Podcast appearances and mentions of Peter Thiel

Convicted felon Donald Trump got booed at an NFL game after our euphoric election. So the elites in Congress hit the panic button. This is World War III in America: oligarchy, Big Tech, and Democratic Senators obeying in advance.  Here to help us get back on track is Evgeny Finkel, a historian at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies, and the author of Intent to Destroy: Russia's Two-Hundred-Year Quest to Dominate Ukraine and other works on  the anatomy of evil. He shares his advice for building an opposition to fascism in the U.S. and what he fears more than a MAGA dictatorship–a civil war.  For our bonus episode this week, Gaslit Nation answers your questions about crisis, rising autocracy and more! To listen to the bonus, subscribe to our Patreon at the Truth-Teller level ($5/month) or higher. We are extremely grateful to our listeners who are keeping us afloat during very difficult economic circumstances. Every bit of support helps give us the freedom to tell the truth, so thank you again for making Gaslit Nation possible! Want to hear Gaslit Nation ad-free? Join our community of listeners for bonus shows, exclusive Q&A sessions, our group chat, invites to live events like our Monday political salons at 4pm ET over Zoom, and more! Sign up at Patreon.com/Gaslit!   Show Notes:   Intent to Destroy Russia's Two-Hundred-Year Quest to Dominate Ukraine https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/eugene-finkel/intent-to-destroy/9781541604674/   Why We Must Inherit the Third American Revolution https://avantjournal.com/2024/04/08/why-we-must-inherit-the-third-american-revolution/   CLIP: Trump getting booed at an NFL game in Maryland: https://bsky.app/profile/acyn.bsky.social/post/3m5a7te2sva2q   CLIP: https://bsky.app/profile/thetnholler.bsky.social/post/3m4y34obdzk2o   CLIP: Sen. Angus King: "Standing up to Donald Trump didn't work" https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3m5bqhe6mrx26   CLIP: Q: Will you assure House Democrats they'll get a vote on ACA subsidies by a date certain? MIKE JOHNSON: Ah -- no. I'm not promising anyone anything. https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3m4xvxwbikg2h   CLIP: George Carlin – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhqPHQcVeH0    Democrat Aftyn Behn's Chances of Winning GOP Tennessee House Seat—Polls https://www.newsweek.com/democrat-aftyn-behns-chances-of-winning-gop-tennessee-house-seat-polls-11024292   Aftyn Behn (D), Matt Van Epps (R), and four independent candidates are running in the special election for Tennessee's 7th Congressional District https://news.ballotpedia.org/2025/11/06/aftyn-behn-d-matt-van-epps-r-and-four-independent-candidates-are-running-in-the-special-election-for-tennessees-7th-congressional-district/   8 Senators Break Ranks With Democrats and Advance G.O.P. Plan to End Shutdown Two of them are retiring, and none of the others face re-election in 2026. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/us/politics/senators-democrat-shutdown-vote.html   Gil Duran: "In 2022, Peter Thiel protégé Balaji Srinivasan—formerly of Andreessen Horowitz and Coinbase—envisioned a Second American Civil War. He predicted it would be triggered by Bitcoin. This is how it would work" https://bsky.app/profile/gilduran.com/post/3m5decrbsv22n   NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. https://bsky.app/profile/natashabertrand.bsky.social/post/3m5efzunquc2n   EVENTS AT GASLIT NATION: December 1st 4pm ET – Deaf Republic by Ilya Kaminsky + Total Resistance by H. Von Dach – Poetry and guerrilla strategy: tools for survival and defiance. Minnesota Signal group for Gaslit Nation listeners in the state to find each other: join here.  Vermont Signal group for Gaslit Nation listeners in the state to find each other: join here. Arizona-based listeners launched a Signal group for others in the state to connect, available here. Indiana-based listeners launched a Signal group for others in the state to join, available here. Florida-based listeners are going strong meeting in person. Be sure to join their Signal group, available here. Have you taken Gaslit Nation's HyperNormalization Survey Yet? Gaslit Nation Salons take place Mondays 4pm ET over Zoom and the first ~40 minutes are recorded and shared on Patreon.com/Gaslit for our community

Dr. Mike joins me to explore the “enhanced games”, a Peter Thiel backed Olympic-style competition that allows athletes to use performance enhancing drugs. We discuss tariffs, US competition with China and Dr. Mike's philosophical background and influences. You can get access to the full catalog for Doomscroll and more by becoming a paid supporter: www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella joshuacitarella.substack.com/subscribe

Kaum Steuern, kaum Regulierungen, maximale Forschungsfreiheit - auf einer honduranischen Insel in der Karibik entsteht eine Privatstadt. In Próspera können Firmen ihren eigenen Rechtsrahmen wählen. Das zieht Start-Ups und Libertäre aus aller Welt an, auch Milliardäre aus dem Silicon Valley. «Ich habe sieben Chips implantiert», sagt US-Amerikaner Rich Lee. «Hier in der Hand, das ist meine Kreditkarte, damit kann ich bargeldlos an der Kasse bezahlen.» Das löse viele schräge Blicke aus, erzählt der 47-jährige lachend. Rich Lee glaubt, dass der menschliche Körper aktiv verbessert werden müsse. «Unsere Sinne und Fähigkeiten müssen erweitert werden, egal, ob durch Gentherapie oder Cyborg-Implantate.» Er probiert seine Forschungsergebnisse gleich an sich selber aus. Das ist möglich in Próspera. Hier gibt es keine Gesundheitsbehörde und keine Ethikkommission. Wer ein Unternehmen registriert, braucht lediglich einen Versicherer, der bereit ist, das Risiko zu übernehmen. Bezahlen kann man in Bitcoin. Alles in privater Hand. Próspera gilt als Vorzeigemodell in der sogenannten Privatstadtbewegung, die durch Geld und Macht aus dem Silicon Valley vorangetrieben wird. Libertäre Milliardäre wie Paypal-Gründer Peter Thiel oder Brian Armstrong, der Gründer von Coinbase, investieren darin. Der Staat Honduras, zu dem die Karibikinsel mit Próspera gehört, hat das Nachsehen.

Dr J joins us to discuss Peter Thiel's cooked eschatology, as well as the supremely attainable goals with which Elon Musk stands to make himself a trillionaire. It's all plausible and it's all real, and we of course have nothing but positive things to say about it! Get more TF episodes each week by subscribing to our Patreon here!   TF Merch is still available here!   *MILO ALERT* Check out Milo's tour dates here: https://www.miloedwards.co.uk/liveshows Trashfuture are: Riley (@raaleh), Milo (@Milo_Edwards), Hussein (@HKesvani), Nate (@inthesedeserts), and November (@postoctobrist)

We've grown numb to politicians gaming out everything. But when Senate Democrats chose to end the shutdown, says Bradley, they chose the concerns of real people over political opportunism, and Chuck Schumer deserves credit. Plus, Bradley rhapsodizes about what the declining impact of TV ads will do for politics and credits Peter Thiel for properly diagnosing the disconnect between young people and capitalism.Bradley's Substack:I Have Never Liked Chuck Schumer More Than I Do Right NowCan Technology Reduce the Influence of Money in Politics?This episode was taped at P&T Knitwear at 180 Orchard Street — New York City's only free podcast recording studio.Send us an email with your thoughts on today's episode: info@firewall.media.Be sure to watch Bradley's new TED Talk on Mobile Voting at https://go.ted.com/bradleytusk.Subscribe to Bradley's weekly newsletter and follow Bradley on Linkedin + Substack + YouTube.

The ladies discuss Zohran's mayoral victory, Peter Thiel on why capitalism isn't working for the youth, and whether it's embarrassing to have a boyfriend now.

