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Joe Lonsdale: American Optimist

American Optimist, hosted by Joe Lonsdale: entrepreneur, investor, and founder of four multi-billion

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Total: 119

Founded in 1913, the Anti-Defamation League has played an important role in protecting the Jewish co

At 19 years old, Jimmy John Liautaud dropped out of college to start his own sandwich shop. He spent

Roland Fryer is a profile in courage; the Harvard economist follows the data where it leads, no matt

The U.S. Navy dominated in World War II, not because we had the most advanced ships, but because our

Wilbur Ross is one of the great turnaround artists in modern finance. Dubbed the "King of Bankruptcy

He predicted Vladimir Putin would attack Ukraine months before it happened. Now he believes similar

Electronic shields are iconic elements of Star Trek, Star Wars, and other great American sci-fi. Onc

Ken Langone's father was a plumber and his mother a cafeteria worker — neither made it past 8th grad

Is greatness a choice? If so, why doesn't everyone choose greatness? And more broadly, what are the

At Columbia University's freshman orientation, Coleman Hughes and his classmates were separated into

Dr. Clarence Jones is a giant of the civil rights movement. As the personal attorney and speechwrite

Are government programs and interventions superior to market corrections? According to Dr. Cliff Win

STEM (science, technology, engineering & math) education is the backbone of the innovation economy.

In 1979, Crown Prince of Iran Reza Pahlavi was attending fighter pilot school in Lubbock, Texas when

India’s tech ecosystem has hit an indisputable inflection point in recent years. For decades, Americ

Every year, more than 20,000 Americans receive a bone marrow transplant — a Nobel prize-winning proc

What are the forces behind the scenes that drive financial markets? How do bubbles form — and are we

U.S. e-commerce sales eclipsed $1 trillion last year and are expected to double or triple over the n

Leonard Leo is one of the most effective agents of legal and cultural change in America today. What'

What are the single most effective policies for helping the world's poor? And what are we doing righ