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Ep 168: Sky Harbour CEO Tal Keinan on Why America Stopped Building Airports, the AI Wealth Wave & Private Jet Boom

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Ep 167: The Company That Evaluates the AI Labs — Vals AI CEO Rayan Krishnan on Measuring Frontier Models & the Race to Recursive Self-Improvement

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Ep 166: Eric Glyman on Ramp's Meteoric Growth, Selling Outcomes vs Products, and the Future of White-Collar Work

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Ep 165: OPM Director Scott Kupor on Shrinking Government, Bringing Merit Back, and Why America’s Best Minds Should Join the U.S. Tech Force

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Ep 164: Inside Anthropic with Sholto Douglas & Nicholas Marwell — AGI, Optimism vs Risks, Regulatory Capture, Open Source & More!

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Ep 163: John Jovanovic on Turning Around the U.S. Export-Import Bank, Trump’s $12B Critical Mineral Reserve, and "Revenge of the Physical World"

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Ep 162: Brian Chau Built an AI That Uncovers Fraud — It Just Found a $21 Billion Racial Wealth Transfer

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Ep 161: Generalist CEO Pete Florence on the Robot Revolution & Bringing General Intelligence to the Physical World

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Ep 160: Box CEO Aaron Levie on Silicon Valley's AI Problem, Evidence for AI Job Creation & What Doomers and Accelerationists Get Wrong

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Ep 159: Aaron Cannon Is Building the Leading AI Customer Research Platform; It's About to Upend a $140B Industry

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Ep 158: Nima Ghamsari on Blend's Comeback & the Power of AI Agents and Infinite Workforce

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Ep 157: Scott Nolan on the AI Energy Crisis & America's Nuclear Renaissance

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Ep 156: Coleman Hughes Takes on America's Most Contentious Debate: the Legacy of Slavery

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Ep 155: Eric Scott on the Biggest Missed Opportunity in Venture Investing

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Ep 154: Jacob Helberg on Pax Silica & the New Global Order in the AI Age

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Ep 153: Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar on Heretics, AI Weapons, and Rebuilding the Arsenal of Democracy

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Ep 152: Ben Black Runs America's $200B Foreign Investment Fund; Here's His Plan to Counter China & Rebuild American Influence

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Ep 151: The Myth of Michael Milken with Richard Sandler

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Ep 150: How AI Is Transforming Diligence, Decision-Making & the Future of Investing with John Melas-Kyriazi

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Ep 149: Will Fry on the Small Business Succession Crisis & New Opportunities in the AI Age

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Ep 148: JoeBen Bevirt, Founder & CEO of Joby Aviation — Flying Cars Have Arrived

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Ep 147: Scott Wu & Russell Kaplan on the New Era of Software Abundance

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Ep 146: Jake Paul & Geoff Woo on Building Anti Fund, the Future of the Creator Economy & How to Change the Culture

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Ep 145: SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler on Exposing Billions in Fraud & What AI Means for Small Business

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Ep 144: Jared Isaacman's Bold Vision for Moon Bases, Nuclear Power in Space, and Returning NASA to Greatness

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Ep 143: JD Ross on the New Invention Era & Building with AI in 2026

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Ep 142: Understanding the AI Wave with 8VC's Alex Kolicich & Jack Moshkovich

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Ep 141: AI Hackers Are Here; Cybersecurity Legend Kevin Mandia Is Building the Answer

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Ep 140: SEC Chairman Paul Atkins on Making IPOs Great Again, Crypto's Comeback & New Rules for Retail Investors

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Ep 139: Make Government Beautiful & Functional Again with America's Chief Design Officer Joe Gebbia

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Ep 138: AI, Space-Based Interceptors & the Bleeding Edge of Warfare with Pentagon R&D Chief Emil Michael

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Ep 137: Gov. Chris Sununu on AI vs Harvard, DOGE 2.0, and a Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution

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Ep 136: OPM Director Scott Kupor on Launching the U.S. Tech Force & Bringing Merit Back to Government

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Ep 135: Philip Howard on Saving the American Spirit

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Ep 134: Inside the White House and the AI Race with OSTP Director Michael Kratsios

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Ep 133: Matt Ridley on the Fight to Save the UK & How Extraordinary Ideas Evolve

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Ep 132: Sen. Bill Hagerty on Saving Memphis & Designing Regulatory Frameworks for AI and Crypto

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Ep 131: How AI + Incentives Can 10X Learning & Save American Education with Tech Legend Joe Liemandt

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Ep 130: "Free speech is not enough" — UATX President Carlos Carvalho on Charlie Kirk, Fighting Communists & the Duty of a University

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Ep 129: Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt Steps Up to Save Tulsa — and Prove What's Possible

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Ep 128: Hollywood Star Zachary Levi on Speaking Out for Trump, AI vs the Arts, and His $100M Texas Studio Project

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Ep 127: Max Meyer, Arena Magazine, and the Battle for Truth, Beauty & Progress

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Ep 126: Will AI Spark A New Logistics Revolution? Harish Abbott Helped Pioneer Next-Day Shipping — And He’s Betting Yes.

