Ep 105: What Can Aristotle Teach Us About AI? Training "Philosopher Builders" with Brendan McCord of the Cosmos Institute

December 14, 2024

Ep 104: Will AI Replace Coders? Terminal Co-Founder & CEO Dylan Serota

December 06, 2024

Ep 103: Raj Bhakta Created WhistlePig; Now He's Reinventing the Whiskey Industry (Again)

November 29, 2024

Ep 102: "If You're Not Blowing Stuff Up, You're Not Innovating!" — Stanford Professor Steve Blank

November 22, 2024

Ep 101: Gov. Kevin Stitt — the Businessman Governor Standing Up to Special Interests

November 15, 2024

Ep 100: Why AI Is Underhyped with Elad Gil

November 02, 2024

Lessons from Palantir in the AI Age

October 31, 2024

The Stakes

October 29, 2024

Ep 99: The Myth of American Inequality with Senator Phil Gramm

October 26, 2024

"How to Spend a Trillion Dollars"

October 25, 2024

Ep 98: How Wokeness Foments Antisemitism; a Conversation with ADL's Jonathan Greenblatt

October 18, 2024

Ep 97: Jimmy John Built a Restaurant Empire; Government Almost Destroyed It

October 03, 2024

Ep 96: Harvard Economist Roland Fryer on the Truth Behind Police Shootings & Using Data to Supercharge Meritocracy

September 20, 2024

Ep 95: Navy SEAL & Saronic CEO Dino Mavrookas on the Race for Autonomous Ships and Naval Dominance

September 12, 2024

Ep 94: A Conversation with Turnaround King & U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross

August 30, 2024

Ep 93: Cold War II & the Race for Technological Supremacy with CrowdStrike Co-Founder Dmitri Alperovitch

August 22, 2024

Ep 92: High-Power Microwave & the Rise of Electronic Shields with Epirus CEO Andy Lowery

August 16, 2024

Merit and Accountability Make Bureaucracy Less Dumb.

August 13, 2024

Ep 91: "I whipped his ass!" Legendary Investor & Home Depot Founder Ken Langone on Leadership, Courage & Defeating the Bad Guys

July 03, 2024

Victory at the Supreme Court

July 02, 2024

A Note on “Equity” and Captured Institutions

May 29, 2024

Ep 90: Ethan Penner on Choosing Greatness & Pioneering New Markets on Wall Street

May 23, 2024

Ep 89: Coleman Hughes on "The End of Race Politics" & the Worst Ideas Done in the Name of Diversity

May 16, 2024

Brave Days, Great Days

May 14, 2024

Ep 88: A Conversation with MLK's Attorney & Speechwriter: Dr. Clarence Jones

May 10, 2024

Ep 87: Dr. Cliff Winston — Deregulate Lawyers, Deregulate Airlines, and Let Markets Correct Themselves

May 02, 2024

Ep 86: How to Design a STEM Curriculum for the 21st Century with Dr. David Ruth

April 25, 2024

Ep 85: The Path to Regime Change in Iran with Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi

April 18, 2024

Ep 84: Sri Ganesan on Freshworks' Big Win, Building Rocketlane & India's Tech Boom

April 11, 2024

Ep 83: A New Cancer Breakthrough with Ivan Dimov of Orca Bio

April 05, 2024

Ep 82: Whitney Baker's Masterclass on Macro Investing & the State of the Economy

March 21, 2024

Florida's Homelessness Revolution

March 20, 2024

The Policy Fight for the Future of American Prisons

March 19, 2024

Ep 81: Tyler Scriven was Palantir's "Predictor & Crusher." Now he's building Saltbox — the backbone of small business e-commerce.

