
American Optimist, hosted by Joe Lonsdale: entrepreneur, investor, and founder of four multi-billion dollar companies and other mission-driven organizations. American Optimist is an alternative to the fear, cynicism, and zero-sum thinking in mainstream media. Learn from the innovators and leaders who are solving our nation’s most pressing challenges, and doing it in a way that will lift everyone u... more
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 147 | Founded | 5 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | BusinessTechnology | |||

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A Palantir tech bro was just made Corporal in our military with not even basic training. What exactly are they planning, aside from spying on us. it’s definitely not good for Americans. This is what an oligarchy looks like.
Host and guest love the sound of their own voices and annoyingly agreeable mostly anecdotal less analytical name dropping narcissist and reductive
If you want innovative ideas, this is the show for you!
American Optimist is an incredibly well-suited name for this podcast. In a time of incredible cynicism, Joe Lonsdale brings a stark clarity of thinking and objectivity to his interviews and his analysis of different markets and opportunities. I think what sets this podcast apart is a. the quality of the interviewees that Joe is able to get on the show, and b. the objective, insightful manner in which he interviews these individuals. Given his track record as founder of Palantir and as also as an... more
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