France
4 statements across 4 episodes · 1 bullish · 2 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Mar 3, 2022 by Thomas Chatterton Williams · said 38 times in 21 episodes since 2021 · across every show →
Mentions by year
brought up most by Joe Lonsdale (10), Thomas Chatterton Williams (5), John Chambers (4), Raj Bhakta (3), Jacob Helberg (2), Balaji Srinivasan (2), Stephen Harper (1), Rep. Ro Khanna (1)
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2026 5 mentions in 4 episodes 1 per episode
2024 14 mentions in 9 episodes 2 per episode
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- Economist Vs. Billionaire: How The Myth Of Income Inequality Is Dividing America · Joe Lonsdale
- Why Reparations Won't Work & Why Standardized Tests Help Minorities -- Coleman Hughes · Joe Lonsdale
- Ep 85: The Path to Regime Change in Iran with Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi · Joe Lonsdale
- The Terrifying Truth AI Researchers Don’t Understand · Joe Lonsdale
- AI Vs Engineers: Will They Be Replaced? · Joe Lonsdale
- Secrets Of Investing Early – Lessons From A Billion-Dollar Investor · Joe Lonsdale
- He Predicted Putin's Invasion. Now He Predicts When China Will Invade Taiwan. · Joe Lonsdale
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2023 7 mentions in 3 episodes 2 per episode
- John Chambers & Pankaj Patel Changed the World with Cisco. Now They're Doing It Again with Nile. · Joe Lonsdale
- Ep 57: Balaji Srinivasan on the Severity of the Bank Crisis and the Future of Bitcoin · Joe Lonsdale
- Ep 69: How a Teenager Set Out to Rid the Ocean of Plastic; Boyan Slat & the Ocean Cleanup · Joe Lonsdale
- every mention in 2023, scene by scene →
2022 11 mentions in 4 episodes 3 per episode
- Don't Ban CRT; Win With Better Ideas. Thomas Chatterton Williams Talks Race & Liberalism · Joe Lonsdale
- Oklo's Amazing Small Reactor That Can Reuse Nuclear Waste · Joe Lonsdale
- Peng Shuai, Beijing Olympics & Holding China Accountable with Former UN Ambassador Kelly Craft · Joe Lonsdale
- Rep. Ro Khanna & Joe Lonsdale Debate Income Inequality and Regulating Big Tech · Joe Lonsdale
- every mention in 2022, scene by scene →
Everything said about France, oldest first
Mar 3, 2022 neutral
Williams: France does not measure race or permit race-based affirmative action
“So in France they don't, for example, and this is not a perfect society, but they don't measure race. So they don't actually, everyone's just a French citizen. So you can't actually do affirmative action based on race in France because no one knows”
Mar 1, 2023 positive
May 11, 2023 negative
Balaji: China is flexing new diplomatic muscle via Saudi-Iran deal
“What they have flexed over the last couple of months is the new diplomatic muscle. Right. They've managed to get France and Brazil and a bunch of neutral countries, formerly neutral countries. They have peace between Saudi and Iran.”
May 19, 2026 negative
Helberg: France Has Long Lacked an Actual Right-Wing Government Option
“Frankly, in France for a long time, I think one of the frustrations that the public has had is that the options that a lot of people have had in politics is a left, is a left wing leftist government and a right wing leftist government. And there has lacked, yo…”