Best A16z Crypto Podcasts (2025)

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The Data Behind Crypto's Breakout Year 37:40

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with @DarenMatsuoka @eddylazzarin Today, we’re bringing you something special: a presentation from our 2025 Founders Summit, which we just wrapped last week in beautiful Carlsbad, Calif. You’ll hear from Daren Matsuoka, our Head of Data and Fund Strategy, as he walks through the insights from this year’s State of Crypto report — our deep-dive into …

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web3 with a16z crypto: The Data Behind Crypto's Breakout Year 37:40

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with @DarenMatsuoka @eddylazzarin Today, we’re bringing you something special: a presentation from our 2025 Founders Summit, which we just wrapped last week in beautiful Carlsbad, Calif. You’ll hear from Daren Matsuoka, our Head of Data and Fund Strategy, as he walks through the insights from this year’s State of Crypto report — our deep-dive into …

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TRUMP PARDONS CZ, BTC BACK OVER $110K, A16Z’s STATE OF CRYPTO 2025 1:01:53

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Crypto majors are green and rebounding. BTC is up 1% at $110,800, ETH is up 2% at $3,940, BNB is up 2% at $1,120, and SOL is up 1% at $191. MYX (+14%), VIRTUAL (+13%), ZEC (+11%), and WLFI (+11%) led the top movers. Stocks and crypto flipped green yesterday ahead of the October 30th meeting between Trump and Xi in South Korea. JPMorgan announced pl…

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a16z Report Explains Why Crypto Is Ready for Its Breakout Year w/ Daren Matsuoka & Robert Hackett 53:46

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In this episode, we break down the 2025 State of Crypto report from a16z, one of the most comprehensive annual reviews of the crypto industry. Jay is joined by Darren and Robert from a16z Crypto to walk through the most important findings in the report, and to explore what they reveal about the evolving infrastructure, use cases, and investment opp…

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State Of Crypto 2025 | a16z Crypto — Eddy Lazzarin & Daren Matsuoka

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a16z crypto’s CTO Eddy Lazzarin and partner Daren Matsuoka return for our annual State of Crypto to map where 2025 really is on the curve: a price–innovation cycle poised to hand the baton back to builders, Bitcoin holding ~50% share, and 70M people now using crypto on-chain out of 716M owners. We dig into why institutions are actually shipping (no…

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NPR News Now: NPR News: 11-01-2025 1PM EDT 4:40

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Letters from an American: October 31, 2025 8:50

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Get full access to Letters from an American at heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/subscribeBy Heather Cox Richardson

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Bannon`s War Room: Episode 4896: If You Dont Quit We Will Win; Debt Piles On Around AI Data Centers

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Episode 4896: If You Dont Quit We Will Win; Debt Piles On Around AI Data CentersBy WarRoom.org

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Bannon`s War Room: Episode 4895: Attacks On Phyllis Schlafly Distort History; The Great Unmasking

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Episode 4895: Attacks On Phyllis Schlafly Distort History; The Great UnmaskingBy WarRoom.org

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Razib Khan's Unsupervised Learning: Alexander Cortes: broscience, health science and fertility 1:02:47

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On this episode of Unsupervised Learning, Razib talks to Alexander Cortes. Cortes is a trainer, fitness influencer and entrepreneur. He is the co-founder, along with his wife, of Ferta, a company that aims to "optimize your reproductive health and conceive naturally." Born and raised in California, Cortes began his career in the fitness industry as…

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The Gist: Mike Pesca on "Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em" 48:31

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Mike joins Nancy Rommelmann and Sarah Hepola for a rowdy, caffeine-fueled dive into the NBA betting scandal—where marked decks, mobsters, and million-dollar contracts collide. They unpack how legalized sports gambling reopened old mafia doors, what drives athletes to risk it all, and why men chase competition even from the couch. Also: Karine Jean-…

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NPR News Now: NPR News: 11-01-2025 12PM EDT 4:40

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NPR News Now: NPR News: 11-01-2025 11AM EDT 4:40

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Wisdom of Crowds: Trust, Politics and Community 34:39

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit wisdomofcrowds.live Are human beings by nature suspicious of each other? Or is harmonious communal life our default mode? The answer to this question has implications for politics. Today’s episode is a live discussion about just this question, recorded last summer at the Aspen Ideas Fest…

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Macro N Cheese: Ep 352 - Nothing to Hide with Heidi Boghosian 1:00:02

