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Why Everything You Do Online Is at Risk | Dr. Vint Cerf (opens the original)
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Dr. Vint Cerf is the closest thing tech has to a founding father. Along with Bob Kahn, he co-designed the actual protocols the Internet runs on, back in the 1970s, long before any of us were born into it. These days he's Google's Chief Internet Evangelist, but in this one he's just talking, openly, with host Nick Larson, alongside Chris Kelly and Human Khalili, in DC. He gets into the mistakes he'd fix if he could go back (IPv6 address space, mainly), the time he did a striptease down to a T-shi
What Makes Silicon Valley Impossible To Leave | Ft. Brian Mac Mahon & Kim Kolt - VCs (opens the original)
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VC Insiders Expose Silicon Valley: No IPOs, Fake Valuations & The Money Game Brian Mac Mahon has invested in over 260 companies and calls the top level of venture capital "a cancer destroying entrepreneurship." Kim Kolt spent years at Goldman Sachs taking companies public before starting her own funds. In this live episode, they get into why the IPO market is basically dead, how private valuations get passed around and marked up between the same group of investors, and why Kim said no to SpaceX
Why Midlife Isn't A Crisis, It's A Chrysalis | Ft. Chip Conley (opens the original)
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Why Midlife Isn't A Crisis, It's A Chrysalis | Ft. Chip Conley Chip Conley is on day 30 of 36 radiation treatments for stage 3 prostate cancer, going through menopause via androgen deprivation therapy, and he's the happiest person in the room. He's spent 35 years studying what makes life better, and it's not what you think. He breaks down how shifting your mindset on aging can add 7.5 years to your life, how he went from running a 52-hotel empire to becoming Airbnb's "Modern Elder," why midlife
7 Years Under House Arrest, Still No Trial | Joby Weeks (opens the original)
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Bitcoin Pioneer on House Arrest for 7 Years - Never Convicted, Never Sentenced, Never Tried Seven years. That's how long Joby Weeks has been on house arrest in Miami for allegedly selling unregistered securities — something that's now completely legal. He never had a trial, was never convicted, but 38 continuances and 12 prosecutors later, he's still waiting. This isn't a legal case anymore. It's political. And Joby's not backing down. He breaks down Operation Choke Point, why the government for
Real Wealth Is About the Wisdom Money Can't Buy | Ft. Uli Maybach (opens the original)
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Real Wealth Is About the Wisdom Money Can't Buy | Ft. Uli Maybach The Secret Mindset Behind The Maybach Legacy | Uli Maybach Legacy and longevity are having a moment in Silicon Valley right now, and this episode gets into both, no fluff, no hype, just one guy who's been keeping a 143-year-old family business at the top of the peak talking honestly about what actually works. Uli Maybach runs one of the world's most iconic luxury brands, and he shows up with a 150-piece limited edition Maybach des
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