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LegendLark

Team Squad

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..🚂🚃🚋🚃🚃🚋🚋🚋🚃...... A train pulls into the station. A circus raises its tents. Welcome, one and all, to NEVERNOWHERE— a place where your memories are currency, every dream is reality, and crime really does pay. LegendLark is a narrative comedy TTRPG podcast. Updates every 2nd Thursday! www.legendlark.com
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”Circus & Circuit: Unraveling Global Trade” is a podcast hosted by Kate Foronda, a businesswoman, serial entrepreneur, and educator with over 20 years of industry experience. Kate delves into the structured systems and unpredictable challenges of international business, sharing compelling stories of market triumphs and setbacks. Each episode offers valuable insights, real-life experiences, and practical strategies to help listeners navigate the complexities of global commerce. Whether master ...
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Philosophical and esoteric perspectives from a modern day Showman. Each season is different in its approach. S1 is essays. S2 is one book length attempt at Understanding Showmanship, S3 is conversations with remarkable Showfolk. The brand new Season 4 explores the relationship between Showmanship and Play. The host, Captain Frodo, internationally renowned circus performer, director, writer, husband and dad lays out, in great detail, his practical performance philosophy for performers who see ...
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Hello all and welcome to the Circus. On the podcast we’ll be observing the insanity that we call reality, and see just how much is perception management, eh?
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Circus of Seeds

Circus of Seeds

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Finding and spreading the seeds we need to grow a reality that provides universal security and infinite opportunity. CC-BY-SA (this overwrites copyright notice shown, couldn't find where to alter this).
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Reality Circus Podcast

Reality Circus Podcast

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Reality Circus is a topical podcast encompassing many different aspects of our shared human experience on this spinning rock in space. There will be a variety of fascinating guests who will be discussing many exciting fields of interest ranging from philosophy, creativity and fitness all the way to music, books, comedy, science, mixed martial arts and much, much more!
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Founder Reality with George Pu. Real talk from a technical founder building AI-powered businesses in the trenches. No highlight reel, no startup theater – just honest insights from someone who codes, ships, and scales. Every week, George breaks down the messy, unfiltered decisions behind building a bootstrap software company. From saying yes to projects you don't know how to build, to navigating AI hype vs. reality, to the mental models that actually matter for technical founders. Whether yo ...
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Pod Save the People

Crooked Media

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On Pod Save The People, host DeRay Mckesson explores social justice, culture, politics – and the various ways they all collide – with cohosts Myles E. Johnson and Sharhonda Bossier. Each Tuesday, the crew digs into the current events driving the political discourse – bringing cultural context, actionable insights, and a hot take or two – to help empower listeners to engage as thoughtful members of their communities…and their group chats. Alongside special guests, the show uplifts overlooked ...
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The Circus Upstairs

Matt Simpson

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The story of how Italian billionaire Francesco Becchetti bought Leyton Orient and almost put the club out of existence. Over three seasons we saw two relegations; an ill-fated reality TV show; the whole squad imprisoned in a hotel for a week following at defeat at Hartlepool; unpaid players, staff and taxes; regular interference in team selection; and Becchetti himself fined and banned for attacking the assistant manager on the pitch. Join Orient fans Matt Simpson and James Masters as they t ...
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The Orbiting Human Circus

WNYC Studios and Night Vale Presents

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Discover a wondrously surreal world of magic, music, and mystery. This immersive, cinematic audio spectacle follows the adventures of a lonely, stage-struck janitor who is drawn into the larger-than-life universe of the Orbiting Human Circus, a fantastical, wildly popular radio show broadcast from the top of the Eiffel Tower. WNYC Studios presents a special director’s cut of this joyous, moving break from reality. Starring John Cameron Mitchell, Julian Koster, Tim Robbins, Drew Callander, Su ...
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CirkusCirkör

