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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…
 • Joe Lonsdale
49:38
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…
 • Joe Lonsdale
30:25
Horseshoe Jacobins
The Conspiracy of "Civilization"
 • Joe Lonsdale
Ep 154: Jacob Helberg on Pax Silica & the New Global Order in the AI Age
Listen now | Jacob Helberg is leading the State Department's efforts to secure critical supply chains and win the global AI race.
 • Joe Lonsdale
33:52
Ep 153: Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar on Heretics, AI Weapons, and Rebuilding the Arsenal of Democracy
Listen now | Shyam Sankar is one of my favorite American innovators. As CTO of Palantir, he's been a key leader for over 20 years and built much of what…
 • Joe Lonsdale
44:04

April 2026

Ep 152: Ben Black Runs America's $200B Foreign Investment Fund; Here's His Plan to Counter China & Rebuild American Influence
Listen now | Ben Black is the CEO of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC). Backed by a $205 billion budget, his mandate is to…
 • Joe Lonsdale
38:32
Ep 151: The Myth of Michael Milken with Richard Sandler
Listen now | Michael Milken revolutionized American finance and democratized access to capital for thousands of companies that Wall Street had…
 • Joe Lonsdale
41:17
Ep 150: How AI Is Transforming Diligence, Decision-Making & the Future of Investing with John Melas-Kyriazi
Listen now | John Melas-Kyriazi is the co-founder and CEO of Standard Metrics, which powers portfolio management for more than 150 venture capital firms…
 • Joe Lonsdale
34:43
Ep 149: Will Fry on the Small Business Succession Crisis & New Opportunities in the AI Age
Listen now | In the coming years, over two million small businesses will change hands or close their doors as Baby Boomers retire.
 • Joe Lonsdale
34:48
Ep 148: JoeBen Bevirt, Founder & CEO of Joby Aviation — Flying Cars Have Arrived
Listen now | Last year, JoeBen Bevirt joined the show to discuss the vision behind Joby Aviation and bringing air taxis to life. Now, he's back to talk…
 • Joe Lonsdale
38:28

March 2026

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