Afghanistan
2 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Sep 14, 2021 by David Sacks · said 145 times in 55 episodes since 2020 · across every show →
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2026 16 mentions in 9 episodes 2 per episode
- “This is Bibi’s War” - Harvard’s Graham Allison on the Influences and Endgame of the Iran War
- War with Iran + Pentagon vs Anthropic with Under Secretary of War Emil Michael
- Iran War, Oil Shock, Off Ramps, AI's Revenue Explosion and PR Nightmare
- GPT-6 Hits AGI? Tech Euphoria 2.0, SF Mansion Shortage, NYC Bans AI in Schools & Venezuela Oil Deal
- Rahm Emanuel: Trump's Foreign Policy, China, Europe's Decline, Immigration & DSA vs Democrats
- China Outbuilds America 230-to-1. Saronic Has a Plan
- World's First Trillionaire, Anthropic Fable Banned, The New Oligarchs, Iran Peace Deal
- John Fetterman: 'I'm the Only Democrat in Congress Saying This'
- 1 more episode that year, every mention in 2026 →
2025 11 mentions in 5 episodes 2 per episode
- Trump Rally or Bessent Put? Elon Back at Tesla, Google's Gemini Problem, China's Thorium Discovery
- DOGE updates + Liberation Day Tariff Reactions with Ben Shapiro and Antonio Gracias
- Palantir CEO Alex Karp: Why the West is Destroying Itself, Data Empire, Skeptics, How to Win
- 12 Day War, Socialism Wins in NYC, Stocks All-Time High, AI Copyright, Science Corner
- Senator Eric Schmitt: Exposing the Biggest Censorship Scandal in US History
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2024 14 mentions in 9 episodes 2 per episode
- Deep State, Hegemony & U.S. Foreign Policy: John Mearsheimer vs. Jeffrey Sachs | All-In Summit
- Kamala surges, Trump at NABJ, recession fears, Middle East escalation, Ackman postpones IPO
- Trump assassination attempt, Secret Service failure, Inside the RNC, VC liquidity problem
- Presidential Debate Reaction, Biden Hot Swap?, Tech unemployment, OpenAI considers for-profit & more
- Mark Cuban: Love/Hate Relationship with Trump, Why He's Backing Kamala Harris
- OpenAI's $150B conversion, Meta's AR glasses, Blue-collar boom, Risk of nuclear war
- Yen Carry Trade, Recession odds grow, Buffett cash pile, Google ruled monopoly, Kamala picks Walz
- GPT-4o launches, Glue demo, Ohalo breakthrough, Druck's Argentina bet, did Google kill Perplexity?
- 1 more episode that year, every mention in 2024 →
2023 18 mentions in 11 episodes 2 per episode
- E120: Banking crisis and the great VC reset
- E149: Hamas terror attacks in Israel: fallout, reaction, next steps
- E148: McCarthy ousted, border chaos, Cruise's robotaxi "accident" & more
- E130: DeSantis's Twitter Spaces, debt ceiling, Nvidia rips, state of VC, startup failure & more
- In conversation with Dean Phillips
- Jared Kushner: Israel-Hamas War, paths forward, macro picture, AI
- E151: WW3 risk, War with Iran?, 4.9% GDP, startup failures growing, new Speaker & more
- In conversation with Vivek Ramaswamy
- 3 more episodes that year, every mention in 2023 →
2022 39 mentions in 15 episodes 3 per episode
- E74: Market update, inverted yield curve, immigration, new SPAC rules, $FB smears TikTok and more
- E97: SPAC updates, public/private market overview, Putin's end game & more
- E71: Russia/Ukraine deep dive: escalation, risk factors, financial fallout, exit ramps and more
- E95: Winter is Coming, Europe's energy crisis, Kim Kardashian's new PE firm & more
- #AIS: Antonio Garcia Martinez & Glenn Greenwald debate Ukraine, moderated by David Sacks
- E73: Late-stage VC markdowns and mistakes, market strategy, Ukraine/Russia update with Brad Gerstner
- E65: VC markup dynamics, Russia/US tensions over Ukraine, Altos Labs raises $3B, Stripe mafia & more
- E64: Antitrust standards & enforcement, tech repricing, lab leak obfuscation, E63 reactions & more
- 7 more episodes that year, every mention in 2022 →
2021 46 mentions in 5 episodes 9 per episode
- E44: USA's Afghanistan embarrassment, China's new algo laws, future of robots + Italy recap!
- Balaji Srinivasan: role of decentralization, China/US breakdown & more
- E29: Coinbase goes public, direct listings vs. IPOs, unions & more with Bestie Guestie Brad Gerstner
- E46: False Ivermectin narratives, regulatory grift, wartime mentality in solving issues & more
- E47: Facebook's week from hell, Ellen Pao on sexism in Elizabeth Holmes coverage, Newsom wins & more
- every mention in 2021, scene by scene →
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