CirkusCirkör

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Cirkus Cirkör started when Tilde Björfors and some artists went to Paris and fell in love with the possibilities that the contemporary circus offered. They decided to stop dreaming big and living small and instead give their all to make reality of their dreams. Twenty years later more that 2 miljon people has seen a Circus Cirkör show on stage and in festivals around the world. 400 000 children and youth har trained, created and been taught with contemporary circus. Contemporary circus is no ...
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Singularity.FM

Nikola Danaylov

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Singularity.FM is the first and best known singularity podcast - the place where we interview the future. Singularity.FM is a series of singularity podcast interviews with the best scientists, writers, entrepreneurs, film-makers, philosophers and artists, debating issues such as the technological singularity, transhumanism, artificial intelligence, life-extension and ethics. Past guests of this singularity podcast include people such as Ray Kurzweil, Peter Diamandis, Noam Chomsky, Stuart Ham ...
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Concealed with Art Simone

iHeart Podcasts Australia

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Join our favourite drag queen, Art Simone as she puts on her detective cap, to solve a riddle and extract a confession from each guest, having their secret life exposed. You may recognise Art from her role as Kath Day-Knight, in the Kath and Kim Parody play, or being a diva on Ru Paul’s Drag Race Donwnunder, sashaying her way through Mardi Gras or maybe even have just seen her in her natural element in Geelong, but Art’s role as a private investigator, extracting a confessional, may be her m ...
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you single?

Joel Poppert

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A No-BS Podcast About the Single Life After 30 Welcome to You Single?—the podcast for those of us navigating singlehood in our 30s, 40s, and beyond. Hosted by your favorite friendly Sasquatch, Joel Poppert, and the fiery and fabulous Emanuela Messineo (aka “E”), this show is for anyone who’s ever swiped left, been ghosted (or done the ghosting), and questioned whether dating apps are completely broken. We’re here to talk about the reality of single life as grown-ass adults. Dating? Sure. But ...
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A 77-year-old grandmother stranded on the side of the road. A chance encounter with pure evil. A crime so brutal it shattered an entire family and left a town in shock. From the creators of Sword and Scale comes a gripping ten-part true crime series that unravels the horrifying story of Tina Lohman—a woman who should have been safe, but wasn’t. As the case unfolds, we follow the chilling investigation, the relentless pursuit of justice, and the jaw-dropping courtroom chaos that no one saw co ...
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A wordsmith of over 30 years, best-selling memoirist, former POW/MIA and paramilitary officer Cork Graham has covered wars, psychology, politics, world events, environment and conservation issues beginning with his start as an 18-year-old combat photojournalist in Southeast Asia in 1983, which led to his being held as a POW/MIA, eight years after the fall of Saigon, and his resulting first international bestselling memoir, The Bamboo Chest (2004). He has two other Youtube channels that cover ...
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American Diplomat

Ambassador (Retired) Pete Romero and Writer/Producer Laura Bennett

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American Diplomat goes behind the scenes to hear real stories from diplomats who lived newsworthy events overseas. Experience the Cuban revolution, Central American insurgencies, the end of apartheid and more through the eyes of those who were there. A project of Arizona State University.
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Is not Life a tragicomedy? We laugh through the tears, and cry through the laughter and wait for what comes after. This show is your backstage pass to the absurd circus of existence. Join us as we navigate the tightrope between heartbreak and hilarity, where every day is a punchline waiting to happen. Expect the unexpected, because in this show, the only script is the reality. So buckle up for a wild ride through the rollercoaster of the truths of life. Laugh some more at lifeisacomedy.com
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Uncredible Adventures

