Jul 27, 2023
(0:00) All-In in Italy!: Recapping Chamath's wedding
(11:55) Discourse around obesity and weight loss in the US
(21:56) Are there too many VCs?
(38:18) Actors/Writers unions vs. Corporate Hollywood, endgame for the modern Hollywood machine
(54:07) Equity participations vs. unions, ownership upside vs. downside...
Jul 21, 2023
(0:00) Bestie intros!
(1:08) Vivek's background, corporate political / ESG distractions, why he's running for president
(19:16) Energy policy, unemployment work requirements, immigration
(30:24) Foreign policy: How to handle Ukraine/Russia and Taiwan/China
(44:46) Media strategy, Silicon Valley Bank's implosion
(54:09)...
Jul 14, 2023
(0:00) Addressing the podcast hack
(2:55) Macro picture: inflation cools, what happens to rates, market sentiment, soft landing, tech run-up
(20:34) Consumer sentiment: demand crash coming?
(30:31) BREAKING: Ripple gets big win in SEC case, token rips
(36:33) Lina Khan's losing streak, "spray and pray"...
Jul 9, 2023
(0:00) We hacked the pod! Jcal is on vaca
(5:34) Meta launches Threads
(17:15) Chat AI interest in decline?
(28:36) Fed meeting minutes, economic data and outlook, and EU risk
(56:07) Florida Senate Bill 1718, jobs, and immigration debate
(1:21:48) Chinese balloon: political farce?
(1:31:47) Gerstner Science Corner:...
Jul 1, 2023
(0:00) Bestie intros: Friedberg fills in as moderator!
(2:45) Wagner Group rebellion
(23:15) SCOTUS strikes down Affirmative Action
(51:03) Databricks acquires MosaicML for $1.3B, Inflection raises $1.3B
(1:09:35) IRL shuts down after faking 95% of users, Byju's seeks to raise emergency $1B as founder control in...