Aug 29, 2026
(0:00) Bestie intros: Recapping recent interviews and the state of American science
(3:31) China's Robot Olympics, Optimus update, Grok Bot
(9:05) Nvidia and Salesforce rip after big earnings: AI Capex Bubble and SaaSpocalypse narratives get reversed
(33:32) Bessent gets called out by Druckenmiller for bond...
Aug 26, 2026
(0:00) Eric Weinstein joins the show!
(03:09) Has American science stalled? Cowboy science, Fauci, and the scientific precariat
(21:31) Weinstein's fix: Blow a hole in the Civil Rights Act, kill peer review, fund people not ideas
(41:36) Ed Witten drove physics off a cliff, and is Renaissance Technologies a secret Los...
Aug 24, 2026
(0:00) Michael Kratsios joins the show!
(01:56) Is this administration anti-science? The Nature poll, DEI grants, and $8B down the drain
(8:16) Climate science cuts: RCP 8.5 gets pulled and the "climate emergency" narrative collapses
(13:45) $47B at NIH, Eroom's Law, and golden tickets: has American science...
Aug 21, 2026
(00:00) Besties are back!
(00:13) Dario's two-part essay: regulatory capture, doomerism, and the data center backlash
(10:25) FINRA for AI vs. MPAA for AI: SROs, thinking tokens, and the "DMV for AI"
(30:12) Is an open source ban coming? Harnesses, FDI, jobs, and recursive self-improvement
(56:33) a16z under DOJ...
Aug 18, 2026
(0:00) The most controversial company in privacy right now, Flock CEO joins the show!
(7:23) License plate data retention: 7 days solves 90% of crimes
(13:00) Camera vandalism, felony charges, and privacy concerns
(18:15) Dirty cops exposed: Flock's audit tool got 9 Georgia officers fired
(28:25) AI, drones, facial...