Podcast Episodes

1929 vs 2025: Andrew Ross Sorkin on Crashes, Bubbles & Lessons Learned

(0:00) Chamath and Friedberg welcome Andrew Ross Sorkin to discuss his new book, "1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History--and How It Shattered a Nation"

(0:38) Why he chose this time …

Published on 17 hours ago

How Orlando Bravo Built One of the Most Successful Firms in Private Equity

(0:00) Introducing Orlando Bravo

(1:53) Orlando’s history, Puerto Rico origins, how he got into private equity

(7:10) How he runs Thoma Bravo: small team, outward facing, mentorship, patience in fund…

Published on 1 day, 17 hours ago

Bryan Johnson: The #1 Longevity Secret You Can Start Doing Today

(0:00) Introducing Bryan Johnson

(0:46) Bryan takes the audience through a quick biological age test

(5:53) The single best longevity hack from all of his research

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Published on 2 days, 8 hours ago

Cathie Wood on How AI Can Double GDP, Bull Case for Bitcoin $1M, Elon’s Trillion-Dollar Pay Package

(0:00) Introducing Cathie Wood

(0:47) Cathie Wood on AI’s once in a lifetime opportunity: doubling GDP, deflation, and more

(9:23) Cathie’s bull case for Bitcoin $1M

(11:38) Opening up access to inno…

Published on 2 days, 23 hours ago

Trump Brokers Gaza Peace Deal, National Guard in Chicago, OpenAI/AMD, AI Roundtripping, Gold Rally

(0:00) Bestie intros: Welcome back Brad Gerstner!

(2:48) Israel-Hamas ceasefire, how Trump and his team got the deal done

(13:27) National Guard sent to Chicago to protect ICE Agents

(44:02) OpenAI's…

Published on 6 days, 6 hours ago

Sequoia’s Roelof Botha: Why Venture Capital is Broken & How Great Companies Are Built

(0:00) Introducing Roelof Botha

(1:08) Sequoia’s Scout program and its best-performing funds ever

(3:38) State of Venture Capital: Why it’s broken, too much capital, not enough great companies

(9:01)…

Published on 1 week ago

YouTube CEO Neal Mohan on AI, Censorship & the Future of Creators

(0:00) Introducing YouTube CEO Neal Mohan

(1:08) YouTube’s revenue split with creators

(7:30) How Neal thinks about enabling monoculture and connective threads at YouTube

(11:23) Censorship on YouTub…

Published on 1 week, 1 day ago

Joe Tsai on US-China Rivalry, AI's Future, Owning the Nets/Liberty, Caitlin Clark's Major Impact

(0:00) Introducing Joe Tsai

(0:49) Owning the Nets and Liberty, Caitlin Clark’s impact on the WNBA, does the NBA need fixing?

(6:07) Alibaba origins, China’s pullback on capitalism

(10:10) US vs Chin…

Published on 1 week, 1 day ago

Biggest LBO Ever, SPAC 2.0, Open Source AI Models, State AI Regulation Frenzy

(0:00) Bestie intros!

(1:53) EA acquired for $55B in biggest LBO ever, why PE is in trouble

(17:42) IPO market, SPAC 2.0

(27:41) The AI rollup opportunity

(36:01) Sacks joins the show!

(38:27) OpenAI…

Published on 1 week, 6 days ago

Ro Khanna on Crime, Censorship & Congress: Fixing What’s Broken in America

(0:00) Chamath and Jason welcome Rep. Ro Khanna!

(1:10) H-1Bs and immigration

(8:40) Giving Trump credit as a Progressive Democrat, why bipartisanship is broken, future Democratic leaders

(15:08) Tec…

Published on 2 weeks ago