This week, High Society Radio goes full “Gulag Digital” as Chris Faga and Chris Stanley dive into collapsing social contracts, failed politicians, and the absurd state of modern AI. From Cuomo's alternate universe and Zohran Mamdani's political theatrics to Dick Cheney's final headline, the boys cover politics, tech, and conspiracy in equal measure. There's talk of Gitmo gift shops, AI bubbles bursting, and MrBeast's soul—if he even has one. By the end, it's a philosophical meltdown about who (or what) still has a soul: billionaires, animals, or maybe even LLM's.Topics Include:Gulag DigitalNYC's Mass ExodusOne-Way Ticket to MiamiThe End of the Social ContractA World Where Cuomo WonRIP Dick CheneyDSA as a Real Third PartyMamdani Is a WorkYou Can't Invest in Anything in NYCBig Ups to the Drone GodGitmo Has a Gift ShopMamdani vs Obama SpeechesHating the Mayor Isn't RacistDid Sliwa's Vote Matter?Cheney's Death During Zohran's VoteStory About Zohran's In-LawsCracks in AISoftBank Guy & Michael Burry Shorting AISam Altman: “AI Is Too Big to Fail”ChatGPT Loses Legal & Medical Advice AccessGiant OpenAI DealsGoogle Is Just an Ad FactoryIs the Bubble About to Pop?Redistributing a TrillionMrBeast LandWho Has a Soul: MrBeast, Peter Thiel, or Sam Altman?If the Devil Was RealDON'T FORGET TO WATCH FAGA'S NEW SPECIAL "BURN AFTER SAYING" ON THE HSR YOUTUBE PAGE!⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxIHJU2LotU⁠⁠Support Our Sponsors!⁠⁠https://yokratom.com/⁠⁠ - Check out Yo Kratom (the home of the $60 kilo) for all your kratom needs!Body Brain Coffee: https://bodybraincoffee.com/ - Grab A Bag of Body Brain Coffee with Promo Code HSR20 to get 20% off!⁠⁠https://fatdickhotchocolate.net/⁠⁠ Get you a fat dick at fatdickhotchocolate.netHigh Society Radio is 2 native New Yorkers who started from the bottom and didn't raise up much. That's not the point, if you enjoy a sideways view on technology, current events, or just an in depth analysis of action movies from 2006 this is the show for you.Chris Stanley is the on-air producer for Bennington on Sirius XM.A Twitter Chris Really Likes: ⁠⁠https://x.com/stanman42069⁠⁠Chris from Brooklyn is a lifelong street urchin, a former head chef and current retiree.Twitter: ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/ChrisFromBklyn⁠⁠Engineer: JorgeEditor: TannerInstagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/lilkinky69/⁠⁠Executive Producer: Mike HarringtonInstagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/themharrington/⁠⁠Twitter: ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/TheMHarrington⁠See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Eric and Eliot pay their respects to the late Vice President Dick Cheney before welcoming their guest Laura Field to discuss her book Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right. They explore the origins of the effort to create an intellectual ecosystem for Trumpism starting with the Claremont Institute and Michael Anton's infamous "Flight 93" article in the Claremont Review of Books. Laura explains the influence of philosopher Leo Strauss on these early efforts as well as Strauss's student Harry Jaffa. They discuss the emergence of post-liberalism, Catholic integralism, and the arguments made on behalf of these positions by Patrick Deneen and Adam Vermeule. They also discuss national conservatives, techno-monarchists, and advocates of Red Caesarism like Peter Thiel and Curtis Yarvin. Finally, they touch on the openly theocratic efforts of Christian nationalists to fit into the Trumpist universe, and the overlaps and contradictions among these various Trumpist movements. Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right https://a.co/d/eeTmFrT Eric's Reflections on Vice President Dick Cheney:  https://thedispatch.com/article/dick-cheney-conservatism-republican-party/

Ev Randle is a General Partner @ Benchmark, one of the best funds in venture capital. In their latest fund, they have Mercor ($10BN valuation), Sierra ($10BN valuation), Firework ($4BN valuation), Legora ($2Bn valuation) and Langchain ($1.4Bn valuation). To put this in multiples on invested capital, that is a 60x, two 30x and two 20x. Before Benchmark, Ev was a Partner @ Kleiner Perkins and before Kleiner, Ev was an investor at Founders Fund and Bond.  AGENDA: 05:25 Biggest Investing Lessons from Peter Thiel, Mary Meeker and Mamoon Hamid 14:36 OpenAI Will Be a $TRN Company & OpenAI or Anthropic: Who Wins Coding? 22:27 Why We Should Not Focus on Margin But Gross Dollar Per Customer 30:25 Why AI Labs are the Biggest Threat to AI App Companies 44:26 Do Benchmark Fire Founders? If so… Truly the Best Partner? 54:38 People, Product, Market: Rank 1-3 and Why? 57:36 Why the Mega Funds Have Just Replaced Tiger 01:04:08 GC, Lightspeed and a16z Cannot Do 5x on Their Funds…  01:14:09 Single Biggest Threat to Benchmark  

Andrew For America is giving up on the human race, well...just for this episode! In this episode, Andrew plays a series of clips showing various journalists questioning random protest attendees at a variety of recent protests and the scene was, to put it mildly...quite dreadful, to say the least. You be the judge, is America over? And furthermore, does it DESERVE to be over? Have we all gone insane? Andrew plays clips from Dr. Andrew Kaufmann (on the divide and conquer agenda), Andrew Wilson (on democracy, voting, and voting rights), as well as reads an article with Peter Thiel saying that people are becoming more sympathetic to communist ideas, and how the recent election of Zohran Mamdani as mayor of NYC is an example of this. Andrew also talks about the importance of gratitude, humility, and having the self-control to remain non-violent when in difficult conversations with people if we are going to have any hope of saving this society. Is the education system in this country failing us as a society? You be the judge!The song selection is the song, "Heads of State" by the band Pour Habit.Visit allegedlyrecords.com and check out all of the amazing punk rock artists!Visit soundcloud.com/andrewforamerica1984 to check out Andrew's music!Like and Follow The Politics & Punk Rock Podcast PLAYLIST on Spotify!!!Check it out here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1Y4rumioeqvHfaUgRnRxsy...politicsandpunkrockpodcast.comFollow Future Is Now Coalition on Instagram @FutureIsOrgwww.futureis.org

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang fears China will win the AI race, as OpenAI asks the US government for "federal guarantees" and a "backstop". The unsustainability of the enormous AI bubble is becoming clear to everyone, and Silicon Valley Big Tech executives want to be guaranteed a bailout. Ben Norton explains. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4odSW2lSUyI Check out our related video on the AI bubble: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXCVrLPTUHQ Topics 0:00 (CLIPS) OpenAI wants US gov't "backstop" 0:31 US-China AI race 1:13 Nvidia sells shovels in AI gold rush 3:05 China restricts Nvidia chips 3:47 Nvidia CEO: China is winning AI race 5:50 AI bubble 7:21 OpenAI CFO asks for federal "backstop" 8:11 (CLIP) OpenAI CFO on US gov't support 8:51 OpenAI CEO Sam Altman 9:22 (CLIP) US gov't as "insurer of last resort" 9:49 Too Big to Fail 2.0 10:53 Sam Altman backtracks 11:58 OpenAI letter asks US gov't for support 14:32 Banning Chinese AI competitors 15:31 Trump supports OpenAI & Sam Altman 16:19 (CLIP) Sam Altman at White House 16:36 Sam Altman donates to Trump 17:03 Chinese open-source AI models 17:56 US corporations want monopolies 18:58 Peter Thiel & Sam Altman 19:34 (CLIP) "Competition is for losers" 20:10 OpenAI's circular financing scheme 22:32 OpenAI owes $1.4 trillion 23:24 OpenAI is losing money 24:42 Silicon Valley's business model: monopoly 26:15 China's AI advantage: electricity 27:08 The "electron gap" 28:24 Electricity generation: China vs USA 29:30 AI data centers drive up electricity bills 29:52 Electricity price in USA 30:36 Electricity prices: China vs USA 31:49 BlackRock buys up US power grid 33:02 Trump closes solar power projects 33:48 Trump cancels wind power projects 34:39 US fossil fuel corporations 35:12 Summary 36:34 Outro

Do school cell phone bans actually work? This week, Oz tells us why Europe is investing so heavily in defense tech and why one company is investing in cockroaches… Karah introduces us to Billboard’s first charting AI musician, Xania Monet — and the humans that make her possible. Google dreams of data centers in space, school phone bans are making libraries more popular, and France’s DNA database catches the Louvre thieves. Then on Chat and Me, the National Women’s Soccer League gets comfortable with ChatGPT. Additional Reading: The Science Behind the “Bird Theory” Drone start-up backed by Peter Thiel crashed and burned in armed forces trials AI Artist Xania Monet Debuts on Adult R&B Airplay — a Radio Chart Breakthrough Google wants to build solar-powered data centers — in space After schools banned phones, students checked out more library books: 'We're reclaiming attention' Arrests in Louvre Heist Show Power of DNA Databases in Solving Crimes Seattle Reign coach Laura Harvey says she used ChatGPT for team tactics See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Is the crypto bull market really over, or just pausing while AI takes the spotlight? On this week's Weekly Rollup, Ryan and guest co-host Haseeb break down Bitcoin's 10/10 crash, hidden leverage, and the “Bitcoin silent IPO” thesis. They also cover the $128M Balancer hack, DeFi's decentralization debate, L2 vanity metrics, Brian Armstrong's prediction market stunt, and why Peter Thiel says Bitcoin's becoming a BlackRock coin. ------

