Kara and Scott are making the TV rounds: Kara was on The Simpsons, and Scott was on Bill Maher! They’re also on their way to The White House as President Biden launches a new approach to AI. Then, the FCC is ready to restore net neutrality. And auto executives are pumping the breaks on electric vehicles.
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Betting on Reality with Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour: ACCESS
This week, Alex and Ellis talk about the rise of storytelling in tech and why X is now openly pleading for its haters to come back. Then they sit down with Tarek Mansour, co-founder and CEO of Kalshi, to discuss insider trading, his rivalry with Polymarket, regulatory chaos, spor ... Show More
1h 6m
Jan 16
Trump Threatens Insurrection Act, Paramount Sues Warner Bros, and Apple Teams Up with Google for AI
Kara and Scott discuss Trump's threat to invoke the Insurrection Act amid ICE violence and protests in Minneapolis. Then, Paramount files a lawsuit against Warner Bros. in a desperate bid to block the Netflix deal, Apple strikes an AI deal with Google, and the FBI raids a Washing ... Show More
1h 14m
Jan 13
Fed Chair Investigation, Trump's Oil Deals, and California's Proposed Wealth Tax
Scott is back! He and Kara discuss Fed Chair Jerome Powell's response to the DOJ's criminal investigation. Plus, Trump pressures oil executives to invest in Venezuela, and California’s proposed wealth tax has billionaires fleeing. Watch this episode on the Pivot YouTube channel ... Show More
1h 15m
Nov 2023
Barack Obama on AI, free speech, and the future of the internet
This episode of Decoder with Nilay Patel originally ran in early November. Patel and former President Barack Obama discuss AI and the future of the internet. They talk about President Biden’s recent executive order on AI, the First Amendment, democracy, and if the government coul ... Show More
49m 14s
Jun 2024
AOC on Trump vs. Biden, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Tech, Gaza & More
Kara sits down to talk with Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The social media-savvy congresswoman from the Bronx is a member of the bipartisan Task Force on Artificial Intelligence, and she recently introduced a bill to combat nonconsensual deepfake pornography.
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1h 4m
Feb 2024
60. Anthony Scaramucci: What it's like to be Donald Trump's Communications Director
Would a second Trump presidency be far more right wing? What drives the former US president? Is he trying to do a deal with Taylor Swift?
In this week's episode of Leading, Rory and Alastair are joined by Anthony Scaramucci, Trump's former spin doctor, where he answers all these ... Show More
1h 8m