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 Okt 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 Okt 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 Okt 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 Okt 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 Sep 20231h 28min
E146: Did the Fed break the VC model? Plus IPOs, M&A, revaluing unicorns & more
(0:00) Bestie intros! (3:05) GOP Primary update: polling, acceptable candidates, tentpole issues (11:56) All-In Summit 2023 recap (24:12) IPOs and M&A heat up: Arm, Instacart, and Klaviyo go public, C...
22 Sep 20231h 42min
E145: Presidential Candidate Chris Christie in conversation with the Besties
(0:00) Besties welcome former NJ Governor and Republican Presidential Candidate Chris Christie! (2:14) US debt crisis, cutting entitlements (14:03) Level-setting on foreign policy (25:28) Ukraine / Ru...
8 Sep 20232h 8min
E144: Biden targets Elon, BRICS challenges the West, Tiger hit piece & more
(0:00) Chamath's big poker trip (4:32) Addressing the "in the arena" comments (7:16) Biden administration targets Elon's businesses (21:58) Tiger Global claims disgruntled ex-employee circulated fake ...
1 Sep 20231h 6min
