Joe Lonsdale: American Optimist
American Optimist, hosted by Joe Lonsdale: entrepreneur, investor, and founder of four multi-billion dollar companies and other mission-driven organizations. American Optimist is an alternative to the fear, cynicism, and zero-sum thinking in mainstream media. Learn from the innovators and leaders who are solving our nation’s most pressing challenges, and doing it in a way that will lift everyone up. Hope should dominate our discourse, and American Optimist will show you why. blog.joelonsdale.com
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Episodes (161)
Episode 111: Sen. Tom Cotton on DOGE, TikTok, and "Seven Things You Can't Say Ab...
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Ep 110: Dr. Mike Israetel on Miracle Drugs, the Aesthetic Revolution, Living to...
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Ep 109: Anson Frericks on the Rise & Fall of Budweiser; Milton Friedman vs Klaus...
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Ep 108: Tim Urban on Superintelligence, Mars, Fermi Paradox & How to Conquer a S...
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Ep 107: Off-Road Autonomy & Saving Soldiers' Lives with Overland AI CEO Byron Bo...
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Ep 106: Zac Bookman on Advice for DOGE & Building OpenGov into a $1.8 Billion Go...
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Ep 105: What Can Aristotle Teach Us About AI? Training "Philosopher Builders" wi...
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Ep 104: Will AI Replace Coders? Terminal Co-Founder & CEO Dylan Serota
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Ep 103: Raj Bhakta Created WhistlePig; Now He's Reinventing the Whiskey Industry...
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Ep 102: "If You're Not Blowing Stuff Up, You're Not Innovating!" — Stanford Prof...
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Ep 101: Gov. Kevin Stitt — the Businessman Governor Standing Up to Special Inter...
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Ep 100: Why AI Is Underhyped with Elad Gil
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Ep 99: The Myth of American Inequality with Senator Phil Gramm
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Ep 98: How Wokeness Foments Antisemitism; a Conversation with ADL's Jonathan Gre...
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Ep 97: Jimmy John Built a Restaurant Empire; Government Almost Destroyed It
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Ep 96: Harvard Economist Roland Fryer on the Truth Behind Police Shootings & Usi...
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Ep 95: Navy SEAL & Saronic CEO Dino Mavrookas on the Race for Autonomous Ships a...
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Ep 94: A Conversation with Turnaround King & U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross
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Ep 93: Cold War II & the Race for Technological Supremacy with CrowdStrike Co-Fo...
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Ep 92: High-Power Microwave & the Rise of Electronic Shields with Epirus CEO And...
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Ep 91: "I whooped his ass!" Legendary Investor & Home Depot Founder Ken Langone...
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Ep 90: Ethan Penner on Choosing Greatness & Pioneering New Markets on Wall Stree...
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Ep 89: Coleman Hughes on "The End of Race Politics" & the Worst Ideas Done in th...
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Ep 88: A Conversation with MLK's Attorney & Speechwriter: Dr. Clarence Jones
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Ep 87: Dr. Cliff Winston — Deregulate Lawyers, Deregulate Airlines, and Let Mark...
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Ep 86: How to Design a STEM Curriculum for the 21st Century with Dr. David Ruth
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Ep 85: The Path to Regime Change in Iran with Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi
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Ep 84: Sri Ganesan on Freshworks' Big Win, Building Rocketlane & India's Tech Bo...
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Ep 83: A New Cancer Breakthrough with Ivan Dimov of Orca Bio
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Ep 82: Whitney Baker's Masterclass on Macro Investing & the State of the Economy
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Ep 81: How Palantir Star Tyler Scriven Is Helping Small Businesses Compete Again...
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Ep 80: Leonard Leo's Winning Strategy to Rebuild Institutions, Accelerate Innova...
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Ep 79: Bjorn Lomborg and the 12 Best Policies to Help the World
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Ep 78: Emil Michael — the Master Dealmaker Behind Uber's Global Dominance
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Ep 77: Mike Solana on Exposing Government Corruption, Saving San Francisco, and...
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Ep 76: Accelerate or Die! Guillaume Verdon and the e/acc Movement
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Ep 75: Leadership Lessons with Intuit Founder & Silicon Valley Legend Scott Cook
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Ep 74: A Turning Point in Higher Education with Pano Kanelos & Niall Ferguson
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Ep 73: How Candid Health Is Fixing the $280B Healthcare Billing Fiasco, With Les...
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Ep 72: Illegal Chinese Bio Labs & Secret Police in the U.S.; Investigating the C...
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Ep 71: Reinventing Community College with Tade Oyerinde, Chancellor of Campus
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Ep 70: "The Geek Way" — Andrew McAfee's New Book on the Radical Mindset that Tra...
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Ep 69: How a Builder Mindset Is Solving the World's Ocean Trash Problem; Boyan S...
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Ep 68: How to Generate Alpha in Volatile Markets with Jacob Miller of Opto Inves...
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Ep 67: Brad Gerstner on the AI Supercycle & Restoring Faith in Capitalism with I...
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A Missing Israeli Soldier & the Truth About Hamas
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Ep 66: Bob McGrew — the Superstar Palantir Alum Leading OpenAI's Transformative...
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Ep 65: Marc Andreessen and the Case for AI Optimism
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Ep 64: The Palantir Interview with Dr. Alex Karp
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Ep 63: Eddie Margain on Fleeing Mexico, Preserving Rule of Law & Building Austin...
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