Best Chase Keller Podcasts (2025)

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Do Better: Rachel Humphrey on Leadership, Legacy, and the Power of Personal Stories | The Room Key 56:46

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In this episode of The Room Key, Chase Keller sits down with Rachel Humphrey—attorney, former AAHOA executive, and founder of the Women in Hospitality Leadership Alliance—to explore a remarkable career defined by reinvention and impact. Rachel shares how she traded trial law for trade associations, how leadership “chose her,” and what she learned f…

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They Thought People were Faking Miracles - Then God Healed Sandra's Brain Cancer in Medjugorje - TBH 390 28:02

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"I'm a miracle healing. I am a living testimony of Medjugorje. I was healed there." ---------- Elizabeth and I just returned from two and a half weeks of incredible pilgrimages — first with some of our Touched by Heaven listeners in Medjugorje, and then with our parish in Italy. I literally just walked in the door, and what better time to revisit o…

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NBA Gambling Scandal, Tesla Trillion Dollar Vote, Billionaire Tax, Amazon Robots, AWS Outage 1:24:32

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(0:00) Bestie intros! (1:02) CA Billionaire Tax (17:00) Major NBA gambling scandal (29:51) Amazon's eventful week: AWS outage and leaked robotic automation plans (49:55) Tesla earnings, Optimus, Elon's pay package, "corporate terrorists" (1:03:54) Study shows AI bias Follow the besties: https://x.com/chamath https://x.com/Jason https://x.com/DavidS…

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Joe Manchin on the Fight for America’s Future: Term Limits, Bipartisanship & the 2028 Election 1:10:09

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(0:00) Chamath and Jason welcome Senator Joe Manchin! (4:20) Blocking Build Back Better, defending the filibuster while dealing with paid protestors and death threats (19:39) How Biden's staff pushed him to the far left, mental acuity, how he "lost the will to fight," why Obama was an "elusive" president (28:12) Why socialism is on the rise in Amer…

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California Forever: The Startup Building America's Next Great City 10:50

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(0:00) Introducing Jan Sramek (0:51) How California Forever is building America’s next great city Thanks to our partners for making this happen! Solana - Solana is the high performance network powering internet capital markets, payments, and crypto applications. Connect with investors, crypto founders, and entrepreneurs at Solana’s global flagship …

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KOREAN HORROR (with Ryan Estrada & Eric Plese) 2:25:18

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It's the DEAD center of SCREAM Drafts VIII, and returning GMs Ryan Estrada and Eric Plese are joining the Draft Table all the way from Busan to rank the 7 best K-HORROR films of all-time! Become a BOOster! Visit www.patreon.com/screendrafts to join the club.

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Decoding the Hotel Debt Market with Larry Yells: Finding the Right Capital in 2025 | The Room Key 1:01:15

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In this episode, Chase sits down with hotel mortgage broker Larry Yells to unpack the current state of hotel financing and what owners need to know heading into 2025. Larry has spent more than two decades navigating the ups and downs of capital markets for hotel owners — from the “good old days” of 75% leverage to today’s tighter lending standards.…

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Chased Down by Miracles - The Tim Francis Story TBH 389 32:59

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"I had three questions. Is it real? If it is real, is it from God? If it is from God, what does it mean?” ---------- Arguments about faith can sound a lot like the Genesis song “That’s All” — “Well, I could say day, you’d say night. Tell me it’s black when I know that it’s white.” We debate Eucharist, Church authority, and who’s “right,” but God’s …

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Trump: Send National Guard to SF, China Rare Earths Trade War, AI's PR Crisis 1:16:15

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(0:00) Bestie intros! Dreamforce and another interesting conference take the Bay Area (3:35) State of crime in SF, do they need the National Guard? (20:48) US to impose price floors after China puts export controls on rare earths, can America on-shore a full-stack rare earth industry? (36:15) State of US-China ahead of the Trump-Xi meeting, how we …

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1929 vs 2025: Andrew Ross Sorkin on Crashes, Bubbles & Lessons Learned 50:49

