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Wenbin Fang's Podcast Playlist — 301 episodes

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Ep 546 $14M Raised, A Car-Changing Exit

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675. Has the New York Times Become a Games Company?

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REPLAY|| Ted Weschler on Berkshire, Buffet and big investments

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Transferable Points Changing Fortunes | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep357 | 5-8-26

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Saving $30K+ on the Perfect Spring Break Japan Trip with Amy Fox

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Spirit Airlines and the future of cheap flights

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10 Years & 40+ Countries: How to Travel Well as a Couple with Gabi and Shanna of 27 Travels

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Searching for good news in Hyatt's devaluation | Coffee Break Ep103 | 4-28-26

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466: Blackjack

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TIP809: The Real Estate Data Empire Making a $5 Billion Bet: CoStar Group w/ Shawn O'Malley & Daniel Mahncke

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The Custom Everything Era with Kevin Rose

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2 Ways to Take Your Power Back When You Feel Insecure

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The Let Them Theory: How to Take Back Your Peace and Power

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The Best Money Advice You Will Ever Receive: 4 Rules From the Top Financial Minds In The World

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Progression or Extinction: AI’s Accounting Reckoning

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Rethinking Git for the Age of Coding Agents with GitHub Cofounder Scott Chacon

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Cash received is not revenue earned

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The Surprising History of Points and Miles

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Replit's CEO on Vibe Coding, Wealth Building, and What Most People Get Wrong About AI

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What Running Windows at Microsoft Taught Steven Sinofsky About Apple

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Best miles for each airline alliance | Coffee Break Ep100 | 4-7-26

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Ten Myths About the U.S. Tax System (Update)

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Stop Overthinking and Start Deciding with Derek Sivers

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Are Repositioning Flights Worth It? Risks, Rewards, and Real Stories

25

The Companies Changing Warfare Forever: Palantir & Anduril Execs on Drones, AI & the Future of War

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TIP805: Stock Market Maestros w/ Kyle Grieve

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Pricing, Offshoring, and AI: Inside the Numbers at Accounting Firms

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669. Why Is 95 Percent of the World’s Bourbon Made in Kentucky?

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My Process for Booking Travel with Points & Miles

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25. Private Jets

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Nextdoor Foundation Grants ‘Close the Gap’ for 47 Nonprofits

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In a Driverless World, Who Loses and Who Wins?

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United & Hyatt Loyalty Changes: What Travelers Need to Know

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Episode 825 | Talking Tailwind CSS and Founder Fitness (with Adam Wathan)

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653. London’s Golden Age: The Shadow of the Madhouse (Part 4)

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Understanding consumer debt collections: the underbelly of finance

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The Bear on the California Flag

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DHH: $100M+ Advice That'll Piss Off Every Business Guru

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S14E1: Nirav Tolia, Nextdoor CEO, on Building Community Platforms, Product-Market Fit, and the Future of AI in Local Networks

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William Hockey - Building the Operating System for the Dollar and Silicon Valley Heresy - [Invest Like the Best, EP.463]

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Retired 4-star General John Allen on Iran, AI hyperwar, and Taiwan’s future

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Secrets of Golden Gate Park

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652. London’s Golden Age: The Ghosts of Culloden (Part 3)

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Transition to Travel: A Midlife Career Break to Travel the World with Lance Wright

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Palantir CEO Alex Karp on the Zero-Sum AI Race

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Inference engineering and the real-world deployment of LLMs, with Philip Kiely

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The Shopify Product Network Explained

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651. London’s Golden Age: Sex and Scandal in Georgian Britain (Part 2)

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How to Fly Business Class to Italy Using Points and Miles

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[Outliers] J.W. Marriott: Building an Empire Without a Master Plan

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650. London’s Golden Age: The Mad Life of Dr Johnson (Part 1)

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Tools we use to win the points & miles game | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep348 | 3-6-26

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What Private Equity Really Changes Inside an Accounting Firm wiith Devin Mathews

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Atlassian CEO on the SaaS Apocalypse, AI Agents & What Comes Next

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Planet Money vs. the NBA’s tanking problem

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How South San Francisco Went From Industrial City to Biotech Hub

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The Most Powerful People You’ve Never Heard Of (Update)

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TIP795: Berkshire, Moody's, & BellRing Brands w/ Stig Brodersen, Tobias Carlisle, and Hari Ramachandra

