Joe Lonsdale: American Optimist
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)
Psychedelic Medicine, Value-Based Care & Why Medical School Is Broken with Sebas...
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The Secrets to Building Great Products with Tony Fadell, Creator of the iPod, iP...
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Zach Latta: Building Hack Club & Inspiring the Next Generation of Coders
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Gene Berdichevsky and Sila’s Game-Changing Battery Technology
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Reprogramming Cells, Decentralizing Pharma, and Understanding the Biotech Revolu...
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The New Age of Nuclear: Oklo’s Amazing Small Reactor That Reuses Nuclear Waste
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Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper: Why Russia’s Invasion Is Failing & How to B...
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Free Housing Won’t Solve Homelessness. Judge Glock Explains What Will.
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How the Renaissance Sparked an Entrepreneurial Explosion with Jeannette zu Fürst...
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How to Take on Big Healthcare & Other Entrenched Interests and Win with Jared Me...
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Unlearning Race and Restoring Liberalism with Thomas Chatterton Williams
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Hayes Barnard Is Revolutionizing Solar Tech & Green Housing
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Fast Grants, Faster Science, and Reviving a Culture of Innovation with Tyler Cow...
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Building a New World-Class University with University of Austin President Pano K...
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Former UN Ambassador Kelly Craft: How to Deter Russian Threats to Ukraine & Hold...
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Charles Koch Explains How His Love of Philosophy Built One of America’s Most Suc...
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How to Defeat Special Interests & Cronyism with Florida’s Speaker of the House C...
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Are Billionaires Bad? A Friendly Debate Over Income Inequality and Big Tech with...
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The Power of Suffering & Adversity with ”Adventure Capitalist” Dhani Jones
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Forget Free College —This Texas College Is the Future of Higher Ed
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How to Fix Dysfunctional Government with Esper CEO Maleka Momand | Season 2 | Ep...
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Directed Energy, Force Fields, and the Future of Defense Tech with Epirus Co-Fou...
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How to Fix America’s Division with KIND Bar Founder Daniel Lubetzky
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Maureen Hillenmeyer: Discovering New Life-Saving Drugs from the Natural World |...
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Whole Foods Founder & CEO John Mackey: Conscious Capitalism and Repairing Americ...
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Jake Kloberdanz: Cause-Centric Commerce and the Art of Award-Winning Winemaking...
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Sal Churi, Keri Findley, and Wesley Chan: Innovators Changing Our World Right No...
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Former D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty: Courage, Accountability, Better Schools, and Saf...
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Niall Ferguson: Why Civilizations Rise & Fall | Season 1 | Ep 11
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Balaji Srinivasan: Bitcoin, China, the "Woke" Mob, and the Future of the Interne...
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NFL Legend Ronnie Lott: Grit, Leadership, and What America Means to Him | Season...
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Rt. Hon. Stephen Harper: Rejecting Wokeness, Addressing China, and Defending Wes...
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Sujay Jaswa: Billion Dollar Wins -- and Losses -- and Solving Silicon Valley's #...
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Arthur Brooks on Finding Authentic Happiness and Making Poverty Escapable | Seas...
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Palmer Luckey on Creating Oculus Rift, Anduril, and Game-Changing Defense Tech |...
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Bari Weiss on Defending Western Civ and the New School Movement | Season 1 Ep 4
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Kimbal Musk on Building Great Companies and Community | Season 1 Ep 3
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Ashton Kutcher: China, TikTok, and Influencing American Minds | Season 1 Ep 2
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Dr. Rick Klausner on the Biotech Revolution | Season 1 Ep 1
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