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(0:00) Chamath and Friedberg welcome Andrew Ross Sorkin to discuss his new book, "1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History--and How It Shattered a Nation" (0:38) Why he chose this time period (3:22) The setup: what led to the 1929 crash (19:24) The characters: major players in the 1929 crash; what kind of bubble are we experiencing in…

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How Orlando Bravo Built One of the Most Successful Firms in Private Equity 28:57

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(0:00) Introducing Orlando Bravo (1:53) Orlando’s history, Puerto Rico origins, how he got into private equity (7:10) How he runs Thoma Bravo: small team, outward facing, mentorship, patience in fundraising (9:01) Role of PE in the American economy, public perception, underwriting AI risks (15:23) Deal pricing philosophy, acquiring Boeing’s avionic…

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Bryan Johnson: The #1 Longevity Secret You Can Start Doing Today 10:39

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(0:00) Introducing Bryan Johnson (0:46) Bryan takes the audience through a quick biological age test (5:53) The single best longevity hack from all of his research Thanks to our partners for making this happen! Solana - Solana is the high performance network powering internet capital markets, payments, and crypto applications. Connect with investor…

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PARANORMAL ACTIVITY SUPER DRAFT (with DeVaughn Taylor & Mary Beth McAndrews) 2:15:57

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SCREAM Drafts VIII creeeeeps on as rookies DeVaughn Taylor (Specter Cinema Club) and Mary Beth McAndrews (Dread Central, Bystanders) join us at the Draft Table to definitively rank the 7 films of the PARANORMAL ACTIVITY franchise! Become a BOOster! Visit www.patreon.com/screendrafts today!

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Cathie Wood on How AI Can Double GDP, Bull Case for Bitcoin $1M, Elon’s Trillion-Dollar Pay Package 19:15

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(0:00) Introducing Cathie Wood (0:47) Cathie Wood on AI’s once in a lifetime opportunity: doubling GDP, deflation, and more (9:23) Cathie’s bull case for Bitcoin $1M (11:38) Opening up access to innovation for retail (14:32) Cathie explains Ark’s strategies for bull and bear markets (16:01) Thoughts on Elon’s trillion-dollar pay package Thanks to o…

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"I've Been to Heaven" - Steve Boyls' Astonishing Near-Death Journey - TBH 388` 49:24

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“We were walking across a field in heaven, when a little boy walked up to me, said, ‘Hi, my name is Daniel. I think that you’re my dad.’ He told me that he had been here for a long, long time. I've grown up here with a bunch of others, since we were little babies. Indeed, many years before, my wife had a miscarriage of a baby that we were going to …

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Trump Brokers Gaza Peace Deal, National Guard in Chicago, OpenAI/AMD, AI Roundtripping, Gold Rally 1:27:51

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(0:00) Bestie intros: Welcome back Brad Gerstner! (2:48) Israel-Hamas ceasefire, how Trump and his team got the deal done (13:27) National Guard sent to Chicago to protect ICE Agents (44:02) OpenAI's deal with AMD, state of the "AI Bubble" (1:05:45) Circular AI deals: cause for concern or no big deal? (1:15:00) What's behind the Gold rally? (1:20:3…

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Sequoia’s Roelof Botha: Why Venture Capital is Broken & How Great Companies Are Built 27:57

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(0:00) Introducing Roelof Botha (1:08) Sequoia’s Scout program and its best-performing funds ever (3:38) State of Venture Capital: Why it’s broken, too much capital, not enough great companies (9:01) Why Sequoia separated from its China business, how they adapt to changing macro landscapes (13:05) Sequoia’s culture, picking partners, investment dec…

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YouTube CEO Neal Mohan on AI, Censorship & the Future of Creators 28:13

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(0:00) Introducing YouTube CEO Neal Mohan (1:08) YouTube’s revenue split with creators (7:30) How Neal thinks about enabling monoculture and connective threads at YouTube (11:23) Censorship on YouTube, demonetization decisions, dealing with different regimes and laws globally (19:58) YouTube TV, YouTube Premium, and channel subscriptions (24:00) Ge…

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Joe Tsai on US-China Rivalry, AI's Future, Owning the Nets/Liberty, Caitlin Clark's Major Impact 27:07