Cornelius Uncredible

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Cornelius is great at conversation. He spins uncredible funny true stories every week. Fascinating, Intelligent and Sentimental. Each episode is carefully produced as a labour of love Uncredible Adventures will slowly draw you in then completely submerge you in Cornelius' world and before you know it an hour has passed and it's time to return to reality. This podcast is happy, curious and intimate a beloved companion for our fans, grab a cuppa and settle down for your weekly chat with Cornel ...
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An independent documentary & interview series hosted by Abby Martin - reporting on war & inequality from the heart of Empire Keep Empire Files independent & ad-free: https://www.patreon.com/empirefiles Hosted, directed & written by Abby Martin (twitter.com/AbbyMartin) Produced & written by Mike Prysner (twitter.com/MikePrysner)
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An accused witch is banished from her home in Portland, Maine. A young socialite in New Orleans dabbles in magic to get rid of a rival. An acrobat in a traveling circus learns her greatest enemy lives in the mirror. An Irish immigrant may have brought malevolent faeries with her to the New World. A lumberjack in the Pacific Northwest suspects a monster lurks behind the enormous trees. A Colorado gold miner finds himself trapped in the bowels of the earth, no matter how many times he tries to ...
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Hi everyone! Welcome to The Far Out Wisdom Podcast! Where we will explore unconventional ideas with the underdogs of the world. This podcast is a place of unorthodox individuals coming together to share their wisdom in hopes that we will teach each other lessons from our life experiences. My name is Boonn, I am the founder and host of F.O.W. My articles have appeared on social media pages like Uplift Connect, Educate Inspire Change, Collective Evolution, GoalCast and Jay Shetty's FB page. I ...
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A few weeks after NYC Climate Week 2025, oil prices are rising again. Another round of global pledges was made — yet tankers, pipelines, and LNG terminals keep expanding. We call it decarbonization, but the world hasn’t really de-petrolized. In this episode, I take a hard look at the paradox behind our “green transition.” From OPEC+ fall meetings t…
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Why Learning How to Learn Is Your Only Competitive Advantage Left I sat in that accelerator orientation listening to them brag about mentors who'd been teaching entrepreneurship for 15+ years. Everyone clapped. I was terrified. These were people with employee mindsets teaching the same frameworks from 2010. In an AI-first world where anyone can bui…
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Desperation makes people say insane things — and this week proves it. From AOC screaming revisionist history about who “built” New York City, to Billie Eilish lecturing billionaires while charging $120 a ticket, to Brandon Johnson spinning bedtime horror stories about “black babies in vans,” Kamala Harris pitching the vote to sixteen-year-olds, and…
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My Worst Hires Almost Destroyed Us (Here's What I Learned) After scaling from 15 people down to 4, then back to 5, I've never shared my actual hiring criteria. Today I'm telling you about the engineer who took unlimited PTO during his wedding while our engineering delivery collapsed, the sales guy who learned to sell to us, and the contractor who t…
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A wave of layoffs hit Corporate America as the federal shutdown drags on, a drug bribery sting in Mississippi exposes 14 police officers among the 20 arrested, Trump’s White House denounces a Drexciya-inspired Smithsonian exhibit, and new research shows foodborne UTIs disproportionately impact low-income communities. DeRay interviews the team behin…
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What makes an audience lean forward before the first trick lands? We dive into stage presence as a lived practice, not a buzzword. From Jay’s house in Stockholm, Frodo and Jay unpack how real attention, honest emotion, and contextual awareness turn raw technique into connection you can feel in the room. No acting notes, no hollow smiles—just the ha…
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Before tarot became a tool for fortune-telling and self-reflection, it was a luxury pastime enjoyed by nobles in Renaissance Italy. In this episode, we trace tarot’s surprising journey from hand-painted trionfi decks in the courts of Milan and Ferrara, to its transformation during the French occult revival, and finally to its modern role as a guide…
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Congrats, humanity — we’ve officially lost a cognitive race to a goldfish. In this brutally honest episode, Ryan breaks down how our attention span tanked from 12 seconds in 2000 to 8.25 seconds in 2025 — and how tech giants like Meta, ByteDance, and Google are cashing in by renting out your brain. He dives into the science of dopamine addiction, t…
