Jessica Livingston and Carolynn Levy are The Social Radars. Carolynn and Jessica have been working together to help thousands of startups at Y Combinator for almost 20 years. Come be a fly on the wall as they talk to some of the most successful founders in Silicon Valley about how they did it.
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Who Makes Cents?: A History of Capitalism Podcast is a monthly program devoted to bringing you quality, engaging stories that explain how capitalism has changed over time. We interview historians and social and cultural critics about capitalism’s past, highlighting the political and economic changes that have created the present. Each episode gives voice to the people who have shaped capitalism – by making the rules or by breaking them, by creating economic structures or by resisting them.
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The Inside Elections Podcast analyzes elections in a nonpartisan, data-driven, and accessible way. Inside Elections provides nonpartisan analysis of congressional, presidential, and gubernatorial races. With a combination of reporting and data, we break down the key races and bring valuable context to complex elections.
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“Quick Insights on Congressional Investigations” is an interview series hosted by Mayer Brown partners Michael Levy and Andrew Olmem, who unpack the nuanced complexities underlying congressional investigations and provide guidance on how companies can manage and minimize the impacts. The series delves into the nuts-and-bolts and strategic questions surrounding congressional investigations and provides tips to protect corporate interests during these crises. Each episode is short—approximatel ...
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CROOKED RIVER is a fictional podcast narrative that spans the five-year period between September 1934 and August 1939 in post-Prohibition Cleveland, Ohio at the height of the Great Depression. During this politically turbulent time, an elusive killer decapitated and dismembered thirteen victims—seven men and six women—all under the watch of newly appointed Public Safety Director Eliot Ness, the famed G-man from Al Capone’s Chicago glory days. The disturbing crimes, the setting, and the perip ...
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Rated one of the top 10 #mompods by Podcast Magazine: Broadway Moms, Cara Cooper and Jessica Rush have returned for season three of their hit podcast, Mamas Talkin' Loud. Whether it’s a light-hearted chat, their series with special needs mothers (co-host Cara Cooper is one herself), or the months of content celebrating Int’l Women’s Month, Black History Month & PRIDE, many Tony winners and Broadway stars have graciously joined them ‘in the dressing room’ to share their stories. Whether discu ...
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The #1 Evidence Based Growth Podcast on the Internet. The Science of Success is about the search for evidence based personal growth. It's about exploring ways to improve your decision-making, understand your mind and how psychology rules the world around you, and learn from experts and thought leaders about ways we can become better versions of ourselves.
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The Share Chair Podcast has one simple message: LEARN FROM LISTENING. Hear our stories--and hear yourself in them. We're talking to seemingly simple people to hear their not-so-simple stories. By doing so, we shine light on the fact that everyone has hidden talents, hidden opinions, hidden aspirations. One just has to take the time to get to know them.
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Episode 45: Covering Trump Agenda on the Ground in Key States + Election Coverage w/ Adam Levy of the BBC
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50:02Nathan Gonzales, Jacob Rubashkin, and Adam Levy of the BBC analyze the impact of tariffs, immigration and President Donald Trump’s economic agenda in local economies in key states including Ohio and Florida ahead of the midterm elections and discuss how U.S. election coverage has changed over the years and how it’s different to domestic and foreign…
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Episode 44: Trump, Tariffs, the Economy & Elections w/ Laura Weiss of Punchbowl News
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41:54Nathan Gonzales, Jacob Rubashkin, and Laura Weiss of Punchbowl News analyze how President Donald Trump’s tariffs and the uncertainty of the economy and stock market affect his relationship with Republicans on Capitol Hill and how it could threaten Republicans’ majority in the House and the Senate in next year’s midterm elections. Also, Jacob brings…
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Ron Conway, Founder, SV Angel (Part 3)
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1:16:41In Part 3 of our conversation with Ron Conway, he takes us behind the scenes at early Google. Ron was involved with Google almost from the start; he and Ram Shriram arranged their Series A round. So if you want to know what a really, really big success looked like at the beginning, this is the episode for you.…
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It's now been over a decade since the New York Times declared that the history of capitalism was in full swing at American universities. This podcast also just celebrated its 10 year anniversary. With those milestones in mind, we wanted to take the temperature of the very folks driving the field forward into new and exciting directions. To do that,…
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Episode 43: A Potential Democratic Upset in Florida, and More Upcoming House Specials w/ Erin Covey of the Cook Political Report
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49:27Jacob Rubashkin and Erin Covey talk through the potential for a Democratic upset in the special election for Florida's 6th District, as well as what we'll learn from the outcome there and in Florida's 1st District. The episode also touches on upcoming special elections in Texas' 18th District and Arizona's 7th District. Twitter profiles: @jacobruba…
