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Ep 117: Dave Rubin on the Woke Right, Free Speech vs Conspiracy Theories & His New Tequila Company
Listen now | Few people have been as influential as Dave Rubin in the new media movement and fight for free speech. He not only helped expose Big Tech's…
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Why Congress Should Protect AI Startups
A provision in the "Big Beautiful Bill" would do just that.
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Ep 116: California — the Next Revolution? A Conversation with Steve Hilton
Listen now | California has been governed by left-wing, one party-rule for 15 years, and the results speak for themselves. How did California turn deep…
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Ep 115: Scott Wu, Devin, and a Trillion-Dollar Opportunity
Listen now | Scott Wu took the technology world by storm when he released a demo of Devin, the first AI software engineer. A year later, Devin has gone…
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Ep 114: Flying Cars Are About to Change the World — Joby CEO JoeBen Bevirt
Listen now | JoeBen Bevirt has spent two decades building electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, and now he's on the cusp of…
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May 2025

Our Schools Teach Our Kids to Love Socialism. Let's Teach them Liberty.
The Cicero Institute, the Reagan Foundation, and the State of Texas are fighting communist encroachment.
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Fix the NIH to Fix American Science
Perspectives from 8VC about how to reform America's scientific research behemoth
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Ep 113: Why Sam Lessin Believes AI Isn't Disruptive & Venture Capital Is Fundamentally Changing
Listen now | After leading the product team at Facebook, Sam Lessin became one of the top seed investors in Silicon Valley, known for cutting the first…
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April 2025

The Scandal of Minority Contracting
Race-based contracting regimes threaten core American values, writes Judge Glock
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Ep 112: Peter Thiel on DOGE, Tariffs, Building Generational Companies & the Future of Civilization
Listen now | From co-founding PayPal and Palantir to writing the first check into Facebook and investing early in SpaceX, AirBnB, and numerous other…
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Make the FDA Great Again!
We're long overdue for bold reforms to keep us ahead of China, and save more lives
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Episode 111: Sen. Tom Cotton on DOGE, TikTok, and "Seven Things You Can't Say About China"
Listen now | Sen. Tom Cotton is a key leader on Capitol Hill, standing up to cronyism and grift at home and our adversaries abroad. Does he think DOGE…
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