Middle East
5 statements across 4 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Mar 17, 2025 by Logan Bartlett · said 77 times in 48 episodes since 2024 · across every show →
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brought up most by John Coogan (19), Jordi Hays (13), Mike Gallagher (5), Augustus Doricko (2), Nima Jalali (1), Marc Benioff (1), Logan Bartlett (1), Gavin Baker (1)
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2026 33 mentions in 20 episodes 2 per episode
- Trump-Xi Summit, Space Data Center Debate, Inflation Up | Diet TBPN
- OpenAI drops GPT-5.4, Iran War fallout, The Mansion Section | Diet TBPN
- U.S. AI Execs Warn as China’s AI Push Grows, Substack Adds AI Detection Tool | Diet TBPN
- Swatch & AP Collab, Cerebras Boosts IPO Price, Trump to Visit China | Diet TBPN
- The $1B One-Person Company, China’s Pork Crisis, America’s New Weapon | Diet TBPN
- Samsung’s $70B Chip Bet, Apple Doing Nothing But Winning AI, Bezos’ New Fund | Diet TBPN
- Oil Market Turbulence, Sundar's New Comp Package, TBPN Weather Report | Diet TBPN
- The SaaSpocalypse is Cancelled, WB Back in Play, Zuck Grilled in LA Trial | Diet TBPN
- 12 more episodes that year, every mention in 2026 →
2025 33 mentions in 20 episodes 2 per episode
- Weekly Recap: Tesla Robotaxi, Mr. Beast's AI Tool, Yacine, The Social Network 2, Neuralink Update
- What is PALANTIR? (And Why it's RIPPING!)
- From NOTHING to BILLIONS (Masa's Epic Rise)
- Paramount’s Deal Playbook, Trump Opens Nvidia’s China Door, Saudis Loosen Drinking Laws | Diet TBPN
- Is America Losing the Tech War with China? | Jordan Schnaider on TBPN
- Jake Adler on Raising $3M to "Make Soldiers Heal Faster and Think Smarter".
- Augustus Doricko talks Cloud Seeding, Christianity, The Gundo Boys and the future of Rainmaker.
- The Businesses Making $$$ off Disaster Relief
- 12 more episodes that year, every mention in 2025 →
2024 11 mentions in 8 episodes 1 per episode
- Elon's Big Week (ep4)
- Inside JD Vance's Portfolio (ep8)
- You are NOT a Lottery Ticket (Peter Thiel Breakdown)
- How we became the fastest growing podcast (ep20)
- Inside Facebooks Secret "Red Book" (ep18)
- Election Betting Gone WRONG (ep15)
- Trump's Secret Career (ep7)
- Zuck Just Killed the Apple Vision Pro (ep2)
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Everything said about Middle East, oldest first
Mar 17, 2025 neutral
Bartlett: Sovereign wealth replaced pensions and endowments in mega VC funds
“I think if you talk to smart endowments or pension plans or stuff, they, they've definitely as fund sizes have gotten to three, four, five, six billion dollars. Like those people have raised eyebrows and maybe voted with their feet to either scale down or walk…”
Apr 28, 2025 neutral
Biden's AI diffusion rule forced Middle East to pick US over China
“The diffusion rule that the Biden administration put out at the very end was really a play to force them to pick sides. And basically the deal was like, look, if you want access to the future, if you want access to compute, then you really got to play ball wit…”
Apr 28, 2025 positive
Gulf states navigate kleptocratic diplomacy and family dynasties better than Europe
“I feel like their diplomatic system like knows how to play the kleptocracy game much better than Canada or Europe. You know, they got their reps and sets when it comes to dealing with, you know, family dynasties and whatnot.”
Feb 20, 2026 positive
Hays: Palantir's international deals justify Karp's massive private jet bill
“I might catch some flack for defending private aviation, but it just doesn't seem that crazy. The entire reason that Palantir is growing the way it is, is, like, they're doing deals in Japan. They're doing deals in, in the Middle East.”