Best Jason Barone Podcasts (2024)

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047: So Tough by Jared Stanley 47:54

43m ago47:54

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Jared Stanley discusses and reads from So Tough (Saturnalia Books, 2024), a book-length poem deeply couched in the West, where landscapes & human lives, the banal & the extraordinary collide in both violence & in hopefulness. https://jaredstanleyinfo.wordpress.com/ https://saturnaliabooks.com/ abookanditsauthor@gmail.com Twitter: @it_author Faceboo…

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What happened to the metaverse? 44:17

4h ago44:17

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This week I’m talking to Matthew Ball, who was last on the show in 2022 to talk about his book “The Metaverse: How it Will Revolutionize Everything.” It’s 2024 and it’s safe to say that has not happened yet. But Matt’s still on the case — in fact he just released an almost complete update of the book, now with the much more sober title, “Building t…

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#498 | Meg Gardiner | With A.M Adair |Inside Crime Fiction: Meg Gardiner on Crafting Riveting Thrillers 36:35

2h ago36:35

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Send us a Text Message. Author Meg Gardiner joined the show to talk about her collaboration with Michael Mann on "Heat 2," discussing how they adapted Mann's cinematic style into novel form. Meg shares insights into her writing process and character development. We also explore Meg's interest in true crime and its influence on her "UNSUB" series. S…

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If We Burn (Bookclub #5) 3:23:52

2h ago3:23:52

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Taking a brief* intermission from Christian Rock Summer, this is the fifth installment of the Fruitless Bookclub, a show-within-a-show, featuring Chris Barker and Jake the Lawyer, where we read all those nonfiction books we've been meaning to read. Today's episode is about If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution by Vincent Be…

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Biden’s top tech advisor on why AI safety is a “today problem” 1:00:54

4h ago1:00:54

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Today, I’m talking with Arati Prabhakar, the director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. That’s a cabinet-level position, where she works as the chief science and tech advisor to President Biden. Arati and her team of about 140 people at the OSTP are responsible for advising the president on not only big developments in sci…

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046: Evil’s Unlikely Assassin by Jenn Windrow 33:09

2d ago33:09

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Jenn Windrow discusses her novel Evil’s Unlikely Assassin (Irreverent Publishing, 2018), the first volume in the urban fantasy Alexis Black series about a reluctant vampire charged with slaying other creatures of the night, a task carried out with a ragtag team of misfits and a heaping dose of snark. https://jennwindrow.com/ abookanditsauthor@gmail…

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[Preview] The Grieving Son of Evangelical Christianity: Pedro the Lion, David Bazan 5:05

2d ago5:05

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THIS IS A PREVIEW. IF YOU WANT TO LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE, CHECK OUT FRUITLESS ON PATREON HERE: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=11922141 EPISODE ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/posts/grieving-son-of-107912223 It's Christian Rock Summer! This is the second episode in a month long exploration of the fringes of Christian music with Josh Christia…

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Why The Atlantic signed a deal with OpenAI 51:28

2d ago51:28

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Today I’m talking to Nicholas Thompson, the CEO of The Atlantic. I was really excited to talk to Nick. Like so many media CEOs, including Vox Media’s, he just signed a deal allowing OpenAI to use The Atlantic’s vast archives as training data, but he also has a rich background in tech. Before he was the CEO of The Atlantic, Nick was the editor-in-ch…

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Using the Tools of Tech to Hold Big Tech Accountable with Pulitzer-Winner & Proof News Founder Julia Angwin 40:11

4d ago40:11

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Misinformation, rumor, psy-ops and propaganda--whatever you want to call the four horsemen of today’s media apocalypse—have been with us as long as the media itself. But you have to admit that the arrival of digital technology, led by social media, has given all of those forces outsized power. We still haven’t quite come to terms with how tech has …

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The Bad Christians: Emery (feat. Nathan Thiessen) 2:23:07

5d ago2:23:07

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It's Christian Rock Summer! This is the second episode in a month long exploration of the fringes of Christian music with Josh Christianson joining Josiah as co-host. We're talking "not a Christian band, just Christians in a band." We're talking Christianity being more of a relationship than a religion. On today's episode, Nathan Thiessen (@NateT93…