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(0:00) Introducing Joe Tsai (0:49) Owning the Nets and Liberty, Caitlin Clark’s impact on the WNBA, does the NBA need fixing? (6:07) Alibaba origins, China’s pullback on capitalism (10:10) US vs China rivalry: the AI race, are we destined for conflict, and what can the US learn from China? (19:46) AI application in large businesses (21:52) Managing…

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'00s HORROR mini-MEGA (with Kyle Anderson, Billy Ray Brewton, & Clark Collis) 5:16:15

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Greg Friedman: Finding Edge in Dislocated Markets | The Room Key 52:27

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Peachtree Group CEO Greg Friedman joins me for a deep dive on his founder journey and the operating system behind one of hospitality’s most active platforms. We talk about growing up around hotels, launching Peachtree in 2007, and the decisive pivots through the GFC and COVID. Greg explains how an “owner-lender-operator” perspective shapes underwri…

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God's Hand Over Jamie: Three Miraculous Escapes - TBH 387 36:26

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"The wind changed direction, and I was caught in this massive fire. I screamed out to God to save me. My face was on fire, and somehow I was suddenly lifted, and floating." ---------- Jamie’s life has been miraculously spared more than once. At just fifteen he was caught in a raging fire — but instead of dying, he was mysteriously floated to safety…

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Biggest LBO Ever, SPAC 2.0, Open Source AI Models, State AI Regulation Frenzy 1:29:31

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(0:00) Bestie intros! (1:53) EA acquired for $55B in biggest LBO ever, why PE is in trouble (17:42) IPO market, SPAC 2.0 (27:41) The AI rollup opportunity (36:01) Sacks joins the show! (38:27) OpenAI and Meta launch short-form video apps: "AI Slop" or the future of content? (45:04) Open source AI: DeepSeek's new model, pressure on US AI industry (1…

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Ro Khanna on Crime, Censorship & Congress: Fixing What’s Broken in America 54:15

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(0:00) Chamath and Jason welcome Rep. Ro Khanna! (1:10) H-1Bs and immigration (8:40) Giving Trump credit as a Progressive Democrat, why bipartisanship is broken, future Democratic leaders (15:08) Tech industry: Can Democrats win back tech?; Economic patriotism, protection vs proliferation of AI (24:25) Government shutdown, what actually happens? (3…

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Multicoin Capital’s Kyle Samani on Internet Capital Markets 13:32

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(0:00) Introducing Kyle Samani (1:07) History of modern capital markets (3:25) What a redesigned capital market structure would look like in 2025 (8:22) Examples of the future of internet capital markets Thanks to our partners for making this happen! Solana - Solana is the high performance network powering internet capital markets, payments, and cr…

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Scarlet Hiltibidal on Writing and Hopeful-Ish 54:27

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Jeff Medders reconnects with Scarlet Hiltibidal to discuss her latest book, 'Hopefulish.' They explore the themes of faith, humor, and the writing process, delving into Scarlet's personal experiences with loss and hope. The discussion highlights the importance of community, the challenges of writing, and the need for authenticity in sharing one's j…

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Rick Caruso on California’s Collapse: Broken Leadership, LA Wildfire Failures & the Fix 22:56

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(0:00) Introducing Rick Caruso (1:03) Reflecting on the disastrous LA Wildfires: Karen Bass failure, saving the Palisades Village, failure to rebuild (11:20) California’s incompetence, running for CA Governor vs LA Mayor (14:21) Attention to detail (17:04) State of California: What it should be, homelessness, National Guard, policing Thanks to our …

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Arm CEO Rene Haas on AI: Nvidia Lessons, Intel’s Decline and the US-China Chip War 25:05

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(0:00) Introducing Arm CEO Rene Haas (1:08) Lessons from working with Jensen Huang (3:20) Arm’s history, understanding Nvidia’s dominance in AI, training vs inference, physical AI market size (10:01) China’s AI ecosystem, the US-Intel deal, rare earths, creating a US “national champion” (15:35) Manufacturing in America: how to create a culture of e…

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Science Corner Special: David Friedberg, Cleo Abram, Alex Filippenko, and Keller Rinaudo Cliffton 1:07:50

