Best Andrew McAfee Podcasts (2025)

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PMS 2.0 1303 - Andrew Whitworth, Daniel Jeremiah, Supercross Legend Colt Nichols, & AJ Hawk 2:50:46

18h ago2:50:46

2:50:46

On today’s show, Pat, AJ Hawk, and the boys chat about other players being released today as massacre week continues before the free agency tampering period begins on Monday, as well as everything else happening around the world of sports including what the Lakers have been doing moving up to the #2 seed in the Western Conference. Joining the show …

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Episode 2258: Joyce Chaplin on how Benjamin Franklin warmed up America 46:35

7h ago46:35

46:35

So what’s the most revolutionary invention in the history of the American Republic? The internet, maybe? Or the electric bulb or the motor car? Perhaps. But according to the Harvard historian Joyce Chaplin, it might be the Franklin Stove, Benjamin Franklin’s innovation which she claims in an eponymous new book, represents an unintentional American …

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Jon Rothstein on March Madness, Doug Gottlieb, Cooper Flagg, and more 54:01

20h ago54:01

54:01

Host Brandon Contes interviews CBS Sports college basketball insider Jon Rothstein. As March Madness approaches, Brandon and Jon discuss a wide range of topics including how the First Four could be tweaked, Doug Gottlieb being a good friend, Cooper Flagg living up to the hype, and more. -:46: Getting through March without coffee -3:18: Best Italian…

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Episode 2257: Kevin Fagan on a San Francisco story of homelessness that will break your heart 56:06

1d ago56:06

56:06

Award-winning reporter Kevin Fagan is one of San Francisco’s great treasures. In his much acclaimed new book, The Lost and Found, Fagan tells his his two-decade experience reporting about homelessness in San Francisco. He shares the stories of Tyson and Rita, two homeless individuals who he helped reconnect with their families. Tyson, despite havin…

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PMS 2.0 1302 - JJ Watt, Feel The Beat With David Lombardi, Art Stapleton, and Mark Kaboly, & AJ Hawk 3:00:15

1d ago3:00:15

3:00:15

On today’s show, Pat, AJ Hawk, and the boys chat about all the different moves happening around the NFL including Joey Bosa officially being cut by the Chargers which will end up saving them about $25 million, the Seahawks allegedly looking for a 1st and 3rd round pick for DK Metcalf, amongst some other big news that’s floating around out there. Jo…

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Episode 2256: Meenakshi Ahamed on the meteoric rise of Indians in America 35:20

2d ago35:20

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What do Fareed Zakaria, Nikki Haley, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Vinod Khosla and Kamala Harris all have in common? They are all, of course, highly successful Americans of Indian descent. According Meenakshi Ahamed, author of Indian Genius, one reason for what she calls the “meteoric rise” of Indians in America are their …

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PMS 2.0 1301 - Osa Odighizuwa, AQ Shipley, Turki Al-Sheikh, Dana White, Darius Butler, & AJ Hawk 2:43:38

3d ago2:43:38

2:43:38

On today’s show, Pat, Darius Butler, AJ Hawk, and the boys chat about the different signings that have already taken place ahead of the start of free agency, as well as a few other players that have requested trades, and they look around what else is happening in the world of sports including the NBA, college baseball, and combat sports. Joining th…

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Episode 2255: Nicholas Lalla on Reviving the American Dream in Tulsa, Oklahoma 35:03

3d ago35:03

35:03

America, to borrow a word from last week’s guest Yoni Appelbaum, is “stuck”. And so the American Dream, for most stuck Americans, is dead. Our guest today, the social entrepreneur Nicholas Lalla, agrees with Appelbaum. The American Dream might still be alive in privileged coastal communities, Lalla argues in his new book Reinventing the Heartland, …

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PMS 2.0 1300 - Franchise Tag Deadline Day, Kirk Herbstreit, Shams Charania, Adam Schefter, Dan Orlovsky, Darius Butler, & AJ Hawk 3:19:41

