After the Executive Order restricting immigration from certain countries came down last weekend, many tech companies have come out against it. We talk to Vivek Wadhwa, Silicon Valley insider and Distinguished Fellow at Carnegie Mellon University, about how this ban impacts the tech industry and… Read More »Travel Ban vs Tech with Vivek Wadhwa
Part 2 of our chat with Chase from Twitch. We find out about the efforts of the platform to be more inclusive and curb attitudes that can lead to things like online bullying. We also get an update of the head of Tesla and SpaceX… Read More »Video Game Live Streaming with Chase Part 2
”There’s a long term chart that shows when the dollar goes up, oil goes down, when the dollar goes down, oil goes up. And it’s related, I’m not saying there’s a cause and effect, but it’s correlated.” We talk to Jeff Traum, a wealth manager… Read More »OPEC, and Money, and Markets, Oh My! with Jeffrey Traum
“The average American thinks about politics about 12 minutes over the course of a 2 year period.” Political strategists are often not seen, but heard through their candidates. We talk to Rick Ridder, a political strategist for over 25 years, about how the polls got… Read More »Looking For Votes in All the Wrong Places with Rick Ridder
We talk to Kevin Maney, a Senior Columnist at Newsweek, about the tech industry’s role in getting Donald Trump elected. Maney is a regular commentator on Silicon Valley’s social impact and shares insights on parallels between Trump and the tech sector. Will there be a… Read More »Silicon Valley’s role in electing Donald Trump with Kevin Maney
“When you see real estate go up as fast as it was going up in 2005, then even if you don’t know with certainty that it is a bubble, you aught to act.” We talk to Sebastian Mallaby, a Senior Fellow on the council of… Read More »The Man Who Knew with Sebastian Mallaby
What kind of future are we actually steering towards: Star Trek or Mad Max? We talk to Distinguished Fellow at Carnegie Mellon University of Engineering Vivek Wadhwa about the future of technology and the responsibility, or lack of responsibility, of the tech industry. Vivek shares… Read More »The Future of Tech with Vivek Wadhwa
It’s a conspiracy! Or is it? In the second segment, part 2 of our conversation addressing a possible “rigged economy” with Joe Uscinski, an Associate Professor of Political Science at The University of Miami. “Conspiracy theories are for losers.” We unpack where these pervasive ideas… Read More »“Is the Economy Rigged?” Part 2 with Joe Uscinski
At the start of the show we address the feeling that the regular people aren’t getting a fair shake when it comes to our money. We talk to Mary Meyn, the Director of Research at Edison Research, about their study on economic anxiety they they… Read More »“Is the Economy Rigged?” Part 1 with Mary Meyn
To wrap up this week’s show, we address the economy, jobs, and exactly how Silicon Valley plays into the changing landscape. Kara Swisher, the Executive Editor of Recode, joins in to hash out Silicon Valley’s role, the reality of what politicians say about the economy,… Read More »Silicon Valley IRL with Kara Swisher
