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Ep 123: The New Space Age with Palantir Alum & Apex Space CEO Ian Cinnamon
Listen now | Reusable rockets, new economics, and surging investment are quickly making space one of the most promising areas for growth and innovation.
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Pay for Performance: Texas and Private Prisons
Texas can be a national leader yet again, showing how our principles work for prisons - if we’re bold.
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Ep 122: The AI Services Revolution with Shreyas Parab & Anton Lin of DayDream
Listen now | This week we're talking dental billing! Why? Because large parts of the $5 trillion US services economy, like medical billing, are…
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July 2025

How to Dismantle the NGO Underground
The Trump administration has started the job, but we need bolder action from the White House and Congress to finish it.
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Ep 121: Reid Hoffman on AI Optimism & How the Democratic Party Alienated Silicon Valley
Listen now | Reid Hoffman is a longtime leader in Silicon Valley and vocal AI optimist; he's also a major Democratic Party donor. What happens when AI…
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Ep 120: OMB Director Russ Vought on the Big Beautiful Bill, Making DOGE Permanent & the Looming Battle over Impoundment
Listen now | We're joined this week by a key architect of President Trump's budget and regulatory agenda: Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director…
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A Summer of AI in San Francisco
Reflections on a technology revolution, as seen from 8VC
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Ep 119: Former Waymo Leader Boris Sofman on Autonomous Construction & Bringing AI into the Physical World
Listen now | Construction is a $2 trillion U.S. industry ($13 trillion globally) that impacts nearly every aspect of our lives. Yet, building has become…
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Engineering Faster Cures at the FDA
New plans to upend America's health bureaucracy
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Ep 118: Marc Andreessen on AI, Robotics & America's Industrial Renaissance
Listen now | America's global ascendency was tied to its industrial strength. But since the 1960s, our manufacturing might gave way to white-collar…
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June 2025

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