Episodes
Five years of tape. Every episode is checked claim by claim and playable.
20 episodes in 2021
🎙AMERICAN OPTIMIST
39m Joe Lonsdale and Dhani Jones Discuss the Power of Suffering & Adversity · Joe Lonsdale
In this episode of American Optimist, host Joe Lonsdale interviews former NFL player, entrepreneur, and philanthropist Dhani Jones about reforming K-12 education, applying athletic field vis…
10 statements 4 featured 1 assessments 1 contradicted
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29m How to Fix Dysfunctional Government with Esper CEO Maleka Momand · Joe Lonsdale
In this episode of American Optimist, host Joe Lonsdale interviews Esper CEO Maleka Momand on how modern enterprise software, natural language processing, and data transparency can repair th…
23 statements 8 featured 6 assessments
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32m Force Fields & Directed Energy Are Here! How Epirus Is Changing Defense Tech · Joe Lonsdale
In this episode of 'Joe Lonsdale: American Optimist,' Epirus co-founder Bo Marr explains how software-defined electromagnetic pulse technology, SmartPower chip architecture, and rapid ventur…
19 statements 6 featured 7 assessments 2 contradicted
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35m Billionaire Founder of KIND & Shark Tank Star Daniel Lubetzky · Joe Lonsdale
In this episode of American Optimist, host Joe Lonsdale interviews KIND Snacks founder Daniel Lubetzky about how his family's Holocaust survival shaped his worldview, his entrepreneurial jou…
6 statements 2 featured 3 assessments
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26m Discovering Life-Saving Drugs from Fungi! · Joe Lonsdale
In this episode of American Optimist, host Joe Lonsdale interviews Hexagon Bio founder and CEO Maureen Hillenmeyer about leveraging genomic sequencing, machine learning, and synthetic biolog…
18 statements 7 featured 10 assessments
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40m Whole Foods Co-Founder & CEO John Mackey: Conscious Capitalism and Repairing America's Division · Joe Lonsdale
Whole Foods co-founder John Mackey joins host Joe Lonsdale to discuss his entrepreneurial journey, the principles of Conscious Capitalism, personal health and nutrition, and a developmental …
22 statements 8 featured 5 assessments
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36m Jake Kloberdanz: Cause-Centric Commerce and the Art of Award-Winning Winemaking · Joe Lonsdale
In this episode of American Optimist, host Joe Lonsdale interviews OneHope Wine founder Jake Kloberdanz about democratizing the wine industry through cause-centric commerce. Kloberdanz outli…
13 statements 5 featured 6 assessments 3 contradicted
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43m Sal Churi, Keri Findley, and Wesley Chan: Innovators Changing Our World Right Now · Joe Lonsdale
Host Joe Lonsdale interviews venture capitalist Sal Churi, financial expert Keri Findley, and early Google innovator Wesley Chan on American Optimist to explore how pioneering leaders overco…
16 statements 5 featured 6 assessments 2 contradicted
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24m Former D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty: Courage, Accountability, Better Schools, and Safer Cities · Joe Lonsdale
In this episode of American Optimist, host Joe Lonsdale interviews former Washington, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty about his transformative public sector education reforms, his transition into ve…
10 statements 4 featured 2 assessments
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28m Niall Ferguson: Why Great Civilizations Rise and Fall · Joe Lonsdale
Host Joe Lonsdale interviews historian and economist Niall Ferguson on 'American Optimist' to examine civilizational resilience, institutional decay, monetary history, and geopolitical rival…
24 statements 6 featured 3 assessments
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47m Balaji Srinivasan: Bitcoin, China, the "Woke" Mob, and the Future of the Internet · Joe Lonsdale
In this episode of American Optimist, host Joe Lonsdale interviews entrepreneur and technologist Balaji Srinivasan about the future of internet architecture, governance models, and global so…
27 statements 6 featured 3 assessments
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18m NFL Legend Ronnie Lott on Grit, Leadership & What America Means to Him · Joe Lonsdale
In this episode of 'Joe Lonsdale: American Optimist', host Joe Lonsdale interviews NFL Hall-of-Famer Ronnie Lott to discuss leadership, resilience, philanthropy, and American values. Togethe…
3 statements 2 featured 1 assessments
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39m Stephen Harper: Rejecting Wokeness, Addressing China, and Defending Western Values · Joe Lonsdale
In this episode of American Optimist, host Joe Lonsdale interviews former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on the perils of post-pandemic fiscal overspending, the geopolitical threat p…
22 statements 7 featured 3 assessments
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37m Billion Dollar Wins -- and Losses · Joe Lonsdale
Venture capitalist Sujay Jaswa joins host Joe Lonsdale to discuss WonderCo's investment and incubation models, early-stage company execution, California's policy and education challenges, an…
21 statements 6 featured 5 assessments 1 contradicted
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28m Arthur Brooks: Finding Happiness -- What Most People Get Wrong and Few Get Right · Joe Lonsdale
Social scientist Arthur Brooks joins host Joe Lonsdale on American Optimist to unpack the neuroscience and philosophy of happiness, contrasting superficial worldly idols with genuine human f…
16 statements 3 featured 6 assessments 1 contradicted
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46m Palmer Luckey: Meet the Real-Life Tony Stark · Joe Lonsdale
Host Joe Lonsdale interviews technology entrepreneur Palmer Luckey about his founding of Oculus VR, his defense technology company Anduril Industries, and the critical importance of technolo…
23 statements 7 featured 7 assessments 1 contradicted
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30m Bari Weiss: Defending Western Civilization and Building New Institutions · Joe Lonsdale
On 'American Optimist,' host Joe Lonsdale interviews journalist Bari Weiss about the ideological capture of legacy American institutions, the erosion of classic Western values, and the urgen…
9 statements 4 featured
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31m Kimbal Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, The Kitchen, and Launching His First Company with Elon · Joe Lonsdale
In this episode of American Optimist, host Joe Lonsdale interviews entrepreneur and philanthropist Kimbal Musk about his career journey, from co-founding Zip2 with his brother Elon to servin…
15 statements 5 featured 6 assessments 1 contradicted
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33m Ashton Kutcher Warns China Could Use TikTok Against the U.S. · Joe Lonsdale
In this interview on Joe Lonsdale's American Optimist, actor and investor Ashton Kutcher discusses his working-class upbringing, his career in tech investing, his anti-human trafficking orga…
9 statements 4 featured 4 assessments
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31m Dr. Rick Klausner: Curing Cancer, Reprogramming Cells, and the Incredible Biotech Revolution · Joe Lonsdale
In this episode of American Optimist, host Joe Lonsdale interviews physician-scientist Dr. Rick Klausner about exponential advances in biotechnology, living cell therapies, and cellular reju…
17 statements 7 featured 6 assessments