59

We Rebuilt Next.js with AI in One Week (vinext Explained)

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Reddit CEO Steve Huffman on surviving the AI slop-pocalypse

61

a16z's New Media Playbook

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Nextdoor CEO Nirav Tolia on bowling alone, AI bots, and why the heartland is happier than the coasts

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16. Prop Money

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Explaining Corporate Era America

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The $2 Trillion Mind | Nicolai Tangen

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Beyond the Mona Lisa: Exploring the Louvre Museum + How to Visit Without the Overwhelm with Elaine Sciolino

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Exiting for Millions vs. Long-Term Hold

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644. The Fall of the Incas: Empire of Gold (Part 1)

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TIP792: Vital Lessons From History’s Strangest Financial Stories w/ Kyle Grieve

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643. Rome’s Greatest Enemy: Carthage Destroyed (Part 4)

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Cloudflare: Leading Cybersecurity - [Business Breakdowns, EP.241]

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CZ's Untold Story: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of Binance's Founder

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ERP Explained w/ GoodDay's Kyle Hency

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642. Rome’s Greatest Enemy: Bloodbath in Africa (Part 3)

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Iran, protests, and sanctions

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Epstein Files, Is SaaS Dead?, Moltbook Panic, SpaceX xAI Merger, Trump's Fed Pick

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Ep 532 Is Your Business Worth More Dead or Alive?

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TIP789: The Story of Uber w/ Clay Finck

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Why check cashing businesses exist

80

How Investors are using AI - [Business Breakdowns, EP.240]

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Why This Isn't the Dot-Com Bubble | Martin Casado on WSJ's BOLD NAMES

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641. Rome’s Greatest Enemy: Hannibal’s Nemesis (Part 2)

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640. Rome’s Greatest Enemy: Carthage at the Gates (Part 1)

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10. Michelin Stars

85

How Roame Travel Can Help Finding Flights

86

How to Earn Millions of Points and More Listener Q&A

87

The Financial Blind Spot Costing 7-Figure Stores Millions

88

Curiosity As Your Travel Guide + Exploring Overlooked Destinations with John McKenzie

89

Coinbase CEO's Top 3 Crypto Trends for 2026 + More from Davos!

90

Shopify Upgrades Shipping with Vibhor Chhabra

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Tobi Lütke, Shopify

92

Figma CEO on Design, Product, Engineering: Blurring the Lines in the AI Era | Dylan Field | E276

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HIGHLIGHTS: Dylan Field - CEO of Figma

94

Mala Gaonkar: Building SurgoCap, Identifying Great Businesses and Learning from Mistakes

95

Longevity & Retirement | Jeremy Keil - E127

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WTF is happening at xAI | Sulaiman Ghori

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Ep.1: The Hedge Knight (with Showrunner Ira Parker and Composer Dan Romer)

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How much money President Trump and his family have made

99

#235: Craig Newmark — Craigslist

100

Venezuela’s recent economic history (Update)

101

Are Personal Finance Gurus Giving You Bad Advice? (Update)

102

TIP779: Richer, Wiser, Happier Q4 2025 w/ Stig Brodersen & William Green

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629. WWI: The Christmas Truce

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How Frequent Miler makes money | Coffee Break Ep83 | 12-23-25

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What CEOs Bring Home: A Holiday Special

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My Top 5 Mistakes with Points & Miles

107

10 Years of Acquired (with Michael Lewis)

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Ep 524 3 Non-Negotiables to Walk Away Clean, Turn Your Expertise into Recurring Revenue, and Avoiding a Deal-Killing Clause.

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5 Luxury Purchases That Are Actually Worth It

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YipitData CEO Vin Vacanti - why hedge funds dominate data usage (and corporations don't)

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The FrontPoint Boys

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The Short Sellers

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Adam McKay is Still Angry About 2008

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"I get in trouble when I say things like this" - Michael Lewis on Sam Bankman-Fried from Cautionary Tales

115

Michael Burry Speaks

116

The Big Short is Big Back

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623. The Nazis at War: Churchill’s Finest Hour (Part 4)

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Murder House: Zhong Na on the Silicon Valley Tragedy That Exposed the Cracks in China's Meritocracy

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Health and Wealth - The Power of a "Bigger Yes" | Phil Pearlman - E122

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Mr. Money Mustache: Living a Good Life, Finding Identity & Purpose | MHFI 296