3d ago3:19:41

3:19:41

On today’s show, Pat, Darius Butler, AJ Hawk, and the boys look ahead to today’s franchise tag deadline and react to what players are signing deals, which players are getting released, and Pat breaks the news that Saquon Barkley is officially signing a two year extension with the Eagles with a whole bunch of guaranteed money up front. Joining the p…

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Episode 2254: Why Trump wants to be the Godfather 46:18

4d ago46:18

46:18

What one word describes how Donald Trump thinks about the world? According to both the Atlantic writer Jonathan Rauch and UC Irvine professor Jeffrey Kopstein, that word is “patrimonialism” - a rather stodgy sociological term meaning that Trump wants to be the Godfather. Everything under Trump is personal, Rauch and Kopstein explain. Thus, for exam…

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PMS 2.0 1299 - NFL Combine Recap, Rams Head Coach Sean McVay, Justin Jefferson, Darius Butler, & AJ Hawk 3:03:43

5d ago3:03:43

3:03:43

On today’s show, Pat, Darius Butler, AJ Hawk, and the boys recap the biggest winners and losers from the combine this weekend in Indianapolis, as well as Deebo Samuel getting traded to the Commanders for a 5th round pick, and what other rumors are circulating around the NFL. Joining the progrum is Super Bowl Champion, 2017 AP Coach of the Year, Hea…

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Episode 2253: John Lechner on the deadly role of Russian Mercenaries in Ukraine 42:04

5d ago42:04

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The international war reporter John Lechner is a brave man. For his new book Death Is Our Business: Russian Mercenaries and the New Era of Private Warfare, he spent time in both Russia and the Central African Republic researching the Russian mercenary Wagner Group founded by Yevgeny Prigozhin. In our conversation, he details Prigozhin's rise, his r…

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Episode 2252: How to Unstick the Future 49:25

6d ago49:25

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In today’s THAT WAS THE WEEK tech newsletter, Keith Teare asks what “civilization” is good for. Triggered by David Brooks’ “We Can Achieve Great Things” NYTimes piece, Keith’s editorial this week focuses on how we can “earn” the future through constant innovation. The problem - as everyone from Keith Teare to David Brooks to KeenOnAmerica guest Yon…

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PMS 2.0 1298 - LIVE from the NFL Combine, Michael Lombardi & Brandon Beane 2:41:25

8d ago2:41:25

2:41:25

On today's show, Pat & the boys are LIVE from the NFL Combine for a Feel Good Friday wrapping up an ELECTRIC week of conversation dahn at Lucas Oil. In the first hour, Pat & the boys reveal reports that Will Howard was seen late last night throwing balls in a hotel parking lot, who shined at Day 1 of on-field workouts for the DL and Linebackers, wh…

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Episode 2251: Kristian Ronn on why, in the short term, we all might be dead 42:23

8d ago42:23

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In the long run, Keynes famously quipped, we are all dead. But Swedish entrepreneur Kristian Ronn reverses Keynes to argue that in the short term we, as a species, might also be death. In his new book Darwinian Trap, Ronn argues that we're hardwired to prioritize immediate benefits over long-term consequences, creating existential risks like nuclea…

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Jerry Ferrara on 'Entourage,' NY Knicks, hosting 'Throwbacks' podcast with Matt Leinart, and more 58:27

8d ago58:27

58:27

Host Brandon Contes interviews co-host of the "Throwbacks" podcast and the man who played Turtle in "Entourage," Jerry Ferrara. Brandon and Jerry discuss a wide range of topics including how the New York Knicks might fare this season, how Jerry and Matt Leinart got to hosting a podcast, Jerry's willingness to reboot "Entourage," and more. -:43: Wha…

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PMS 2.0 1297 - LIVE from the NFL Combine, Tyrese Haliburton, Daniel Jeremiah & Rich Eisen, Ian Rapaport, Field Yates, Molly McGrath, & Visit Indy 2:56:52

