All Joe Lonsdale: American Optimist Episode Recaps

Browse all episode recaps for Joe Lonsdale: American Optimist hosted by Joe Lonsdale.

• Ep 145: SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler on Exposing Billions in Fraud & What AI Means for Small Business (2026-03-13)
• Ep 144: Jared Isaacman's Bold Vision for Moon Bases, Nuclear Power in Space, and Returning NASA to Greatness (2026-03-03)
• Ep 143: JD Ross on the New Invention Era & Building with AI in 2026 (2026-02-27)
• Ep 142: Understanding the AI Wave with 8VC's Alex Kolicich & Jack Moshkovich (2026-02-17)
• Ep 141: AI Hackers Are Here; Cybersecurity Legend Kevin Mandia Is Building the Answer (2026-02-04)
• Ep 140: SEC Chairman Paul Atkins on Making IPOs Great Again, Crypto's Comeback & New Rules for Retail Investors (2026-01-26)
• Ep 139: Make Government Beautiful & Functional Again with America's Chief Design Officer Joe Gebbia (2026-01-20)
• Ep 138: AI, Space-Based Interceptors & the Bleeding Edge of Warfare with Pentagon R&D Chief Emil Michael (2026-01-09)
• Ep 137: Gov. Chris Sununu on AI vs Harvard, DOGE 2.0, and a Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution (2025-12-30)
• Ep 136: OPM Director Scott Kupor on Launching the U.S. Tech Force & Bringing Merit Back to Government (2025-12-18)
• Ep 135: Philip Howard on Saving the American Spirit (2025-12-11)
• Ep 134: Inside the White House and the AI Race with OSTP Director Michael Kratsios (2025-11-26)
• Ep 133: Matt Ridley on the Fight to Save the UK & How Extraordinary Ideas Evolve (2025-11-21)
• Ep 132: Sen. Bill Hagerty on Saving Memphis & Designing Regulatory Frameworks for AI and Crypto (2025-11-06)
• Ep 131: How AI + Incentives Can 10X Learning & Save American Education with Tech Legend Joe Liemandt (2025-10-17)
• Ep 130: "Free speech is not enough" — UATX President Carlos Carvalho on Charlie Kirk, Fighting Communists & the Duty of a University (2025-10-09)
• Ep 129: Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt Steps Up to Save Tulsa — and Prove What's Possible (2025-10-03)
• Ep 128: Hollywood Star Zachary Levi on Speaking Out for Trump, AI vs the Arts, and His $100M Texas Studio Project (2025-09-25)
• Ep 127: Max Meyer, Arena Magazine, and the Battle for Truth, Beauty & Progress (2025-09-15)
• Ep 125: Sen. Eric Schmitt on Exposing Mass Censorship & Outsmarting the Far-Left (2025-08-29)
• Ep 124: The Fearless Adversary of Venezuela's Dictators - A Special Interview with Maria Corina Machado (2025-08-21)
• Ep 123: The New Space Age with Palantir Alum & Apex Space CEO Ian Cinnamon (2025-08-13)
• Ep 122: The AI Services Revolution with Shreyas Parab & Anton Lin of DayDream (2025-08-06)
• Ep 121: Reid Hoffman on AI Optimism & How the Democratic Party Alienated Silicon Valley (2025-07-28)
• Ep 119: Former Waymo Leader Boris Sofman on Autonomous Construction & Bringing AI into the Physical World (2025-07-16)
• Ep 118: Marc Andreessen on AI, Robotics & America's Industrial Renaissance (2025-07-03)
• Ep 117: Dave Rubin on the Woke Right, Free Speech vs Conspiracy Theories & His New Tequila Company (2025-06-26)
• Ep 116: California — the Next Revolution? A Conversation with Steve Hilton (2025-06-19)
• Ep 115: Scott Wu, Devin, and a Trillion-Dollar Opportunity (2025-06-12)
• Ep 114: Flying Cars Are About to Change the World — Joby CEO JoeBen Bevirt (2025-06-04)
• Ep 113: Why Sam Lessin Believes AI Isn't Disruptive & Venture Capital Is Fundamentally Changing (2025-05-17)
• Ep 112: Peter Thiel on DOGE, Tariffs, Building Generational Companies & the Future of Civilization (2025-04-17)
• Episode 111: Sen. Tom Cotton on DOGE, TikTok, and "Seven Things You Can't Say About China" (2025-04-03)
• Ep 108: Tim Urban on Superintelligence, Mars, Fermi Paradox & How to Conquer a Society (2025-02-14)
• Ep 107: Off-Road Autonomy & Saving Soldiers' Lives with Overland AI CEO Byron Boots (2025-01-30)
• Ep 106: Zac Bookman on Advice for DOGE & Building OpenGov into a $1.8 Billion GovTech Leader (2025-01-23)
• Ep 104: Will AI Replace Coders? Terminal Co-Founder & CEO Dylan Serota (2024-12-06)
• Ep 103: Raj Bhakta Created WhistlePig; Now He's Reinventing the Whiskey Industry (Again) (2024-11-29)
• Ep 102: "If You're Not Blowing Stuff Up, You're Not Innovating!" — Stanford Professor Steve Blank (2024-11-22)
• Ep 101: Gov. Kevin Stitt — the Businessman Governor Standing Up to Special Interests (2024-11-15)
• Ep 100: Why AI Is Underhyped with Elad Gil (2024-11-02)
• Ep 99: The Myth of American Inequality with Senator Phil Gramm (2024-10-26)
• Ep 98: How Wokeness Foments Antisemitism; a Conversation with ADL's Jonathan Greenblatt (2024-10-18)
• Ep 97: Jimmy John Built a Restaurant Empire; Government Almost Destroyed It (2024-10-03)
• Ep 96: Harvard Economist Roland Fryer on the Truth Behind Police Shootings & Using Data to Supercharge Meritocracy (2024-09-20)
• Ep 95: Navy SEAL & Saronic CEO Dino Mavrookas on the Race for Autonomous Ships and Naval Dominance (2024-09-12)
• Ep 94: A Conversation with Turnaround King & U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross (2024-08-30)
• Ep 93: Cold War II & the Race for Technological Supremacy with CrowdStrike Co-Founder Dmitri Alperovitch (2024-08-22)
• Ep 92: High-Power Microwave & the Rise of Electronic Shields with Epirus CEO Andy Lowery (2024-08-16)
• Ep 90: Ethan Penner on Choosing Greatness & Pioneering New Markets on Wall Street (2024-05-23)
• Ep 89: Coleman Hughes on "The End of Race Politics" & the Worst Ideas Done in the Name of Diversity (2024-05-16)