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How an Oxford-Educated Silicon Valley Exec Taught His Son to Get Years Ahead in Math

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The Case of the Missing $15 Billion Fortune: Part 2

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The Case of the Missing $15 Billion Fortune: Part 1

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$10M Business ideas w/ The Most Interesting Guy In Tech

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Coca-Cola

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Ari Emanuel - The Anti-AI Bet - [Invest Like the Best, EP.448]

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#836: The 4-Hour Workweek Principles — 13 Mistakes to Avoid, The Art of Mini-Retirements, and Navigating the Dizziness of Freedom

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I Built a $9M Company And Got Nothing

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618. Elizabeth I: The Shadow of the Tower (Part 3)

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The obscure pool of money the US used to bail out Argentina

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Ep 520 How Chris Hutchins convinced Google to buy Milk—and Wealthfront to acquire Grove—despite not generating much revenue (and no EBITDA)

132

Learning How to Spend Money (While Enjoying Every Dollar Spent)

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The $4,000 insurance policy designed to never pay out

134

How often do you fly to earn points & miles? | Ask Us Anything, Live Ep80 | 11-5-25

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A new experiment in remote work … from the inside

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How To Be a “New Tourist,” the Powers and Perils of Tourism, Embracing Tourist Traps, and the Impact of Travel with Paige McClanahan

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Marketing Algorithms Are Coming For Your Retirement Dollars | John Dinsmore - E120

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When Biological Weapons Were Secretly Tested in San Francisco

139

TECH007: Longevity Roadmap w/ Seb Bunney (Tech Podcast)

140

The Founder Exit Report: What Happens When You Sell a Company?

141

Luca Ferrari - Building Bending Spoons - [Invest Like the Best, EP.446]

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The Ice Trade (Entry 615.PS14717)

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Mastering Avios | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep241 | 2-10-24

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TIP764: The Art of Buffett w/ Tobias Carlisle

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How Hudson River Trading Actually Uses AI

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After the shutdown, SNAP will still be in trouble

147

Why Speed, Not Size, Will Define the Next War

148

The remittance mystery

149

Remote Roundup: True Costs of Long-Term Travel, Taxes & Borderless Living, an Underrated Productivity Habit, + More (October 2025)

150

Family Travel on Points: Tips, Tricks and Tactics with Nick Reyes

151

Trader Joe’s

152

Longevity 101: a foundational guide to Peter's frameworks for longevity, and understanding CVD, cancer, neurodegenerative disease, nutrition, exercise, sleep, and more (re-broadcast)

153

Why The World Started Hedging Its US Dollar Exposure

154

Proposition 50, Thoroughly Explained

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Family Travel Tips: Best Hotel Loyalty Programs for Parents

156

1929 vs 2025: Andrew Ross Sorkin on Crashes, Bubbles & Lessons Learned

157

MicroFrontend at Scale with Igor (Director of Engineering at Cloudflare, co-creator of Angular) and Natalia (Principal Product Manager at Microsoft)

158

How Russia’s shadow fleet is sailing around oil sanctions

159

71. Ultimate Guide to the Best World of Hyatt Brands

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15. World of Hyatt Deep Dive

161

A Trip to Alaska With San Fran Fed President Mary Daly

162

How Shopify Stays on the Bleeding Edge: AI, Culture, and Operating Like You'll Be Relevant in 20 Years (with Head of Engineering, Farhan Thawar)

163

Why the Trump Administration is Now Taking Equity Stakes in American Companies

164

How the US Dollar Became an International Weapon of War

165

This Is Why People Are So in Love With Gold

166

How a Trade War With China Could Become a Hot War

167

Javier Blas on China's Rare Earths Dominance

168

Why the Price of Money Surged in the Last Six Years

169

TIP759: The Art of Spending Money w/ Morgan Housel

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North Korean "Laptop Farm" Scams Target American Companies

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Why So Many Motels on Lombard Street?

