Robert F. Kennedy Jr., every mention
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All-In 367
TBPN 32
American Optimist 17
BigDeal 11
My First Million 6
How I Built This 4
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All-In 367
TBPN 32
American Optimist 17
BigDeal 11
My First Million 6
How I Built This 4
the a16z Podcast 3
20VC 3
Innovators & Investors 1
Sourcery 1
Big Technology 1
Verbatim, from the transcripts: passages where Robert F. Kennedy Jr. comes up on All-In, TBPN, American Optimist, BigDeal, My First Million
E159: The Bestie Awards! Recapping the best and worst of 2023
- ▶ 9:58 Jason Calacanis Vivek, RFK, and Dean Phillips being, I think the three leading candidates.
- ▶ 17:18 Chamath Palihapitiya A domestic choice, and I think it's quite obvious, but the biggest political surprises are of Kennedy, Robert F. 4 times in the scene
Tucker Carlson: State of America, leaving Fox News, Media Control, Politics, and more
- ▶ 59:53 Chamath Palihapitiya Just tell us, I'm just really curious what you think about RFK, Biden, Trump,
- ▶ 1:02:47 Chamath Palihapitiya RFK, Vivek, Trump. 2 times in the scene
In conversation with Dean Phillips
- ▶ 24:27 David Sacks We, we saw that happen with RFK jr. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 27:29 Dean Phillips RFK as a, as an independent, by the way, I think he should be. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:23:17 David Sacks If RFK Jr. is trying to bring back the Democratic Party of, say, the 19 sixties, the party of John F. 4 times in the scene
Jared Kushner: Israel-Hamas War, paths forward, macro picture, AI
- ▶ 1:07:02 David Sacks I've seen RFK Junior's videos on there.
E148: McCarthy ousted, border chaos, Cruise's robotaxi "accident" & more
- ▶ 30:46 David Sacks And we've seen numerous videos, it wasn't just Elon, when RFK went down there to Yuma, Arizona.
E146: Did the Fed break the VC model? Plus IPOs, M&A, revaluing unicorns & more
- ▶ 4:31 Chamath Palihapitiya For it to be RFK and Biden in a debate and then Trump and Vivek in a debate so that I could really figure out between RFK and Vivek who I would like to vote for. 5 times in the scene
All-In Summit: In conversation with Brian Armstrong
- ▶ 24:52 Jason Calacanis I mean, I know RFK seems to be, right? 2 times in the scene
All-In Summit: In conversation with Graham Allison
- ▶ 27:47 Graham Allison And I know you guys, I saw earlier, did the question for Robert,
- ▶ 33:03 Chamath Palihapitiya You, uh, you mentioned this RFK clip.
All-In Summit: Ro Khanna on China, political reform, major challenges facing the US and more
- ▶ 24:04 David Friedberg Why, why has Vivek and RFK, which we had on the program, resonated with the American public to such an amazing extent, and what do you think of each of those individuals?
In conversation with Chris Christie
- ▶ 13:53 David Friedberg Yeah, it's actually RFK Suns, uh, very big into the pod.
- ▶ 1:47:16 Chamath Palihapitiya People are, I think RFK and Vivek scratch it, but I think you could nail it if you take it and want to run with it.
- ▶ 1:52:42 Chamath Palihapitiya RFK and by Vivek, and I think it's going to put a lot of pressure and by Trump, and I think it's going to put a lot of pressure on Biden, and it's going to put a lot of pressure on the other Republican nominees, uh, to cut through the…
- ▶ 2:04:11 Jason Calacanis So that leaves me with RFK on one side and it leaves me with Nikki Haley and, um, Christie on the other side. 2 times in the scene
E143: Nvidia smashes earnings, Arm walks the plank, M&A market, Vivek dominates GOP debate & more
- ▶ 1:04:20 David Sacks There could be a real debate because RFK Jr. has really different ideas, and he would like to take the party in a very different direction.
- ▶ 1:19:01 Jason Calacanis Is that we're moving from traditional media defining these candidates to direct to consumer, direct through Twitter slash acts, direct through podcasts, this podcast included, making people like RFK and Vivek, you know, very palatable… 3 times in the scene
E142: "Rich Men North of Richmond" hits #1, upward mobility, real estate capital crunch, Trump RICO
- ▶ 31:35 David Sacks That would have improved the situation for working class Americans, and we didn't do it, and you compound that with, again, all these elite failures around things like COVID, around things like foreign wars, and let's add to this the…
- ▶ 1:22:47 Chamath Palihapitiya RFK or Vivek. 2 times in the scene
In conversation with Vivek Ramaswamy
- ▶ 1:41:36 Jason Calacanis RFK versus Vivek. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:42:32 Jason Calacanis So now we have three non-traditional candidates in the mix, Trump, Vivek, and RFK, and they all are shoot from the hip. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:45:37 David Friedberg Trump, RFK, and by the way, the higher the magnitude of that statement, the more appealing the candidate is.