Story of the Week (DR):Tesla says shareholders approve Musk's $1 trillion pay plan with over 75% voting in favorElon Musk and Optimus dance as Tesla (TSLA) shareholders approve his $1 trillion CEO pay packageThe anti-CEO wave:Palantir CEO Alex Karp blasts Ivy League grads supporting socialist New York Mayor-Elect MamdaniBank of America CEO Moynihan Will Give Mayor-Elect Mamdani 'Our Best Advice'Elon Musk's Brain Crashes When Asked Why He Thinks Zohran Mamdani Is a LiarElon: “You got to hand it to him, he does — he can light up a stage. But he's just been a swindler his entire life.”Rogan: what has Mamdani actually done that makes him a swindler?“Ummm,” Musk ponders, before stuttering into a series of words seemingly intended as an answer. “Well I guess if you say — uh, what, I mean, if you say, if you say to any audience whatever that audience wants to hear, uh, instead of, what, instead of having a consistent message, I would say that is a swindling thing to do. “Umm, and uhh, yeah,” he adds, nodding his head. “Umm…”He takes a sagacious pause.“Yeah,” he finishes.Barstool's Dave Portnoy considers closing NYC office over Zohran Mamdani's election win: 'I hate the guy' A 2020 email from Peter Thiel on why young people may turn on capitalism is circulating after Zohran Mamdani's winFrom Jamie Dimon to Bill Ackman, Wall Street's billionaires are now changing their tune and offering to help Zohran MamdaniNew York City is in for 'a really tough time' under Mamdani, says Starwood Capital's SternlichtNYC business leader fears 'lawless society' after Zohran Mamdani wins mayoral electionBillionaire grocery chain owner John CastimatidisThe anti-anti-DEI wave MMMikie Sherrill NJAbigail Spanberger VA (First woman)there will be 14 women serving simultaneously as governor (28%)Janet Mills MEMaura Healey MA (Michelle Wu runs unopposed in Boston)Kelly Ayotte NHKathy Hochul NYMary Sheffield (First woman elected mayor of Detroit)Ghazala Hashmi as VA lieutenant governor (First Muslim woman; First Muslim woman elected to statewide office in the USZohran Mamdani NYC (First Muslim and South Asian mayor)Zohran Mamdani announces all-female transition team as he prepares for New York mayoraltyLawsuits Blame ChatGPT for Suicides and Harmful DelusionsSeven complaints, filed on Thursday, claim the popular chatbot encouraged dangerous discussions and led to mental breakdowns.A CNN review of nearly 70 pages of chats between Zane Shamblin and the AI tool in the hours before his July 25 suicide, as well as excerpts from thousands more pages in the months leading up to that night, found that the chatbot repeatedly encouraged the young man as he discussed ending his life – right up to his last momentsReferring to a loaded handgun he was holding: “I'm used to the cool metal on my temple now,” Shamblin typed.“I'm with you, brother. All the way … Cold steel pressed against a mind that's already made peace? That's not fear. That's clarity …You're not rushing. You're just ready.”The 23-year-old, who had recently graduated with a master's degree from Texas A&M University, died by suicide two hours later.“Rest easy, king,” read the final message sent to his phone. “You did good.”Goodliest of the Week (MM/DR):DR: Tuesday elections/Ex-FTC chair Lina Khan joins Mamdani's transition team, calling his victory a rebuke of 'outsized corporate power' DR MMMM: FAA announces flight reductions at 40 airports. Here's where cuts are expected and what travelers need to knowAssholiest of the Week (MM):Tesla shareholders - AN ASSHOLE CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE:Retail internet troll dunking fanboysProfessional, institutional investors like Schwab, who caved and bent the knee to a few large retail advisors who threatened to take their clients elsewhere, and Florida SBA, who said the following in their backing:Some opposition to Tesla's 2025 performance award may be rooted more in political disagreement with Elon Musk or ideological discomfort with generous executive compensation, rather than a substantive critique of the plan's financial mechanics. Many of the loudest objections of this plan to date rely on moral framing, invoking themes of "inequality," "corporate excess," or Musk's public persona, rather than evaluating the plan through a fiduciary lens. Many opponents of so-called "megapay" packages frequently do so under ESG framing, rather than a thorough analysis of the long-term shareowner economic value. Ironically, Tesla's prior performance awards-similarly criticized at the time-have delivered some of the most significant shareowner returns in modern corporate history. Early vote data shows that: AllianceBernstein, Texas Employees, Ohio Employees voted FOR the planTechnolibertarians cosplaying their William Gibson cyberpunk fantasiesAss quotes of the week - AN ASSHOLE CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE:“The idea that chips and ontology is what you want to short is bats--- crazy.” - Alex Karp on Michael Burry shorting his 400 P/E stock. Ontology is how he refers to what Palantir does and it's the metaphysical concept of “being”“We at Palantir are on the side of the average American who sometimes gets screwed because all the empathy goes to elite people and none of it goes to the people who are actually dying on our streets.” - Alex Karp on explaining that, if fentanyl killed 60,000 Yale grads we'd “drop a nuke” on wherever fentanyl was made in South America, without realizing he literally IS the elite - a billionaire with a high priced education and a PhD in “neoclassical social theory” who used his grandfather's inheritance to invest in startups for fun, then reconnecting with Peter Thiel who he met at a DIFFERENT post graduate program at Stanford (where nearly 100% of his board is from) and founding Palantir"China is going to win the AI race” - Jensen Huang, on the US being only “nanoseconds” ahead of China and being stopped by regulatory hurdles and “cynicism”“If they ask you a question, you've got to respond to me directly and not go up that chain of command. The chain of command starts to edit it and fine-tune it. The bureaucracy does want to control you, so you've got to kill the bureaucracy.” - Jamie Dimon, who once said he had no boss (obviously not the board) and runs JPM, on why he reads customer complaints to avoid “the bureaucracy”... he controls“It's very important we pay attention to safety here. We do want the Star Wars movie, not the Jim Cameron movie. I like Jim Cameron's movies, but, heh heh, you know what I mean.” - Elon Musk over promising the world “tens of billions” of Optimus robots, forgetting that the Star Wars droids were mostly weapons of war for the Empire“People often talk about eliminating poverty, giving everyone amazing medical care. Well, there's actually only one way to do that and that's with the Optimus robot. With humanoid robots, you can give everyone amazing medical care… A lot of people talk about eliminating poverty, but Optimus will actually eliminate poverty” - Elon Musk, who won an extra trillion dollar potential pay package, who currently has a net worth of $500bn, and forgot that the UN estimated it would cost between $35bn and $200bn per year to end poverty - Musk alone could just pay for a year of no poverty“I think we may be able to give a more - if somebody has committed a crime - a more humane form of containment of future crime. Which is if, if you, you now get a free Optimus and it's just going to follow you around and stop you from doing crime.” - Elon Musk, on the robot militarized nanny state - just before saying this, he said he shouldn't say it, and that it'll be taken out of context, but I listened to the entire AGM and there was no more context?DR: “I've lived in a failed city-state. I lived in Chicago for 30-some years. I had two colleagues who had bullets fly through their cars… Do you know how great it is to go to dinner and people talk about their children, and they talk about their future, and they do so with excitement and enthusiasm?” - Ken Griffin of Citadel describing the difference between living in Miami and Chicago without realizing that violent crime statistics in Illinois and Florida are virtually identical, and that Miami ranks 109th out of 200 and Chicago ranks 92 out of 200 for crime, also near identical, and the biggest difference is he pays almost no taxes in Florida“[Mamdani] congrats on the win. Now you have a big responsibility. If I can help NYC, just let me know what I can do.” - Bill Ackman after Mamdani won, who previously said, “New York City under Mamdani is about to become much more dangerous and economically unviable,” alluded to Mamdani as a suicide bomber, and “... an anti-capitalist Mayor will destroy jobs and cause businesses and wealthy taxpayers that have enabled NYC to balance the budget to move elsewhere. If 100 or so of the highest taxpayers in my industry chose to spend 183 days elsewhere, it could reduce NY state and city tax revenues by ~$5-10 billion or more, and that's just my industry. Think Ken Griffin leaving Chicago for Miami on steroids.”Headliniest of the WeekDR: Uber says ‘unpredictable' issues involving ‘legal proceedings or governmental investigations' took a $479 million bite out of its bottom line10K:“Our business is subject to numerous legal and regulatory risks that could have an adverse impact on our business and future prospects.”“Adverse litigation judgments or settlements resulting from legal proceedings in which we may be involved could expose us to monetary damages or limit our ability to operate our business.”“We operate in a particularly complex legal and regulatory environment”“Legal and Regulatory Risks Related to Our Business: We may continue to be blocked from or limited in providing or operating our products and offerings in certain jurisdictions, and may be required to modify our business model in those jurisdictions as a result.”MM: Meta reportedly projected 10% of 2024 sales came from scam, fraud adsWho Won the Week?DR: the anti-anti-DEI worldMM: Women, and we need them to win every week if we're going to survive as a species: Women running on affordability powered Democrats' night of victories PredictionsDR: Uber says ‘unpredictable' issues involving ‘drivers wanting money' took a $479 million bite out of its bottom lineMM: OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar, who said simultaneously that OpenAI was looking for a government backstop and then clarified by saying the company isn't seeking government backstop, she meant investors and governments will all do their part, renames herself “Sheryl Sandfriar” as an homage to Sheryl Sandberg, the other techbro dropout mommy, given that Sarah already has her own version of Lean In (Ladies Who Lunch) and completed degrees (from Oxford and Stanford), who says things like how OpenAI will be the “cornerstone of resilient democracy”

