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Ep 97: Jimmy John Built a Restaurant Empire; Government Almost Destroyed It
Listen now | At 19 years old, Jimmy John Liautaud dropped out of college to start his own sandwich shop. He spent 10 years perfecting his first 10…
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September 2024

Ep 96: Harvard Economist Roland Fryer on the Truth Behind Police Shootings & Using Data to Supercharge Meritocracy
Listen now | Roland Fryer is a profile in courage; the Harvard economist follows the data where it leads, no matter the outcome.
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Ep 95: Navy SEAL & Saronic CEO Dino Mavrookas on the Race for Autonomous Ships and Naval Dominance
Listen now | The U.S. Navy dominated in World War II, not because we had the most advanced ships, but because our industrial capacity was unmatched…
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August 2024

Ep 94: A Conversation with Turnaround King & U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross
Listen now | Wilbur Ross is one of the great turnaround artists in modern finance.
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Ep 93: Cold War II & the Race for Technological Supremacy with CrowdStrike Co-Founder Dmitri Alperovitch
Listen now | He predicted Vladimir Putin would attack Ukraine months before it happened. Now he believes similar signals foreshadow China invading…
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Ep 92: High-Power Microwave & the Rise of Electronic Shields with Epirus CEO Andy Lowery
Listen now | Electronic shields are iconic elements of Star Trek, Star Wars, and other great American sci-fi.
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Merit and Accountability Make Bureaucracy Less Dumb.
In the USA, they once did; we can restore them today.
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July 2024

Ep 91: "I whooped his ass!" Legendary Investor & Home Depot Founder Ken Langone on Leadership, Courage & Defeating the Bad Guys
Listen now | Ken Langone's father was a plumber and his mother a cafeteria worker — neither made it past 8th grade — yet Ken became a multi-billionaire…
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Victory at the Supreme Court
The Chevron Deference falls - and the Homeless Industrial Complex with it.
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May 2024

A Note on “Equity” and Captured Institutions
Blink twice if your organization has been taken over by Marxists!
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Ep 90: Ethan Penner on Choosing Greatness & Pioneering New Markets on Wall Street
Listen now | Is greatness a choice? If so, why doesn't everyone choose greatness? And more broadly, what are the prerequisites for a great society? This…
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Ep 89: Coleman Hughes on "The End of Race Politics" & the Worst Ideas Done in the Name of Diversity
Listen now | At Columbia University's freshman orientation, Coleman Hughes and his classmates were separated into groups by skin color to discuss the…
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