Best The View From Mercury Podcasts (2025)

Agenda: 00:03 – Circle’s IPO: Investors Just Left $BNs on the Table 00:06 – CoreWeave & Circle: Are We Back to Meme Stock Madness? 00:11 – Should Stripe and Databricks Finally Go Public? 00:17 – US Stock Markets: How They DOMINATE the Global Game 00:21 – 50% of Unicorns Are DOOMED. What Happens Now? 00:25 – Founders Fund Just Dropped $1B on Anduril…

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20VC: Fiverr CEO: ‘If You’re Not Adapting to AI, F* You. You’re Done | Why "Time to Copy" is the Most Important Metric in Startups Today | Why 99% of AI Companies Today Will Die | Why Governments Will ... 1:06:00

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Micha Kaufman is the Founder and CEO of Fiverr, the leading online marketplace for freelance services. Fiverr has had an insane ride in the public markets, in 2019 the company went public with a $650M market cap, at their peak that hit over $8BN. Today, facing a wave of AI, the company has a market cap of $1.121BN on an estimated $430M EOY revenues…

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Self-Sabotage Isn’t the Villain - It’s the Bodyguard 21:41

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Send us a text What if the part of you that keeps “getting in your own way” is actually trying to keep you safe? In this solo episode, Jaxson is unpacking the true nature of self-sabotage - not as a sign of weakness or failure, but as a protective reflex wired into your nervous system. These patterns often stem from early life experiences, and whil…

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166 | Jupiter Enters Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies! 47:03

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Welcome to the Celestial Insights Podcast, the show that brings the stars down to Earth! Each week, astrologer, coach, and intuitive Celeste Brooks of Astrology by Celeste will be your guide. Her website is astrologybyceleste.com. 🌟 Book a private astrology consultation, cosmic coaching package, or mystic mentoring. 🌕 Download Celeste's free Settin…

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20VC: The Science of Storytelling: Three Steps to Master the Perfect Story | From Near Death Experience to Unicorn Startup: The Untold Story of Omaze with Matt Pohlson 1:25:51

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Matt Pohlson is the co-founder and Chairman of Omaze, the most insane story in startups that you have never heard. From near death experience to working with Arnold Schwarzenegger, George Clooney and The Pope. Omaze has raised over $200 million for charity by offering once-in-a-lifetime celebrity experiences and luxury house draws. He's a master st…

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20VC: Is Chamath Right: Is DPI The Only Thing That Matters | Does OpenAI Even Matter | Mary Meekers AI Report: The Analysis| IPO Breakdown: Chime, Circle & Thoma Bravo's New Fund 1:23:15

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Agenda: 00:00 – The Most Unfiltered Episode Ever Begins 03:30 – Does OpenAI Even Matter? Sam Lessin Says Maybe Not. 05:45 – TVPI Is Bullshit? 09:20 – Asset Gatherers vs Real Investors: Who Actually Wins? 12:15 – The Death of the Billion-Dollar VC Fund? 16:00 – Mid-Tier VC Funds Are Getting Annihilated 21:00 – Chime: Great Exit or Missed Opportunity…

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20VC: Windsurf Founder on Will Model Companies Own the App Layer | Why Moats Do Not Exist in a World of AI | Why the Notion of Single Person $BN Companies is BS | Lovable vs Bolt & Cursor vs Windsurf ... 1:05:58

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Varun Mohan is the CEO and Co-Founder of Windsurf, the leading AI-native IDE, which has over a million users and generates over 50% of all committed software across thousands of companies. Prior to Windsurf, Varun graduated with a Master’s in Computer Science from MIT and led a team at Nuro focused on large-scale deep learning infrastructure for au…

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Brain Fog, Fatigue and Focus 13:59

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Send us a text Feeling foggy, drained, or like you just can’t focus no matter how hard you try? These symptoms are more than just frustrating - they’re your body waving a red flag. In today's solo episode, Jaxson dives into the root causes behind brain fog, chronic fatigue, and lack of focus, explaining why these are signs of deeper imbalances in t…