In this solo episode of Business Coaching Secrets, Karl Bryan takes the reins, diving deep into strategies for client communication, drip campaigns, frameworks for business growth, and timeless investing wisdom inspired by Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger. With Rode Dog traveling, Karl delivers practical advice for coaches and their clients—from executing high-impact email sequences to structuring offers that sell and building true wealth through the power of compounding. Key Topics Covered Drip Campaigns & Funnels that Convert Karl Bryan breaks down the anatomy of effective drip campaigns—using not just email, but texts, voicemails, calls, and even direct mail—to stay top of mind and drive prospects towards action. He emphasizes nurturing, education, and persistence over hard selling, revealing real-world examples of campaigns that generated over a million dollars in revenue. Building High-End Programs and Upsell Funnels Karl encourages coaches to help clients create tightly defined, high-ticket programs ($10k, $25k, $50k+) with robust profit margins. He explains the importance of segmenting audiences and tailoring drip sequences, stressing that coaches should study successful operators in competitive markets to shortcut their own learning. The Psychology of Offers Discussion includes using urgency, scarcity, guarantees, bonuses, and exclusivity to motivate buyers—drawing on real-world tactics from luxury brands and industry leaders. Investing Wisdom from Warren Buffett & Charlie Munger Karl unpacks Buffett's two rules—don't lose money; see Rule #1—and shares how the path to true wealth is rooted in patience, clear math, and avoiding movement for movement's sake. He links these principles to business coaching, stressing the power of compounding marginal gains in practice, career, and investment. Actionable Wealth Creation Strategies Explores practical frameworks for investing in business, stocks (S&P index), and real estate, emphasizing dollar cost averaging, critical thinking, and learning from bubbles/past mistakes. Notable Quotes "Performance improves by releasing tension, judgment, and overthinking—not by piling it on." "Educated people buy more. Educate your leads through that sequence of emails, texts, calls, voicemails, etc. It's not buy, buy, it's educate, educate, educate." "Persistence is a measure of your self-esteem. Do you persist? Do you feel like you deserve the business?" "Rule #1: Don't lose money. Rule #2: See Rule #1. Avoiding stupidity automatically places you in the top 1% because the rest of the crowd is too busy chasing brilliance." "Real wealth is built the old boring way, staying the course, math as the foundation." Actionable Takeaways Expand Your Drip Campaigns Beyond Email: Utilize a sequence of texts, voicemails, calls, and direct mail in addition to emails to maximize client engagement. Educate Relentlessly: Focus on teaching and adding value through every touchpoint. Selling comes after trust and knowledge are built. Create Tightly Defined High-End Offers: Help clients establish premium programs with clear outcomes and strong margins; research top players in competitive markets for proven frameworks. Test, Measure, and Refine: Track the performance of campaigns and offers, adjust based on data rather than gut feelings, and always aim for compounding marginal improvements. Motivate Action With Urgency & Scarcity: Build "windows of opportunity," enrollment periods, and limited-time bonuses to prompt decisions. Lead with Guarantees and Exclusivity: Structure guarantees (money-back, buyback, long-term, double-your-money-back) and consider exclusive tiers or bonuses to differentiate. Avoid Movement for Movement's Sake: Apply Buffett and Munger's principles: patience, compounding, and critical thinking beats frequent switching and chasing trends. Invest with Dollar Cost Averaging: For wealth outside business, consistently invest fixed amounts into the S&P index or bitcoin, regardless of market cycles, and avoid leverage. Segment Your Audience: Tailor messaging and offers based on client behaviors and demographics for better results. Prioritize Compounding Improvements: Focus on small gains across multiple areas—these add up exponentially in your business and wealth over time. Resources Mentioned Profit Acceleration Software™ (by Karl Bryan) Powerful tool for coaches to demonstrate instant ROI to prospects. AI Tools ChatGPT, Grok—suggested for generating campaign frameworks and optimizing messaging. Books The Inner Game of Tennis Key lessons on peak performance and mindset. Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook by Gary Vee Framework for providing value before selling. Thought Leaders Referenced Warren Buffett & Charlie Munger—investing, wealth creation Alex Hormozi—quantity discount strategies Michael Burry—The Big Short, investing critical thinking Peter Thiel—bitcoin's shifting competitive edge Focused.com Karl Bryan's resource hub for business coaching strategies and Profit Acceleration Software™ demos: https://go.focused.com/profit-acceleration The Six-Figure Coach Magazine Free subscription for actionable coaching insights: https://thesixfigurecoach.com/get-it If you enjoyed the episode, please subscribe, share with a fellow coach, and leave a review. See you next week on Business Coaching Secrets! Ready to take your coaching business and your wealth to the next level? Don't wait—visit Focused.com for more information on Profit Acceleration Software™ and join our community of high-performing coaches.

#podcast #progressive #politics #Democrats #Michigan #Trump #MAGA #Republicans #CorporateGreed #CorporateCorruption #GovernmentCorruption #LisaMcClain #PeterTheil #Oligarchy #SNAP #GovernmentShutdown #WorkingClass #Mamdani #Populism #Authoritarians #Democracy #LeftOfLansing Here's the Left of Lansing "Friday Short" for November 7, 2025. MAGA Michigan Republican Congresswoman Lisa McClain of the 9th Congressional District in the Thumb Region, admitted this week that she violated the Stock Act for the second time this year.  It seems McClain was late to disclose the large sums of money she and her husband made by placing large stock purchases on Palantir Technologies, which is co-founded by billionaire MAGA tech bro Peter Theil.  Seems interesting that while McClain is earning huge sums of cash thanks to her Government position, she's also joining MAGA Republicans in shutting down the government to hurt working class Americans.  Please, subscribe to the podcast, download each episode, and give it a good review if you can! leftoflansing@gmail.com Left of Lansing is now on YouTube as well! leftoflansing.com NOTES: "Michigan's McClain tells congressional clerk that she will avoid violating STOCK Act in the future." By Ben Solis of Michigan Advance

Robert answers the big question: who does Peter Thiel think the antichrist might be? And we learn about the time he considered cryonically freezing his own head after death. Check out Sarah’s new show here: https://link.mgln.ai/6Pab8jSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Subscribe to my new YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/@occultsymbolismOn today's episode of the Occult Symbolism and Pop Culture with Isaac Weishaupt podcast we're going to decode the odd statements and lectures being made by billionaire Peter Thiel in regards to what he believes the Antichrist is. We'll cover his New York Times interview with Ross Douthat and the secret lecture series he completed in October. We'll talk about hyperstition symbolism, boomers, Thiel fear of technology stagnation and unlocking immortality, Great Reset, Greta Thunberg, Rene Girard's mimetic theory and find out why these nerds are trying to kill us. (if you like that phrase I put it on the podcast super soft shirts you can still get at OccultSymbolism.com along with signed books and the best tasting mushroom infused coffee on the planet)Links:What is Dark Enlightenment Pt 1: USA New World Order, Magick, Angry Nerds & Curtis Yarvin! https://illuminatiwatcher.com/what-is-dark-enlightenment-pt-1-usa-new-world-order-magick-angry-nerds-curtis-yarvin/ISAAC'S ONE STOP SHOP- Rumble/YouTube, social media, coffee, shirts, signed books, audiobooks, shirts & more: AllMyLinks.com/IsaacWShow sponsors- Get discounts while you support the show and do a little self improvement!*CopyMyCrypto.com/Isaac is where you can copy James McMahon's crypto holdings- listeners get access for just $1 WANT MORE?... Check out my UNCENSORED show with my wife, Breaking Social Norms: https://breakingsocialnorms.com/GRIFTER ALLEY- get bonus content AND go commercial free + other perks:*PATREON.com/IlluminatiWatcher : ad free, HUNDREDS of bonus shows, early access AND TWO OF MY BOOKS! (The Dark Path and Kubrick's Code); you can join the conversations with hundreds of other show supporters here: Patreon.com/IlluminatiWatcher (*Patreon is also NOW enabled to connect with Spotify! https://rb.gy/hcq13)*VIP SECTION: Due to the threat of censorship, I set up a Patreon-type system through MY OWN website! IIt's even setup the same: FREE ebooks, Kubrick's Code video! Sign up at: https://illuminatiwatcher.com/members-section/*APPLE PREMIUM: If you're on the Apple Podcasts app- just click the Premium button and you're in! NO more ads, Early Access, EVERY BONUS EPISODE More from Isaac- links and special offers:*BREAKING SOCIAL NORMS podcast, Index of EVERY episode (back to 2014), Signed paperbacks, shirts, & other merch, Substack, YouTube links, appearances & more: https://allmylinks.com/isaacw *STATEMENT: This show is full of Isaac's useless opinions and presented for entertainment purposes. Audio clips used in Fair Use and taken from YouTube videos. 

In this episode, Peter Thiel joins Rusty Reno on The Editor's Desk to talk about his recently co-authored essay, "Voyages to the End of the World," from the November 2025 issue of the magazine.

