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E76.5: Food shortage, China's grand plan, inflation, French election plus an All-In Summit preview Apr 16, 2022 · 5 mentions

  • ▶ 34:30 Jason Calacanis Particularly Peter Thiel, who's the, you're the one person who can deliver it since you guys are besties. 5 times in the scene

E75: Fast shuts down, board culpability, Elon buys 9% of Twitter, deplatforming's evolution & more Apr 9, 2022 · 4 mentions

  • ▶ 1:37 Jason Calacanis He perfected the flywheel with his boy Peter Thiel.
  • ▶ 20:32 Chamath Palihapitiya But the opposite should also be true then, because if it, if you really want to work for a Peter Thiel back company, you should probably not work for one of these companies where these folks were just completely absent are also governing…
  • ▶ 30:33 Chamath Palihapitiya You think that if Peter Thiel gave some advice to slow the company down that this guy, uh, would have not taken it?
  • ▶ 43:59 David Sacks I think, yeah, I think he, he works for Peter, Founders Fund, but he's got a, he also writes a great news, Substack newsletter, kind of like a,

E74: Market update, inverted yield curve, immigration, new SPAC rules, $FB smears TikTok and more Apr 1, 2022 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 2:18 Jason Calacanis Saks, you are of course in DC with some star chamber thing, you, Bannon, Teal, who's, who, what, what star chamber bullshit are you doing in?

E73: Late-stage VC markdowns and mistakes, market strategy, Ukraine/Russia update with Brad Gerstner Mar 26, 2022 · 3 mentions

E68: Trudeau invokes emergency powers, Bitcoin vs. government, Tiger Global's new strategy and more Feb 19, 2022 · 5 mentions

  • ▶ 58:27 David Sacks And, and that's when founders fund Peter came in, I think founded founders fund in 2003. 5 times in the scene

E67: Revisiting Rogan, Canadian truckers' protest, fusion breakthrough, $MSFT's savvy move & more Feb 12, 2022 · 3 mentions

E66: $FB's big drop, Rogan/Spotify mess, Xi/Putin meetup & supply chain issues with Ryan Petersen Feb 5, 2022 · 9 mentions

  • ▶ 0:00 Jason Calacanis The fact that Sachs' greatest moment in life was beating Peter Thiel in a multi-game chess. 8 times in the scene
  • ▶ 1:37:44 Jason Calacanis David Friedberg, and the Rain Man himself, triumphant, versus Peter Thiel in that PayPal match.

E65: VC markup dynamics, Russia/US tensions over Ukraine, Altos Labs raises $3B, Stripe mafia & more Jan 29, 2022 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 5:12 Jason Calacanis Sachs, how do you, how do you deal with the emotional turmoil of opening up your stocks, crypto, whatever wallet and seeing red and then going to work every day or he's just curled up in a ball playing chess with Peter Kiel at this point?

E64: Antitrust standards & enforcement, tech repricing, lab leak obfuscation, E63 reactions & more Jan 22, 2022 · 1 mention

E61: 2022 Predictions! Business, politics, science, tech, crypto, & more Dec 29, 2021 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 34:33 Jason Calacanis Uh, Sax, why don't you tell us your most contrarian belief, since I'm sure that you workshopped this with the contrarian, Peter Thiel himself.

E60: The 2021 Bestie Awards PLUS Jack Dorsey starts the Web3 Wars Dec 23, 2021 · 1 mention

E54: Spread trading big tech, capital allocation, Zillow's misfire, Progressives suffer losses Nov 6, 2021 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 1:13:02 Chamath Palihapitiya Like, you know, the, the, the funny thing about all of this is when Peter Thiel put in ten million dollars into this pack for Blake Masters, who used to work for him.

E52: Trump's SPAC, peak venture liquidity, tech as an economic ladder, Dems overplaying their hand Oct 23, 2021 · 5 mentions

  • ▶ 9:30 Jason Calacanis Talking to Peter Teal. 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 16:36 David Friedberg I mean, like Peter Thiel said yesterday, you know, like Bitcoin is a vote against the establishment. 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 26:53 Jason Calacanis I think actually this might be like to Peter Till's point, like maybe don't take the product literally, but take the market cap seriously.