172

Two and a Half Celebrities

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Two ways AI is changing the business of crime (Two Indicators)

174

Earn More Points in Multiplayer Mode with Kai

175

Joe Tsai on US-China Rivalry, AI's Future, Owning the Nets/Liberty, Caitlin Clark's Major Impact

176

Out Now: The Art of Spending Money (First Full Chapter Here)

177

Peru’s Hidden Gems, Why NOT to Hike the Inca Trail + Amazing (Less Crowded) Alternatives with Heather Jasper

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#402 Thomas Peterffy: The $80 Billion Founder Who Automates Everything

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109. Billboards

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Google Part III: The AI Company

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Pricing For Profit: Unlocking Your Firm’s True Value

182

Military Money Lessons That Civilians Can't Afford to Miss | Spencer Reese - E117

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Two Big Stories That Help Explain Today's World

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Building an AI Physicist: ChatGPT Co-Creator’s Next Venture

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108. Matchmakers

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Craigslist: Craig Newmark — The Forrest Gump of the Internet

187

Meta CMO: How Advertising Works Under the Hood

188

Mohnish Pabrai's Interview session at The Diary of a CEO on July 13, 2025

189

Matthew Prince (Co-founder & CEO of Cloudflare)

190

Software finally eats services - Aaron Levie

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How Jane Street’s secret billion-dollar trade unraveled

192

The Art of Wealth Preservation: Strategies for Protecting and Growing Your Wealth

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107. Megachurches

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In Gaza, money is falling apart

195

The $895 Platinum Card: Shockingly Compelling | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep324 | 9-19-25

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Does the Future Belong to China?

197

How to Live in Everyone Else's Future (with Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke)

198

Program Deep Dive: Hilton Honors

199

The Death of Search: How Shopping Will Work In The Age of AI

200

Why Medium is HIDING from AI | E2179

201

Nirav Tolia: Nextdoor. How neighborhood chatter went global

202

Seats.aero with Founder Ian Carroll

203

Playing Your Own Game

204

Underrated Travel Destinations You Can Book With Points & Miles

205

Mark Cuban on the NBA, Cost Plus Drugs, and How to Fix Politics

206

Why America Didn't Invade Taiwan: WWII Lessons for Xi's Invasion

207

Building APIs for Developers and AI Agents

208

Ep 510 Mastering the Deal: Earn-outs, Equity Rolls & Seller Notes—Risk or Reward?

209

The million dollar mystery behind Milk.com

210

Justin Ishbia - Lessons from Acquiring 586 Companies [Invest Like the Best, REPLAY]

211

The Joy & Pain of Buying a Tech Business

212

Ep 509 Mastering the Deal: 4 Buyer Types — Private Equity, Strategics, Hybrids & Acquisition Entrepreneurs

213

Big Ideas From The Art of Spending Money

214

Smarter Strategies for Retirement, Wealth Building, and Taxes with Michael Kitces

215

Robert Wallace: Managing Stanford’s Endowment, Balancing Risk, and Driving Innovation

216

Sol Price: The Retail Legend Who Taught Sam Walton, Jim Sinegal, and Jeff Bezos [Outliers]

217

How to Be Wealthy Starting at Just $500 per Month with Derek Sivers [replay]

218

CMO Confidential: Auren Hoffman l Why Vendor Management Is A Skill You Need to Master Now

219

Google Part II: Alphabet

220

Small Town Billionaire: How John Bragg Built 3 Empires [Outliers]

221

Aaron Levie and Steven Sinofsky on the AI-Worker Future

222

Costco

223

Ep 508 Exit Story: The Surprising Math Behind a $100 Million Exit

224

#18 Joe Liemandt: Startup Founder turned Buyout Billionaire

225

The Inevitability of Centrality

226

30 Years in Silicon Valley: My Journey Since the Internet Revolution | Nextdoor, Nirav Tolia | EO

227

How banks actually work (and don't work)

228

Compass: Real Estate Revolution - [Business Breakdowns, EP.226]

229

3345: Veeva Systems and the Future of Agentic AI in Pharma

230

7 Ways to Improve Your Next Road Trip (Lessons from our Norway Family Road Trip) with Anne Dorthe

231

What happens when governments cook the books

232

TIP744: Hidden Monopolies w/ Kyle Grieve

233

Block CEO: Twitter Evolution, Bitcoin and Digital Freedom

234

The Rental Car Game | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep318 | 8-8-25

235

Building software in Japan, with Jim Weisser

236

Top Airline & Hotel Transfer Partners to Maximize Your Points with Greg the Frequent Miler

237

A $150M Ride: Private Equity, Planes, & a $1M Butt Tattoo

238

The Big Four Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad

239

421: Net Worth Of $10M - Beyond Borders, Beyond Millions: A Deep Dive Into One Expats Global Wealth Strategy

240

643. Why Do Candles Still Exist?

241

Would you trust an economist with your economy?

