Joe Lonsdale

Texas Should Shut Down the Education Cartel

The Texas Association of School Boards is a machine that fights for higher property tax, DEI, and “trans rights,” and fights against school choice — all…

Sep 5 • Joe Lonsdale

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August 2026

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

Listen now | Until recently, robots were constrained to narrow, specific tasks. Think assembly lines, medical devices, or household vacuum cleaners. But…

Aug 24 • Joe Lonsdale

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July 2026

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

Listen now | Aaron Levie has spent two decades building Box into a cloud storage leader — and he's never been more excited for the future.

Jul 30 • Joe Lonsdale

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

Listen now | Aaron Cannon is applying AI to solve one of the oldest and most important challenges in business: understanding exactly what customers want…

Jul 2 • Joe Lonsdale

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June 2026

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

Listen now | Nima Ghamsari was a top talent at Palantir before founding Blend Labs to digitize the mortgage process.

Jun 18 • Joe Lonsdale

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Dear New Philanthropists

Most 20th century institutions are unfit for 21st century problems. Will this generation’s winning innovators build new ones, or get hoodwinked by the…

Jun 17 • Joe Lonsdale

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The Case for Private Permitting

Governments are terrible at approving new construction. Luckily, we have much better options.

Jun 10 • Joe Lonsdale and Judge Glock

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

Listen now | In 2010, the U.S. and China were at parity in electricity generation. Today, China boasts triple our capacity. We’re at the vanguard of the…

Jun 5 • Joe Lonsdale

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May 2026

What America Needs from a New FDA Commissioner

Beat China, Unleash Cures.

May 30 • Joe Lonsdale

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

Listen now | Is America’s national wealth built on slavery? Are disparities between races today attributable to past injustices? Will we ever overcome…

May 29 • Joe Lonsdale

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

Listen now | As a former Principal at Founders Fund, Founding Partner at SciFi VC, and 8VC advisor, Eric Scott has invested in and helped build numerous…

May 22 • Joe Lonsdale

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Horseshoe Jacobins

The Conspiracy of "Civilization"

May 20 • Joe Lonsdale

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