Best Calacanis Podcasts (2026)

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Inside the All-In Podcast: Lessons from Elon, Trump, Oprah, Travis Kalanick, Investing in 100+ Startups per Year with Jason Calacanis 1:43:20

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Jason Calacanis is the host of the All-In Podcast, This Week in Startups, co-founder of the Launch Accelerator, and the “3rd or 4th investor in uber”. We go inside the origins of All-In, how they decide what to talk about each week, and if Jason thinks it helped swing the election. We also talk lesson from starting 7 media companies over the past t…

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Massive Somali Fraud in Minnesota with Nick Shirley, California Asset Seizure, $20B Groq-Nvidia Deal 1:43:22

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(0:00) Bestie intros! Nick Shirley joins the show to discuss his recent investigation on potential daycare fraud in Minnesota (3:32) Nick's background, how he got into investigative reporting and YouTube, independence, finding this story (16:36) Why this fraud story is resonating, why the national press initially avoided it (30:08) Future plans, Ca…

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THE 2025 TWISTY AWARDS! Biggest Trends, Best Guests, Top Name Drops, and more | E2229 55:48

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This Week In Startups is made possible by: LinkedIn Ads - http://linkedin.com/thisweekinstartups Squarespace -https://squarespace.com/twist Hubspot - http://clickhubspot.com/twist1 Today’s show: We’re saying goodbye to 2025 with our annual TWISTY Awards, looking back on our favorite pod moments from throughout the year. Featured clips include Jason…

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Jason’s ultimate dream mega-purchase + Founder Q’s | E2228 45:03

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This Week In Startups is made possible by: Northwest Registered Agent- https://www.northwestregisteredagent.com/twist Vanta - http://www.vanta.com/twist Lemon IO - https://lemon.io/twist Today’s show: Jason’s already a millionaire many times over… but what are the huge, blockbuster, dream purchases that he’s still holding off on? BESIDES the privat…

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All-In x Kill Tony: A Hilarious Holiday Special 1:18:19

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(0:00) Intro! (2:47) Tony Hinchcliffe roasts the Besties (15:01) Interview: Kill Tony success, MSG rally, origin story, free speech in Europe (36:03) The Besties play Kill Tony! (50:14) The 2025 Bestie Awards: Business, Politics, Tech, and more Thanks to our partners for making this happen! IREN: https://iren.com OKX: https://okx.com Google Cloud: …

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Waymo Madness in SF! Why robotaxis clogged the streets | E2227 59:35

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This Week In Startups is made possible by: Caldera + Lab - http://calderalab.com/TWIST Crusoe Cloud - https://crusoe.ai/build Uber - http://uber.com/twist Today’s show: Why did a power outage in the Bay Area cause Waymos to pile up on city streets? Jason was actually in San Francisco to take in the spectacle of Waymos blocking traffic. But why did …

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Scott Bessent: Fixing the Fed, Tariffs for National Security, Solving Affordability in 2026 56:58

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(0:00) Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent joins the show (0:55) Recapping 2025 and the state of the economy (3:13) Tariffs: Leverage, legal challenges, implementation (15:20) Affordability: inflation, BLS data, interest rates (23:00) The Fed: biggest mistakes, how we got a 15 year asset bubble, rate cycle, appetite for US debt, Fed Chair candidates (…

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Level up your copywriting w/ Sam Parr | E2226 1:06:13

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This Week In Startups is made possible by: Luma AI - https://lumalabs.ai/twist Northwest Registered Agent - https://www.northwestregisteredagent.com/twist Lemon IO - https://lemon.io/twist Today’s show: DID YOU KNOW… most of the tried and true techniques devised by marketing gurus in the ‘40s and ‘50s still apply today? On TWiST, we’re joined by on…

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Bernie Sanders: Stop All AI, China's EUV Breakthrough, Inflation Down, Golden Age in 2026? 1:30:27

