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Technology · Dwarkesh Podcast
Robert Caro – The master biographer reflects at 91
Dwarkesh Podcast: Robert Caro reflects on political power, Moses, Johnson and the research and editing behind biography.
Investing · Planet Money
Is this how the great international borrowing spree ends?
Planet Money examines how rising interest rates could end a global borrowing spree, with France’s debt pressures at the center.
Technology · Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth
An 86-minute guide to finding PMF | Rob Snyder (Author, The Power of Pull)
Lenny’s Podcast explores Rob Snyder’s PULL framework for discovering customer demand and finding product-market fit.
Business · Marketplace
Spooked investors sink Big Tech stocks
Marketplace examines Big Tech’s earnings-driven stock slump and asks whether it signals an AI bubble bursting or broader business weaknesses.
Technology · The a16z Show
Can AI Fix Professional Networking? | Inside Cosign
The a16z Show explores Cosign’s plan to use reputation and relationship data for professional networking and future AI-agent matching.
Business · The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Most Replayed Moment: Why You Need A Prenup And How To Avoid Divorce!
The Diary Of A CEO explores James Sexton's case for prenups as a healthy conversation about marriage rules and financial consequences.
Business · How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line with Tope Awotona of Calendly
How I Built This: Advice Line with Tope Awotona of Calendly explores growth, profitability, sales-channel focus and family trade-offs.
Self-improvement · Hidden Brain
The Story of Stories
Hidden Brain’s “The Story of Stories” explores why humans seek explanations—and how that impulse can lead to discovery, delight or disaster.
Technology · Lex Fridman Podcast
#503 – AI Crisis in Math: Navier-Stokes, Riemann Hypothesis & Complexity Theory
Lex Fridman Podcast examines AI’s role in mathematical discovery, major conjectures and machine-checked proofs.
Science · Science Vs
Testosterone: Do We All Need a Boost?
Science Vs examines testosterone boost claims about strength, libido and energy, alongside questions about aggression, infertility and other risks.
Health & Fitness · Huberman Lab
Essentials: Developing a Rational Approach to Supplementation for Health & Performance
Huberman Lab explains how to tailor supplementation to individual needs, nutrition and budget while keeping behavior foundational.
News · The Ezra Klein Show
What Hundreds of Focus Groups With Trump Voters Revealed
The Ezra Klein Show examines what hundreds of Trump-voter focus groups reveal about fading approval and possible openings for Democrats.
News · Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: Lost my ring, found some friends
Global News Podcast’s Happy Pod explores how Patrick Mohr’s lost wedding ring led to an international friendship.
Investing · All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
AI Cyber Panic, Ken Griffin's Bubble Warning, The Fall of France?
All-In examines Ken Griffin’s AI bubble warning, PHP cybersecurity threats and France’s political and debt-market risks.
News · Up First from NPR
US Prepares For Possible Strikes, Midterm Early Voting, Trump BBC Deposition
Up First examines U.S. preparations for possible Iran strikes, why early turnout cannot predict winners, and Trump’s BBC deposition order.
Technology · Dwarkesh Podcast
What will computer chips look like in 2045?
Dwarkesh Podcast explores how future chip designs and limited manufacturing tools could constrain AI’s growing demand for compute.
Investing · Planet Money
We try to fix election polling (update)
Planet Money explores whether an economics-inspired experiment at Marist can address election polling’s participation crisis.
Technology · Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth
Inside the black box of AI: How AI models actually think | Emmanuel Ameisen (Anthropic)
Lenny’s Podcast explores how AI models represent concepts and plan ahead, and why interpretability matters for alignment and safety.
Business · Acquired
Seinfeld
Acquired examines Seinfeld’s enduring business: creative discipline, market timing and ownership incentives across TV, syndication and streaming.
Business · Marketplace
A view of AI, from Mumbai
Marketplace’s “A view of AI, from Mumbai” explores India’s young workforce and a healthcare startup using AI for early disease detection.
