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Nobel Peace Prize Winner: María Corina Machado on Defeating Maduro, Socialism & Freeing Venezuela
(0:00) Friedberg introduces 2025 Nobel Peace Prize Winner María Corina Machado
(4:27) Venezuela before and after Chavez
(15:25) Why María got involved in politics and why she was expelled
(24:33) Why…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
Nobel Prize in Physics Winner: John Martinis on the State of Quantum
(0:00) David Friedberg intros John Martinis, the 2025 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics
(0:43) John's history, how he got into physics
(4:54) Explainer on quantum mechanics
(22:57) Quantum tunn…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
NBA Gambling Scandal, Tesla Trillion Dollar Vote, Billionaire Tax, Amazon Robots, AWS Outage
(0:00) Bestie intros!
(1:02) CA Billionaire Tax
(17:00) Major NBA gambling scandal
(29:51) Amazon's eventful week: AWS outage and leaked robotic automation plans
(49:55) Tesla earnings, Optimus, Elon…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
Joe Manchin on the Fight for America's Future: Term Limits, Bipartisanship & the 2028 Election
(0:00) Chamath and Jason welcome Senator Joe Manchin!
(4:20) Blocking Build Back Better, defending the filibuster while dealing with paid protestors and death threats
(19:39) How Biden's staff pushed…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
California Forever: The Startup Building America's Next Great City
(0:00) Introducing Jan Sramek
(0:51) How California Forever is building America's next great city
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Solana - Solana is the high performance network poweri…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Trump: Send National Guard to SF, China Rare Earths Trade War, AI's PR Crisis
(0:00) Bestie intros! Dreamforce and another interesting conference take the Bay Area
(3:35) State of crime in SF, do they need the National Guard?
(20:48) US to impose price floors after China puts …
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
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 1 month, 2 weeks 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 month, 3 weeks 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 1 month, 3 weeks 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 1 month, 3 weeks ago