Joe Lonsdale: American Optimist
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. blog.joelonsdale.com
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Episodes (161)
Ep 62: Ben Rubenstein on How to Hire Great Salespeople & Why Resumes Are Largely...
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Ep 61: High School Dropout to Billion-Dollar Startup; How Guillermo Rauch Built...
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Ep 60: Dr. Rebekah Gee Is Reinventing In-Home Care With Nest Health
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Ep 59: Adi Berlia on India's Remarkable Rise Out of Socialism & How to Strengthe...
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Ep 58: Eliot Hodges on Democratizing Access to Private Markets & Expanding the I...
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Ep 57: Balaji Srinivasan on the Origins & Severity of the Bank Crisis, the Futur...
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Ep 56: A Philosopher in Construction? How Maria Davidson Is Reinventing the $250...
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Ep 55: Nathan Mintz on Directed Energy, a Driverless Future, and How He Attracts...
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Ep 54: Peter Attia on the Science of Longevity, Willpower vs Environment, and Wh...
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Ep 53: Airbnb Co-Founder Joe Gebbia Transformed the Hospitality Industry; Learn...
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Ep 52: An Orthodox Jew Building in Saudi Arabia! The Middle East's Modern Renais...
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Ep 51: Adm. Bill McRaven on Lessons from the bin Laden Raid, Why "Make Your Bed"...
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Ep 50: Legendary Music Manager Troy Carter on Making Lady Gaga a Superstar & Why...
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Ep 49: Eboo Patel's Inspiring Journey from Social Activist to Social Entrepreneu...
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Ep 48: Rahul Gandhi on Disrupting the $38 Billion Storage Industry
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Ep 47: John Chambers & Pankaj Patel Changed the World with Cisco. Now They're Do...
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Ep 46: Mike Pompeo on Negotiating with Tyrants, Spy Balloons (or UFOs?) & Why Tr...
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Ep 45: John Mack — Wall Street Legend & Former Morgan Stanley CEO
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Ep 44: Dr. Clay Johnston Transformed Dell Medical School. Now He's Redesigning P...
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Ep 43: Ryan Holiday on Stoicism, Virtue & Ancient Wisdom for Modern Life
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Ep 42: Kimmy Scotti on How to Spot — and Build — the Next Big Thing
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Ep 41: Iyinoluwa "E" Aboyeji — Africa's Great Tech Entrepreneur
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Ep 40: Andrew Yang on Building a New Political Party & Using Incentives to Fix D...
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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 Adversity with NFL Star 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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Ep 15: Whole Foods Founder & CEO John Mackey: Conscious Capitalism and Repairing...
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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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