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Going Direct Conversations — 58 episodes
#62 Brian Morrissey: The Great Decentralization of Media & New Media Energy
#61 INSIDE GOING DIRECT: What, “Going Direct” Actually Means
#60 Aleks Gampel: America Needs High Quality, Affordable Homes
#59 Will Fry: The Great Wealth Transfer And Saving Small Business Ownership in America
#58 Aaron Feigelman: A New Model for Food Distribution in America
#57 Scott Porter: America Runs on This $80 Billion Industry
#56 Andra Keay: 5 Ethical Laws of Robotics & The Future of Automation
#55 Toby Shorin: Financialization & The Death Of Culture
#54 Saman Farid: America Doesn’t Have a Robot Problem. It Has a Deployment Problem.
#53 Jan Liphardt: The Battle Over Who Controls The Robots
#52 Meta Prime: Rebuilding The Social Structure in America
#51 Sam Lessin: A VC’s Take On Why Decentralization Is Inevitable
#50 Onye Ahanotu: Reinventing The World’s Oldest Wine
#49 Oren Falkowitz: Moving The Farm, Not The Food
#48 Brett Bivens: Production Capital For The New Industrial Age
#47 Andy Hunter: Anti-Amazon Tech Platform Reviving Independent Bookstores
#46 INSIDE GOING DIRECT: Diving Into Industrial Bio-manufacturing
#45 Kary Bheemaiah: Robotics Hype vs. Reality
#44 Nic Radford: The Case For Industrial Humanoid Robots
#43 Chris Paxton & Michael Cho: Robopapers And Future Of Robot Learning
#42 Alan Perlstein: Reinventing Chocolate Production
#41 Jenny Kan: Investing In The Future Of Bio-manufacturing
October 2025 Recap Show
#40 INSIDE GOING DIRECT: Building The Going Direct Economy
#39 Liz Muller: Micro Nuclear Energy Reactors; Powering The AI Boom
#38 Karol Hausman & Kevin Black: Building A Brain For Any Robot | AI Eating The Physical World
September 2025 Recap Show
#37 INSIDE GOING DIRECT: AI, Robotics, & Decentralizing Our Economy
#36 Gaurab Chakrabarti: Breaking the Chemicals Monopoly; Re-Industrializing America
#35 IGD: Gen Z’s Fight Against Gatekeepers & Centralization
#34 Jamie Gull: From SpaceX to VC; Investing In The Next Industrial Revolution
#33 INSIDE GOING DIRECT: Capitalism in America vs Europe - Part 2
#32 Kuba Graczyk: 3D Printer Factories, AI & U.S. Shoe Production
#31 Dimitry Gershenson - Non-Dilutive Funding for Entrepreneurs; Capitalism’s Role In Building The New Economy
#30 INSIDE GOING DIRECT: Capitalism in America vs Europe - Part 1
#29 Bernt Bornich: AI & Robots Solving General Labor; Humanoids In The Home
#28 Dr. Manan Shah — Surgeon-Turned-Founder Helping You Breathe Again
#27 This Will Change How You See Capitalism Forever | Reiss Jones
#26 Joe Cross - From, ‘Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead’ To Building Nama Alongside Micro Creators
#25 Luca Prosperi — Stablecoins Are The Cryptocurrency Set To Replace Banks
#24 Alex Barrett: The Canadian Going After Corporate Health Care In the US
#23 Dr. Spencer Nadolsky: Doctor-Creator-CEO Bypassing The Healthcare Gatekeepers
#22 Dylan Patel: China’s Robotics Dominance; AI Infrastructure Breakdown
#21 Jeff Epstein — Masterclass on Affiliate And Referral Marketing Programs
#20 Stefano Bernardi — An Investment Thesis Around Decentralization Of The Real World
#19 Josef Chen - Robots, Restaurants Of The Future, & One-Way Mirrors
#18 Megan Lightcap & Yoni Rechtman — Investing In Creators, Small Business, & The American Dream
#17 Eileen Galván – $20 Strawberries, Gen-Z, And Overconsumption
#16 Rafik Kheffache – Using Solar Power To Make Construction Materials
#15 Khaled Al Mezayen – Water Deep Dive And Decentralizing The World’s Most Critical Resource
#14 Ed Mehr - America Must Invent Their Own Game To Win Manufacturing
#13 Oliver Beavers - Playbook To Unlock Trillions For Next-Gen Infrastructure
#12 Packy McCormick - Techno-Industrial Revolution & Why Vertical Integrators Will Win
#11 Aleks Gampel - Micro-Factories And Future Of Construction
#10 Ian Rountree - Venture Capital’s Role In Decentralized Production
#9 Jon Olinto: Fixing Flour with Decentralized Stone Mills
#8 Kathryn Judge: Rise Of The Middleman Economy
#7 Aleh Kandrashou: Reinventing Home Building