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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Joseph Gordon-Levitt on time banking, data rights, & the promise of fame

Joseph Gordon-Levitt on time banking, data rights, & the promise of fame

Andrew and Zach discuss the TikTok ban and the Senate's inability to reach a deal on the stimulus. Joseph Gordon-Levitt joins to talk about time banking, data rights, and how the attraction to fame is...

10 Aug 20201h 29min

College shouldn’t be a luxury brand. Scott Galloway joins.

College shouldn’t be a luxury brand. Scott Galloway joins.

NYU professor Scott Galloway joins Andrew for a wide-ranging discussion on updating our antitrust framework to deal with Big Tech, making higher education more accessible, and the crisis with men in A...

6 Aug 20201h 20min

Anand Giridharadas: Democrats don't know how to talk

Anand Giridharadas: Democrats don't know how to talk

Andrew and Zach recap the Big Tech hearings in Congress and take a closer look at some of Amazon's anti-competitive practices. Bestselling author Anand Giridharadas joins to talk about why philanthrop...

3 Aug 20201h 54min

Should Schools Reopen? Emily Oster brings the data.

Should Schools Reopen? Emily Oster brings the data.

Reopening schools is more complicated than you might think. Emily Oster, economics professor at Brown University, joins Andrew to examine the data surrounding different risk groups. Andrew and Emily d...

30 Jul 20201h

Building a YouTube empire with Hank Green

Building a YouTube empire with Hank Green

Author, educator, and YouTuber Hank Green talks about how he created a career online and why he’s concerned about tech platforms that are taking over our lives; Hank and Andrew talk entrepreneurship a...

27 Jul 20201h 11min

Wanda Sykes on cancel culture, UBI, and the 2020 election

Wanda Sykes on cancel culture, UBI, and the 2020 election

Comedian and activist Wanda Sykes joins the podcast to share her thoughts on the 2020 election and whether cancel culture has gone too far; Andrew asks Wanda if she's on board with UBI and makes a pre...

23 Jul 202042min

Andrew talks about SNL’s Colin Jost’s very punchable face

Andrew talks about SNL’s Colin Jost’s very punchable face

SNL’s Colin Jost joins Andrew to talk about self-deprecating humor, what goes into preparing for the SNL debates, and what SNL would look like without Lorne Michaels, followed by audience Q&A. Hosted ...

20 Jul 20201h 11min

The Karen Hunter x Andrew Yang Crossover Episode

The Karen Hunter x Andrew Yang Crossover Episode

Author and talk show host Karen Hunter hosts a crossover episode between Yang Speaks and the Karen Hunter Show. Karen and Andrew discuss how to fix the economy, the "myth of laziness," police reform, ...

16 Jul 202037min

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