8d ago2:56:52

2:56:52

On today's show, Pat & the boys are LIVE from the NFL Combine covering all the latest in NFL Draft & Free Agency news, including an alleged kerfuffle between NFL Newsbreakers at a local Starbucks. At the top of the show, the boys are joined by Pacers Point Gard & Olympic Gold Medalist Tyrese Haliburton to talk about the narratives surrounding the N…

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Episode 2250 Rebecca Haw Allensworth on America's Cult of the Professional 40:45

9d ago40:45

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Should lawyers, home alarm fitters, hairdressers and plumbers all have to get a license to do their business? And what about dog walkers and surgeons? It’s an absurd question, of course, but as Rebecca Haw Allensworth reveals in her new book, The Licensing Racket, we live in absurdly credentialed times. As Allensworth notes, at a moment in history …

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PMS 2.0 1296 - LIVE From the NFL Combine, Jim Harbaugh & Joe Hortiz, Adam Schefter, Nick Caserio 2:41:07

10d ago2:41:07

2:41:07

On today's show, Pat & the boys are LIVE from the NFL Combine to recap all the action we missed during break, including the NHL's electric Four Nations Faceoff & all the latest NFL news, including Colts GM Chris Ballard saying they'll have an open competition at Quarterback next season, Matt Stafford's latest trade status & potential landing spots,…

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Episode 2249: Caroline Fleck on the Skill Set that will Change your Life 38:49

10d ago38:49

38:49

Who wants to change their life? Who want to transform their relationships and increase their influence? If that’s you, then Stanford based psychologist Caroline Fleck might be your therapist. In her new book, VALIDATION, Fleck lays out a skill set that, she promises, not only revolutionized psychology but can revolutionize all of us. Skeptical? Yes…

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Episode 2248: Yoni Applebaum on why America is STUCK in a Crisis of Immobility 46:00

11d ago46:00

46:00

According to the Atlantic’s Yoni Applebaum, America is STUCK - literally and otherwise. In his new book Stuck: How the Privileged and the Propertied Broke the Engine of American Opportunity. Appelbaum argues that America faces not just a housing crisis but a mobility crisis, with prohibitively expensive housing in prosperous areas preventing people…

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Episode 2247: Andrew Cockburn on Trump and Musk's Futile War Against the Deep State 41:26

12d ago41:26

41:26

Not everyone sees Trump or Musk as an existential threat to the American federal bureaucracy. In the March cover story of Harper’s, their Washington DC editor Andrew Cockburn argues that this latest war against the American state is “futile”. He expresses skepticism that DOGE’s efforts to dismantle the Federal will succeed, suggesting courts will l…

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Episode 2246: Russia's invasion of Ukraine is a carnival of hypocrisy 39:34

13d ago39:34

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Given the shameful American sacrifice of Ukraine, there will be few timelier movies than Anna Kryvenko’s upcoming “This House is Undamaged”,. It will be an Orwellian documentary examining the Russian destruction of Mariupol, the Ukrainian city devastated by Putin’s invasion in 2022. Krivenko, a Fellow at the Artist in Residence program, Institute f…

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Episode 2245: Is it really "not hard" to be a billionaire these days? 42:56

13d ago42:56

42:56

Lots of healthy disagreement in this week’s THAT WAS THE WEEK tech show with Keith Teare. We debate the impact of AI on coding jobs, with Keith suggesting that while traditional coding skills may become less important, system architecture and AI guidance skills will be crucial to maintaining the value of human labor. We also discuss the rise of ear…

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Episode 2244: Tim Wu on how to decentralize capitalism 51:05

15d ago51:05

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Why is reforming capitalism so essential? In the latest issue of Liberties Quarterly, Tim Wu argues that unregulated capitalism not only leads to economic monopolies, but also drives populist anger and authoritarian politics. In “The Real Road to Serfdom”, Wu advocates for "decentralized capitalism" with distributed economic power, citing examples …

