Joe Lonsdale: American Optimist
A podcast by Joe Lonsdale

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113 Episodes
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Ep 92: High-Power Microwave & the Rise of Electronic Shields with Epirus CEO Andy Lowery
Published: 8/16/2024 -
Ep 91: "I whooped his ass!" Legendary Investor & Home Depot Founder Ken Langone on Leadership, Courage & Defeating the Bad Guys
Published: 7/3/2024 -
Ep 90: Ethan Penner on Choosing Greatness & Pioneering New Markets on Wall Street
Published: 5/23/2024 -
Ep 89: Coleman Hughes on "The End of Race Politics" & the Worst Ideas Done in the Name of Diversity
Published: 5/16/2024 -
Ep 88: A Conversation with MLK's Attorney & Speechwriter: Dr. Clarence Jones
Published: 5/10/2024 -
Ep 87: Dr. Cliff Winston — Deregulate Lawyers, Deregulate Airlines, and Let Markets Correct Themselves
Published: 5/2/2024 -
Ep 86: How to Design a STEM Curriculum for the 21st Century with Dr. David Ruth
Published: 4/25/2024 -
Ep 85: The Path to Regime Change in Iran with Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi
Published: 4/18/2024 -
Ep 84: Sri Ganesan on Freshworks' Big Win, Building Rocketlane & India's Tech Boom
Published: 4/11/2024 -
Ep 83: A New Cancer Breakthrough with Ivan Dimov of Orca Bio
Published: 4/5/2024 -
Ep 82: Whitney Baker's Masterclass on Macro Investing & the State of the Economy
Published: 3/21/2024 -
Ep 81: How Palantir Star Tyler Scriven Is Helping Small Businesses Compete Against Amazon
Published: 3/14/2024 -
Ep 80: Leonard Leo's Winning Strategy to Rebuild Institutions, Accelerate Innovation, and Save Our Country
Published: 3/8/2024 -
Ep 79: Bjorn Lomborg and the 12 Best Policies to Help the World
Published: 2/29/2024 -
Ep 78: Emil Michael — the Master Dealmaker Behind Uber's Global Dominance
Published: 2/14/2024 -
Ep 77: Mike Solana on Exposing Government Corruption, Saving San Francisco, and Building a New Media Empire
Published: 2/8/2024 -
Ep 76: Accelerate or Die! Guillaume Verdon and the e/acc Movement
Published: 1/31/2024 -
Ep 75: Leadership Lessons with Intuit Founder & Silicon Valley Legend Scott Cook
Published: 12/20/2023 -
Ep 74: A Turning Point in Higher Education with Pano Kanelos & Niall Ferguson
Published: 12/13/2023 -
Ep 73: How Candid Health Is Fixing the $280B Healthcare Billing Fiasco, With Lessons from Palantir
Published: 12/7/2023
American Optimist, hosted by Joe Lonsdale: entrepreneur, investor, and founder of four multi-billion dollar companies and other mission-driven organizations. American Optimist is an alternative to the fear, cynicism, and zero-sum thinking in mainstream media. Learn from the innovators and leaders who are solving our nation’s most pressing challenges, and doing it in a way that will lift everyone up. Hope should dominate our discourse, and American Optimist will show you why. blog.joelonsdale.com