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Drew Houston, Founder & CEO, Dropbox
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1:30:47In today's episode we talk with Drew Houston, founder and CEO of Dropbox. We've known Drew for a long time (YC funded Dropbox in 2007) and he's extremely candid about the many challenges he faced, and overcame, in the journey from building something that solved his own problem to serving as an essential part of the foundation of today's tech infras…
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Episode 42: House Ratings & Sleeper Races w/ James Downs of National Journal's Hotline
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53:06Nathan Gonzales, Jacob Rubashkin, and James Downs of National Journal’s Hotline analyze the fight for the House majority, the 10 key Toss-up races, and some potential surprise races in places that haven’t been competitive for years. The episode also includes Jacob’s recent purchase of a political plate, James’s journey to find a political button an…
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Today we catch up with Sam Altman, Founder and CEO of OpenAI. Sam was in Y Combinator's first batch in 2005 and later returned as YC's president from 2014 to 2019, so he's one of the people in Silicon Valley that we know best. In this episode we cover his whole journey from Stanford sophomore to one of the most influential figures in tech.…
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Justene Hill Edwards on the Rise and Betrayal of the Freedman's Bank
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41:45In this month's episode Justene Hill Edwards leads listeners on a deep dive into the rise and fall of the Freedman's Savings and Trust Company, also known as the Freedman's Bank. Among the topics explored are the bank's relationship to the similarly named Freedman's Bureau, the ways the bank’s administrators worked to gain African Americans’ trust,…
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Episode 41: Big, Nice Minnesota Races w/ Briana Bierschbach of The Star-Tribune
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55:10Nathan Gonzales, Jacob Rubashkin, and Briana Bierschbach of the Minnesota Star-Tribune analyze the fight for the Minnesota Senate seat left behind by retiring Democratic Sen. Tina Smith, talk about whether DFL Gov. Tim Walz will seek a historic third term and look ahead to who might run for Rep. Angie Craig’s competitive seat if she decides to run …
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Eric Migicovsky, Founder, Pebble & Beeper
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1:04:20In today's episode Eric Migicovsky, the founder of Pebble and Beeper, shares the journey of building one of the first smartwatches. The Pebble watch made history as Kickstarter’s most-funded project at the time, raising $10.3 million. What happened next showed how difficult it was to build a hardware startup in the 2010s, even if you did almost eve…
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Episode 40: Top 3 Most Important Races for Governor w/ Jessica Taylor of The Cook Political Report
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57:59Nathan Gonzales, Jacob Rubashkin, and Jessica Taylor of The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter analyze the top three biggest races for governor in the 2026 cycle, the three most difficult races to rate at this early stage, and what’s ahead for the 2025 races for governor in Virginia and New Jersey. Jacob and Jessica also admit their latest favor…
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Alexandr Wang, Founder & CEO of Scale
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1:01:05In today's episode we go down into the engine room of the AI Revolution with Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang. Since 2016 Scale has been supplying training data to most of the top AI models. In fact there's probably no one with a better overall view of the field than Alexandr.By Jessica Livingston
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Erik Baker on the Entrepreneurial Century
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39:12Back in high school, my social studies teacher—who was, of course, also the football coach—told my class that entrepreneurs were the heroes of American history. If we enjoyed a dynamic economy and good jobs, it was all thanks to their genius for innovation and risk-taking. And if we wanted to get ahead, he said, we’d need to foster the same sort of…
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Episode 39: Surprise Michigan Senate Retirement Reaction w/ Melissa Nann Burke of The Detroit News
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49:55Nathan Gonzales, Jacob Rubashkin, and Melissa Nann Burke of The Detroit News analyze Democratic Sen. Gary Peters’ decision not to run for re-election in the battleground state of Michigan, discuss the candidates who might run for the open seat, and talk about the impact of the Senate race on the race for governor and key House races. Nathan and Jac…
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Today we catch up with Harj Taggar, who knows as much about startups as anyone of his generation. YC funded two of his startups, Auctomatic in 2007 and Triplebyte in 2015. In between them he was the first partner we hired besides the founders, and now he's a YC partner again. Among other things he happened to have a front row seat for the Damore co…
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Episode 38: Impact of Trump's Cabinet Picks? w/ Meg Kinnard of the AP
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1:06:21Nathan Gonzales, Jacob Rubashkin, and Meg Kinnard of the Associated Press talk about the political dynamics and implications for President Donald Trump’s cabinet choices, analyze the initial 2026 Senate battleground including the five most important races and handicap how difficult it will be for Democrats to win the majority, and discuss the count…
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Gusto Co-Founders: Josh Reeves, Edward Kim & Tomer London