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Heidi Boghosian is an attorney, author, and co-host of Law and Disorder podcast and radio show. She joins Steve to discuss how the US surveillance state is a tool of class discipline and repression. From the Federalist Society pipeline to post-9/11 “safety” theater, both parties helped build a digital police state that criminalizes poverty, protest…

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The Good Fight: The Good Fight Club: Mamdani Mania, the Neverending Shutdown, and the Trump-Xi Summit 46:37

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Richard Aldous, Sabina Ćudić, and Damon Linker join Yascha Mounk to dissect this week’s news. In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk, Richard Aldous, Sabina Ćudić, and Damon Linker explore the future of the Democratic Party, from midterm predictions to the unstoppable rise of Zohran Mamdani, the impact of the ongoing government shutdown, and the…

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The Daily: 'The Interview': Jennifer Lawrence Regrets Everything She’s Ever Said or Done 36:22

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At only 35, the actress has been through the celebrity wringer. Here’s where she landed. Thoughts? Email us at [email protected] Watch our show on YouTube: youtube.com/@TheInterviewPodcast For transcripts and more, visit: nytimes.com/theinterview Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe…

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The Nation Podcasts: Memphis vs. Musk, with Rep. Justin J. Pearson | A People's Climate 37:00

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Host Shilpi Chhotray is joined by Tennessee State Representative Justin J. Pearson, a fierce advocate taking on corporate power — from Big Oil to Big Tech. You may know him as one of the two Black representatives who was expelled for demanding gun reform on the House floor after The Covenant school shooting in Nashville. But long before becoming on…

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Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts: The Federal Judiciary Is Trapped 1:07:56

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“The Chief Justice… is presiding over the end of the rule of law in America”. That quote did not come from host Dahlia Lithwick, but this week’s guest, former Federal Circuit Court Judge and George H. W. Bush appointee, J Michael Luttig. On this week’s show, Judge Luttig explains the unprecedented split we’re seeing between the federal courts and t…

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This Week in Virology: TWiV 1266: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin 50:06

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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello ponder the nomination of Casey Means for Surgeon General by President Trump, how mRNA vaccines may enhance effectiveness of check point inhibitor cancer therapies, if viral infection associates with cardiac disease, H5N1 isolation from backyard birds and turkey farms, and the effecti…

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Bannon`s War Room: Episode 4894: The Democrat Party Is The Party Of The Elite; Send In The Marshalls And Secure The Ballots

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Episode 4894: The Democrat Party Is The Party Of The Elite; Send In The Marshalls And Secure The BallotsBy WarRoom.org

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Bannon`s War Room: WarRoom Battleground EP 882: Harnwell Interviews An Advocate Of Christian Theocracy And A Neuroscientist Specialising In War

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WarRoom Battleground EP 882: Harnwell Interviews An Advocate Of Christian Theocracy And A Neuroscientist Specialising In WarBy WarRoom.org

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Plain English with Derek Thompson: The Problem With Sports Gambling 54:45

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Last week, an FBI investigation into gambling led to the arrest of several prominent basketball stars, raising questions about the state of legalized sports betting, which has enriched professional sports and sports media. The problems with sports gambling extend far beyond the integrity of the game. A 2024 working paper from economists at UCLA, Ha…

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The Gist: Art Cullen on Iowa's Corn Gospel, Cancer, and Capture 32:09

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Iowa's rivers run brown, its cancer rates climb, and its politics tilt redder. Pulitzer Prize-winning editor Art Cullen joins to discuss his new book Dear Marty: We Crapped in Our Nest — Notes from the Edge of the World, Iowa, which serves as both lament and call to arms for a farm state choking on its own abundance. Cullen traces how corn and hogs…

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Lex Fridman Podcast: #484 – Dan Houser: GTA, Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar, Absurd & Future of Gaming 2:54:01

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Dan Houser is co-founder of Rockstar Games and is a legendary creative mind behind Grand Theft Auto (GTA) and Red Dead Redemption series of video games. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep484-sc See below for timestamps, transcript, and to give feedback, submit questions, contact Lex, etc. Transcript…

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Letters from an American: October 30, 2025 13:03

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Get full access to Letters from an American at heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/subscribeBy Heather Cox Richardson

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Left Anchor: The Bigoted Anti-Zohran Frenzy - 371 PREVIEW 11:05

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Today we are discussing the home stretch of the New York City mayoral race, Andrew Cuomo's decent into outright gutter racism and Islamophobia, the ongoing ICE raids across the country, Trump's escalating war on Venezuela, and the surprising story of how rent control in Hong Kong led to a building boom in the 1920s.…