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Why I Changed My Mind About Multiple Products (And You Should Too) For years, I preached single product focus. "Build one thing really well," I'd tell founders. Today, I'm running SimpleDirect with four product lines and ANC with three consulting verticals. What changed? Everything. This episode breaks down why the season has shifted from single pr…
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Our crew gains a new member, sort of, and then sets out to complete their heist of the Starsong Lounge. 🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛…
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In this episode, Kate Foronda explores the minerals that quietly power our world from lithium and cobalt to aluminium and rare earth elements. These resources drive electric vehicles, renewable energy, and artificial intelligence, but they also carry enormous environmental, social, and geopolitical costs. Kate shares insights from her travels acros…
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The AI Exercise That Almost Destroyed Me (In the Best Way Possible) Last night, I asked Claude to tell me something I don't know about myself - good or bad, brutally honest. What came back almost destroyed me in the best way possible. As founders, we have blind spots we can't see. We're running the show, making decisions, often surrounded by people…
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New York’s socialist hopeful wants to drain over half your paycheck. The media’s losing its mind over a privately funded ballroom. And The View? They’ve turned self-pity into a national sport. Ryan unpacks the week’s loudest nonsense — exposing how politics has become performance and how outrage keeps the left alive. 🔥 Inside this episode: • Zohran…
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When to Stop Consulting and Build a Product - The $200M Basecamp Question The question I get most since publishing "The Anti-Unicorn": "George, I've built a successful consulting business. When do I stop consulting and actually build a product?" After three years building consulting revenue while almost killing SimpleDirect twice, I have some hard-…
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Millions brace for food stamp losses as the federal shutdown drags on, Steve Bannon pushes Trump’s fantasy of a 2028 presidency, Eric Adams calls Andrew Cuomo 'snake and a liar' then endorses him for NYC Mayor, George Santos pens jailhouse blog ahead of pardon, the NBA faces a Mafia-backed betting scandal, and Angela Rye/Joe Budden conflict sparks …
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Some performers step into the light and the room leans in. Others work just as hard and leave us cold. We wanted to know why. Together with juggler and performance thinker Jay Gilligan, we unpack stage presence without the fluff—what it is, how to build it, and why authenticity beats polish every time. We start by challenging the myth that presence…
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In 1630s France, a convent erupts in convulsions, visions, and blasphemous ecstasies, accusations that lead to one of history’s most infamous possession trials. This is the story of hysteria and desire colliding with politics and power, where faith becomes performance and a priest becomes a sacrifice. Join us in the journey of how Mother Superior J…
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Three Expensive Lessons About Money That Changed How I Think About Wealth I just finished Morgan Housel's "The Art of Spending Money" and it completely changed how I think about wealth. Five years ago when I was broke, his first book "The Psychology of Money" transformed how I thought about earning. Now with two profitable companies, I realized I h…
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Why Everyone's Chasing the Wrong Thing (And It's Making Them Replaceable) I walked away from a $3-5 million partnership deal two months ago. Not because the numbers were bad, but because something in my gut said "this feels like work." Most founders would call me crazy, but here's what I've learned: the moment you start optimizing for external vali…
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Politicians dodging questions. Talk-show hosts rewriting history. Journalists spreading fear. Ryan pulls zero punches in this Stay in the Fray Podcast episode — exposing how modern liberal “leaders” react when the truth corners them. From Katie Porter’s meltdown to Joy Behar’s WWII hysteria and Don Lemon’s reckless gun talk, it’s hypocrisy caught i…
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Why I wrote a 350-page free ebook that goes against everything Silicon Valley teaches about startups. The consulting-first model that works for the 99.95% of founders who will never raise VC - and why the traditional advice is poisoning young entrepreneurs. The brutal reality nobody talks about: Only 0.05% of startups ever raise VC funding (5 out o…
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Candace Owens barred from entry into several countries, Gavin Newsom caught slipping by Van Lathan and reparations leaders, while videos of Charlie Kirk’s murder remain online by design. PSTP hosts debate on mass movements in America and honor the life and legacy of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a Stonewall veteran and legendary trans activist. News Mi…