- ▶ 1:48:00 David Friedberg Are you still in RFK's camp? 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:56:37 Jason Calacanis RFK knows how to do it. 5 times in the scene
E137: Inflation cools, market rips, Ripple/MSFT beat regulators, NATO summit, cocktails of youth
- ▶ 41:29 David Sacks RFK Jr. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 49:13 David Sacks Well, I paraphrased a line from RFK Jr. who was paraphrasing a line from JFK, which is he wants to shout out the CIA into a thousand pieces and scatter to the winds. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 58:18 Chamath Palihapitiya RFK. 2 times in the scene
E136: Hacking the pod, Threads launches, Fed minutes, immigration, balloon farce, heart health
- ▶ 58:10 Chamath Palihapitiya At our fundraiser, RFK talked about the the border because he went there. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:16:59 Chamath Palihapitiya I would encourage people to listen to that RFK clip where he describes
E135: Wagner rebels, SCOTUS ends AA, AI M&A, startups gone bad, spacetime warps & more
- ▶ 1:24:41 Chamath Palihapitiya Freeberg, I actually, I posted a clip of RFK talking about vaccines. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:26:21 Chamath Palihapitiya But you're saying some folks, Heisman does because of our support of RFK?
E134: Ukraine counteroffensive, China tensions, COVID Patient Zero, RFK Jr reaction & more
- ▶ 30:03 Jason Calacanis I mean, he literally said the quiet part out loud, and I'll just quote, because he was criticizing you and Chamath, uh, for hosting RFK.
- ▶ 44:56 Chamath Palihapitiya It's because, and I think RFK has said this, we have created a very dangerous revolving door between our most critical institutions.
- ▶ 52:20 Jason Calacanis I have not put my support behind RFK. 18 times in the scene
- ▶ 56:45 Chamath Palihapitiya Well, first, I actually did what I think a lot of people haven't done, which is just listen to him, just stop talking. 8 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:08:31 David Sacks This is the marriage of state power and corporate greed that RFK Jr. denounces. 5 times in the scene
E133: Market melt-up, IPO update, AI startups overheat, Reddit revolts & more with Brad Gerstner
- ▶ 1:44:30 David Friedberg The reference is from RFK Jr's tweet that he sent out where he retweeted someone talking about this mosquito factory in Colombia, and this guy 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:53:36 David Friedberg So then people end up being scientifically illiterate and being wrong because someone like RFK Jr. comes along and says, Hey, should we really be engineering the earth with genetically modified mosquitoes?
E132: SEC goes after crypto giants, Sequoia splits, LIV/PGA, Messi's deal + LIVE Q&A!
- ▶ 2:01 Chamath Palihapitiya Now that it's out there that Sachs and I are doing this fundraiser for RFK. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 3:06 David Friedberg Sachs, are your Republican cohort friends upset about you hosting a fundraiser for RFK? 8 times in the scene
E131: 2024 Fantasy President picks, debt ceiling agreement, Dollar dominance & more
- ▶ 4:37 Jason Calacanis I noticed that you're donating to RFK for president and you're donating to Ron DeSantis. 5 times in the scene
- ▶ 8:42 Chamath Palihapitiya So my support of Bobby Kennedy is in part because what I've heard from him, I find intriguing, but the more important thing is somebody needs to be in the arena on the democratic side and put to test this mental acuity construct here and… 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 15:53 Chamath Palihapitiya It'll do real damage to the Democrats if Bobby Kennedy gets a ton of steam and they ignore him. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 37:38 David Friedberg Even, you know, the argument that RFK made when he came on our show, RFK Jr. made when he came on our show, that cutting military spending would have an impact. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:27:32 Chamath Palihapitiya RFK. 5 times in the scene
E130: DeSantis's Twitter Spaces, debt ceiling, Nvidia rips, state of VC, startup failure & more
- ▶ 13:45 David Friedberg No, look, I mean, I would love to see all the political candidates engage in long form discussion like this so that an audience can really get a sense of who they are and what they think in a direct way and an, um, uninterrupted way and in… 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 20:30 Jason Calacanis Maybe letting Elon ask a tough question, then a follow up or, you know, like we did here with RFK.
- ▶ 41:35 Jason Calacanis Is there a path for somebody, Ron DeSantis, Chris Christie, RFK, whoever it is, to win over the American public, to win over moderates with an austerity and a balance the budget message?
E128: Google enters AI wars, Druck’s warning, Trump crushes CNN & more
- ▶ 22:43 David Sacks Political relationships, and they're going to help construct the regulations, and it's going to turn into another example of industry capture, just like Dr.
- ▶ 24:45 David Friedberg When we had RFK on last week, I prodded him on his stance and point of view on the federal deficit, the fiscal deficit this government runs.
- ▶ 40:27 Jason Calacanis I'm curious, gentlemen, last week we had RFK on. 14 times in the scene
- ▶ 46:13 David Sacks The second thing is when you listen to him make his arguments, he's not just alleging certain things. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 59:30 David Friedberg The crazy polling data is that Biden had, you know, 20% of the votes going to RFK Jr. 3 times in the scene
Ep 57: Balaji Srinivasan on the Severity of the Bank Crisis and the Future of Bitcoin · Joe Lonsdale
- ▶ 23:57 Balaji Srinivasan It's not exactly that because there's going to be reds who side with the state and blues who don't like RFK and Greenwald, but let's say that's like, 6040 or some, some, some fraction of it.
E126: Big Tech blow-out, Powell’s recession warning, lab-grown meat, RFK Jr shakes up race & more
- ▶ 1:08:03 David Sacks Well, the whole RFK thing.
- ▶ 1:08:07 David Sacks Go ahead. 18 times in the scene