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Canva CEO Melanie Perkins is happy to provide designers alternatives to Adobe 1:06:29

5d ago1:06:29

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Canva got its start more than a decade ago as a different form of disruptive tech for creatives. It’s a web-based platform that makes design tools cheaper and accessible for individuals, schools, and businesses from tiny to enterprise. Melanie has big goals to grow the company — and try to do good in the process. Links: Canva tackled digital design…

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#497 | Tom Sileo | Remembering Heroes: Stories of Service, Sacrifice, and Legacy 24:42

9d ago24:42

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Send us a Text Message. What drives someone to serve and continue to honor those who have sacrificed everything? Join us as we sit down with Tom, co-author of "Three Wise Men" and author of the newly released "I Have Your Back," to uncover the profound stories of service and sacrifice. We revisit the heart-wrenching journey of Bo Wise, a Marine Cor…

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Extreme Youth Group Energy: The Chariot (feat. James) 2:10:50

12d ago2:10:50

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It's Christian Rock Summer! This is the beginning of a month long exploration of the fringes of Christian music with Josh Christianson joining Josiah as co-host. We're talking "not a Christian band, just Christians in a band." We're talking Christianity being more of a relationship than a religion. On today's episode, James (@cigarette_liker) joins…

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How Big Green Egg CEO Dan Gertsacov is getting zoomers into the cult of kamado cooking 1:16:00

12d ago1:16:00

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It’s almost the Fourth of July, and that means it’s time for our annual grilling episode. This year, I’m talking with Big Green Egg CEO Dan Gertsacov, who has big plans for using very modern fan-based marketing techniques to expand the market for the company’s old-fashioned, fire-burning, aspirational product. Links: Big Green Egg Appoints a New CE…

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[Unlocked] You Should Watch Scavengers Reign 1:16:32

16d ago1:16:32

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Hey everyone! Something came up and so I won't be able to release another free episode in June. To make up for that, I'm releasing this Patreon episode to the main feed. If you want a bit more detail, you can check out this Patreon post: https://www.patreon.com/posts/defeat-107021276 I kind of regretted pay-walling this one anyway, especially since…

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[Preview] Chaos in the Troubled Stateside (MX #3) 7:16

16d ago7:16

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THIS IS A PREVIEW. IF YOU WANT TO LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE, CHECK OUT FRUITLESS ON PATREON HERE: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=11922141 EPISODE ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/posts/106929475 It's the music exchange! This is an monthly series where Josh Christianson and I exchange an album that's meaningful to us, and then compare and contra…

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The rise of shadow lobbying and its influence on decades of US policy 45:53

16d ago45:53

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Today, we’re talking about politics and lobbying in America. It’s hard to imagine a time when the influence of big corporations and billionaires didn’t touch every part of American politics, but the kind of lobbying we have now didn’t really exist before the 1970s. Now, our political debates about everything from energy, finance, and healthcare are…

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#496 | Mark Greaney | Firearms, Careers, and Thrillers | Co-Host Gene O'Neill 39:23

19d ago39:23

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Send us a Text Message. Join hosts Jason and Gene O'Neill as they welcome bestselling author Mark Greaney for a diverse discussion on firearms, unique career paths, and novel writing. Topics include: Introducing elderly parents to modern firearms Personal firearm preferences and upgrades Career insights into law enforcement and military roles Embas…

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Netflix co-CEO Greg Peters on the streamer's shifting culture and where ads, AI, and games fit in 1:06:45

19d ago1:06:45

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Today, I’m talking with Greg Peters, the co-CEO of Netflix. I caught up with Greg while he was at the Cannes Lions festival in France, which is basically the world’s biggest gathering of advertisers and marketers. It’s an increasingly important place for Greg to be, as Netflix’s new ad tier has nearly doubled in six months to more than 40 million s…

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Hell is a World Without You (feat. Jason Kirk) 1:09:45

