Podcast Episodes

MacKenzie Price on AI-Powered K-12 Schools

Season 4 Episode 33

Gains in the quality of America’s K-12 education in the late 20th and early 21st century have largely plateaued—and , in several instances, reversed—in the last few decades. This week, Alpha School c…

Published on 7 hours ago

Reid riffs on GPT-5, Figma's IPO, and the end of AOL dial-up

Season 4 Episode 32

This week, Reid and Aria discuss the much-anticipated launch of GPT-5, Figma's blockbuster IPO, Perplexity’s bid to acquire Google Chrome, and the end of AOL’s dial-up internet service. Plus, Reid of…

Published on 1 week ago

Audrey Tang and Divya Siddarth on Outfitting Democracy for the AI Era

Season 4 Episode 31

How can we take digitally-empowered democracy straight out of science fiction into reality?

This week, Reid and Aria are joined by two digital democracy pioneers, Audrey Tang and Divya Siddarth. Aud…

Published on 2 weeks ago

Reid riffs on the energy arms race and AI addressing climate change

Season 4 Episode 30

Could the very technology that requires massive amounts of energy to power it also be key to solving the climate crisis? This week, Reid and Aria discuss the global energy arms race and why the U.S. …

Published on 3 weeks ago

Tony Marx on the Future of Libraries, AI, and Trust

Season 4 Episode 29

What can public libraries teach us about finding and sharing trustworthy information in the age of AI? How can—and should—AI build upon the technology that is books? This week, Reid and Aria head to …

Published on 4 weeks ago

Reid riffs on AI adoption, sensitive data, and digital twins

Season 4 Episode 28

On Part II of last week’s Live Riff, co-hosted with Village Global, Reid fields audience member questions about scale product-market fit, license modeling, data sensitivities, and the future of custo…

Published on 1 month ago

Reid riffs on acquihires, agents, and new startup norms

What’s the deal with hyperscalers’ recent string of acquisitions betting big on AI talent? When will business schools start requiring classes on managing agents? And how is—and isn’t—AI changing the …

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Reid riffs on cryptocurrency, stablecoins and regulation

Season 4 Episode 26

Crypto often feels like a microcosm of the broader government–tech relationship. On one extreme, you have true believers who see blockchain as the next frontier of economic empowerment and radical tr…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

David Autor on AI’s impact on jobs, expertise, and labor markets

Season 4 Episode 25

What if AI helped people develop and deepen their existing expertise, and better outfitted them for the jobs of the future? This week, Reid and Aria are joined by one of the world’s leading labor eco…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Reid riffs on massive AI acquisitions, robotics, and headcount trimming

Aria and Reid dive into the recent flurry of multibillion-dollar AI acquisitions—from OpenAI’s $3B Windsurf deal to Meta’s ~$15B stake in Scale AI—and what they reveal about how companies are racing …

Published on 2 months ago