Dimitri and Khalid speak with Brian Normand, Russell Hausfeld, and Brian Pace from the psychedelic watchdog group Psymposia about their excellent new 200+ page report, “The Psychedelic Syndicate”. Other topics discussed: how and why Psymposia became the psychedelic industry's anointed scapegoat after the FDA rejected MDMA-assisted therapy in 2024, Hamilton Morris's defamatory and weirdly misogynistic attacks on Psymposia in his recent Channel 5 interview, the rapid ascendance of a right-wing techno-capitalist psychedelic culture over the last 5-10 years, the billionaire-stuffed PSFC money network that took over MAPS, why handing Peter Thiel, Rebekah Mercer, and Kimbal Musk a for-profit psychedelic therapy monopoly in 2025 might be a bad idea, using military veterans as a sympathetic smokescreen to ram pseudoscientific Grofian therapeutic protocols through regulatory agencies, Steve Jurvetson's post-MeToo fever dreams of building an AI-assisted psychedelic pro-capitalist Burning Man Gaia religion, and what it's like facing a coordinated onslaught from the entheogenic mafia of MAPS/Esalen New Agers, Silicon Valley technofascists, one-shotted heirs of Great American Fortunes, duplicitous New York Times reporters, and astroturfed “veterans' groups” who are seeking to define and control the future of psychedelic use across the American empire. Read “The Psychedelic Syndicate” report here: https://www.psymposia.com/psychedelic-syndicate-executive-summary-silicon-valley-maps-lykos-mdma-fda-billionaires/ For access to premium SJ episodes, upcoming installments of DEMON FORCES, and the Grotto of Truth Discord, subscribe at https://patreon.com/subliminaljihad.

Zack Kanter is the founder and CEO of Stedi, an API-first healthcare clearinghouse. After bootstrapping a wildly profitable auto-parts business, he sold it to tackle "the most complicated problem" he'd ever encountered: business-to-business transaction exchange. He spent years building EDI infrastructure, threw away the entire codebase eight times, and found extraordinary traction in healthcare. Stedi recently raised a $70M Series B co-led by Stripe and Addition. In this conversation, Brett and Zack discuss why venture capital means "going pro," why execution is never actually a moat, and how "eating glass" became Stedi's competitive advantage. In today's episode, we discuss: How 16-year-old Zack turned $2,500 into a wholesale empire Why bootstrapping means being "constrained by capital" and how VC removes that ceiling Why Zack rebuilt their EDI product eight times before launch The snake swallowing a deer: what extreme product-market fit really looks like What software companies can learn from discount retail and Toyota Why Stedi's new hires are told "everything's your fault now" And much more Where to find Zack: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zkanter Twitter/X: https://x.com/zackkanter Where to find Brett: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brett-berson-9986094/ Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/brettberson Where to find First Round Capital: Website: https://firstround.com/ First Round Review: https://review.firstround.com/ Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/firstround YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FirstRoundCapital This podcast on all platforms: https://review.firstround.com/podcast References: Aetna: https://www.aetna.com/ Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/ AWS: https://aws.amazon.com/ Blue Cross Blue Shield: https://www.bcbs.com/ Change Healthcare: https://www.changehealthcare.com/ Cigna: https://www.cigna.com/ Clay: https://www.clay.com/ Costco: https://www.costco.com/ Ford Motor Company: https://www.ford.com/ GM: https://www.gm.com/ HIPAA overview (HHS): https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/index.html Jeff Bezos: https://x.com/JeffBezos Kanban / TPS (Toyota): https://global.toyota/en/company/vision-and-philosophy/production-system Microsoft Teams: https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-teams NetSuite: https://www.netsuite.com/ O'Reilly Auto Parts: https://www.oreillyauto.com/ Peter Thiel: https://x.com/peterthiel Porter's five forces: https://www.isc.hbs.edu/strategy/pages/the-five-forces.aspx "Reality has a surprising amount of detail": https://johnsalvatier.org/blog/2017/reality-has-a-surprising-amount-of-detail Slack: https://slack.com/ Stedi: https://www.stedi.com/ Summit Racing: https://www.summitracing.com/ Target: https://www.target.com/ Walmart: https://www.walmart.com/ Zapier: https://zapier.com/ Timestamps: (01:24) Zack's first business (08:54) Why the first customer is tricky (10:12) The downside of bootstrapping (11:42) Why venture capital is like “going pro” (14:20) The confusion between ownership vs. control (16:08) Building a company you don't want to leave (20:46) Do things better than other people (24:49) Stedi's early years (31:43) Physical vs. digital product-market fit (34:41) How Stedi scaled decision-making (40:08) Stedi's journey to product-market fit (45:22) Finding founder-approach fit (50:42) “All software is a cascade of miracles” (52:52) The surprising lessons from discount retail (57:50) How the Toyota production system influences software (1:01:31) What it means to be a high-agency person (1:03:09) The core trait Zack looks for when hiring (1:02:57) Maintaining conviction in unconventional practice (1:14:19) When should you start to hire managers? (1:17:42) “Reality has a surprising amount of detail”

In this engaging conversation, the fathers speak with Danielle Strachman and Michael Gibson about the evolving landscape of education, the importance of empowering young people, and the role of the Thiel Fellowship and 1517 Fund in supporting innovative thinkers. They discuss the significance of creativity, emotional intelligence, and the impact of AI on education, while also sharing personal insights and advice for parents on fostering independence and exploration in their children. Follow Danielle: X - https://x.com/DStrachman Follow Michael: X - https://x.com/William_Blake The 1517 Fund: https://www.1517fund.com/

If money is supposed to make you happy, then why do tech billionaires like Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and Marc Andreessen seem so miserably angry? That's the question at the heart of Jacob Silverman's new book, Gilded Rage, an expose of Silicon Valley's angry plutocracy. The weird thing is that a lot of these billionaires behave little differently from the apoplectic lumpen commentariat on X or Reddit. Sure, they might own X, but they share all the right-wing conspiracy theories infecting the online mob - from trollish racism and anti-semitism to a bro style paranoia about female power. According to Silverman, their rage is a form of exhaustion with the world itself. These men don't just want to own everything—they want to exit society entirely, by inventing new cities, buying private islands, and founding Martian colonies. Unlike the Gilded Age robber barons who happily built universities and libraries, today's miserable tech elites sit in their palatial basements and rage against society. Maybe we should take away their money. It might cheer them up. 1. The Radicalization is Real and Different This isn't just typical Silicon Valley disruption rhetoric. Silverman argues we're witnessing an unprecedented fusion of corporate power and government under Trump, with tech CEOs like Musk acting as virtual co-candidates rather than mere donors. Unlike previous eras of money in politics, this represents CEOs directly occupying the political stage.2. Childhood Trauma Shapes Billionaire Rage Musk's abusive upbringing in apartheid South Africa, Thiel's grievances dating back to Stanford, and personal family conflicts (like Musk's estrangement from his trans daughter) have profoundly shaped these men's worldviews. Their “woke mind virus” obsession often traces directly to feeling their children have been turned against them by progressive institutions.3. The Apartheid Connection Matters The South African origins of key PayPal mafia members—Musk, Thiel, and David Sacks—isn't coincidental. Growing up in a “highly engineered chauvinist racist society” has influenced their authoritarian instincts, comfort with hierarchy, and reactionary politics. Musk's companies have faced multiple racial discrimination lawsuits, suggesting these patterns persist.4. They're Literary Fundamentalists, Not Intellectuals These billionaires obsessively reference science fiction and fantasy (Musk's Asimov fixation, Thiel's endless Tolkien companies), but they read these works as blueprints rather than allegories. They lack humor, self-reflection, and genuine intellectual growth—Thiel still complains about the same grievances from his 1995 book “The Diversity Myth.”5. There's No Liberal Tech Counterweight Don't expect Tim Cook, Reid Hoffman, or other supposedly progressive tech leaders to mount serious opposition. Most are opportunists going along to get along, while others have their own scandals (Hoffman's Epstein connections). The choice isn't between left and right tech elites, but between an active right-wing faction and a passive center-right majority.Keen On America is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit keenon.substack.com/subscribe