March 14, 2024

Ep 80: Leonard Leo's Winning Strategy to Rebuild Institutions, Accelerate Innovation, and Save Our Country

March 08, 2024

Ep 79: Bjorn Lomborg and the 12 Best Policies to Help the World

February 29, 2024

OpenGov: a Changing Guard, a Continuing Mission

February 27, 2024

Time to Take Out the Regulatory Trash

February 21, 2024

Ep 78: Emil Michael — the Master Dealmaker Behind Uber's Global Dominance

February 14, 2024

Rules for Counter-Radicals: The Universities

February 09, 2024

Ep 77: Mike Solana on Exposing Government Corruption, Saving San Francisco, and Building a New Media Empire

February 08, 2024

Ep 76: Accelerate or Die! Guillaume Verdon and the e/acc Movement

January 31, 2024

Announcing UATX Lonsdale Magaro Build Scholarship

January 17, 2024

Ep 75: Leadership Lessons with Intuit Founder & Silicon Valley Legend Scott Cook

December 20, 2023

Ep 74: A Turning Point in Higher Education with Pano Kanelos & Niall Ferguson

December 13, 2023

Ep 73: How Two Palantir Stars Are Fixing the $280B Healthcare Billing Fiasco

December 07, 2023

My Homelessness Article in the NY Post

December 05, 2023

Ep 72: Illegal Chinese Bio Labs & Secret Police in the U.S.; Investigating the CCP with Congressman Mike Gallagher

November 30, 2023

Ep 71: Reinventing Community College with Tade Oyerinde, Chancellor of Campus

November 23, 2023

The virtues of Cyrus — in his time and ours

November 22, 2023

Ep 70: "The Geek Way" — Andrew McAfee's New Book on the Radical Mindset that Transformed the World

November 15, 2023

Learning from Cato’s Letters at 300

November 12, 2023

Ep 69: How a Builder Mindset Is Solving the World's Ocean Trash Problem; Boyan Slat & The Ocean Cleanup

November 08, 2023

Our Duties as Defense Technologists

November 02, 2023

Ep 68: How to Generate Alpha in Volatile Markets with Jacob Miller of Opto Investments

November 02, 2023

Ep 67: Brad Gerstner on the AI Supercycle & Restoring Faith in Capitalism with Invest America

October 25, 2023

My interview with Elad Levy, uncle of a missing IDF soldier.

October 13, 2023

A Missing Israeli Soldier & the Truth About Hamas

October 13, 2023

Jefferson and America's Lost Idea: Natural Aristocracy

September 15, 2023

Ep 66: Bob McGrew — the Superstar Palantir Alum Leading OpenAI's Transformative Research Projects

August 18, 2023

Ep 65: Marc Andreessen and the Case for AI Optimism

July 18, 2023

Ep 64: The Palantir Interview with Dr. Alex Karp

July 14, 2023

Ep 63: Eddie Margain on Fleeing Mexico, Preserving Rule of Law & Building Austin FC

June 22, 2023

Ep 62: Ben Rubenstein on How to Hire Great Salespeople & Why Resumes Are Largely Useless

June 15, 2023

Ep 61: High School Dropout to Billion-Dollar Startup; How Guillermo Rauch Built Vercel

June 11, 2023

Ep 60: Dr. Rebekah Gee Is Reinventing In-Home Care With Nest Health

June 01, 2023

Cicero Institute End-of-Session Update

May 30, 2023

Ep 59: Adi Berlia on India's Remarkable Rise Out of Socialism & How to Strengthen U.S.-India Ties

May 24, 2023

Ep 58: Eliot Hodges on Democratizing Access to Private Markets & Expanding the Innovation Economy

May 17, 2023

Ep 57: Balaji Srinivasan on the Origins & Severity of the Bank Crisis, the Future of Bitcoin, and "Make America States Again"

May 11, 2023

Ep 56: A Philosopher in Construction? How Maria Davidson Is Reinventing the $250B Construction Materials Industry

May 03, 2023

Ep 55: Nathan Mintz on Directed Energy, a Driverless Future, and How He Attracts the Top Engineering Talent

April 27, 2023

Ep 54: Peter Attia on the Science of Longevity, Willpower vs Environment, and Why Americans Are Increasingly Unhealthy

April 19, 2023

Ep 53: Airbnb Co-Founder Joe Gebbia Transformed the Hospitality Industry; Learn What He's Building Next with Samara

April 12, 2023

The Dissident's Guide to Philanthropy

April 09, 2023

Ep 52: An Orthodox Jew Building in Saudi Arabia! The Middle East's Modern Renaissance with Yitz Applbaum

