Joe Lonsdale: American Optimist

113 Episodes

1. Ep 112: Peter Thiel on DOGE, Tariffs, Building Generational Companies & the Future of Civilization

   Published: 4/17/2025
2. Episode 111: Sen. Tom Cotton on DOGE, TikTok, and "Seven Things You Can't Say About China"

   Published: 4/3/2025
3. Ep 110: Dr. Mike Israetel on Miracle Drugs, the Aesthetic Revolution, Living to 200 & New Frontiers in AI-Powered Medicine

   Published: 3/14/2025
4. Ep 109: Anson Frericks on the Rise & Fall of Budweiser; Milton Friedman vs Klaus Schwab; and How to Save Corporate America

   Published: 2/21/2025
5. Ep 108: Tim Urban on Superintelligence, Mars, Fermi Paradox & How to Conquer a Society

   Published: 2/14/2025
6. Ep 107: Off-Road Autonomy & Saving Soldiers' Lives with Overland AI CEO Byron Boots

   Published: 1/30/2025
7. Ep 106: Zac Bookman on Advice for DOGE & Building OpenGov into a $1.8 Billion GovTech Leader

   Published: 1/23/2025
8. Ep 105: What Can Aristotle Teach Us About AI? Training "Philosopher Builders" with Brendan McCord of the Cosmos Institute

   Published: 12/14/2024
9. Ep 104: Will AI Replace Coders? Terminal Co-Founder & CEO Dylan Serota

   Published: 12/6/2024
10. Ep 103: Raj Bhakta Created WhistlePig; Now He's Reinventing the Whiskey Industry (Again)

    Published: 11/29/2024
11. Ep 102: "If You're Not Blowing Stuff Up, You're Not Innovating!" — Stanford Professor Steve Blank

    Published: 11/22/2024
12. Ep 101: Gov. Kevin Stitt — the Businessman Governor Standing Up to Special Interests

    Published: 11/15/2024
13. Ep 100: Why AI Is Underhyped with Elad Gil

    Published: 11/2/2024
14. Ep 99: The Myth of American Inequality with Senator Phil Gramm

    Published: 10/26/2024
15. Ep 98: How Wokeness Foments Antisemitism; a Conversation with ADL's Jonathan Greenblatt

    Published: 10/18/2024
16. Ep 97: Jimmy John Built a Restaurant Empire; Government Almost Destroyed It

    Published: 10/3/2024
17. Ep 96: Harvard Economist Roland Fryer on the Truth Behind Police Shootings & Using Data to Supercharge Meritocracy

    Published: 9/20/2024
18. Ep 95: Navy SEAL & Saronic CEO Dino Mavrookas on the Race for Autonomous Ships and Naval Dominance

    Published: 9/12/2024
19. Ep 94: A Conversation with Turnaround King & U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross

    Published: 8/30/2024
20. Ep 93: Cold War II & the Race for Technological Supremacy with CrowdStrike Co-Founder Dmitri Alperovitch

    Published: 8/22/2024