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(0:00) Bestie intros! (0:19) Bernie Sanders calls for AI datacenter moratorium, how to solve the negative perception of AI (17:15) Anti-AI astroturfing: Is the AI sentiment manufactured by special interests? (32:39) Economy: Unemployment, jobs, inflation, are we primed for a "Golden Age" or not? (51:44) Dog Corner! (59:56) China's major AI breakthr…

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INSIDE How AI Startups hire, AI Roundtable with Wade Foster, Mikey Schulman, and Ali Ansari | E2225 1:26:45

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This Week In Startups is made possible by: LinkedIn Ads- http://linkedin.com/thisweekinstartups Squarespace - https://squarespace.com/twist Enterpret - http://Enterpret.com/twist Today’s show: How do top tech CEOs hire? AI has thrown out the playbook for getting hired — so what are the most innovative firms looking for? Anyone can learn any skill a…

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LWC Christmas Special 2025 | Giving Back with Santa Crowder 1:55:11

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It's time for Christmas and Crowder Gives Back. We hope you have a chance to relax. We celebrate the end of the year by spreading blessings and good cheer. With warm greetings sent from Santa Crowder, Merry Christmas, we'll say it again even louder. Merry Christmas to Mug Clubbers far and near. Have a good season, we'll see you next year.…

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Vanity Fair's Susie Wiles Hit Piece: Who's To Blame PLUS Special Guest Jillian Michaels 2:16:32

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Vanity Fair did a big spread on the Trump administration based around an interview with President Trump's Chief of Staff Susie Wiles. It's almost like the Trump administration, of all people, should have known exactly what they were getting into. Special Guest Jillian Michaels, host of Keeping It Real, joins today to clear the air. GUEST: Josh Fire…

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Candace & Erika: What The Meeting Really Says About Conservative Media 1:00:45

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Candace Owens and Erika Kirk sat down in private to discuss Candace pushing a false narrative about the death of Charlie Kirk. What happened? Who knows. Representative Jasmine Crockett and Leslie Jones continue to spiral away from reality at a dizzying pace. The FBI has been busy, busy, busy. But they will never escape the weight of their deep stat…

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Is this the end for the Roomba? Why iRobot went bankrupt | E2224 1:00:42

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This Week In Startups is made possible by: Vanta - https://www.vanta.com/twist NetSuite - https://www.netsuite.com/twist Lemon.io - https://lemon.io/twist * Today’s show: Domestic robots have never been hotter… so why is iRobot in so much trouble?! On TWiST, we’re investigating the recent troubles facing the automated vacuum robot, Roomba. We’ve al…

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Australia Shooting: It's not the Guns it's Islam 1:05:55

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There's a new animated Animal Farm out but there's no possible way they completely missed the point of the book. Who would ever do such a thing? A shooting took place in Australia over the weekend that looks like it was carried out by two Muslims religiously motivated. Let's take a closer look. A Jon Stewart clip of old is making the rounds on X ag…

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Tucker Carlson: Rise of Nick Fuentes, Paramount vs. Netflix, Anti-AI Sentiment, Hottest Takes 1:38:31

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(0:00) Tucker joins the besties! (4:11) Paramount vs Netflix: bidding war over Warner Bros Discovery (25:40) What's behind the rise of Nick Fuentes and America First? (49:13) Understanding the Anti-AI sentiment (1:21:52) Tucker in 20: Venezuela, Midterm issues, fall of Europe, Qatar, Charlie Kirk investigation, leaving NATO, supporting Israel Follo…

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Disney and OpenAI sign landmark deal… and we saw it coming! | E2223 57:58

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This Week In Startups is made possible by: LinkedIn Ads - http://linkedin.com/thisweekinstartups DevStats - https://www.devstats.com/twist Crusoe - https://crusoe.ai/build Today’s show: FINALLY, you can hang out with Kylo Ren and Olaf the Snowman… thanks to the magic of AI. On TWiST, we’re digging into the mega OpenAI-Disney deal. Mickey is giving …

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We Need More Deportations Now - No Matter What Woke Podcasters Want You To Believe 1:05:39

