Jun 29, 2026
(0:00) Nate Silver joins the pod!
(10:02) California's ballot counting problem: Raman's late-mail surge, ballot harvesting claims, and why the US counts slower than India
(25:18) Democrats' three-way civil war: The left, the abundance libs, and Newsom's "resistance lib" base
(34:48) The winning 2028 playbook:...
Jun 26, 2026
(0:00) Gavin Baker and Travis Kalanick join the show!
(1:05) Mamdani-endorsed socialists sweep congressional primaries in NYC
(22:51) Future of the Democratic Party, the Israel issue, social media bans
(45:12) China's open-source AI catch up, distillation, OpenAI's new chip
(1:01:46) Micron smashes earnings, AI's memory...
Jun 23, 2026
(0:00) David Friedberg intros GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen!
(1:56) Building and selling Chewy for $3.35B, how to compete with Amazon in e-commerce
(11:58) Post-Chewy life, activist investing, the road to GameStop CEO, expanding into collectibles
(26:39) Why he wants to buy eBay for $56B: Massive potential, poor execution...
Jun 19, 2026
(0:00) Bestie intros!
(2:41) The New Oligarchs, America's incoming politburo, and learned helplessness
(14:18) SpaceX's record breaking IPO, $60B Cursor acquisition, and trillionaire reactions
(33:34) Behind the scenes of Anthropic's Fable ban
(1:01:18) Claude psychoanalyzes its creator, Dario Amodei
(1:14:31) Iran War...
Jun 13, 2026
(0:00) Besties are back!
(0:19) Anthropic gets massive backlash over secret Fable nerfing and privacy concerns
(29:16) The AI regulatory capture trap, pragmatic safety solutions
(37:59) Nationalizing AI: Trump/Sanders, justifications, and AI's "Capitalist Cucks"
(59:22) Liquidity recap: Best moments and...