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1:13:56In today’s episode, we chat with all three of the Gusto founders: Josh Reeves, Eddie Kim, and Tomer London. Gusto is a payroll and employee benefits company that YC funded in 2012. The striking thing about Josh, Eddie, and Tomer is their level of commitment: to their customers, their employees, and one another. It's rare to see a startup with 3 fou…
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Ron Conway, Founder, SV Angel (Part 2)
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1:33:32In Part 2 of our conversation with legendary investor Ron Conway, we chat about how he made one of the most prescient decisions in the history of startup investing when he decided in the early 1990s to focus exclusively on investing in internet startups. It's like being a fly on the wall at the beginning of the internet boom as he takes us through …
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Mary Bridges on Bankers and the Dawn of American Empire
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36:04Looking back from our contemporary vantage point, the United States’ global capitalist empire looks both omnipresent and inevitable. Much of the world’s trade is denominated in dollars. American financial institutions are at the helm of international investment and capital transfers. And US military might enforces this order, either implicitly—or s…
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Surbhi Sarna, Founder of nVision Medical
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1:04:41In this episode, we speak with Surbhi Sarna, founder of nVision Medical, a pioneering company in women's health diagnostics. Surbhi shares her journey from experiencing a personal health scare as a teenager to founding nVision, which developed a microcatheter for the detection of ovarian cancer. nVision was acquired by Boston Scientific for $275 mi…
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Episode 37: Election Hits & Misses, Key Nebraska Race, 2026 Senate and Online Scams
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47:33Nathan Gonzales and Jacob Rubashkin talk about what they got right (and wrong) in the 2024 elections, do a deep dive into one of the most competitive House races in the country and how Rep. Don Bacon was able to survive, and look ahead to the 2026 fight for the Senate including a key race in North Carolina. Nathan also admits he got scammed online …
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Tyler Shultz, Theranos Whistleblower (Part 2)
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1:32:14We’re back with Tyler Shultz for the second part of his story: the whistleblowing. He’d resigned after noticing potential fraud within Theranos. After he spoke on background to the Wall Street Journal, Theranos retaliated with a series of legal threats, intimidation, and surveillance -- all designed to silence him. Tyler tells us about the nightmar…
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Seth Rockman on Slavery's Material History
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52:04A simple leather shoe. A scratchy shirt made of cotton or wool. A roughly-hewn axe. A leather whip, braided in New Jersey. Southern slavery did not just depend on an extractive economic system, or a highly-unequal racial and social order, or a brutal regime of labor exploitation—even though it needed all of those things. It also required a vast arr…
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Tyler Shultz, Theranos Whistleblower (Part 1)
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1:33:15Tyler Shultz went to work at Theranos right out of Stanford and soon noticed that things weren't as they seemed. Lots of other employees knew there was something fishy going on, but Tyler was one of a tiny handful able to resist the mesmerizing and intimidating Elizabeth Holmes and speak out about the fraud that was putting patients at risk. This p…
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Episode 36: 2024 Election Results & Analysis with Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report
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1:03:00Nathan Gonzales, Jacob Rubashkin, and Amy Walter of The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter discuss the 2024 election results including the fights for the White House, Senate, and House. In addition, Jacob finally gets around to watching L.A. Confidential, Amy talks about the hottest ticket in Washington, D.C. and Nathan showed up to DC’s Punk Ro…
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Andrew Kahrl on Inequality, Theft, and Taxation in Modern America
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51:01Taxes. Is there anything Americans like to complain about more? This episode takes a deep dive into the U.S. tax system, paying particular attention to the property tax. Exploding a popular myth that purports Black Americans pay little to no taxes, historian Andrew Kahrl reveals how Black Americans have long paid more than their fair share of prope…
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Episode 35: Pre-Election Projections w/ Kirk Bado of National Journal
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48:54Nathan Gonzales, Jacob Rubashkin, and Kirk Bado of National Journal’s Hotline break down the fights for the Senate, House, and White House in the final pre-election episode of the 2024 elections. Twitter profiles: @nathanlgonzales @jacobrubashkin @kirk_bado @InsideElections The Inside Elections podcast analyzes congressional, presidential and guber…
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Episode 34: Rating Changes, Debates, Election Nights, & Political Civility w/ Judy Woodruff
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51:54Nathan Gonzales and Jacob Rubashkin reveal the latest batch of House and Senate race rating changes and talk with legendary political journalist Judy Woodruff of the PBS Newshour about the 2024 election, prepping for Election Night, moderating debates and the lack of civility in America. Twitter profiles: @nathanlgonzales @jacobrubashkin @judywoodr…
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Episode 33: Sleeper Race Poll in Arizona, Senate Ratings, House Races w/ Erin Covey of Cook Political Report