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Amazon & Apple Quarterly Results, Crypto Boosting Private Market, AI Customer Service | Oct 31, 2025 38:13

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Creative Strategies Senior Analyst Austin Lyons talks with TITV Host Akash Pasricha about Amazon's strong AWS results, its Trainium chip strategy against NVIDIA, and Apple's focus on the iPhone and services. We also talk with Emerald AI Founder & CEO Varun Sivaram about the startup's $18M raise and its software approach to solving the AI data cente…

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The Majority Report with Sam Seder: 3615 - Trump's Hegemony Gambit; The Right's Warm Racist Embrace w/ Jeet Heer 1:22:33

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It's Casual Friday on the Majority Report On today's program: Dr. Oz lies about ACA premiums and claims the 114% average increase reported by KFF News had been retracted. It has not been retracted, in fact that projection is featured prominently on the front page of their website. National affairs correspondent at The Nation, Jeet Heer joins the sh…

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The Bulwark Podcast: Catherine Rampell: Who Are the Socialists Now? 59:38

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It’s hard to find a better example of seizing the means of production than our government seizing an equity stake in a company—which Trump keeps doing over and over again. And what do the diehard Republican capitalists have to say about all this socializing of the private sector? Nothing, of course. But they definitely were up in arms over Bill Kri…

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Hillsdale College Podcast Network: What Makes a Great Ghost Story

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Guests: John J. Miller & Benedict Whalen On this Halloween weekend, John J. Miller, director of the Herbert H. Dow II Program in American Journalism at Hillsdale College, joins the show to talk about his course on great ghost and horror stories. And Benedict Whalen, Associate Professor of English at Hillsdale College, concludes a series of intervie…

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Peter Schiff: Why Gold Will Win & Bitcoin Goes to Zero 56:36

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Peter Schiff is back, and he’s not pulling punches. The legendary gold bull and long‑time Bitcoin skeptic joins the Milk Road Show to explain why he believes gold is the only real money left standing and why Bitcoin is just “digital nothing.” ~~~~~ 🌍 Stablecoins just got an upgrade, Bridge makes them instant, global, and dead simple for businesses:…

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Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar: 10/31/25: Epstein Israeli Agent Confirmed?, Nick Fuentes GOP Takeover, Graham Platner TELLS ALL 2:07:59

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Emily, Ryan, Krystal and Griffin look at Trump considering to nuke the filibuster, new Dropsite News reporting on Epstein possibly being an Israeli agent, conservative infighting drama over Nick Fuentes appearing on Tucker Carlson, and then we speak with Maine Senate Candidate Graham Platner about everything going on with his campaign as well as hi…

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99% Invisible: Constitution Breakdown #3: Sen. Elizabeth Warren 1:10:06

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This is the third episode of our ongoing series breaking down the U.S. Constitution. This month, Roman and Elizabeth dive into Article One, Sections 8 through 10, which spells out what Congress can and cannot do. They unpack everything from the Commerce Clause to the taxing and spending powers, the Necessary and Proper Clause, and even a few long-f…

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Claims that Binance helped with Trump Launch for CZ Pardon! Coinbase $1.9B in revenue! 55:45

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Crypto majors are down 1-3% after a major post-fomc dip yesterday; btc -3% at $110,100, eth -3% at $3,900, bnb +1% at $1,120, sol -2% at $192. Zec (+2%) and aero (+2%) led top movers. 870m+ was liquidated from the crypto market yesterday after bitcoin’s dip to $106,000 driving many alts down 5-10%+. Senator chris murphy has alleged that binance hel…

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The Nation Podcasts: Trump Asia Tour and Xi Summit, RSF Massacres in Sudan, US Continues Bombing Boats Off South America Coast | American Prestige 51:47

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What’s spookier than international relations? This week in the news roundup: Trump tours Asia to talk trade deals (1:28), a Thai-Cambodia accord (7:11), and to meet with Xi (8:45); the RSF captures of Al-Fashir in Sudan with reports of mass killings (12:19); Gaza sees the deadliest day of Israeli bombardments since the ceasefire began (17:19); the …

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Big Technology Podcast: OpenAI and Microsoft’s Grand Bargain, Sam Altman’s Next Three Years, A New Humanoid Robot 1:02:37

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Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) OpenAI converts to a public benefit corporation 2) Why this is big news 3) Satya Nadela's wise OpenAI maneuver 4) Microsoft wants every AI model on Azure 5) Is AGI dead? 6) Inside Microsoft and OpenAI's negotiations 7) Sam Altman charts out OpenAI's next…

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The Dishcast with Andrew Sullivan: David Ignatius On Our Waning Republic 48:12