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165 | Venus in Taurus & a Farewell to Arms 40:20

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Welcome to the Celestial Insights Podcast, the show that brings the stars down to Earth! Each week, astrologer, coach, and intuitive Celeste Brooks of Astrology by Celeste will be your guide. Her website is astrologybyceleste.com. 🌟 Book a private astrology consultation, cosmic coaching package, or mystic mentoring. 🌕 Download Celeste's free Settin…

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20Sales: From $2M ARR to $40M ARR: The Playbook | How to Use AI To Supercharge Your Sales Team | Why Pipeline Reviews are BS | The Sales Call Script that Closes 99% of Prospects and How to Hire the Best ... 1:18:34

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Kyle Norton is the Chief Revenue Officer at Owner.com, where he scaled revenue from $2M to $40M ARR in under 3 years while selling to one of the toughest markets: SMB restaurants. Before Owner, Kyle led sales at Shopify, where he helped architect one of the most operationally elite GTM orgs in SaaS. Agenda: 00:00 – From Shopify to $40M ARR at Owner…

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052925 2nd HR Important Insights On Action When Governemnt Lies MUST LISTEN 37:40

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052925 2nd HR Important Insights On Action When Governemnt Lies MUST LISTEN by Kate DalleyBy Kate Dalley

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052925 1st HR 29 MIN -Birth The Deep Dive On Selling Of Placentas 24:40

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052925 1st HR 29 MIN -Birth The Deep Dive On Selling Of Placentas by Kate DalleyBy Kate Dalley

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052925 1ST hR :13 Min KrisAnne Hall You May Not Like What She Has To Say But Listen Anyway 13:00

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052925 1ST hR :13 Min KrisAnne Hall You May Not Like What She Has To Say But Listen Anyway by Kate DalleyBy Kate Dalley

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20VC: OpenAI's $6BN Jony Ive Deal | YC Is Both Chanel and Walmart—and Has Officially Won | Builder.ai Implodes and Hinge IPOs: Who Wins & Who Loses | Seed Is Easy. Series A Is Brutal & The Dirty Truth ... 1:19:44

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Agenda: 00:00 – Why “Fund Returners” Are a Myth in Late-Stage VC 05:02 – Builder.ai Implodes: $500M Gone & Fraud Allegations Begin 11:40 – The Dirty Truth About Late-Stage Venture Math 15:57 – The Hinge IPO: Who Won, Who Lost, and Why It’s a Game Changer 23:03 – The Chime Bombshell: Late-Stage VCs Forced to Crystallize Huge Losses 27:14 – Why YC Is…

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052825 2nd HR Susan on Macron; Deep Dive Invitro Fertilization and Regeneron Pharma 37:40

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052825 2nd HR Susan on Macron; Deep Dive Invitro Fertilization and Regeneron Pharma by Kate DalleyBy Kate Dalley

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052825 1st HR Melissa -10 Years To Save the West 37:40

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052825 1st HR Melissa -10 Years To Save the West by Kate DalleyBy Kate Dalley

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SHOW CLIP: Tv 1968 Can Record 1:00

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SHOW CLIP: Tv 1968 Can Record by Kate DalleyBy Kate Dalley

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Show Clip: Mercury not tested since 1929 /Scott Adams DILBERT Creator Antivaxxers Win 2:14

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Show Clip: Mercury not tested since 1929 /Scott Adams DILBERT Creator Antivaxxers Win by Kate DalleyBy Kate Dalley

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SHOW CLIP: Parasite Eye Test 0:58

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SHOW CLIP: Parasite Eye Test by Kate DalleyBy Kate Dalley

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SHOW CLIP PLAYED LAST HOUR: How Wearing Sunlasses - Is it Causing Cancer 1:23