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1:07:39Nathan Gonzales and Jacob Rubashkin unveil the latest Inside Elections/Noble Predictive Insights poll in a sleeper race in Arizona’s 2nd District and discuss race rating changes in the Nevada and Arizona Senate races before breaking down the fight for the House majority with Erin Covey of The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter. Twitter profiles:…
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Episode 32: New North Carolina Poll, VP Debate, Polls and Election Models w/ Nathaniel Rakich of 538
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1:10:33Nathan Gonzales and Jacob Rubashkin unveil the latest Inside Elections/Noble Predictive Insights poll in North Carolina’s 1st District and analyze the vice presidential debate between Sen. J.D. Vance and Gov. Tim Walz before discussing election polls, models, and election forecasting with Nathaniel Rakich of FiveThirtyEight. Twitter profiles: @nath…
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450 million. According to our best estimates, that’s how many guns there are in the United States. To put that in perspective: if you gave a firearm to every single person in the nation—including babies and young children—you’d still have at least 100 million guns left over. Why did we amass such a large stockpile of guns? How did the US become an …
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Episode 31: New Montana Poll, Rating Changes, Connecticut 5 w/ Daniela Altimari of Roll Call
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53:58Nathan Gonzales and Jacob Rubashkin unveil the latest Inside Elections/Noble Predictive Insights poll in Montana’s 1st District and discuss the latest rating changes, and analyze a critical House race in Connecticut with Daniela Altimari of CQ Roll Call. Twitter profiles: @nathanlgonzales @jacobrubashkin @capitolwatch @InsideElections The Inside El…
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Episode 30: New Oregon Poll, Rating Changes, Meeting the Press w/ Chuck Todd of NBC News
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1:10:24Nathan Gonzales and Jacob Rubashkin unveil the latest Inside Elections/Noble Predictive Insights poll in Oregon’s 5th District and the latest rating changes, and chat with former Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd of NBC News about interviewing candidates and covering elections. Twitter profiles: @nathanlgonzales @jacobrubashkin @chucktodd @Inside…
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Rachel Gross on How the Outdoor Industry Sold Nature to America
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41:54In 2022 and 2023, an estimated 50 million Americans went camping. Many others participated in outdoor recreation activities ranging from mountain-climbing to sailing. According to the U.S. Department of Congress, in 2022, the outdoor recreation economy was worth $563.7 billion or 2.2 percent of GDP. In this episode, historian Rachel Gross takes us …
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Episode 29: Harris Takes the Nomination, Democratic National Convention highlights from Chicago
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48:11Nathan Gonzales and Jacob Rubashkin discuss and analyze the first three days of the Democratic National Convention on location in Chicago, including the biggest themes, speeches and highlights, and the impact Vice President Kamala Harris is having on the presidential races and the fight for the House and Senate. Twitter profiles: @nathanlgonzales @…
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Replit Co-Founders, Amjad Masad & Haya Odeh
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1:04:32Today we talk to Amjad Masad and Haya Odeh of Replit. They're not just cofounders but married too, and Replit is woven through their lives. Listen in as they describe their mission to bring coding to everyone.By Jessica Livingston
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Episdoe 28: Biden Drops Out, Harris VP Pick, New Ohio Poll w/ Leah Askarinam of the Associated Press
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46:19Nathan Gonzales, Jacob Rubashkin, and Leah Askarinam of the Associated Press analyze the impact of President Joe Biden’s departure from the race and Vice President Kamala Harris’ ascension to the top of the Democratic ticket, talk about the various potential vice presidential picks for Harris, and release the latest exclusive poll by Noble Predicti…
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Margot Canaday on Queer Workers in Modern America
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51:20In today's episode, Margot Canaday reveals the not-so-hidden history of LGBT workers in modern America. In the absence of state protections, she finds, some employers actually appreciated queer workers precisely because they were contingent, unattached, and exploitable. In many ways, that employment relationship augured the way all workers would co…
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Ryan Petersen, Founder & CEO of Flexport
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1:06:48In today’s episode we chat with Ryan Petersen, Founder and CEO of Flexport, a global logistics company that Y Combinator funded in 2014. Ryan takes us on a journey from his early days importing motorcycles, through the supply chain disasters of the pandemic, to a company with thousands of employees and billions in revenue. If you want to hear about…
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Episode 27: Assassination Attempt, Republican National Convention, New Michigan Poll from Milwaukee
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50:48Nathan Gonzales and Jacob Rubashkin, on location at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, analyze the state of the presidential race after the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, talk about the first two days of the Republican convention, and release fresh polling data in Michigan’s 7th District, one of t…
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