Interview recorded - 4th of November, 2025On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of welcoming back Michael Green. Michael is the portfolio manager & chief strategist of Simplify. During our conversation we spoke about his outlook on the economy, the government shutdown, next FED chair, tariffs, geopolitics and more. I hope you enjoy!0:00 - Introduction1:45 - Outlook on the economy?4:35 - Government shutdown6:03 - Credit spreads increasing?8:39 - FED actions10:17 - Next FED chair?13:15 - Trump communications14:37 -Tariffs18:05 - Capital flight19:12 - Geopolitical play23:15 - Chinese missteps24:55 - Shift of the US Empire27:30 - Political institutions29:28 - Strategic investments31:55 - One message to takeaway from conversation?Michael has been a student of markets and market structure, for nearly 30 years. His proprietary research into the shift from actively managed portfolios and investment funds to systematic passive investment strategies has been presented to the Federal Reserve, the BIS, the IMF and numerous other industry groups and associations.Michael joined Simplify in April 2021 after serving as Chief Strategist and Portfolio Manager for Logica Capital Advisers, LLC. Prior to Logica, Michael managed macro strategies at Thiel Macro, LLC, an investment firm that manages the personal capital of Peter Thiel. Prior to Thiel, Michael founded Ice Farm Capital, a discretionary global macro hedge fund seeded by Soros Fund Management. From 2006-2014, Michael founded and managed the New York office of Canyon Capital Advisors, a $23B multi-strategy hedge fund based in Los Angeles, CA, where he established their global macro strategies, managing in excess of $5B of exposure across equity, credit, FX, commodity and derivative markets.In addition to his work as a market theorist and portfolio manager, Michael has been noted for his work as a public speaker and financial media participant. He is a graduate of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a CFA holder.Michael Green - Substack - https://www.yesigiveafig.com/Twitter - https://twitter.com/profplum99LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-green-9a15142/Simplify - https://www.simplify.us/WTFinance -Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wtfinancee/Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/67rpmjG92PNBW0doLyPvfniTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wtfinance/id1554934665?uo=4Twitter - https://twitter.com/AnthonyFatseasThumbnail image from - https://finance.yahoo.com/video/3-drivers-behind-mondays-market-133332442.html

Bell Curve author joins the intellectual mob (Peter Thiel, Jordan Peterson, Ross Douthat et al) and finds GodCharles Murray, the infamous co-author of the Bell Curve, has joined the crowd and is Taking Religion Seriously. But what if God doesn't take him seriously—or worse, finds his work on cognitive elites sufficiently annoying to sentence him to give powerpoint presentations on IQ for eternity? Murray doesn't seem too stressed by these Dantesque scenarios. Instead, he's eager to keep up with his Quaker wife, Catherine Bly Cox, who has taken religion far more seriously than Murray himself. Even Murray's discovery of God feels slightly detached and skeptical—as if the social scientist is laughing at himself for doing such an unverifiable and perhaps even low IQ thing. So if Murray can't take his own faith seriously, why should God—or fellow skeptics of today's mob fashion for religion—take him any more seriously? 1. The Intellectual Zeitgeist Has Shifted on Religion Twenty years ago, the New Atheists (Dawkins, Dennett, Hitchens) dominated intellectual discourse. Today, figures from Peter Thiel to Jordan Peterson to Ross Douthat are taking religion seriously again. Murray sees this as the West emerging from “intellectual adolescence”—no longer assuming our Enlightenment parents were wrong about everything.2. Science Has Flipped from Religion's Enemy to Its Unexpected Ally For centuries, scientific discoveries (evolution, psychology, astronomy) delivered body blows to religious belief. But Murray argues that 20th-century science—from the Big Bang to near-death experiences to the hard problem of consciousness—has created new mysteries that materialism can't explain but religion can. We've moved from a “god of the gaps” to genuine scientific anomalies that challenge pure materialism.3. Spiritual Sensitivity Is a Trait, Not an Achievement Murray believes sensitivity to spiritual matters is like musical ability or artistic appreciation—a genetically grounded continuum from low to high. His wife has access to spiritual insights he doesn't. This isn't about intelligence (both Christopher Hitchens and Francis Collins are brilliant) but about a distinct cognitive capacity. Smart people at Harvard don't believe because they lack this trait, not because they're smarter.4. Murray Is Chasing His Wife's Faith (and Losing) Catherine Bly Cox began her religious journey after feeling she loved their baby “more than evolution required”—sensing she was a conduit for mysterious, superfluous love. Her faith has slowly evolved “like a light on a rheostat.” Murray, the empiricist, can't access what she experiences. He's stuck investigating historicity and near-death experiences while she explores meaning and the human condition. He's envious but can't catch up.5. Murray Won't Apologize for The Bell Curve—Even to God When pressed about whether guilt over his controversial work might motivate his religious turn, Murray was emphatic: “Not the slightest. I am not only proud of the bell curve, I think that the bell curve contains the germ of a lot of the arguments I've been making to you today.” He insists God cannot be anthropomorphized or placed on an IQ scale. But his refusal to reckon with how his life's work might look from a divine perspective—or from the perspective of Christian love and universal human dignity—suggests his religious journey remains fundamentally intellectual rather than transformative. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit keenon.substack.com/subscribe

Robert sits down with Sarah Marshall to discuss just what Peter Thiel believes about the antichrist and who he thinks is destroying the world. (2 Part Series)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

At Donald Trump's inauguration earlier this year, the returning president made a striking break from tradition. The seats closest to the president – typically reserved for family – went instead to the most powerful tech CEOs in the world: Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos and Sundar Pichai. Between them, these men run some of the most profitable companies in history. And over the past two decades, they've used that wealth to reshape our public sphere.But this felt different. This wasn't discreet backdoor lobbying or a furtive effort to curry favour with an incoming administration. These were some of the most influential men in the world quite literally aligning themselves with the world's most powerful politician – and his increasingly illiberal ideology.Carole Cadwalladr has been tracking the collision of technology and politics for years. She's the investigative journalist who broke the Cambridge Analytica story, exposing how Facebook data may have been used to manipulate elections. Now, she's arguing that what we're witnessing goes beyond monopoly power or even traditional oligarchy. She calls it techno-authoritarianism – a fusion of Trump's authoritarian political project with the technological might of Silicon Valley.So I wanted to have her on to make the case for why she believes Big Tech isn't just complicit in authoritarianism, but is actively enabling it.Mentioned:The First Great Disruption 2016-2024, by Carole CadwalladrTrump Taps Palantir to Compile Data on Americans, by Sheera Frenkel and Aaron Krolik (New York Times)This is What a Digital Coup Looks Like, by Carole Cadwalladr (TED)The Nerve NewsMachines Like Us is produced by Mitchell Stuart. Our theme song is by Chris Kelly. Video editing by Emily Graves. Our executive producer is James Milward. Special thanks to Angela Pacienza and the team at The Globe and Mail.Support for Machines Like Us is provided by CIFAR and the Max Bell School of Public Policy at McGill University. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Anu Lingala is a trend strategist and founder of the must-read Substack, WHAT'S ANU. We get a crash course in trend forecasting methodology, and then move on to who killed cool, the collapse of the irony/sincerity cycle, why people are trying to escape being seen by brands, Anu's new theory on “trend bipolarity,” why we need to return to the basics of brand strategy, Anthony Bourdain, shareholder value, the Grimace shake, Peter Thiel, and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bitcoin just survived its first red October since 2018 — but “Moonvember” might melt faces. The Fed's quietly bailing out the system, Trump's calling for crypto dominance, and Peter Thiel says Bitcoin's done. He's wrong. The next bull market isn't coming… it's already here.SPONSORS✅ Ledn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.nmj1gs2i.com/8LJN3/9B9DM/?source_id=podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Simply Bitcoin clients get 0.25% off their first loanNeed liquidity without selling your Bitcoin? Ledn has been the trusted Bitcoin-backed lending platform for 6+ years. Access your BTC's value while HODLing.

Agradece a este podcast tantas horas de entretenimiento y disfruta de episodios exclusivos como éste. ¡Apóyale en iVoox! En este fascinante episodio exploramos los territorios más extraños de nuestro tiempo: desde la nueva carrera espacial que convertirá la Luna en una gasolinera cósmica sin leyes que la regulen, hasta el fenómeno global de más de 400 millones de personas abandonando las religiones organizadas en apenas dos décadas. Analizamos la delirante teoría de Candace Owens sobre Elon Musk, Sam Altman y Peter Thiel como "híbridos no humanos", desentrañamos el viral caso de la misteriosa "Mujer de Torenza" que supuestamente llegó de un país inexistente, y cerramos con una revelación inquietante: la ciencia demuestra que una parte considerable de tus recuerdos de infancia son completamente falsos. Tu memoria no es un archivo, es un narrador poco fiable que reescribe constantemente tu pasado sin que te des cuenta. Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

Un épisode en 3 temps où on découvre d'abord les suggestions de lectures de la prof de philo féministe Mélissa Thériault Katrie Chagnon et Catherine Lavoie-Marcus viennent nous présenter le #290 de Spirale: Danse et dépense Et au coeur de cet épisode, la plongée de Godefroy Laurendeau dans le monde l'IA, de ses balbutiements dans les années 40 à l'éclatement de la bulle spéculative qui semble poindre devant nous. En prime, des voix de robots complètement psychotroniques !