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Trump just ended a war — and the media can’t say thank you. The Gaza ceasefire is real, the 20-point plan is signed, and the same people who screamed “Free Gaza!” are now oddly quiet. In this episode, Ryan breaks down the real terms of the deal, the wild “Trump Resorts Gaza” rumor, and why peace makes the loudest people go silent. 🔥 What’s Inside: …
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Three interconnected insights that fundamentally changed how I run SimpleDirect and ANC. Why finding balance beats going to extremes, measuring the right things determines your destination, and building systems creates compound leverage. Thought #1: Why LinkedIn makes me cringe (and why I was wrong too): LinkedIn is 50% performance theater - fake v…
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After being warned in no uncertain terms, "DO NOT ROB THE PIPER LORDS," and "DO NOT JOIN THE PIPER LORDS," the gang figures out how to join and rob the Piper Lords. 🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍…
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The 8AM Text That Saved My Company: When to Pivot vs. Sunset" Episode Summary George shares the raw, unfiltered story of almost shutting down SimpleDirect Financing last week - and how an 8am customer text changed everything. This is a deep dive into the emotional rollercoaster of deciding whether to sunset or pivot a product, the difference betwee…
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From Jane Fonda calling America an “autocracy,” to Gavin Newsom bragging about California’s “#1” education system, to The View crying about military fitness, and Emma Watson calling marriage “violent” — Ryan exposes how modern activists twist language to sell lies. The Left has officially run out of logic — so now they’re rewriting the dictionary. …
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Wall Street Journal just proved what every founder already knows: AI isn't leveling the playing field - it's making superstars 10x better while average performers fall further behind. You have 18 months before this gap becomes permanent. Story 1: AI is widening the performance gap (not closing it): Wall Street Journal research: AI makes superstars …
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It’s chaos, capitalism, and counterprogramming this week: Katie Porter’s office implodes, Turning Point USA takes its culture wars to the Super Bowl, a billion-dollar political betting platform blurs the line between democracy and data, and a Philly creative turns her home into resistance art. DeRay interviews LaShawn Harris, author of Tell Her Sto…
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What separates a technically competent performer from one who creates unforgettable moments? In this captivating conversation between Captain Frodo and comic magician Nick Diffatte, we journey into the heart of showmanship and the complex relationship between originality and tradition. The performers candidly explore their creative anxieties about …
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Send us a text This episode dives head-first into one of the biggest questions in dating: How do we actually know our type—and are we even attracted to what’s good for us? Joel (“your favorite friendly Sasquatch”) and E welcome guest Priya to peel back the layers on attraction, trauma, and the stories we tell ourselves about love. The conversation …
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Cancel culture ruled the internet for a decade — destroying careers, censoring jokes, and rewarding outrage over logic. But the mob’s finally out of breath, and the same people who built it are crying “victim.” In this episode, Ryan breaks down how the outrage machine collapsed, why the Left can’t handle consequence culture, and what it means for f…
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FICO changed their licensing model and two public companies lost 10-20% in a single day. ChatGPT launched shopping with Shopify. European founders are fleeing to San Francisco. These look unrelated - but they're all the same story: Infrastructure owners are systematically eliminating middlemen. Story 1: How FICO destroyed $5 billion in market cap o…
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Yale says AI isn't displacing jobs. Stanford says it's destroying junior roles. Here's why they're both right - and what it means if you're young, building a company, or hiring right now. The AI job displacement debate - Yale vs Stanford: Yale report (33 months of labor data): No proof AI is displacing jobs, we're very early in cycle Stanford repor…
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Governments are giving away ChatGPT Plus subscriptions for free to entire populations. Private companies are bundling AI tools to close productivity gaps. If your startup isn't doing this for employees, you're already behind. Governments subsidizing AI access for citizens: UAE planning to give all citizens free ChatGPT Plus ($20/month) - tens of mi…
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