Long-form interviews and conversations with tech, AI, and finance leaders (30min+)
CFTC Chairman Mike Celig outlines a major shift toward regulatory collaboration with the SEC and innovation-friendly frameworks for crypto, AI, and prediction markets, emphasizing merit-neutral rules tailored to specific technologies rather than blanket enforcement.
Maury Giles, CEO of Braver Angels, explains how the organization combats toxic political polarization by training Americans in 'courageous citizenship'—the middle ground between cowardice and recklessness—through structured dialogue workshops, accurate disagreement techniques, and local collaborative action that transforms conflict into problem-solving.
Jordan Peterson explores Dostoevsky's critique of utopian rationalism and Kierkegaard's philosophy of necessary difficulty, using a clinical case study to demonstrate how shielding oneself from harsh realities leads to psychological paralysis, while confronting mortality fosters resilience and time-consciousness.
Bill Thompson presents Joe with a custom 1860s mountain man knife and explains the rigorous pre-1840 'rendezvous' reenactment culture, while discussing the societal lack of male rites of passage and the importance of fatherhood and responsibility in transitioning from perpetual childhood to adulthood.
Gary Vaynerchuk argues that businesses should stop running paid ads on untested creative and instead post content organically first to validate performance, while urgently preparing for an AI-driven future where brand authority and indexed content will replace traditional search.
Cisco's Outshift SVP Vijoy Pandey introduces the 'Internet of Cognition'—higher-order protocols enabling distributed AI agents to share context and collaborate across organizational boundaries, contrasting with centralized frontier models and demonstrated through internal systems that automate 40% of site reliability tasks.
The closure of the Strait of Hormuz and ongoing Red Sea disruptions are triggering a severe energy crisis that threatens global supply chains through spiking fuel costs and cargo capacity shortages, signaling a potential end to the era of unfettered globalization protected by US naval dominance.
An investigative report reveals that counterfeit beauty products are pervasive on major e-commerce platforms, with laboratory testing of items purchased from Amazon, Walmart, eBay, and Shein showing all 12 samples were fraudulent, expired, or tampered with, posing serious health risks to consumers.
Former Wall Street trader Vivian Tu shares her journey from living paycheck to paycheck to becoming a financial educator, outlining three essential strategies for modern wealth-building: demystifying financial jargon, fostering open money conversations, and adopting technology-driven solutions.
Robinhood SVP Johan Kerbat details the company's push toward 24/7 trading, AI-driven product development, and the creation of a Layer-2 blockchain to tokenize real-world assets, aiming to eliminate traditional market friction for retail investors.
Gold's recent sharp decline reflects mechanical selling from profit-taking institutions and margin calls rather than a fundamental breakdown, with retail investors treating the dip as a buying opportunity to hedge against dollar devaluation and record national debt.
Jordan Peterson argues that behavioral and cultural knowledge—knowing how to act in social situations—is more critical for survival and psychological stability than factual knowledge, and that much of our sanity is actually outsourced to social feedback rather than being purely internal.