E154: Presidential Candidate Dean Phillips in conversation with the Besties + Xi's SF visit & more
(0:00) Bestie intros! (1:25) Democratic Presidential Candidate Dean Phillips shares his business background (13:11) Dean's time in Congress: witnessing legal corruption, thoughts on Biden's mental sta...
17 Marras 20231h 56min
E153: In conversation with Jared Kushner: Israel-Hamas War, paths forward, macro picture, AI
(0:00) Bestie Intros: Sacks keeps receipts! (1:14) Jared Kushner joins the show: background, Trump's campaign validation (13:12) State of Israel vs Hamas, escalation risks (23:04) Historical context a...
11 Marras 20231h 50min
E152: Real estate chaos, WeWork bankruptcy, Biden regulates AI, Ukraine's "Cronkite Moment" & more
(0:00) Bestie intros, All-In CEO talk, and Chamath's research product (10:49) Ukraine has its "Cronkite Moment" (16:56) Market outlook: are we in for a Q4 rally? (22:05) CRE chaos: SF's firesales, und...
3 Marras 20231h 28min
E151: WW3 risk, War with Iran?, 4.9% GDP, startup failures growing, new Speaker & more
(0:00) Bestie intros! (1:16) WW3 risk, is WSJ trying to escalate US vs Iran? (22:02) Nuclear risks (33:28) Best case scenarios for de-escalation (40:34) Murky macro picture: Main Street disconnects fr...
27 Loka 20231h 43min
E150: Israel/Gaza escalating or not? EU censorship regime, Penn donors revolt, GLP-1 hype cycle
(0:00) Bestie intros (0:49) State of Israel/Gaza: Information wars, delayed ground war, domestic political pressures (23:20) Understanding Israel's political dynamics, feelings throughout the Middle E...
20 Loka 20231h 28min
E149: Hamas terror attacks in Israel: fallout, reaction, next steps
(0:00) Opening statements on the Hamas terror attacks in Israel (3:49) Contextualizing the attacks and the fallout so far (19:52) Trump administration's wins, Kushner's competence, path to a two-state...
13 Loka 20231h 5min
E148: McCarthy ousted, border chaos, Cruise's robotaxi "accident" & more
(0:00) Bestie intros: Jason's operation! (1:57) Airtable correction (5:03) McCarthy ousted as Speaker of the House, what the eight defecting Republicans are looking for, solving the omnibus spending p...
7 Loka 20231h 18min
E147: TED goes woke, Canada's Nazi blunder, AI adds vision, plus: who owns OpenAI?
(0:00) Bestie intros with Coleman Hughes (1:12) Coleman's experience with TED, Understanding TED's ideological shift (15:11) Focusing on class instead of race when enacting policies, reaction to Colem...
29 Syys 20231h 28min