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SHOW CLIP PLAYED LAST HOUR: How Wearing Sunlasses - Is it Causing Cancer by Kate DalleyBy Kate Dalley

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SHOW CLIP: Dr Suzzanne Humphries Joe Rogan Explains Polio/ DDT 3:00

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SHOW CLIP: Dr Suzzanne Humphries Joe Rogan Explains Polio/ DDT by Kate DalleyBy Kate Dalley

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052725 2nd HR Janet Phelan Water Deception MUCH BIGGER Than We Think MUST LISTEN! 37:40

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052725 2nd HR Janet Phelan Water Deception MUCH BIGGER Than We Think MUST LISTEN! by Kate DalleyBy Kate Dalley

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052725 1st HR Mel Mattison These 3 Current Events Explain The Economy Right Now POWERFUL 37:40

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052725 1st HR Mel Mattison These 3 Current Events Explain The Economy Right Now POWERFUL by Kate DalleyBy Kate Dalley

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20VC: The Most Insane Story in Startups: Airwallex: The Angel That Turned $1M into $1BN | The Fund That Pulled a Term Sheet & Lost $1BN | Rejecting Stripe's $1.2BN Offer | Scaling to $1BN in Revenue ... 1:26:48

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Airwallex is the most insane story in startups: The best angel investment ever: The angel that turned $1M into $1BN. One of the world's best VCs pulled a term sheet and lost $1BN. The company turned down a $1.2BN offer from Stripe. The company scaled to $1BN in transaction volume in 9 months. The company has never not grown 100% in a year. Jack Zha…

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Recover Like a Pro: Natural Support After Surgery 20:23

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Send us a text Surgery can be a powerful step on the path to transformation, and how you recover can make all the difference. In this solo episode, Jaxson shares his deeply personal journey of healing after gender-affirming surgery, offering heartfelt insights and practical tools for anyone preparing for or recovering from a medical procedure. Draw…

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164 | Saturn with Neptune in Aries, a Gemini New Moon, & the Parallax View 39:06

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Welcome to the Celestial Insights Podcast, the show that brings the stars down to Earth! Each week, astrologer, coach, and intuitive Celeste Brooks of Astrology by Celeste will be your guide. Her website is astrologybyceleste.com. 🌟 Book a private astrology consultation, cosmic coaching package, or mystic mentoring. 🌕 Download Celeste's free Settin…

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20VC: ElevenLabs Head of Growth on Why You Do Not Need PMs | The 7-Part Launch Playbook That Gets 700K+ Views Per Product | The Truth About CAC, Payback & Performance Marketing in AI with Luke Harries 1:15:44

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Luke Harries is Head of Growth at ElevenLabs, where he leads marketing, product, engineering, and developer experience. ElevenLabs has raised $281M with the latest round pricing the company at $3.3B valuation. Previously, Luke held roles at PostHog and Microsoft, and is also an angel investor supporting startups like Lovable and Runna. In Today’s E…

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052225 1st HR The Big Beautiful Bill Issues Explained In Detail- From All Sides 39:16

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052225 1st HR The Big Beautiful Bill Issues Explained In Detail- From All Sides by Kate DalleyBy Kate Dalley

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052125 SHORT 13 MIN Cat Flue Coming At You Next With Susan 13:00

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052125 1st HR Melissa South Africa Meeting & The Tactic Media Using Now Wild 1988 Theory 37:40

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052125 1st HR Melissa South Africa Meeting & The Tactic Media Using Now Wild 1988 Theory by Kate DalleyBy Kate Dalley

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20VC: Chime IPO: The Breakdown | Why Fund Returners Are Not Enough & Seed is for Suckers | Are IPOs Dead & The Future of the Late Stage Private Market | Rippling vs. Deel Lawsuit: WTF Happens Now? 1:17:53