23d ago1:09:45

1:09:45

Josiah is joined by Jason Kirk (@jasonkirk_fyi, Shutdown Fullcast, VBS Podcast) to discuss his novel, Hell is a World Without You, as well as growing up evangelical, the world of Christian alternative music, and the good news of universalism. Follow Jason Kirk on Twitter @JasonKirk_fyi // Bluesky @Jasonkirk.fyi // Instagram @Jasonkirk.fyi Jason Kir…

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Inside the players and politics of the AI industry 45:40

23d ago45:40

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We’ve got a special episode of the show today – I was traveling last week, so Verge deputy editor Alex Heath and our new senior AI reporter Kylie Robison are filling in for me, with a very different kind of episode about AI. We talk a lot about AI in a broad sense on Decoder — it comes up in basically every single interview I do these days. But we …

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#495 | Eric Bishop | Thriving as an Indie Author: Guerrilla Publishing 43:05

25d ago43:05

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Send us a Text Message. What does it take to thrive as an indie author in a market dominated by big players? Join us as we celebrate Eric Bishop's latest release, "Breach of Trust," and uncover the unique challenges of guerrilla publishing. Eric opens up about the financial constraints, the absence of traditional marketing support, and the creative…

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The Original Fact Checker: How To Know What's True with The Post's Glenn Kessler 40:05

25d ago40:05

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Finding your way to the truth is the informal job of the 21st-century citizen. All of us. Unless you want to be manipulated, you need some check on the claims you hear uttered by powerful people or repeated, innocently or not, by others. For a few thousand people in this era, correcting the record is a profession, even a calling, and today’s guest …

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Why Tubi CEO Anjali Sud thinks free TV can win again 1:07:21

26d ago1:07:21

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Tubi is a free and very rapidly growing streaming TV platform — according to Nielsen, it had an average of a million viewers watching every minute in May 2024, beating out Disney Plus, Max, Peacock, and basically everything else, save Netflix and YouTube. All those streaming service price hikes are driving people to free options, and Tubi is right …

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Remix: How private equity took over everything 39:07

1M ago39:07

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Private equity is a simple concept — a PE firm uses some combination of money and debt to buy a company, then makes a profit — but the reality of what happens to the companies that get acquired is anything but. It's everywhere, and it's not going away. In this summer remix, we're talking with Brendan Ballou, author of Plunder: Private Equity’s Plan…

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AI will make money sooner than you think, says Cohere CEO Aidan Gomez 1:10:21

1M ago1:10:21

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Cohere is one of the buzziest AI startups around right now. It's not making consumer products; it's focused on the enterprise market and making AI products for big companies. And there's a huge tension there: up until recently, computers have been deterministic. If you give computers a certain input, you usually know exactly what output you’re goin…

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The Lost Art of Civil Discourse with Clea Conner CEO of Open to Debate 45:51

1M ago45:51

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Any institution that aspires to get at the truth needs a process for testing what it believes to be true. Central to the judicial system, for example, are lawyers challenging their opponents’ arguments. In science, claims must be peer-reviewed, and experiments have to be replicated. But in politics and culture, any kind of rule-based, civil testing…

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#494 | Virginia Barone | Shooting Sports & Upcoming 2-Gun Match Supporting The Protectors Foundation 15:56

1M ago15:56

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Send us a Text Message. Virginia Barone, IDPA match director & co-founder of Trailblazer Firearms Instruction, joined the show to discuss the upcoming two-gun event aimed at bolstering the Protectors Foundation, a vital nonprofit committed to providing essential training and equipment to underfunded police departments. This episode shines a spotlig…

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Why the video game industry is such a mess 37:51

1M ago37:51

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The art of video game design is flourishing, but it feels like a really grim time to be in the business of making and distributing games. Huge global publishers and tiny indie studios alike are facing huge financial pressures, and it doesn’t seem to be letting up anytime soon. So where did this enormous pressure come from, if consumer interest is h…

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Zoom CEO Eric Yuan wants AI clones in meetings 1:01:22

1M ago1:01:22

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Today, I’m talking with Zoom CEO Eric Yuan — and let me tell you, this conversation is nothing like what I expected. It turns out Eric wants Zoom to be much, much more than just a videoconferencing platform. Zoom wants to take on Microsoft and Google and now has a big investment in AI – and Eric’s visions for what that AI will do are pretty wild. S…

