10-year-old Luke Rascoff asks his dad questions about politics, the economy, technology and science.
Silicon Valley Bank, the 16th largest bank in the US, failed this week. We discuss. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message
We discuss the US debt ceiling and the concept of the trillion dollar coin. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message
We explain what Chat-GPT is, pros and cons, and potential ways it could make money. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message
We discuss the new law's impact on the climate and tax rates --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message
We discuss call options and put options. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message
We discuss poison pills, and Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter stock. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message
We discuss stock splits, reverse stock splits, and Amazon's pending 20-1 split. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message
We explain what a class action lawsuit is, and some pros and cons of them. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message
We discuss activist campaigns and activist investing. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message
We discuss the good and bad of AI, and if one outweighs the other. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message
We discuss Web3, cryptocurrency, blockchain, and DAOs. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message
We discuss quantum computing and how it is different from classical computers with Special Guest Chad Rigetti, founder and CEO of Rigetti Computing #Quantum #QuantumComputing #Rigetti --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message
We discuss Facebook's name change and the concept of the metaverse. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message
In this episode Luke teaches Spencer everything there is to know about Rubik's cubing! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message
We discuss the process that sports go through to be added to the Olympics and share our top seven events we think should be added. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message
The Rule of 72 can be used to calculate how long it will take for the value of an investment to double. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message
We discuss what an NFT is, with special guest John Brennan! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message
We discuss the recent stock market volatility and the stock of GameStop, Robinhood, and “shorting” the market --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message
We discuss what are stock dividends and also what are stock buybacks? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message
Special guest star, Jake Rascoff (Luke’s uncle), who works on Capital Hill for a Member of Congress. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message
We discuss mutual funds and ETFs --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message
We discuss what is a “Special Purpose Acquisition Company” or a “SPAC”. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message
We discuss different judicial philosophies. Katerina (age 9) is our guest star. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message
We discuss how Apple and Google run their app stores and why Fortnite was kicked out of the App Store --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message
Luke discusses what he learned in his entrepreneurship class this summer. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message
We discuss Initial Public Offerings, when and why companies go public, and how direct listings work. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message
What is Freedom of Speech and what are the limitations on it? We discuss the First Amendment and Free Speech. #FreeSpeech #FirstAmendment #FreedomOfSpeech #1stAmendment --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message
We explain what a mortgage is, and the pros and cons of having one. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message
We discuss artificial intelligence and machine learning. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message
We discuss rent control, and it’s pros and cons, with special guest 8 year old Katerina! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message
We discuss common grammatical mistakes such as “it’s vs its” and “i.e. vs e.g.” --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message
During the quarantine, we are playing some more board games. What are some tips for Monopoly? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message
Section 230 of a 1996 law protects internet companies from liability for what their users write online. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message
Luke explains why home field advantage isn’t such a big deal in sports anymore. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message
In this episode I discuss with Luke what is Super Tuesday and how the presidential primary and nomination process works. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message
In this New Year themed episode, we review the top news stories of 2010-2019. Trump, Obama, Global Warming, Osama Bin Laden and more. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message
Luke asks what affirmative action is. It’s a tricky topic. We do our best to discuss it without getting too political! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message
In this mini episode, Spencer asks Luke: “Luke, I have a question: what’s with the famous photo of Albert Einstein sticking out his tongue?” --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message
Who owns someone’s image after they die? We discuss Albert Einstein, Elvis Presley and Marilyn Monroe. And of course, Mickey Mouse. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message
In this episode, Luke learns about Disney’s decision to launch its own streaming service. The discussion is based on Spencer’s Harvard Business School class. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message
In this episode we discuss one of the class topics that Spencer is teaching at Harvard Business School. We discuss the class where we teach about the Netflix corporate culture. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message
We discuss the antitrust investigations of tech companies like Apple, Amazon and Google --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message
We discuss how the impeachment process works in the House and the Senate. We do NOT discuss whether Trump should be impeached or not though! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message
We discuss what “private equity”, “hedge funds” and “venture capital” are. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message
It’s Luke’s 11th birthday! He wants to know how the internet began. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message
We discuss what it means that the yield curve has inverted and explain how that predicts a recession. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message
We discuss how the rules to baseball are changing. And listen to the end to hear some of Spencer’s crazy ideas on how to improve America’s pastime. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message
We discuss common internet and telephone scams and how to avoid them. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message
What is Wikipedia and how does it work? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message
We discuss Facebook’s announcement of “Libra”, its new cryptocurrency and it’s wallet “Calibra” which uses blockchain. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message
Luke and special guest Katerina learn about debit cards and credit cards. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-rascoff/message