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Another stabbing has occurred on the Charlotte Light Rail. This time, it was an illegal immigrant. Stop me if you hear something surprising. Women will do anything but take accountability for their actions. Or, in this case, their unrealistic standards. A sports journalist has accused President Trump of wrongfully deporting someone. There's somethi…

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Why the Future of Software is AI and Human Collaboration | Steven Fabre, Co-founder and CEO, Liveblocks 1:37:21

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Steven Fabre is the Co-founder and CEO of Liveblocks. Liveblocks builds ready-made AI copilots and collaboration for your product, and Steven is one of my smartest friends on how people are actually using AI on a day-to-day basis. We talk about what most people get wrong when trying to build AI-native software, how to treat it as more than just a c…

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“The best founders find a way to make it happen”: VC Roundtable with Bryan Kim and David Clark | E2222 1:10:25

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This Week In Startups is made possible by: Uber - http://uber.com/twist Pilot - https://pilot.com/twist Northwest Registered Agent - https://www.northwestregisteredagent.com/twist Today’s show: Boom is still making supersonic jets but ALSO plans to start selling their turbines as power sources for AI data centers. It’s a perfect example of problem-…

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Trump Unloads on Europe...and Who Can Really Be American? 1:06:47

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An Indian-American has a take on what it means to be American and the checks notes Leftists are upset about it? Politico has released their list of the 28 most influential people and #1 is President Donald Trump. Time for him to drop some Europe-related truth bombs. Both the Left and the right are talking about affordability, especially when it com…

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FLASHBACK: The future of remote work, juggling APIs, and dream integrations with Wade Foster of Zapier | E2221 1:17:19

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This Week In Startups is made possible by: Goldbelly - Goldbelly.com Every.io - http://every.io/ Zite - zite.com/twist Today’s show: Today, Zapier’s a multi-billion company helping enterprises integrate AI agents and other time-saving shortcuts into their workflows… but we had the founder on TWiST when they were just getting started! In a 2016 chat…

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Be Careful - Woke Isn't Dead Yet & Netflix Proves It 1:05:26

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Jasmine Crockett, fresh off her disappearing House seat, has an announcement for all Texans, nay, all Americans. Are you ready, America? Netflix is trying to buy Warner Brothers. Paramount is trying to buy Warner Brothers. Who do we want to buy Warner Brothers? Chase Strangio, the transgender ACLU lawyer, is back to give us every bad take on the tr…

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What’s REALLY going on with those “ads” in ChatGPT | E2220 1:02:24

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This Week In Startups is made possible by: Superhuman - https://superhuman.com/podcast Squarespace - https://squarespace.com/twist Enterpret - https://www.enterpret.com/dlp/this-week-in-startups Today’s show: A screenshot showing a “Target Ad” in ChatGPT results went viral… over the weekend, but the OpenAI chatbot has NOT actually opened the advert…

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The Cinnabon N-Bomb: We Just Don't Care Anymore 1:05:29

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An incident at a Cinnabon dominated social media over the weekend, and a woman was fired for calling someone a naughty word. Santa won't be happy. The Trump administration suggested a new rule to limit asset management funds, like Black Rock and Vanguard. Then he said "affordability" is a con-job. So, let's do a good Trump, bad Trump. Pope Leo is o…

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Netflix buys WB + why Jason should run Disney | E2219 1:02:29

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This Week In Startups is made possible by: Sentry - http://sentry.io/twist LinkedIn Ads - http://linkedin.com/thisweekinstartups Pipedrive - pipedrive.com/twist Today’s show: Netflix wants to gobble up Warner Bros. Do they just want to own Batman and Harry Potter, or is this secretly about destroying movie theaters? Sure, this is usually a startup …

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OpenAI's Code Red, Sacks vs New York Times, New Poverty Line? 1:14:17

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(0:00) Bestie intros (0:12) OpenAI declares "Code Red" as competitors eat away ChatGPT market share (28:14) David Sacks vs. New York Times (51:24) New poverty line, America's slow descent into socialism Follow the besties: https://x.com/chamath https://x.com/Jason https://x.com/DavidSacks https://x.com/friedberg Follow on X: https://x.com/theallinp…