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Jeremy Schaap on 'The Sports Reporters,' Pat McAfee, the Bob Knight interview, and more 1:18:38

15d ago1:18:38

1:18:38

Host Brandon Contes interviews host of "The Sports Reporters," "Outside the Lines," and "E:60," Jeremy Schaap. Brandon and Jeremy discuss a wide range of topics including the evolution of "The Sports Reporters," Pat McAfee's interview approach when it comes to Aaron Rodgers, an in-depth discussion on Jeremy's 2000 live interview with Bob Knight, an…

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Episode 2243: Nick Bryant on why Trump 2.0 is as historic as the Fall of the Berlin Wall 42:54

16d ago42:54

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How historic are Trump 2.0’s first few weeks? For the veteran correspondent, Nick Bryant, the longtime BBC man in Washington DC, what the Trump regime has done in the first few weeks of his second administration is as historic as the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. It’s the end of the America we haver known for the last seventy years, he says. Bry…

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Episode 2242: Ian Goldin on the past, present and future of migration 44:24

17d ago44:24

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Few books are timelier than Ian Goldin’s new The Shortest History of Migration. Drawing from his personal history as a South African emigrant and his experience working with Nelson Mandela, the Oxford based Goldin explores the when, why and how humans move - from the prehistoric peopling of the planet to today and tomorrow’s migrants. He addresses …

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Episode 2241: Gaia Bernstein on the Threat of AI Companions to Children 38:38

18d ago38:38

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No, social media might no longer be the greatest danger to our children’s well-being. According to the writer and digital activist Gaia Bernstein, the most existential new new threat are AI companions. Bernstein, who is organizing a symposium today on AI companions as the “new frontier of kid’s screen addiction”, warns that this new technology, whi…

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Episode 2240: Ray Brescia on how our private lives have been politicized by social media 47:33

18d ago47:33

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Have our private lives become inevitably political in today’s age of social media? Ray Brescia certainly thinks so. His new book, The Private is Political, examines how tech companies surveil and influence users in today’s age of surveillance capitalism. Brascia argues that private companies collect vast amounts of personal data with fewer restrict…

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Episode 2239: Frank Vogl on why Trump's financial deregulation is likely to lead to another global economic crash 36:18

20d ago36:18

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The zealously anti-regulatory Trump is back and anti-corruption activist Frank Vogl is very worried. Vogl warns that MAGA’s increasingly deregulated America financial landscape could make the 2008 crash look like a minor bump in the economic road. With Trump putting the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act on "pause" and DOGE kingpin Elon Musk openly drea…

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Episode 2238: What to make of J.D. Vance's speech at the Paris AI Summit 37:05

20d ago37:05

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So what to J.D. Vance's highly controversial speech at the Paris AI Summit this week? According to That Was The Week’s Keith Teare, it was “a breath of fresh air”. Others will argue it was just more MAGA putridity designed to alienate our European friends. Some tech notables, like Union Square Ventures partner Albert Wenger, take both views simulta…

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Episode 2237: Matthew Karp explains how progressives can successfully bulldoze America 48:33

22d ago48:33

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“Expect More Bulldozings”, the Princeton historian Matthew Karp predicts in this month’s Harpers magazine about MAGA America. In his analysis of the Democrats' loss to Trump, Karp argues that the supposedly progressive party has become disconnected from working-class voters partially because it represents what he calls "the nerve center of American…

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Larry McReynolds on Daytona 500, being a crew chief, Dale Earnhardt, and more 1:03:41

22d ago1:03:41

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Host Brandon Contes interviews two-time Daytona 500 winning crew chief and NASCAR on Fox analyst, Larry McReynolds. In the lead up to the Daytona 500 (Sunday, February 16 at 1:30 PM ET on Fox), Brandon and Larry discuss a wide range of topics including how Larry became a crew chief, winning the Daytona 500 with Dale Earnhardt, remembering Earnhardt…

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