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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

Unbox Therapy is a YouTube channel "where products get naked." Lewis does in-depth reviews of new tech products releasing to the consumer market. http://www.youtube.com/unboxtherapy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Legendary investor Charlie Munger (Warren Buffett's financial partner and vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway) invokes a set of interdisciplinary "mental models" involving economics, business, psychology, ethics, and management to keep emotions out o...

Matt Mullenweg, founder and CEO of Automattic, on growth, leadership, and mindfulness.

Apple has once again shown it absolutely dominates the high-end for smartphones, and no other company is likely to knock it from its perch in the near term, says a16z's Benedict Evans. But does it control the future of TV? Not yet. Evans breaks do...

Amy Bernstein, editor of HBR, offers executive summaries of the major features.

Sebastian Maniscalco is a stand up comedian and he also host his own podcast with Pete Correale called "The Pete and Sebastian Show" available on Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jane McGonigal is a game designer and author who advocates the use of mobile and digital technology to channel positive attitudes and collaboration in a real world context. Her new book SUPERBETTER is available September 15, 2015. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

South Central Los Angeles -- which includes Watts and Compton -- in many ways still hasn’t recovered from the Rodney King riots of 1992. In South Central L.A. there isn’t the same opportunity found elsewhere in L.A. When Oscar Menjivar returned as an...

Tom Segura is a stand-up comedian, and hosts his own podcast with his wife, Christina Pazsitzky called "Your Mom's House" available on Spotify. http://www.yourmomshousepodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Many of the most successful companies have their foundations in university labs -- from data science to the web browser itself. Yet the process of moving from research project to successful startup isn't always straightforward. With the goal of smoot...

Kate Smaje of McKinsey explains how it's about more than being tech-savvy.

Jay Leno is a comedian, actor, writer, producer, voice actor, and television host. He was the host of NBC's "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" and currently hosts "Jay Leno's Garage" available on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/user/JayLenosGarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

a16z’s Chris Dixon and Mike Hearn talked about all things bitcoin on the a16z Podcast a couple months ago, including an issue that has bitcoin developers on edge these days: the question of how best to scale the bitcoin blockchain before capacity run...

Bryan Callen is an actor and stand-up comedian, and together with Brendan Schaub he also hosts "The Fighter & The Kid" podcast available on Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Can digital work fight poverty? Can companies be profitable and also do social good -- especially in a society where the proxy for value is capital and much of that value accrues to platforms? And finally, what's the difference between a mission-driv...

Ronda Rousey is a mixed martial artist, judoka and actress. She is the first and current UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion, as well as the last Strikeforce Women's Bantamweight Champion. Edmond Tarverdyan is an MMA and boxing coach and is also Ronda's head trainer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Longtime New York Times technology and science writer John Markoff joins the a16z Podcast to discuss our changing relationship with technology and machines ... as well as the changing nature of Silicon Valley itself (where Markoff grew up). Jumping ...

Messaging app WeChat tells us a lot about mobile and business in China. In a recent deep-dive primer on the WeChat phenomenon, a16z partner Connie Chan analyzed WeChat and the notion of app-within-apps, payments as a gateway drug, platforms vs portal...

How PepsiCo is harnessing the power of design.