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Joe Lonsdale: American Optimist

By Joe LonsdaleTechnology, BusinessEnglish

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About

Welcome to 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.

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Episodes 39 episodes in the feed

  1. Psychedelic Medicine, Value-Based Care & Why Medical School Is Broken with Sebastian Caliri

    Episode 3931 min

  2. The Secrets to Building Great Products with Tony Fadell, Creator of the iPod, iPhone, & Nest Thermostat

    Episode 3838 min

  3. Zach Latta: Building Hack Club & Inspiring the Next Generation of Coders

    Season 2, episode 3731 min

  4. Gene Berdichevsky and Sila’s Game-Changing Battery Technology

    Season 2, episode 3630 min

  5. Reprogramming Cells, Decentralizing Pharma, and Understanding the Biotech Revolution.

    Season 2, episode 3546 min

  6. The New Age of Nuclear: Oklo’s Amazing Small Reactor That Reuses Nuclear Waste

    Episode 3441 min

  7. Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper: Why Russia’s Invasion Is Failing & How to Bring More Innovation to the Pentagon

    Season 2, episode 3332 min

  8. Free Housing Won’t Solve Homelessness. Judge Glock Explains What Will.

    Season 2, episode 3245 min

  9. How the Renaissance Sparked an Entrepreneurial Explosion with Jeannette zu Fürstenberg

    Season 2, episode 3144 min

  10. How to Take on Big Healthcare & Other Entrenched Interests and Win with Jared Meyer

    Season 2, episode 3035 min

Show 29 older episodes

  1. Unlearning Race and Restoring Liberalism with Thomas Chatterton Williams

    Season 2, episode 2939 min

  2. Hayes Barnard Is Revolutionizing Solar Tech & Green Housing

    Season 2, episode 2834 min

  3. Fast Grants, Faster Science, and Reviving a Culture of Innovation with Tyler Cowen

    Season 2, episode 2736 min

  4. Building a New World-Class University with University of Austin President Pano Kanelos

    Season 2, episode 2635 min

  5. Former UN Ambassador Kelly Craft: How to Deter Russian Threats to Ukraine & Hold China Accountable

    Season 2, episode 2544 min

  6. Charles Koch Explains How His Love of Philosophy Built One of America’s Most Successful Companies

    Season 2, episode 2441 min

  7. How to Defeat Special Interests & Cronyism with Florida’s Speaker of the House Chris Sprowls

    Season 2, episode 2332 min

  8. Are Billionaires Bad? A Friendly Debate Over Income Inequality and Big Tech with Rep. Ro Khanna

    Season 2, episode 2234 min

  9. The Power of Suffering & Adversity with ”Adventure Capitalist” Dhani Jones

    Season 2, episode 2138 min

  10. Forget Free College —This Texas College Is the Future of Higher Ed

    Season 2, episode 2031 min

  11. How to Fix Dysfunctional Government with Esper CEO Maleka Momand | Season 2 | Episode 19

    Season 2, episode 1929 min

  12. Directed Energy, Force Fields, and the Future of Defense Tech with Epirus Co-Founder Bo Marr | Season 2 | Ep 18

    Season 2, episode 1832 min

  13. How to Fix America’s Division with KIND Bar Founder Daniel Lubetzky

    Season 2, episode 1735 min

  14. Maureen Hillenmeyer: Discovering New Life-Saving Drugs from the Natural World | Season 1| Ep 16

    Season 1, episode 1626 min

  15. Whole Foods Founder & CEO John Mackey: Conscious Capitalism and Repairing America‘s Division | Season 1 | Ep 15

    Season 1, episode 1539 min

  16. Jake Kloberdanz: Cause-Centric Commerce and the Art of Award-Winning Winemaking | Season 1 | Ep 14

    Season 1, episode 1436 min

  17. Sal Churi, Keri Findley, and Wesley Chan: Innovators Changing Our World Right Now | Season 1 | Ep 13

    Episode 1343 min

  18. Former D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty: Courage, Accountability, Better Schools, and Safer Cities | Season 1 | Ep 12

    Season 1, episode 1224 min

  19. Niall Ferguson: Why Civilizations Rise & Fall | Season 1 | Ep 11

    Season 1, episode 1128 min

  20. Balaji Srinivasan: Bitcoin, China, the "Woke" Mob, and the Future of the Internet | Season 1 | Episode 10

    Season 1, episode 1047 min

  21. NFL Legend Ronnie Lott: Grit, Leadership, and What America Means to Him | Season 1 | Episode 9

    Season 1, episode 918 min

  22. Rt. Hon. Stephen Harper: Rejecting Wokeness, Addressing China, and Defending Western Values | Season 1 | Ep 8

    Season 1, episode 839 min

  23. Sujay Jaswa: Billion Dollar Wins -- and Losses -- and Solving Silicon Valley's #1 Problem | Season 1 | Ep 7

    Season 1, episode 737 min

  24. Arthur Brooks on Finding Authentic Happiness and Making Poverty Escapable | Season 1 | Ep 6

    Season 1, episode 628 min

  25. Palmer Luckey on Creating Oculus Rift, Anduril, and Game-Changing Defense Tech | Season 1 Ep 5

    Season 1, episode 546 min

  26. Bari Weiss on Defending Western Civ and the New School Movement | Season 1 Ep 4

    Season 1, episode 430 min

  27. Kimbal Musk on Building Great Companies and Community | Season 1 Ep 3

    Season 1, episode 331 min

  28. Ashton Kutcher: China, TikTok, and Influencing American Minds | Season 1 Ep 2

    Season 1, episode 233 min

  29. Dr. Rick Klausner on the Biotech Revolution | Season 1 Ep 1

    Season 1, episode 131 min

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