Podcast Episodes

Sir Niall Ferguson decodes Trump, China, and the new world order

Episode 69

Sir Niall Ferguson, renowned historian and Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, joins Azeem Azhar to discuss the evolving relationship between the U.S. and China, Trump's foreign p…

Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago

What it’s like on the frontlines of Trump’s tariff’s war

Episode 68

In this episode, Azeem Azhar speaks with Ryan Petersen, CEO and founder of logistics platform Flexport, about the current state of global trade amidst escalating tariffs, geopolitical tensions, and t…

Published on 6 months, 4 weeks ago

A tour of the tech boom — 5 waves you need to understand

Episode 67

Azeem Azhar welcomes Packy McCormick, founder and investor at Not Boring, to discuss the current tech landscape. 

In this episode you'll hear: 

(01:50) What Packy got wrong (and right) about Web3 

(10:1…

Published on 7 months ago

Are we ready for human-level AI by 2030? Anthropic's co-founder answers

Anthropic's co-founder and chief scientist Jared Kaplan discusses AI's rapid evolution, the shorter-than-expected timeline to human-level AI, and how Claude's "thinking time" feature represents a new…

Published on 7 months, 1 week ago

The future of Human-AI coexistence, according to Kevin Kelly (co-founder of Wired, futurist, author)

Episode 65

Kevin Kelly is a co-founder of Wired Magazine and a renowned author and futurist.  Decades ago, Kevin predicted much of today's technological and cultural landscape. In this discussion, he presents h…

Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago

AI in 2025 – A global perspective, with Kai-Fu Lee

Episode 64

Kai-Fu Lee joins me to discuss AI in 2025. Kai-Fu is a storied AI researcher, investor, inventor and entrepreneur based in Taiwan. As one of the leading AI experts based in Asia, I wanted to get his …

Published on 10 months, 1 week ago

AI in 2025 – The great normalisation, with Nathan Benaich

Episode 63

Nathan Benaich, Founder and General Partner of Air Street Capital, joins me to discuss AI in 2025. From runaway consumer adoption to evolving enterprise moats, from still-elusive AI-driven drug break…

Published on 10 months, 2 weeks ago

AI in 2025 – Infrastructure, investment & bottlenecks with Dylan Patel

Episode 62

Dylan Patel, founder of SemiAnalysis and one of my go-to experts on semiconductors and data center infrastructure joins me to discuss AI in 2025. Several key themes emerged about where AI might be he…

Published on 10 months, 3 weeks ago

Exponential Growth: Why AI, Solar & Batteries Will Keep Getting Cheaper | Exponential View & Cleaning Up Podcast

Episode 61

As we race towards a future powered by AI and data centres, how will the insatiable demand for energy impact the environment? With the richest companies ploughing billions into energy generation, mig…

Published on 11 months, 2 weeks ago

The Science of Making Truthful AI

Episode 60

Artificial Intelligence is on every business leader’s agenda. How do we make sense of the fast-moving new developments in AI over the past year? Azeem Azhar returns to bring clarity to leaders who fa…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago