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Making the Media Great Again
Arena Magazine and the future of American media
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A Vision for Healthcare AI in America
8VC's battle plan to upend a broken system
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Ep 147: Scott Wu & Russell Kaplan on the New Era of Software Abundance
Listen now | Scott Wu & Russell Kaplan, co-founders of Cognition, are leading one of the fastest-growing, talent-dense AI companies.
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35:50
Ep 146: Jake Paul & Geoff Woo on Building Anti Fund, the Future of the Creator Economy & How to Change the Culture
Listen now | Jake Paul is a social media influencer-turned-entrepreneur and boxer. He’s not only one of the most popular figures on the planet among Gen…
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31:26
Ep 145: SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler on Exposing Billions in Fraud & What AI Means for Small Business
Listen now | Small Business Administrator Kelly Loeffler is playing a pivotal role in our nation on two fronts: supporting the next generation of small…
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Ep 139: Make Government Beautiful & Functional Again with America's Chief Design Officer Joe Gebbia
Listen now | First, he digitized the entire federal retirement process, cutting it from six months to a few days. Now, he’s overhauling the U.S…
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29:39
Ep 138: AI, Space-Based Interceptors & the Bleeding Edge of Warfare with Pentagon R&D Chief Emil Michael
Listen now | Emil Michael directs the U.S. military's research and development of advanced technologies.
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34:45
Ep 137: Gov. Chris Sununu on AI vs Harvard, DOGE 2.0, and a Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution
Listen now | Chris Sununu is an MIT-educated engineer who won four terms as governor of New Hampshire.
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Ep 136: OPM Director Scott Kupor on Launching the U.S. Tech Force & Bringing Merit Back to Government
Listen now | This week, OPM Director Scott Kupor launched the U.S. Tech Force to recruit an elite cohort of engineering talent into the federal…
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37:42
Ep 135: Philip Howard on Saving the American Spirit
Listen now | For decades, Philip Howard has been sounding the alarm: our government is broken, and tinkering around the edges won’t work. We need a new…
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Taking Thiel Seriously on the Antichrist
And how old models help us think about new problems
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Ep 134: Inside the White House and the AI Race with OSTP Director Michael Kratsios
Listen now | Michael Kratsios is the man of the hour, charged by President Trump to usher in the golden age of AI and American innovation.
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43:59
Ep 133: Matt Ridley on the Fight to Save the UK & How Extraordinary Ideas Evolve
Listen now | Do great men alter the course of history, or is everything more bottom-up than we realize? Or both? We credit Thomas Edison for the light…
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Fighting With Liberty, For Liberty
Thoughts from the 2025 Cicero Courage Awards
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