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Ep 125: Sen. Eric Schmitt on Exposing Mass Censorship & Outsmarting the Far-Left

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Ep 124: The Fearless Adversary of Venezuela's Dictators - A Special Interview with Maria Corina Machado

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Ep 123: The New Space Age with Palantir Alum & Apex Space CEO Ian Cinnamon

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Ep 122: The AI Services Revolution with Shreyas Parab & Anton Lin of DayDream

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Ep 121: Reid Hoffman on AI Optimism & How the Democratic Party Alienated Silicon Valley

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Ep 120: OMB Director Russ Vought on the Big Beautiful Bill, Making DOGE Permanent & the Looming Battle over Impoundment

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Ep 119: Former Waymo Leader Boris Sofman on Autonomous Construction & Bringing AI into the Physical World

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Ep 118: Marc Andreessen on AI, Robotics & America's Industrial Renaissance

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Ep 117: Dave Rubin on the Woke Right, Free Speech vs Conspiracy Theories & His New Tequila Company

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Ep 116: California — the Next Revolution? A Conversation with Steve Hilton

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Ep 115: Scott Wu, Devin, and a Trillion-Dollar Opportunity

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Ep 114: Flying Cars Are About to Change the World — Joby CEO JoeBen Bevirt

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Ep 113: Why Sam Lessin Believes AI Isn't Disruptive & Venture Capital Is Fundamentally Changing

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Ep 112: Peter Thiel on DOGE, Tariffs, Building Generational Companies & the Future of Civilization

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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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Ep 110: Dr. Mike Israetel on Miracle Drugs, the Aesthetic Revolution, Living to 200 & New Frontiers in AI-Powered Medicine

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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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Ep 108: Tim Urban on Superintelligence, Mars, Fermi Paradox & How to Conquer a Society

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Ep 107: Off-Road Autonomy & Saving Soldiers' Lives with Overland AI CEO Byron Boots

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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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Ep 105: What Can Aristotle Teach Us About AI? Training "Philosopher Builders" with Brendan McCord of the Cosmos Institute

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Ep 104: Will AI Replace Coders? Terminal Co-Founder & CEO Dylan Serota

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Ep 103: Raj Bhakta Created WhistlePig; Now He's Reinventing the Whiskey Industry (Again)

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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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Ep 101: Gov. Kevin Stitt — the Businessman Governor Standing Up to Special Interests

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Ep 100: Why AI Is Underhyped with Elad Gil

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Ep 99: The Myth of American Inequality with Senator Phil Gramm

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Ep 98: How Wokeness Foments Antisemitism; a Conversation with ADL's Jonathan Greenblatt

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Ep 97: Jimmy John Built a Restaurant Empire; Government Almost Destroyed It

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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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Ep 95: Navy SEAL & Saronic CEO Dino Mavrookas on the Race for Autonomous Ships and Naval Dominance

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Ep 94: A Conversation with Turnaround King & U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross

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Ep 93: Cold War II & the Race for Technological Supremacy with CrowdStrike Co-Founder Dmitri Alperovitch

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Ep 92: High-Power Microwave & the Rise of Electronic Shields with Epirus CEO Andy Lowery

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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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Ep 90: Ethan Penner on Choosing Greatness & Pioneering New Markets on Wall Street

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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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Ep 88: A Conversation with MLK's Attorney & Speechwriter: Dr. Clarence Jones

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Ep 87: Dr. Cliff Winston — Deregulate Lawyers, Deregulate Airlines, and Let Markets Correct Themselves

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Ep 86: How to Design a STEM Curriculum for the 21st Century with Dr. David Ruth

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Ep 85: The Path to Regime Change in Iran with Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi

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Ep 84: Sri Ganesan on Freshworks' Big Win, Building Rocketlane & India's Tech Boom

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Ep 83: A New Cancer Breakthrough with Ivan Dimov of Orca Bio

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Ep 82: Whitney Baker's Masterclass on Macro Investing & the State of the Economy

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Ep 81: How Palantir Star Tyler Scriven Is Helping Small Businesses Compete Against Amazon

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Ep 80: Leonard Leo's Winning Strategy to Rebuild Institutions, Accelerate Innovation, and Save Our Country

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Ep 79: Bjorn Lomborg and the 12 Best Policies to Help the World

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Ep 78: Emil Michael — the Master Dealmaker Behind Uber's Global Dominance

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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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Ep 76: Accelerate or Die! Guillaume Verdon and the e/acc Movement

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Ep 75: Leadership Lessons with Intuit Founder & Silicon Valley Legend Scott Cook

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Ep 74: A Turning Point in Higher Education with Pano Kanelos & Niall Ferguson

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Ep 73: How Candid Health Is Fixing the $280B Healthcare Billing Fiasco, With Lessons from Palantir

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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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Ep 71: Reinventing Community College with Tade Oyerinde, Chancellor of Campus

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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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Ep 69: How a Builder Mindset Is Solving the World's Ocean Trash Problem; Boyan Slat & The Ocean Cleanup