27d ago1:07:50

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(0:00) Introducing Cleo Abram (1:12) Why YouTube has become the best platform for creators, techno-optimism at Huge If True (8:35) Astrophysicist Alex Filippenko on the James Webb Space Telescope (23:14) Q&A with Alex Filippenko, Cleo, and Friedberg: The universe, Fermi Paradox, black holes, NIH grants and the “war on science” (37:37) Zipline CEO K…

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'70s COMEDY mini-MEGA Draft (with Bryan Cogman, Oriana Nudo, & Drew McWeeny, and Frank Berman) 5:58:24

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Veteran Screen Drafts GMs Bryan Cogman (Game of Thrones), Oriana Nudo (Hollywood-ography), and Drew McWeeny (The Hip Pocket) join us at the Draft Table to competitively / collaboratively rank the 13 best COMEDY films released in the 1970s! Sponsored by Booster Club Official Sponsor Frank Berman! Become a Booster! Visit www.patreon.com/screendrafts …

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Inside the GLP-1 Gold Rush: Eli Lilly CEO on New Breakthroughs, Addiction & Mental Health, Pricing 30:40

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(0:00) Introducing Eli Lilly CEO Dave Ricks (1:43) How Eli Lilly discovered the GLP-1 impact on weight loss, counterfeit products from China (7:08) GLP-1 pricing and capital allocation after a breakout pharma product (12:56) Why Biotech VC has plummeted, “patent hacking” in China (15:32) Dave’s health regimen: good sleep, movement, healthy diet, so…

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From Front Desk to Consultant: Danielle Beckcom on Hotel Sales & Revenue | The Room Key 39:41

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In this episode of The Room Key, Chase sits down with Danielle Beckcom, Founder & CEO of TADA Hotel Consulting. Danielle shares her journey from front desk agent to industry leader, and the lessons she’s learned along the way about sales, revenue management, and what hotel owners need to know to stay competitive. You’ll hear: How a simple front des…

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Heaven, Pets, and a Father's Message from the Afterlife - TBH 386 30:53

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"I took his cell phone into the bathroom, locked the door, and said to God, ‘If you want me away from this guy, you're going to have to help me break the password code and see what's in here.’ I hit a bunch of keys, and I was in!" ---------- Samantha came to God with raw and painful questions. Through tears she asked if her dog was in heaven. She p…

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H-1B Shakeup, Kimmel Apology, Autism Causes, California Hate Speech Law 1:23:48

1M ago1:23:48

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(0:00) Bestie intros! (2:23) H-1B overhaul: origins and exploitation (25:26) Autism linked to Tylenol usage during pregnancy (43:42) Jimmy Kimmel returns to ABC: comments and reactions (59:21) Two major AI papers (1:09:00) YouTube update (1:12:53) Alphabet admits to COVID censorship under Biden, new CA online hate speech law Follow the besties: htt…

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Eric Schmidt on AI, the Battle with China, and the Future of America 28:58

1M ago28:58

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(0:00) Introducing Eric Schmidt (1:59) Thoughts on remote work and work-life balance (3:49) Approaching AI: US vs China (8:04) Relativity Space, rockets, drones, defense, and more (17:32) Future role of America, and the decline of the West (21:51) AGI: boom or bust? Thanks to our partners for making this happen! Solana - Solana is the high performa…

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Jimmy Needham on Writing Songs and Kids' Books 45:12

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Jeff Medders and Jimmy Needham explore songwriting, writing for children, and the creative process. They discuss the importance of storytelling, the challenges of writing, and the joy of creating meaningful content for kids. Jimmy shares insights from his journey as a musician and author, emphasizing the need for brevity and clarity in writing, esp…

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MOCKUMENTARY (with Graham Skipper & Billy Ray Brewton) 3:12:43

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Things get a little bit rowdy when Screen Drafts Legends Graham Skipper (Godzilla: The Official Guide to the King of the Monsters) and Billy Ray Brewton (Coroner to the Stars) go head-to-head for the first time in ages, ranking the 7 best MOCKUMENTARY films ever made! Become a Screen Drafts Booster! Visit www.patreon.com/screendrafts today!…