Empowering America's Future Entrepreneurs & Leaders

Empowering America's Future Entrepreneurs & Leaders

Venture for America (VFA) is a nonprofit entrepreneurial career accelerator founded by Andrew Yang in 2011. Its mission is to recruit talented young people to become entrepreneurs and leaders in growth companies, creating new jobs and opportunities nationwide. Learn about VFA's new CEO, Carrie Murphy, and her unique approach to identifying and nurturing talent. Explore strategies for supporting the next generation of builders and leaders, and how VFA plans to address future challenges, like communities losing vital legacy businesses without succession plans. Have a question for Andrew? Send us your questions to mailbag@andrewyang.com to hear your question answered on the show! Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Pdsb35vqH64 Want to learn more? Check out VFA Pulse on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2q9oQeTvoe8kQ07iJhh1Ge Check out Generation Startup, which features VFA in 2016, available now on Amazon Prime Video: https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B07WP6SD8T/ Follow Carrie Murphy: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carrie-murphy-8a8948a/ | https://ventureforamerica.org/ Follow Andrew Yang: https://andrewyang.com | https://twitter.com/andrewyang Get 50% off Factor at https://factormeals.com/yang50 Get an extra 3 months free at https://expressvpn.com/yang Get 20% off + 2 free pillows at https://helixsleep.com/yang code helixpartner20 To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Mark Normand, Sam Morril, & Andrew Yang talk comedy and politics

Mark Normand, Sam Morril, & Andrew Yang talk comedy and politics

Andrew, Mark Normand, and Sam Morril sit down for a freewheeling conversation about New York, running for office, comedy, polarization, and much more. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/z...

22 Apr 20241h 20min

How an independent candidate got 42% of the vote against an incumbent

How an independent candidate got 42% of the vote against an incumbent

As an independent candidate, Greg Orman received a stunning 42.5% of the vote in his race against an incumbent senator in Kansas. Greg joins Andrew to talk about facing an unprecedented opposition eff...

15 Apr 202448min

The TikTok Ban, Truth Social, and China's AI Advantage

The TikTok Ban, Truth Social, and China's AI Advantage

Andrew sits down with CBS News correspondent Jo Ling Kent to discuss TikTok's potential ban and sale, the real estate settlement and what it means for potential homebuyers, the economics of Truth Soci...

8 Apr 202445min

AI Nurses, Presidential Politics, the Attention Economy, & Sports Betting

AI Nurses, Presidential Politics, the Attention Economy, & Sports Betting

Zach recaps the Democratic primary and the influence of the attention economy on politics, and Andrew assesses Biden's economy and the outlook for 2024. They discuss surging housing prices, AI in heal...

1 Apr 202456min

John Avlon on the NY-1 race, immigration policy, and Trump's future

John Avlon on the NY-1 race, immigration policy, and Trump's future

Friend of the pod, author, and former CNN political analyst John Avlon returns — this time as a candidate for New York's first Congressional district. John shares insights into his transition from med...

25 Mar 202442min

Punk Rock Politics: Krist Novoselic from Nirvana to now

Punk Rock Politics: Krist Novoselic from Nirvana to now

Rockstar and activist Krist Novoselic talks about his extraordinary journey from defining the sound of a generation with Nirvana, to his pivot to local politics; the link between independent music and...

18 Mar 202444min

The American Exchange Project

The American Exchange Project

In a country where political division is being exacerbated by urban-rural divides, how can we increase mutual understanding? David McCullough thinks he has the answer in the American Exchange Project,...

11 Mar 202455min

Rainn Wilson on a Star Trek future, Shrute Bucks, and a creating kinder society

Rainn Wilson on a Star Trek future, Shrute Bucks, and a creating kinder society

In this wide-ranging conversation, actor, comedian, and author Rainn Wilson sits down with Andrew Yang to talk about how our future can look more like Star Trek, the decline of religion and the need f...

4 Mar 202453min

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