E51: Supply Chain Shortages, Inflation, DeSantis, Ted Sarandos Netflix Memo, Cancel Culture, Fan Q&A Oct 16, 2021 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 55:44 Chamath Palihapitiya This is, uh, this is my, maybe my one and only grand tribute to Peter Thiel, but he, he is, um, he's a huge supporter of a philosopher named Rene Girard.
  • ▶ 1:15:16 Jason Calacanis I mean, I think actually Peter Thiel had this position for a while that we should, uh, you know, just get rid of it and disband it.

E50: Crypto investing deep dive, Facebook's whistleblower fallout, Chappelle's new special & more Oct 9, 2021 · 2 mentions

E49: Coinbase CEO reflects on controversial blog, state of the markets, 1000 unicorns & more Oct 2, 2021 · 15 mentions

  • ▶ 59:19 Jason Calacanis Don't you think they should cap Peter Thiel's, um, uh, massive game? 3 times in the scene
  • ▶ 1:01:50 Chamath Palihapitiya And so what this will do, unfortunately, is entrench the kind of wealth gains that Peter Thiel was able to generate in a very visible way that will just piss everybody off. 4 times in the scene
  • ▶ 1:04:48 Jason Calacanis Peter Thiel supported 8 times in the scene

E45: Theranos & VC fraud risks, China bans video games, Texas SB8, Apple app store, CA fires, Rogan Sep 4, 2021 · 1 mention

E40: A Bestie gets COVID, Delta breakthrough, Billionaire Space Race & more Jul 16, 2021 · 1 mention

E38: Bestie brawl, Robinhood's $70M fine & S-1, Delta variant, next gen candidates & more Jul 3, 2021 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 3:17 David Friedberg Maybe you could start your own pod with Peter Thiel and Keith Reboys and have Tucker Carlson moderate.
  • ▶ 15:59 Jason Calacanis I think it's hilarious that you're part of the Keith Raboy and Teal thing, and I don't think it's damaging for your business at all. 2 times in the scene

E36: New FTC Chair, breaking up big tech, government silent spying, Jon Stewart, wildfires & more Jun 18, 2021 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 0:03 Jason Calacanis Is it an LP meeting, or are you going, are you going to lunch, Peter Teo?
  • ▶ 18:39 David Friedberg Peter Thiel and Marc Andreessen have separately argued for this in really intelligent ways, probably in a far more articulated way than I can.
  • ▶ 1:25:43 Jason Calacanis Must play chess with Peter Thiel and stop saying I love you too, Jake Ash.

E33: Apple’s hypocrisy, America fails math, crypto’s regulatory correction, Clubhouse, UFOs & more May 22, 2021 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 1:21:23 David Sacks I don't know if you guys remember when there was pressure, uh, on the Facebook board to kick Peter Thiel off, but back in 2016, it was Reed. 2 times in the scene

E31: Post-vaccination virtue signaling, pandemic lessons, immigration, Caitlyn Jenner for CA & more May 1, 2021 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 40:42 David Sacks So we've seen, you know, like PayPal, I think, you know, there were like three or four immigrants on the founding team, you know, Peter,

E26: State of Venture Capital, plus fan questions on longevity, decentralization & quantum computing Mar 20, 2021 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 12:39 Jason Calacanis Saks has got an early spot, both on the rocket ship to Mars, and he's got an inside VIP to Peter Thiel's blood boy project, and so either way, he's getting off the planet, or he's going to refresh his blood, or both, so he's good.
  • ▶ 45:37 David Sacks And if it wasn't for a phone call from Peter Thiel, I'm not sure I would have gotten into it, you know, but now, now everybody knows what to do.

E25: Biden's vaccine mandate, "equity" in distribution, NFT speculation, impact of inflation & more Mar 13, 2021 · 1 mention

E24: Markets trend down, political pandemic manipulation, stimulus breakdown, biological Patriot Act Mar 6, 2021 · 2 mentions

E23: Radical DAs, breaking down FB/Google vs. Australia, sustained fear post-vaccine & fan questions Feb 20, 2021 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 1:06:47 Jason Calacanis Well, actually, um, I, I analyzed my chess game with Peter Thiel, and actually, my check, my castle, uh, Queenside Castle was actually a brilliant move, uh, if he hadn't pinned my...
  • ▶ 1:21:37 Jason Calacanis Saks wants to go to Miami to see Keith Raboy and Peter Thiel, his besties.