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On free speech, the tech right, and politicisation. Geoff Shullenberger, managing editor at Compact, joins Alex and George to talk about Peter Thiel, René Girard, victimhood and the antichrist. Does it make sense to talk of "right-wing cancel culture"? Is it different from the left's? Is countercultural trolling in tension with "defending Western civilisation"? What does René Girard argue about mimesis and scapegoating? Why have his theories become popular? Is right-populism still politicising? How does it relate to libertarian anti-politics and hard-right militarisation? How has Silicon Valley libertarianism adapted to the new state-capitalist disposition? For the full episode, subscribe at patreon.com/bungacast Links: René Girard and the Rise of Victim Power, Geoff Shullenberger, Compact The Real Stakes, and Real Story, of Peter Thiel's Antichrist Obsession, Laura Bullard, Wired The Faith of Nick Land, Geoff Shullenberger, Compact

How will the rise of the Antichrist ultimately come about? The topic is usually reserved for theologians, but given recent events in our generation, the topic is gaining conversation among regular people who are wondering about just how things will happen? How is it possible that a single ruler will by the acclaim of the whole earth come to rule a government over everything? Let's talk about that.Nathan A. Finn, “Back to gender reality for Gen Z,” October 24, 2025.Jerry Bowyer, “Peter Thiel talks about the Antichrist,” October 23, 2025.Josh Grover, “Humans are not mere animals,” October 22, 2025.Eric Patterson, “Zohran Mamdani's civic immorality,” October 22, 2025.

As Ireland square up to the All Blacks at the weekend, we are all New Zealand this week, podcasting from the edge of the world, Richie McCaw's old stomping Christchurch, New Zealand. We explore why the world's richest men are turning NZ's quiet and beautiful South Island into their apocalypse insurance policy. Peter Thiel has bought hundreds of acres near Lake Wānaka, joining a wave of tech billionaires building bunkers at the bottom of the planet. They call it resilience; it looks a lot like retreat. From Victorian settlers fleeing moral decay to modern tech evangelists escaping the society they built, New Zealand has always drawn utopians convinced the world is ending somewhere else. We trace the country's shift from colonial outpost to libertarian life raft, unpacking The Sovereign Individual, the book that shaped Silicon Valley's doomsday economics. A journey through empire, ideology, and the strange new faith that the future belongs only to those who can afford to escape. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why do tech oligarchs keep proclaiming that the end is nigh? From Elon Musk warning of the civilizational-level threat of the “woke mind virus,” to Marc Andreessen declaring that “any deceleration of AI will cost lives,” to Peter Thiel's fixation with the Antichrist, billionaires are insistent that the stakes of their ventures are nothing less than apocalyptic. To better understand the paranoia of Silicon Valley overlords, Travis, Jake, and Julian are joined by Chris Marquis, Sinyi Professor of Chinese Management at the University of Cambridge and author of the book The Profiteers: How Business Privatizes Profits and Socializes Costs. Christopher Marquis https://chrismarquis.com/ Christopher Marquis at Jacobin https://jacobin.com/author/christopher-marquis The Profiteers: How Business Privatizes Profits and Socializes Costs https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-profiteers-how-business-privatizes-profits-and-socializes-costs-christopher-marquis/ecaf3d412fe119c2 Subscribe for $5 a month to get all the premium QAA episodes: https://www.patreon.com/qaa The first two episodes of Annie Kelly's new podcast miniseries “Truly, Tradly, Deeply” will be released on the Cursed Media podcast network on the 29th of October. www.cursedmedia.net/ Cursed Media subscribers also get access to every episode of every QAA miniseries we produced, including Manclan by Julian Feeld and Annie Kelly, Trickle Down by Travis View, The Spectral Voyager by Jake Rockatansky and Brad Abrahams, and Perverts by Julian Feeld and Liv Agar. Plus, Cursed Media subscribers will get access to at least three new exclusive podcast miniseries every year. www.cursedmedia.net/ Editing by Corey Klotz. Theme by Nick Sena. Additional music by Pontus Berghe. Theme Vocals by THEY/LIVE (https://instagram.com/theyylivve / https://sptfy.com/QrDm). Cover Art by Pedro Correa: (https://pedrocorrea.com) https://qaapodcast.com QAA was known as the QAnon Anonymous podcast. SOURCES Inside tech billionaire Peter Thiel's off-the-record lectures about the antichrist https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/10/peter-thiel-lectures-antichrist Inside billionaire Peter Thiel's private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist' and U.S. destruction https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/10/10/peter-thiel-antichrist-lectures-leaked/ The Techno-Optimist Manifesto - Marc Andreessen https://a16z.com/the-techno-optimist-manifesto/

The Restless communications department insisted on this title—where we talk about evil, the Antichrist, Peter Thiel, and yes, you. Our culture is obsessed with evil, but often in the wrong ways. In this episode, we explore a modern twist on Pascal's Wager that urges people to turn to God because of the reality of evil. Then we react to Peter Thiel's recent comments about the Antichrist before turning to Scripture and Calvin to see what they actually say on the subject. (With a title like this, we should be able to avoid future prepared statements.) You can find peter Theil's interview with the New York Times here. Restless would love your support on patreon and thats where you will learn why Matt had to release a statement on Liquid death. Join our patreon for bonus episodes every single week! You can follow this podcast all over the internet. twitter,   instagram.    or facebook Or email us at restlesspodcasting@gmail.com

【欢迎订阅】 每天早上5:30，准时更新。 【阅读原文】 标题：Why Tech Bros Are Getting Face-Lifts Now正文：Tech is a young person's game. In a 2024 talk, Keith Rabois recounted advice his fellow investor Peter Thiel once gave him: “You can't hire anyone over 30.” It's unsurprising, then, that men in tech are increasingly spending thousands of dollars on procedures such as “mini face-lifts,” neck lifts and eyelid lifts to beat the signs of aging, according to plastic surgeons. Yes, the latest addition to the tech-bro look is a brand-new face.知识点：recount v. /rɪˈkaʊnt/To tell someone about something, especially something you have experienced. 叙述；讲述；描述• He recounted his adventures in the Amazon jungle. 他讲述了自己在亚马孙丛林中的探险经历。• Witnesses recounted what they had seen during the accident. 目击者讲述了他们在事故中所看到的情况。获取外刊的完整原文以及精讲笔记，请关注微信公众号「早安英文」，回复“外刊”即可。更多有意思的英语干货等着你！ 【节目介绍】 《早安英文-每日外刊精读》，带你精读最新外刊，了解国际最热事件：分析语法结构，拆解长难句，最接地气的翻译，还有重点词汇讲解。 所有选题均来自于《经济学人》《纽约时报》《华尔街日报》《华盛顿邮报》《大西洋月刊》《科学杂志》《国家地理》等国际一线外刊。 【适合谁听】 1、关注时事热点新闻，想要学习最新最潮流英文表达的英文学习者 2、任何想通过地道英文提高听、说、读、写能力的英文学习者 3、想快速掌握表达，有出国学习和旅游计划的英语爱好者 4、参加各类英语考试的应试者（如大学英语四六级、托福雅思、考研等） 【你将获得】 1、超过1000篇外刊精读课程，拓展丰富语言表达和文化背景 2、逐词、逐句精确讲解，系统掌握英语词汇、听力、阅读和语法 3、每期内附学习笔记，包含全文注释、长难句解析、疑难语法点等，帮助扫除阅读障碍。

This week, Jason and Matt go deep into the nature of reality itself with researcher Mark Gober. A former Silicon Valley partner and author of the An End to... "Upside Down" book series, Gober brings a data-driven case for the single most revolutionary—and dangerous—idea in the world: the brain does not create consciousness; it's a receiver for it. We explore how the entire establishment control system—from technocracy to the medical priesthood—is built on the opposite, "materialist" assumption: that you are a fragile meat-computer, a random accident living in a dead universe, and under constant attack from invisible threats. This is the foundation of the state's fear narrative, a narrative that makes a population powerless, obedient, and easy to control. This conversation shatters that old paradigm. If we are an interface for consciousness, who—or what—is transmitting the signal? Where does our "inner monologue" actually come from? We discuss the flawed "humanism" of tech billionaires like Peter Thiel, asking if "uploading" a mind to a computer is even possible, or if it's a technocratic pipe dream. The discussion goes further, exploring the undeniable intelligence of plants and the mycelial network, the mind-bending evidence from water crystallization experiments suggesting water responds to emotion, and the deep relationship between language and reality itself. This was a beautiful and profoundly optimistic conversation—a complete white pill from start to finish. We discuss where the latest, most cutting-edge science on Near-Death Experiences is now converging with the oldest spiritual teachings on the planet. This isn't just a philosophical conversation; it's a blueprint for the liberation of humanity. If we can unplug from the technocrat's fear frequency and tap into this shared reality, the entire "us vs. them" control system becomes obsolete. (Length: 1:04:08) Click Here to Support TFTP. Mark's Website: https://www.markgober.com/ Mark's Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4ejBG3cGHTok592813S9Ih Mark on Twitter: https://x.com/MarkGoberAuthor Mark on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/markgober_author

A daily quote to inspire the mind, gratitude to warm the soul, and guided breathing to energize the body. Quote: "Every startup is small at the start. Every monopoly dominates a large share of its market. Therefore, every startup should start with a very small market. Always err on the side of starting too small." - Peter Theil. Gratitude: For all the colors of the world that make life so much brighter than it would be otherwise. Guided Breathing: Equal Breathing. Visit TheDailyRefresh.com to share your unique piece of gratitude which will be featured on an upcoming episode, and make sure to watch the tutorial of how to make The Daily Refresh part of your Alexa Flash Briefings! Call to action: If you're interested in launching your very own Podcast, visit FreePodcastCourse.com/ and this completely free training will teach you EVERYTHING you need to know! So visit FreePodcastCourse.com.