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Fighting the Food Barons (feat. Caitlin Golle & Julie Duhn) 1:07:32

2M ago1:07:32

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Josiah is joined by two members of Iowa CCI: Caitlin Golle, a farming & environment community organizer with the organization, and Julie Duhn, a board member who joined CCI to combat the construction of a factory farm in her town of Eldora, IA. We discuss the impact of factory farming and pipelines on the state, particularly their impact on the wat…

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Google Zero is here. Now what? 27:57

1M ago27:57

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For nearly 20 years now, the web has been Google’s platform; we’ve all just lived on it. I think of Decoder as a show for people trying to build things, and a lot of people have built their things on that platform. For a lot of small businesses and content creators, that’s suddenly not stable anymore. The number one question I have for anyone build…

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[Preview] I'm Wide Awake, It's Arc (MX #2) 5:10

2M ago5:10

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THIS IS A PREVIEW. IF YOU WANT TO LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE, CHECK OUT FRUITLESS ON PATREON HERE: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=11922141 EPISODE ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/posts/im-wide-awake-mx-104674422 It's another music exchange! This is an monthly series where Josh Christianson and I exchange an album that's meaningful to us, and th…

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#493 | Bret Vorhees | CEO of Taurus USA | Evolution of Taurus Firearms 45:23

2M ago45:23

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Send us a Text Message. Bret Vorhees, CEO of Taurus, joined the show to talk all things Taurus from the Judge line to Taurus Optics Ready Option revolvers to 10mm and beyond. Bret also walks us through the features of Taurus's new bolt action rifle. Support the Show. Make sure to check out Jason on IG @drjasonpiccolo…

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How the FBI built its own smartphone company to hack the criminal underworld 42:03

2M ago42:03

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Today, I’m talking with Joseph Cox, one of the best cybersecurity reporters around and a co-founder of the new media site 404 Media. Joseph has a new book coming out in June called Dark Wire: The Incredible True Story of the Largest Sting Operation Ever, and I can’t recommend it enough. It’s basically a caper, but with the FBI running a phone netwo…

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Food Barons (feat. Austin Frerick) 1:25:16

2M ago1:25:16

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Austin Frerick joins Josiah to discuss his book, Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America's Food Industry and the politics of food production in Iowa and around the country. Follow Austin on Twitter @AustinFrerick // Facebook @AustinFrerick Find more of Austin's work: https://www.austinfrerick.com Become a Fruitless Patron here: https://…

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The Logic Behind Illogical Ideologies: Pepperdine University's Jason Blakely 31:49

2M ago31:49

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The political landscape in the US has fragmented into a handful of beliefs, the adherents to which have less and less in common, other than a profound inability to comprehend others’ beliefs. This, unfortunately, is not news. In a fascinating new book, today’s guest attempts to pierce the incomprehensibility cloak. The guest is Jason Blakely, an as…

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Google's Sundar Pichai on AI-powered search and the future of the web 44:40

2M ago44:40

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Today, I’m talking to Google CEO Sundar Pichai, who joined the show the day after the big Google I/O developer conference. Google’s focus during the conference was on how it’s building AI into virtually all of its products. If you’re a Decoder listener, you’ve heard me talk about this idea a lot over the past year: I call it “Google Zero,” and I’ve…

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TikTok's big bet to fight the ban bill 46:35

2M ago46:35

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Last week, TikTok filed a lawsuit against the US government claiming the divest-or-ban law is unconstitutional — a case it needs to win in order to keep operating under Bytedance’s ownership. There’s a lot of back and forth between the facts and the law here: Some of the legal claims are complex and sit in tension with a long history of prior attem…

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Why Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen is confident we'll all adapt to AI 1:00:45

2M ago1:00:45

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Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen has been at the top of my list of people I’ve wanted to talk to for the show since we first launched — he’s led Adobe for nearly 17 years now, but he doesn’t do too many wide-ranging interviews. I’ve always thought Adobe was an underappreciated company — its tools sit at the center of nearly every major creative workflow …