E18: Inauguration talk, breaking down the $1.9T stimulus, the case for recalling Gavin Newsom & more Jan 23, 2021 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 21:39 Jason Calacanis So in that way, Trump as a change agent, uh, Sachs was a success in that he broke the system, and this was Peter Thiel's kind of concept when he put him in, and I know you don't speak for Peter, but Peter's idea was, hey, this person's a… 3 times in the scene

E17: Big Tech bans Trump, ramifications for the First Amendment & the open Internet Jan 11, 2021 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 12:21 Jason Calacanis Give in to our basic instincts here, and I think there's a lot to learn from, uh, I think the frustration of a lot of people is some people saw this coming, and some people, you know, when Peter Thiel said things like, hey, you know, don't…
  • ▶ 14:30 Jason Calacanis When I made that point about Peter Thiel and the people who supported him early,
  • ▶ 21:13 Chamath Palihapitiya Um, and I'll frame this in the, in the context of Peter Thiel.

E15: “The Besties” All-In’s inaugural award show covering the best, worst & most memorable of 2020 Dec 18, 2020 · 3 mentions

E14: Salesforce acquires Slack, DeepMind’s AlphaFold breakthrough, Trust Fund Socialists & more Dec 4, 2020 · 1 mention

E13: SPACsgiving Special! Vaccine news, innovation vs regulation, fixing higher ed, challenge trials Nov 25, 2020 · 1 mention

E8: TikTok + Oracle, how privacy loss will impact society, economy & COVID outlooks for 2021 Sep 19, 2020 · 6 mentions

  • ▶ 1:19:30 unnamed speaker Which was Peter Thiel's idea from the beginning. 6 times in the scene

E6: Big Tech antitrust aftermath, potential effects of an M&A clampdown on Silicon Valley & more Jul 31, 2020 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 2:01 Jason Calacanis Chiming in is Rain Man himself, David Sachs, professional blogger, and the, uh, the fund manager of Craft Ventures, of course, uh, before that working at PayPal with, uh, Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, and a bunch of other famous people, um, uh,…

E5: WHO's incompetence, kicking off Cold War II, China's grand plan, 100X'ing American efficiency Jul 11, 2020 · 6 mentions

  • ▶ 1:29 Jason Calacanis They just go with PayPal and knows Peter Thiel.
  • ▶ 5:22 Jason Calacanis We've decided we're gonna stick with this foursome, uh, as it goes, uh, because we're, we're getting a really nice passing of the ball around topics, and David Sachs, um, went to Stanford with folks you know, like Keith Raboi, uh, Peter… 3 times in the scene
  • ▶ 1:27:08 Jason Calacanis Why did Peter Thiel, why did Peter Thiel drop Trump? 2 times in the scene

E4: Politicizing the pandemic, Police reform, Twitter vs Facebook with David Sacks & David Friedberg Jun 20, 2020 · 5 mentions

  • ▶ 47:43 Jason Calacanis Is, does Peter Thiel, who's on the board, and you're good friends with Peter Thiel and worked with Peter Thiel Sachs, I'm curious what you think goes on inside the brain of Mark Zuckerberg in terms of making these decisions. 5 times in the scene

E2: Rebooting economy, understanding corporate debt, avoiding a depression & more with David Sacks Apr 11, 2020 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 2:02 Chamath Palihapitiya He, uh, almost became a lawyer, um, but, uh, dropped out of law school, um, after going to Stanford and, uh, worked, uh, with Peter Thiel at PayPal.

E0: COVID-19 Political, Economic & Social Ramifications featuring David Friedberg Mar 15, 2020 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 1:26:47 Jason Calacanis And they always put it on, like, the internet people are the ones who are most paranoid about this, because Peter Thiel and whoever bought some New Zealand real estate.
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