertainty, and where smart systems—markets, companies, or political movements—develop blind spots.
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E41: Victor Ciardelli - Angry Kid to $500B Mortgage Empire
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Jun 10, 2026 |
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E40: Mitchell Green's $9B and Why Persistence Beats Intelligence
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Jun 03, 2026 |
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E39: AI, Socialism & Ideas You’re Not Allowed To Question
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May 29, 2026 |
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E38: The Venture Capitalist Advising World Leaders
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May 22, 2026 |
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E37: Billionaire Husband & Wife Traders Built an Empire at PEAK6
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May 19, 2026 |
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E36: Ravin & Al On Kind Lies Vs. Unkind Truths
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May 14, 2026 |
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E35: Gay, Conservative, and 2.5B: How an Outsider Won in Silicon Valley
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May 07, 2026 |
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E34: Inside El Salvador’s Turnaround — with Bukele’s Intelligence & Economy Ministers
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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E33: Kraken Co-CEO says Crypto Is Winning- But Not Where You Think
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Apr 25, 2026 |
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E32: Phil Hellmuth on Poker, Politics, Ego, and the Billionaire Boys Club
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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E31: Crowdstrike Co-Founder on Iran, China & Another American Century
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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E30: Alex Krys: From Holyfield & Rolling Stones to $10B of RE
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Apr 12, 2026 |
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E29: Jeff Aronin: Billion-Dollar Breakthroughs—and Why Most Drugs Fail
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Apr 10, 2026 |
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E28: Sam Yagan on Tinder, SparkNotes, and $50B of Deals
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Apr 07, 2026 |
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E27: Alpha School's $1 Billion Bet on AI Education
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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E26: Jackie Reses built a $1.5B Fintech Rocketship
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Mar 31, 2026 |
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E25: Brent Beshore's Radical PE Model: No Debt, No Fees, 30 Year Holds
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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E24: Black Rifle Coffee, Making $8 Billion, and Finding Jocko
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Mar 24, 2026 |
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E23: Top Pod Lessons, Family Biz Fears, Sales Tips, Bias For Action
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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E22: How Tony Davis Built a $13.5B Healthcare Empire
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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E21: Sam Nazarian: How I built a $1.8 Billion Hospitality Empire
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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E20: Iran & Midterms- Ravin, Al & Tom Gimbel Debate
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Mar 07, 2026 |
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E19: Ali Hamed: From a College Dorm to $3B AUM + Mr. Beast
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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E18: Future of War: Autonomous Ships & Race Against China
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Mar 01, 2026 |
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E17: AI Warfare, Israel & the Future of Cyber
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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E16: ZeroHash Founder: Why a Crypto Unicorn Rejected $2B
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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E15: Ravin and Al on Growth, Grift, Markets, Immigration and Media Bias
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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E14: Don Edwards: From Billions in Private Equity to 100,000 Students
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Feb 07, 2026 |
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E13: Rahm Emanuel Will Save The Democrats
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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E12: Austin Berg: How To Save Chicago and Blue Cities
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Jan 31, 2026 |
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E11: Groupon's Rich Heise: He Quietly Built $35B Of Companies
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Jan 26, 2026 |
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E10: Vishal Garg: Meritocracy, Masa & Better.com's $110B of Mortgages
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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E9: Black Hawk Down: SEAL Team Six Leader Rick Kaiser Tells the Real Mogadishu Story
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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E8: Dmitry Balyasny: Building a $30B Hedge Fund From Scratch
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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E7: Trump's Populist Pivot, Social Skills Over Grades, and America’s Third Rails (Immigration, Fraud, Voter ID)
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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E6: Larry Gies: Scaling Purpose to 25,000 Employees
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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E5 - Ted Koenig on Deploying $100B in Private Credit
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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E4: Dan Crenshaw Says Both Sides Are Lying
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Dec 28, 2025 |
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E3 - Dag Kittlaus: Founding Siri Almost Killed Me
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Dec 24, 2025 |
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E2 - Get the big decisions right!
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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E1 - should we do this?
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Dec 14, 2025 |