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Nick Fuentes Sits Down with Crowder 2:20:11

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Nick Fuentes is on today. GUEST: Nick Fuentes Link to today's sources: https://www.louderwithcrowder.com/sources-december-4-2025 Steven Crowder McKinsey & Company: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtN-W7WdK5Y Don't let the IRS target you. Call the professionals at Tax Network USA. Visit https://tnusa.com/CROWDER or call 1-800-958-1000 for a 100% fre…

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Building Flex, the AI Private Bank with CEO Zaid Rahman 2:32:14

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Zaid Rahman is the Co-founder and CEO of Flex. Flex is the AI native private bank for high net worth middle market business owners, headlined by it’s 60-day interest free credit card for businesses. Flex just announced their $60 million Series B, as well as their new consumer product, Flex Elite, which pits it head-to-head against Amex for the cons…

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Getting past the “Cardinal Sins of Delegating” with Jonathan Swanson of Athena | E2218 57:11

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This Week In Startups is made possible by: Northwest Registered Agent - https://www.northwestregisteredagent.com/twist Crusoe - http://crusoe.ai/build Gusto - https://www.gusto.com/twist Today’s show: Delegating is its own unique skill, requiring training and a real investment of time and attention. On TWiST, Jason chats for a full hour with the fo…

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Vintage MAGA: Trump's Epic Somalia Rant Isn't Racist - It's Irrefutable 1:06:56

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Now that President Trump has said something about Somalia, celebrities are rushing in to talk about how beautiful of a country it is. Did they reach out to Captain Phillips for comment? Sabrina Carpenter is mad her song was featured in a new deportation video. Speaking of deportations, let's check in at University of Oklahoma to see if you can chan…

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Monumental Makes Construction Bots Play Nice Together | E2217 1:25:54

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This Week In Startups is made possible by: LinkedIn Ads - http://linkedin.com/thisweekinstartups Vanta - https://www.vanta.com/twist Pilot - https://pilot.com/twist Today’s show: Did you know there’s actually a shortage of US bricklayers? It’s TRUE! So feel free to marvel at Monumental’s brick-laying robots. They’re not putting anyone out of work, …

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War Criminal Pete Hegseth: Debunking the Media's Newest BS Smear Campaign 1:03:41

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Is New York City having Mamdani buyers' remorse yet? In between eating and asking for more money, Zorhran Mamadani has made a new appointment to his transition team. And, if anyone is familiar with transitioning…Jon Stewart has thoughts on President Trump's immigration policy. Can't wait to see Stewart live from Somalia. The war on drug traffickers…

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Is $MSTR over? Jason takes his victory lap. | E2216 57:40

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This Week In Startups is made possible by: Quo - http://quo.com/TWiST Squarespace - https://www.Squarespace.com/TWIST Miro - http://miro.com/ Today’s show: Michael Saylor’s Strategy play is struggling with the price of Bitcoin on a steep decline… Is his new “dollar reserve” the answer? On TWiST, we’re looking into the state of $MSTR and why Jason r…

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Trump Blasts Third Worlders: No More Welcoming Our Conquerors 1:05:03

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It was a very Qatari Thanksgiving for some conservative influencers. Suspicious. GLAAD is sounding the alarm on the media cancelling LGBT characters from television shows and movies. Not good news for that Will & Grace reboot reboot, we guess. President Donald Trump has sent an epic Truth over the Thanksgiving weekend after the shooting of two Nati…

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Molly's Game Uncensored: The Truth Behind the World's Most Infamous Poker Game 38:26

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(0:00) Molly Bloom joins the besties live in Las Vegas! (1:48) Did Jason actually play in "Molly's Game"? (3:23) Molly's background, starting the game, getting strong-armed by a famous actor, getting stiffed for $250K and losing the game (16:54) Moving the game to NYC, mob involvement, legal troubles, writing her memoir and making the movie (31:10)…