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit andrewsullivan.substack.com David is a journalist and novelist. He’s been at the Washington Post since 1986, serving as editor of the Sunday Outlook section, foreign editor, assistant managing editor for business, and now a foreign affairs columnist. He’s also written 12 espionage thrill…

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The Bitchuation Room: Greta Hasn’t Changed: A Deep Dive 22:30

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Is Greta Thunberg different now? Ever since taking action for the people of Palestine she has been called a terrorist, an anti-semite, and someone who left climate justice behind. As world leaders meet for the 30th time for the UN Climate Summit, this year in Brazil, Francesca looks at how the young Thunberg changed the world six years ago at COP24…

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Bannon`s War Room: Episode 4893: Kash's October Surprise; Beating Soros In Texas

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Episode 4893: Kash's October Surprise; Beating Soros In TexasBy WarRoom.org

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Bannon`s War Room: Episode 4892: Bringing Home Our Troops From The Pacific Lost In WW2; Denying Conventional Order

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Episode 4892: Bringing Home Our Troops From The Pacific Lost In WW2; Denying Conventional OrderBy WarRoom.org

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Volts: Michael Liebreich on a "pragmatic climate reset" 42:59

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Lately, everyone from Tony Blair to Daniel Yergin is calling for a “climate reset,” so I brought on clean-energy analyst Michael Liebreich to discuss his own, very different version. While others push expensive distractions, Liebreich argues that the inexorable growth of cheap renewables is already on track to displace fossil fuels, a “tortoise” st…

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Bell Curve: Crypto Finally Goes Mainstream | Roundup 30:09

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In this solo Roundup, Mippo discusses JPMorgan’s pivot, the disruptive potential of stablecoins, new spot ETFs, the sustained growth of prediction markets, Trump pardoning CZ, and Western Union’s upcoming stablecoin. Thanks for tuning in! -- Resources Stablecoin Linked Cards - Way Better Secured Credit Cards: https://x.com/sytaylor/status/198247489…

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Dwarkesh Podcast: Sarah Paine – How Russia sabotaged China's rise 1:30:36

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In this lecture, military historian Sarah Paine explains how Russia—and specifically Stalin—completely derailed China’s rise, slowing them down for over a century. This lecture was particularly interesting to me because, in my opinion, the Chinese Civil War is 1 of the top 3 most important events of the 20th century. And to understand why it transp…

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Making Sense with Sam Harris: #441 — The Threat of Civil War 21:58

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Sam Harris speaks with Stephen Marche about his book The Next Civil War: Dispatches from the American Future. They discuss tensions between the United States and Canada, what a modern American civil war might actually look like, the key risk factors for a civil war, diversity and immigration, extremism on the right and the left, the assassination o…

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Money Stuff: The Podcast: Kinda Spooky: META, AI, TSLA 29:38

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Katie and Matt discuss Halloween costumes, AI capital spending, hybrid financing, K-cup JVs, investment grade private credit, the metaverse (?!?), the OpenAI reorganization, OpenAI capital needs and governance, Elon Musk’s pay package, Tesla succession and getting cut off at the JPMorgan office pub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informati…

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Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar: BP EXCLUSIVE: Zohran On ICE, Eric Adams, Bibi Arrest 7:16

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If you want to sign up to support Zohran go here to become a canvasser or phone banker if you don't live in NYC: http://Zohranfornyc.com/gotv Griffin sits down with Zohran Mamdani to talk about the final days of the campaign, being Muslim in NYC, how he's going to Freeze the Rent, his appearance on the Flagrant podcast and if other Democrats pass t…

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Jacobin Radio: Long Reads: Pedro Sanchez and Spanish Politics w/ Eoghan Gilmartin (Part 2) 1:13:16

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We’re joined again today by Eoghan Gilmartin to continue our discussion about the government of Pedro Sanchez in Spain. Eoghan is an Irish journalist based in Madrid, a regular contributor to Jacobin, and co-host of the Sobremesa podcast about Spanish politics. In contrast with Greece and Portugal, Spain still has a government today headed by the c…

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The Adam Friedland Show: CHANCE THE RAPPER Talks Chicago, Mixtapes and Mentors 1:06:38

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The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens: The Quadruple Bifurcation | Frankly 112 22:46

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In this week's Frankly, Nate outlines four bifurcations that are likely to underpin the human experience in the near future. While the broad biophysical realities of energy and ecology underpin our civilization's movement over time, in the moment, people will experience these trends mostly economically and psychologically. Whether related to the wi…