April 05, 2023

Ep 51: Adm. Bill McRaven on Lessons from the bin Laden Raid, Why "Make Your Bed" Went Viral, and Addressing Russia & China

March 29, 2023

Fishponds and Fighters

March 27, 2023

Helping Banks Into The 21st Century With Dynamic Digital Infrastructure

March 27, 2023

Ep 50: Legendary Music Manager Troy Carter on Making Lady Gaga a Superstar & Why He's Speaking Out for School Choice

March 22, 2023

Ep 49: Eboo Patel's Inspiring Journey from Social Activist to Social Entrepreneur

March 15, 2023

Ep 48: Rahul Gandhi on Disrupting the $38 Billion Storage Industry

March 08, 2023

The FTC versus America

March 07, 2023

Ep 47: John Chambers & Pankaj Patel Changed the World with Cisco. Now They're Doing It Again with Nile.

March 01, 2023

Announcing 8VC Fund V

March 01, 2023

Ep 46: Mike Pompeo on Negotiating with Tyrants, Spy Balloons (or UFOs?) & Why Trump Didn't Ban TikTok

February 22, 2023

To Save America, Restore Our Frontier

February 21, 2023

Ep 45: John Mack — Wall Street Legend & Former Morgan Stanley CEO

February 15, 2023

Ep 44: Dr. Clay Johnston Transformed Dell Medical School. Now He's Redesigning Primary Care.

February 08, 2023

Three Cheers for (UF) President Sasse

February 06, 2023

Ep 43: Ryan Holiday on Stoicism, Virtue & Ancient Wisdom for Modern Life

February 01, 2023

Ep 42: Kimmy Scotti on How to Spot — and Build — the Next Big Thing

January 26, 2023

Gavin Newsom Chickens Out On Homeless Accountability

January 20, 2023

Ep 41: Iyinoluwa "E" Aboyeji — Africa's Great Tech Entrepreneur

January 18, 2023

My Interview with Mister Exits

January 15, 2023

Announcing Season 3 of American Optimist

January 11, 2023

Ep 40: Andrew Yang on Building a New Political Party & Using Incentives to Fix Dysfunction

January 11, 2023

Moving to Substack

December 30, 2022

California's "Housing First" Homeless Disaster

December 19, 2022

The Other Immigration Crisis: Endless Visa Waits

October 09, 2022

The Once and Future King: VC as an Asset Class in 2022 and Beyond

September 22, 2022

Psychedelic Medicine, Value-Based Care & Why Medical School Is Broken with Sebastian Caliri

August 09, 2022

In Defense of Us

July 18, 2022

The Secrets to Building Great Products with Tony Fadell, Creator of the iPod, iPhone, & Nest Thermostat

May 20, 2022

Why I'm co-founding a new university dedicated to freedom of thought and study

May 07, 2022

Zach Latta: Building Hack Club & Inspiring the Next Generation of Coders

April 27, 2022

Gene Berdichevsky and Sila’s Game-Changing Battery Technology

April 21, 2022

Banning Street Camping Gets People the Help They Need

April 20, 2022

Reprogramming Cells, Decentralizing Pharma, and Understanding the Biotech Revolution.

April 18, 2022

The New Age of Nuclear: Oklo’s Amazing Small Reactor That Reuses Nuclear Waste

April 06, 2022

Stop Mandating Rehabilitation Programs. Instead, Build a System that Lets the Best Ideas Win

April 02, 2022

Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper: Why Russia’s Invasion Is Failing & How to Bring More Innovation to the Pentagon

March 31, 2022

Free Housing Won’t Solve Homelessness. Judge Glock Explains What Will.

March 23, 2022

How the Renaissance Sparked an Entrepreneurial Explosion with Jeannette zu Fürstenberg

March 16, 2022

Steering American Healthcare From the Brink

March 10, 2022

How to Take on Big Healthcare & Other Entrenched Interests and Win with Jared Meyer

March 09, 2022

Unlearning Race and Restoring Liberalism with Thomas Chatterton Williams

March 02, 2022