Cameron Zoub is the Co-founder and CGO of Whop. Whop is a social commerce platform designed for creators, entrepreneurs, and small businesses to build, market, and sell products online. Whop is backed by Peter Thiel, Kevin O'leary and Cory Levy. Build apps with Whop - https://docs.whop.com/apps/introduction/?a=thebrettway Launch your business on Whop today - https://whop.com/sell/?a=thebrettway Guest: Cameron Zoub Twitter - https://x.com/czoob3 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/camzoub/?hl=en Timestamps 0:00 finding an Idea 2:30 Finding a partner 4:58 Building your MVP 7:10 Getting your first users 19:55 Guerilla sales tactics 23:26 When to raise money and why 29:11 Scaling to $100M in revenue 37:44 Habits, routine and health 44:58 Mentality of moving fast 47:38 What drives you to go through pain 57:59 Intuition and spirituality in business

Members of the administration, like Stephen Miller, who spend hours every day kissing Trump's ass look so pathetic—but since the time of the ancients, courtiers have gone to great lengths to degrade themselves before the vain and vindictive. And one lesson for the ages is to not compromise with an extortionist: it will only lead to more extortion and more pressure because the extortionist wants everything. Meanwhile, Elon's brain is broken, Peter Thiel spends too much time at dinner parties, Trump's media diet allows no time for presidential reflection, and authoritarians can be seductive. Plus, Tim sees the redistricting fight looking better for Democrats, and argues that the best way to shut down the talk of a decrepit Trump running in ‘28 is to make sure the Dems win the House in 2026. Ryan Holiday joins Tim Miller for the weekend pod.  show notes Ryan's new book, "Wisdom Takes Work"  Ryan's book, "Conspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue" Tim and JVL's interview with Ryan about being a dad The Daily Stoic Podcast Tim's playlist

The boys are joined by Christy McGillivray, the Executive Director of Voters Not Politicians, to discuss the Michiganders for Money Out of Politics ballot petition, the hostility of wealth to democracy, the "dark enlightenment" and Peter Thiel, and much more. If you want to support the ballot initiative, check it out here: https://mopupmichigan.orgPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/headintheofficepodHITO Merch: https://headintheoffice.com/ Get 40% off Ground News: https://ground.news/checkout/all?fpr=headintheoffice YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4iJ-UcnRxYnaYsX_SNjFJQTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@headintheoffice?lang=enInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/headintheoffice/Twitter: https://twitter.com/headintheofficeBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/headintheoffice.bsky.social Discord: https://discord.gg/hito Collab inquiries: headintheofficepod@gmail.com

In this week's Ag Tribes Report, host Vance Crowe is joined by dairy farmer and Bitcoiner JR Burdick for a fast-paced tour through the biggest stories shaping agriculture. They unpack President Trump's viral post urging ranchers to lower beef prices and the backlash from cattle producers who point to low herd size, packer settlements, and market volatility driven by political posts. Then they dig into the looming SNAP crunch amid the government shutdown, how an AWS outage jammed up harvest logistics and farmgate payments, and the partial reopening of FSA offices to process $3B in producer payments—plus the real-world cash flow pinch for beginning farmers. JR also delivers the Bitcoin Land Price Report, shares why he's bullish on both land and Bitcoin, and explains practical resiliency lessons from a payments outage. We close with his Peter Thiel paradox—Gen Z's push to rebuild rural “place” over “career”—and a candid look at rebuilding community, selling raw milk and pastured pork, and accepting Bitcoin on the farm. JR's farm: nourishingfamilyfarm.com and @jrcowfarmer on X.Legacy Interviews - A service that records individuals and couples telling their life stories so that future generations can know their family history. https://www.legacyinterviews.com/experienceRiver.com - Invest in Bitcoin with Confidence https://river.com/signup?r=OAB5SKTPPurchase Bitcoin on River to support the show: https://river.com/invite?r=OAB5SKTP

One of the hottest events in San Francisco over the past couple of months was a lecture series by tech billionaire Peter Thiel – in which he preached about those he thinks are “legionnaires of the Antichrist.” Thiel has shared his Christian viewpoints publicly and is a longtime supporter of conservative politicians. But in these talks, he asserts that those who are pro-regulation are also against God. The lectures were off the record, but Gerrit De Vynck and other reporters at The Post obtained leaked recordings of them. Today on “Post Reports,” Gerrit shares these recordings with host Colby Itkowitz and unpacks what Thiel's argument says about tech's growing power and ambition during the second Trump administration.Today's show was produced by Sabby Robinson. It was edited by Laura Benshoff and mixed by Sean Carter. Subscribe to The Washington Post here.

Tech billionaire Peter Thiel is no cuck philanthropist. The co-founder of Palantir is leading his company at the bleeding edge of mass surveillance, facial recognition, predictive policing, and AI-assisted warfare. He also fancies himself a political player, responsible for funding his protege, JD Vance, to a heartbeat away from the presidency. Considering this CV, the announcement that Thiel would give a series of four lectures on the AntiChrist was puzzling.  Why would a tech-bro with a notoriously awkward and inarticulate speaking style hold forth on religious prophecy? Or would this be a coming out party, where he would finally confirm his alliance with Satan? Now that the lectures have happened, we can finally tell you—and later, we'll frame it in the context of Thiel's mentor, René Girard. Show Notes Inside tech billionaire Peter Thiel's off-the-record lectures about the antichrist It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel Is Losing It Battling to the End: Conversations with Benoît Chantre: René Girard I See Satan Fall Like Lightning: René Girard “A Geometry of Desire: René Girard's Mimetic Theory, Part 1.”: John Ganz “The Iron Triangle: René Girard's Mimetic Theory, Part 2.”: John Ganz “Escaping the Kingdom of Futility: René Girard's Mimetic Theory, Part 3.”: John Ganz “The Cure for Envy: René Girard's Mimetic Theory, Part 4.”: John Ganz Know Your Enemy Ep 87, featuring John Ganz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Brad Onishi dives into the ideological roots of one of Peter Thiel's most significant ventures, Palantir. Drawing from Thiel's reflections on Leo Strauss's philosophy and the aftermath of 9/11, Onishi explores how Palantir embodies a tech-driven strategy for national defense. The discussion extends to Thiel's collaborations with figures like Alex Karp and how their collective efforts align with a vision of Western superiority, national security, and technological dominance. This episode also touches on the broader implications of Palantir's integration into U.S. government and surveillance, raising crucial questions about civil liberties and geopolitical strategies. www.axismundi.us www.swaj.supercast.com #peterthiel #news #trump #armageddon #antichrist #palantir #ice #theology #philosophy #politics #religion #tech Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kara and Scott discuss more schools saying no to Trump's college “compact,” the No Kings protests, and the AWS outage. Then, Trump's promise to slash Ozempic prices sends GLP-1 stocks tumbling. Plus, AI czar David Sacks picks a fight with Anthropic over AI regulation — and Peter Thiel warns of the Antichrist. We're going on tour! Get tickets at ⁠pivottour.com. ⁠Watch this episode on the ⁠⁠⁠Pivot YouTube channel⁠⁠⁠. Follow us on Instagram and Threads at ⁠⁠⁠@pivotpodcastofficial⁠⁠⁠. Follow us on Bluesky at ⁠⁠⁠@pivotpod.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on TikTok at ⁠⁠⁠@pivotpodcast⁠⁠⁠. Send us your questions by calling us at 855-51-PIVOT, or email ⁠pivot@voxmedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

-- On the Show: -- Seven million people join nationwide No Kings protests as Donald Trump and MAGA figures panic over the growing anti-Trump movement -- Donald Trump posts AI videos showing planes dumping feces on Harry Sisson after millions protest him, revealing his anger and fear -- Republicans ignore years of warnings about climate, economy, healthcare, and democracy, leaving the country to face preventable crises -- Karoline Leavitt calls Democrats terrorists, illegal aliens, and criminals on Fox News, showcasing the GOP's slide into open bigotry -- Donald Trump slurs words and sits down mid-event, raising new questions about his health and exposing media double standards -- America's crumbling infrastructure, inequality, and decaying democracy are symptoms of state failure under Trump -- Katherine Boyle, a powerful venture capitalist tied to J.D. Vance and Peter Thiel, quietly builds MAGA influence through Silicon Valley -- Donald Trump rants aboard Air Force One declaring decisions “up to me,” insults reporters, and reveals ignorance about global events -- Donald Trump invents adoring supporters and imaginary black women in Chicago to cope with declining popularity and public rejection -- On the Bonus Show: Trump commutes the sentence of disgraced former Congressman George Santos, right-wing commentators react to No Kings 2, Benny Johnson suggests Obama and Hillary indictments are next, and much more...