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The virtues of Cyrus — in his time and ours
Xenophon’s Education of Cyrus was a favorite of kings and princes for generations. We need its wisdom for our Republic today.
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Learning from Cato’s Letters at 300
In Revolutionary America, colonists read Cato’s Letters for its rousing lessons on liberty, power, tyranny, and republican government.
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Our Duties as Defense Technologists
As we bolster our defenses with technology, we must remember - and teach - our duties as citizens
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Jefferson and America's Lost Idea: Natural Aristocracy
Revisiting the lesser-known wisdom of the founders.
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Ep 65: Marc Andreessen and the Case for AI Optimism
Listen now | What's the best optimistic case for AI? Could AI actually save the world? What do the AI doomsayers get wrong? We dive deep into the AI…
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Ep 64: The Palantir Interview with Dr. Alex Karp
Listen now (50 mins) | Over the past two decades, Palantir has prevented a large number of terrorist attacks, deployed the most advanced civil liberties…
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The Dissident's Guide to Philanthropy
How to give money and keep your integrity in the 2020s.
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Fishponds and Fighters
A lesson from Cicero on citizenship and duty
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To Save America, Restore Our Frontier
Restoring accountability in America is the fight of our times
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In Defense of Us
We need civilizational pride, not shame
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Ep 71: Reinventing Community College with Tade Oyerinde, Chancellor of Campus
Listen now | Ten million students attend community college annually, but only 30% ever graduate! It's a massive economic loss to students and society…
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Ep 70: "The Geek Way" — Andrew McAfee's New Book on the Radical Mindset that Transformed the World
Listen now | In the last generation, the U.S. technology sector created many of the most valuable companies in the world. Has Silicon Valley figured out…
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Ep 69: How a Builder Mindset Is Solving the World's Ocean Trash Problem; Boyan Slat & The Ocean Cleanup
Listen now | We've all seen the images — garbage patches twice the size of Texas accumulating in the Pacific Ocean. Yet nothing was being done, despite…
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Ep 68: How to Generate Alpha in Volatile Markets with Jacob Miller of Opto Investments
Listen now | Will high interest rates and inflation be the norm for the foreseeable future? Are we living through a 1970s redux? How should investors…
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Ideas and dialectic on technology, policy & philosophy.
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