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Agenda: 04:34 Chime's IPO Announcement: Who Wins & Who Loses 06:28 The Lopphole That Means Chime Has a Better Business than JP Morgan 10:51 Why Investors Who Invested at $25BN Will Make Money When it IPOs at $12BN 18:59 Are IPOs Dead & The Future of the Late Stage Private Market 27:32 Exits are Larger Than Ever: So What? What Happens? Who Wins? Who…

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052125 2nd HR- Susan Free Speech Case; Media Circus; Kash Patel 37:30

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052125 2nd HR- Susan Free Speech Case; Media Circus; Kash Patel by Kate DalleyBy Kate Dalley

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052025 2nd HR -People in Mass Fighting and Rallying Gov And What Ai Claimed 39:16

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052025 2nd HR -People in Mass Fighting and Rallying Gov And What Ai Claimed by Kate DalleyBy Kate Dalley

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052025 1st HR Weird Article on Biden; Weird Clip on Kash Patel ;Weird Tucker Cip on Cancer 39:18

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052025 1st HR Weird Article on Biden; Weird Clip on Kash Patel ;Weird Tucker Cip on Cancer by Kate DalleyBy Kate Dalley

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051925 2nd HR -Dr Sherri Tenpenny Why There Is No Accountability; The Shots NOW; 39:43

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051925 2nd HR -Dr Sherri Tenpenny Why There Is No Accountability; The Shots NOW; by Kate DalleyBy Kate Dalley

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051925 1st HR Duke Pesta -Bidens "Clean Up On Aisle 5 "and Hillary; Springsteen 39:37

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051925 1st HR Duke Pesta -Bidens "Clean Up On Aisle 5 "and Hillary; Springsteen by Kate DalleyBy Kate Dalley

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20VC: Duolingo Co-Founder on Why $3M is Harder than $100M to Raise | Why You Should Always Take Tier 1 VCs Even at Worse Terms | Why Europe Can't Win Unless the US Screws Up | How AI Impacts the Future ... 1:31:43

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Severin Hacker is the Co-Founder and CTO of Duolingo, the world’s most downloaded education app with over 100 million monthly users. Since its 2021 IPO, Duolingo has reached a market cap of $20BN. The company has raised over $183M from top-tier investors including CapitalG, Kleiner Perkins, Union Square Ventures, NEA, Ashton Kutcher, and Tim Ferris…

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Why You Wake Up at the Same Time Every Night - And What It Means 20:41

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Send us a text Today we dive deep into the fascinating connection between sleep cycles and overall health. Ever wondered why you wake up at the same time every night? Let's explore the significance of light, deep, and REM sleep stages, and how each plays a crucial role in mental and physical well-being This week, we explore: The different stages of…

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163 | Saturn in Aries: Zone of Interest! 57:19

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Welcome to the Celestial Insights Podcast, the show that brings the stars down to Earth! Each week, astrologer, coach, and intuitive Celeste Brooks of Astrology by Celeste will be your guide. Her website is astrologybyceleste.com. 🌟 Book a private astrology consultation, cosmic coaching package, or mystic mentoring. 🌕 Download Celeste's free Settin…

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051625 2nd HR -More John Whitehead; Caller Asks About Local Radio and Saudi Arabia 37:40

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051625 2nd HR -More John Whitehead; Caller Asks About Local Radio and Saudi Arabia by Kate DalleyBy Kate Dalley

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051625 1st HR -John Whitehead Rutherford Insititute Guest Martial Law 37:40

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051625 1st HR -John Whitehead Rutherford Insititute Guest Martial Law by Kate DalleyBy Kate Dalley

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20Product: Figma CPO on How Figma Builds Products: What Works, What Does Not | How Figma Does Testing and Product Reviews | The Future of Design, Engineering and Product with Yuhki Yamashita 1:01:51

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Yuhki Yamashita is the Chief Product Officer at Figma, where he leads the development of one of the world’s most beloved design platforms. Previously, he was Head of Product at Uber, overseeing the core rider experience used by millions globally. A master of product storytelling and team-building, Yuhki has redefined how world-class digital product…