242

#1582 Jordi Visser | AI Boom & Bitcoin Will Lead To MASSIVE Bull Market

243

Startup investing in Tokyo, with Coral Capital’s James Riney

244

Mini Retirements: How to Take a Break Sooner That Could Also Boost Your Career and Income with Jillian Johnsrud

245

AI Content and the War for Your Attention

246

Mohnish Pabrai's Talk with the My First Million podcast on March 27, 2025

247

TIP719: Investing and Life Lessons w/ Mohnish Pabrai

248

Ep 403. Investing the Peter Lynch Way

249

TIP658: Peter Lynch’s Guide to Investing in Your Expertise w/ Kyle Grieve

250

London is Calling

251

New Media: Podcasts, Politics & the Collapse of Trust

252

Summer School 3: How government decides what to spend our money on

253

100. Podcasts

254

Episode 784 | The Wealth Ladder: Six Levels of Financial Freedom

255

Inside Substack’s $100M Push to Fend Off Beehiiv | E2153

256

Summer School 2: How taxes change behavior and the economy

257

Summer School 1: A government's role in the economy is to make us all richer

258

How to Design a Rich Life at Any Income with Ramit Sethi

259

TIP737: Margin Of Safety by Seth Klarman w/ Kyle Grieve

260

Deep Dive on Amex Credit Cards and Membership Rewards Points

261

Inflation Is A Choice: Kevin Warsh on Fixing the Federal Reserve | Uncommon Knowledge | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution

262

Immigration Detention Inc.: The Big Business of Locking up Migrants

263

Big Beautiful Bill, Elon/Trump, Dollar Down Big, Harvard's Money Problems, Figma IPO

264

The simple math of the big bill

265

Program Deep Dive: United MileagePlus

266

A thought experiment on how to fix the national debt problem

267

Rebuilding Civilization from First Principles: Inside Balaji’s Network State Vision | E2145

268

Google Part I: Origins of Search

269

Amazon Wants More Power

270

Destination: Alaska

271

How to become a Substack Star with Emily Sundberg

272

Coatue’s Laffont Brothers. AI, Public & VC Mkts, Macro, US Debt, Crypto, IPO's, & more | BG2

273

Ep 499 After the Deal: The Hidden Cost of Generational Wealth

274

Why did Apple ice out the most famous Apple blogger?

275

638. Ten Things About Being American (Solo)

276

TIP730: Richer, Wiser, Happier, Q2 2025 w/ Stig Brodersen & William Green

277

Dinakar Singh - A Father’s Call To Action - [Invest Like the Best, EP.428]

278

Howard Marks, The State of the Market

279

The Death of the Financial Close: Aaron Harris on AI's Accounting Revolution

280

Why I joined DOGE

281

Inside UnitedHealth’s Dramatic Faltering

282

Top 50 Ways to Upgrade Your Life, Money, and Travel from 200+ Episodes of All the Hacks

283

How Much Does It Really Cost to Fly Private?

284

The (Epic) Arc of a Patient Journey with Seth Hain

285

041 / The Road Ahead with Waymo Founder Sebastian Thrun and co-CEO Dmitri Dolgov

286

Medicare, Inc. Part 2: Taxpayers Paid for Care Denied by Insurers

287

Meet the Man Who’s Making Supersonic Flight Possible Again | Blake Scholl

288

HIBT Lab! Boom Supersonic: Blake Scholl

289

The Signal in the Noise: Speaker Mike Johnson on Elon, the Big Beautiful Bill, and “Our Chance to Save Our Country” | Uncommon Knowledge | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution

290

Friendship Breakup Costs Tesla

291

Medicare, Inc. Part 1: How Insurers Make Billions From Medicare

292

The State of Consumer Tech in the Age of AI

293

635. Can a Museum Be the Conscience of a Nation?

294

The Steve Ballmer Interview

295

The Wealth Ladder: Proven Strategies for Every Step of Your Financial Life with Nick Maggiulli

296

Why the national debt might finally matter

297

Crunchbase CEO Jager McConnell - predicting acquisitions, value of data, AI

298

Episode 777 | Why Retiring Might Be the Worst Goal for Entrepreneurs

299

$60M Exit, 25+ Deals, and Why Angel Investing Isn’t For Most | Auren Hoffman

300

Beyond the Hype: Real-World AI in Accounting and Finance

301

The Flywheel Episode