Technology · The a16z Show
Why AI Could Finally Fix Healthcare Access | Zocdoc CEO Oliver Kharraz
The a16z Show explores why AI needs accurate, bookable doctor availability to improve healthcare access, with Zocdoc CEO Oliver Kharraz.
Business · The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Most Replayed Moment: Christian vs Atheist - Is Faith A Human Creation?
The Diary Of A CEO explores whether meaning is found or created, and how faith, fear of death and the need for control shape it.
Business · How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line with Tara Bosch of SmartSweets
How I Built This with Guy Raz: Advice Line with Tara Bosch explores retail expansion, digital brand storytelling and subscription fit.
Self-improvement · Hidden Brain
Why Am I Unhappy?
Hidden Brain’s “Why Am I Unhappy?” explores how internal mental forces steer us toward negativity even when we want to feel happy.
Science · Science Vs
Fiber Maxxing and Poo Maxxing, with Dr. Trisha Pasricha
Science Vs explores fiber, bowel habits and the gut-brain connection with neurogastroenterologist Dr. Trisha Pasricha.
Health & Fitness · FoundMyFitness
#115 The Science of Blueberries for Brain and Vascular Health
FoundMyFitness explores how blueberry anthocyanins may support brain, vascular and glucose health beyond antioxidant effects.
Health & Fitness · Huberman Lab
How Food Choices Shape Memory, Cognition & Cravings | Dr. Scott Kanoski
Huberman Lab explores how food choices and memory shape each other, alongside GLP-1 drugs, cravings and gut–brain signaling.
News · The Ezra Klein Show
Is It Wrong to Love a Chatbot?
The Ezra Klein Show examines how chatbot companionship may reshape human attachment, intimacy and relationships.
News · Global News Podcast
Annual dementia cases could double by 2050
Global News Podcast examines research projecting annual new dementia cases will more than double to 24.7 million by 2050.
Investing · All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
Is Claude Conscious? Pope Rejects, Model Welfare Movement, OpenAI's Math Backlash, France Riots
All-In examines Claude consciousness, OpenAI’s math backlash and France unrest through questions of AI legitimacy and market risk.
News · Up First from NPR
Bracing For Hurricane Isaias, Ukraine Pushes Russia Back, Iran War Impact On Midterms
Up First examines Hurricane Isaias preparations, Ukraine’s drone-supported gains and the Iran war’s political cost before the midterms.
Investing · Planet Money
Charles Ponzi's scheme (plus a new scam)
Planet Money’s “Charles Ponzi's scheme (plus a new scam)” traces how an international postage coupon sparked Ponzi’s pursuit of investors.
Technology · Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth
OpenAI’s Head of ChatGPT: We’re entering a new era of AI (again) | Tibo Sottiaux
Lenny's Podcast explores Tibo Sottiaux's vision of always-on AI agents, Dots, and the implications for work and software.
Business · Marketplace
How's the stock market doing, minus AI?
Marketplace examines how AI-driven S&P 500 records mask weakness elsewhere, alongside rising auto loan delinquencies.
Technology · Dwarkesh Podcast
Si Sheppard – How did a few hundred Spanish soldiers topple two empires?
Dwarkesh Podcast explores how technology, diplomacy and Indigenous forces helped small Spanish forces conquer the Aztec and Inca empires.
Business · Acquired
The Home Depot
Acquired’s The Home Depot traces how a retail startup became a compounding giant through operating systems, leadership changes and reinvention.
Technology · The a16z Show
Building Defense for the Agentic Era: Kevin Mandia
The a16z Show explores Kevin Mandia’s case that machine-speed AI cyberattacks will require autonomous defenses.
Business · The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Dana White: This Generation Thinks You Can Build A Business From Home, It's Impossible!
The Diary Of A CEO explores Dana White’s approach to resilience, hiring, hands-on leadership and risk as he expands beyond the UFC.
Business · How I Built This with Guy Raz
10 Years of How I Built This: A Decade of Innovation, Risk and Reinvention
How I Built This marks 10 years with founder lessons on risk, resilience, early sales and the roles of luck and skill.