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Why the tech industry can’t crack the smart home 40:45

2M ago40:45

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Today, we’re going to talk about the smart home — one of the oldest, most important, and most challenging dreams in the history of the tech industry. The idea of your house responding to you and your family, and generally being as automated and as smart as your phone or your laptop, has inspired generations of technologists. But after decades of pr…

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[Video Essay] Celebrating the Creative Nobody / Why You Should Watch Motern Media 28:22

2M ago28:22

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This is the audio for a video essay on YouTube. If you choose to listen here, you will only get half the experience. For the full experience, check out Fruitless on YouTube. The video essay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_HQIbyJuuA The Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIZWDsDrQ0XvDQFWzE6s2gg…

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Destroying The Internet In Order To Save It: Project Liberty's Frank McCourt 31:07

2M ago31:07

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The guests who come on In Reality come prepared to talk about big issues. Truth, polarization, the information ecosystem: these are not exactly niche issues. Today’s guest though, may have the biggest embrace of anyone I’ve had on the show... You may know Frank McCourt as the billionaire real estate magnate and owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers base…

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Polestar CEO Thomas Ingenlath on life after Volvo and weathering the EV slowdown 1:04:10

2M ago1:04:10

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Today, I’m talking with Polestar CEO Thomas Ingenlath, whom I first interviewed on the show back in 2021. Those were heady days — especially for upstart EV companies like Polestar, which all seemed poised to capture what felt like infinite demand for electric cars. Now, in 2024, the market looks a lot different, and so does Polestar, which is no lo…

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[Preview] Spectacle (feat. Josh Boerman) 10:07

3M ago10:07

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THIS IS A PREVIEW. IF YOU WANT TO LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE, CHECK OUT FRUITLESS ON PATREON HERE: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=11922141 EPISODE ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/posts/103466040 Josh Boerman (@boshj, The Worst of All Possible Worlds) joins me on a last minute "emergency" episode about the Palestinian solidarity protests at Colu…

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Understanding the chaos at Tesla 39:51

2M ago39:51

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Today, Verge transportation editor Andy Hawkins and I are going to try and figure out Tesla. I said try — I did not say succeed. But we’re going to try. That’s because Tesla has been on a real rollercoaster these past two weeks, in terms of its stock price, its basic financials, and well, its vibes. If you’ve been following the company, you know th…

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#492 | REWIND | B.C. Sanders first appearance on The Protectors® Podcast 34:25

3M ago34:25

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Send us a Text Message. Rewind episode with the first appearance of BC Sanders. Original Episode #191 | B.C Sanders | Skillset Writer | Gang Expert Support the Show. Make sure to check out Jason on IG @drjasonpiccoloBy Dr. Jason Piccolo

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[Preview] Veggies, Derechos, & Steel 8:05

3M ago8:05

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THIS IS A PREVIEW. IF YOU WANT TO LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE, CHECK OUT FRUITLESS ON PATREON HERE: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=11922141 EPISODE ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/posts/veggies-derechos-103210759 Chris Barker and Josiah talk about "environmental history." We talk a bit about Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond, the ecology o…

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Mercedes-Benz CEO Ola Källenius explains why EVs are still the future — but Apple's next-gen CarPlay isn't 1:08:24

3M ago1:08:24

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A lot has changed since the last time Ola was on Decoder. Back then, he said Mercedes would have an all-EV lineup by 2030 — a promise a whole lot of car companies, including Mercedes, have now had to soften or walk back. But he doesn't see that as a setback at all, and he and Mercedes are both still committed to phasing out gas in the long run. We …

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[Preview] People Who Eat Magrudergrind (MX #1) 10:33

3M ago10:33

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THIS IS A PREVIEW. IF YOU WANT TO LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE, CHECK OUT FRUITLESS ON PATREON HERE: https://www.patreon.com/posts/people-who-eat-1-103024783 EPISODE ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/posts/101162953 This is a part of a new monthly series on Fruitless called the Music Exchange (MX), featuring Josh Christianson. Every month, Josh and…

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