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Graham Hancock is an English author and journalist, well known for books such as "Fingerprints Of The Gods" & his new book "Magicians of the Gods" is available now. Randall Carlson is a master builder and architectural designer, teacher, geometrician, geomythologist, geological explorer and renegade scholar. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Christina Sommers is an author and former philosophy professor known for her writings about feminism in contemporary American culture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The title of world's financial capital bounces back and forth between London and New York. This year London has bragging rights, but does being the word's center of gravity for finance mean so-called "fintech" companies will naturally flow from that ...

Ben and David discuss Amazon's acquisition of Twitch in 2014. Unlike previous episodes, this recent acquisition still has a lot of open questions, and Amazon hasn't publicly reported growth of Twitch since the purchase. Ben and David talk about Justin Kan's original product with Justin.tv, and the transformation into the Twitch that Emmett Shear is running today.Sponsors:WorkOS: https://bit.ly/workos25Sentry: https://bit.ly/acquiredsentryServiceNow: https://bit.ly/acquiredsnMore Acquired!:Get email updates with hints on next episode and follow-ups from recent episodesJoin the SlackSubscribe to ACQ2Merch Store!© Copyright 2015-2025 ACQ, LLC

This episode is currently only available as audio. Dana White is a businessman, entrepreneur, and the president of the UFC. Tony Hinchcliffe is a comedian, writer, and actor. He also hosts his own podcast called “Kill Tony” with Redban, and it’s available at http://Deathsquad.tv and on Spotify under "Deathsquad" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What is A.I. or artificial intelligence but the 'space of possible minds', argues Murray Shanahan, scientific advisor on the movie Ex Machina and Professor of Cognitive Robotics at Imperial College London. In this special episode of the a16z Podcast...

Evan Loomis and Evan Baehr, coauthors of "Get Backed," on how to win someone over with PowerPoint.

This episode is currently only available as audio. Tony Hinchcliffe is a comedian, writer, and actor. He also hosts his own podcast called “Kill Tony” with Redban, and it’s available at http://Deathsquad.tv and on Spotify under "Deathsquad" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Blockchain without bitcoin? It's a debate as old as the cryptocurrency itself (which, to be honest, isn't that old). Given that bitcoin is not just a digital bearer instrument/token but is a network, a distributed ledger, a protocol, the question of ...

Eddie Bravo is a jiujitsu black belt, music producer, and author. http://www.eddiebravoinvitational.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tait Fletcher is an actor, stuntman, entrepreneur, and jiu jitsu black belt. Andy Stumpf is a retired Navy SEAL and is currently a wingsuit world record holder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What began as a scientific approach to creating and managing startups has now become a worldwide movement for companies of all sizes -- and for creating (or rather rediscovering) entrepreneurs in all places. Not just inside startups, not just for sof...

Gareth Jones, author of "Why Should Anyone Work Here?", explains the things managers know, but struggle to do.

Josh Olin is currently Vice President of Communications at 3D Realms, a video game publisher/developer. He also previously worked as the community manager for various games, including Call of Duty & League of Legends. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There's a "game" being played right now among lawmakers and tech companies around policy issues, and as tech touches everything, everyone has to play some version of it. Even if the game keeps changing. Even if they don't want to. Or do they? What...

Telepresence. It's an ugly, outdated word for an attractive and current/ emerging phenomenon where people can work from anywhere, anytime. It's technology for the way we work today. But is it as easy as adding good tech to a constantly evolving prob...

"The most boring yet valuable podcast in a16z history" -- he (our guest Joe Grundfest) said it, not we! That’s because in this episode of the a16z Podcast, Stanford law professor and former SEC commissioner Grundfest -- and securities litigation law...

Steve-O is a stunt performer, comedian, clown, actor, producer, author, and television personality. He is taping his comedy special for Showtime on November 21 in Austin, TX, tickets are available at http://steveo.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Christopher Ryan, PhD is a psychologist, speaker, and author of New York Times best seller "Sex At Dawn" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ben and David discuss Facebook's acquisition of Instagram in 2012. Was it a success? If so, what are the criteria that made it work? What lessons can be learned for other acquisitions in the future?Sponsors:WorkOS: https://bit.ly/workos25Sentry: https://bit.ly/acquiredsentryServiceNow: https://bit.ly/acquiredsnMore Acquired!:Get email updates with hints on next episode and follow-ups from recent episodesJoin the SlackSubscribe to ACQ2Merch Store!© Copyright 2015-2025 ACQ, LLC