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Cameron Hanes is a bowhunting athlete, “training intensively each and every day to become the Ultimate Predator.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tim Sullivan, co-author with Ray Fisman of "The Inner Lives of Markets," on how we shape economic theory -- and how it shapes us.

How far along are we towards the vision of a "cashless, cardless, walletless, frictionless future" for fintech? We're not quite there yet, argued BuzzFeed News technology reporter Charlie Warzel in a recent feature story -- for which he got a microch...

Shane Dorian is a big wave surfer and bowhunter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ari Shaffir is a stand-up comedian and also hosts the podcasts Ari Shaffir’s Skeptic Tank & Punch Drunk Sports available on Spotify. Check out his show This Is Not Happening on Comedy Central & YouTube. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jim Breuer is a stand up comedian, actor, author, singer and host. Check out his podcast The Metal In Me and his new rock album "Songs From the Garage". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Russell Brand is an English comedian, actor, radio host, author, and activist. Jim Breuer is a stand up comedian, actor, author, singer and host. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Joe is joined by Brendan Schaub, Bryan Callen, and Eddie Bravo to watch the fights on June 18, 2016. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Joe is joined by Brendan Schaub, Bryan Callen, and Eddie Bravo to watch the fights on June 18, 2016. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ben and David cover the 3-day-old acquisition of LinkedIn by Microsoft for $26.2 billion. They cover LinkedIn’s founding story by Reid Hoffman, break down their core businesses, analyze recent stock behavior, and speculate on the future of the company inside Microsoft. The big question - were they worth the price tag?Sponsors:Rippling: https://bit.ly/acquiredripplingStatsig: https://bit.ly/acquiredstatsig25Odd Lots: https://bit.ly/acquiredoddlotsServiceNow: 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, LLCItems Mentioned On The Show: Adweek: Snapchat Launches a Colossal Expansion of Its Advertising, Ushering in a New Era for the AppThe Facebook Effect - David KirkpatrickLinkedIn’s Series B pitch deck  LinkedIn’s S-1Microsoft and Apple Double Down - Stratechery NYT Dealbook on stock based compensation at LinkedIn Josh Elman - When people get confused about “BS metrics”Fred Wilson: The Dentist Office Software StoryThe Carve Out: Jeff Bezos at Code 2016 Elon Musk at Code 2016

The champion diver explains how visualization and ambitious goal-setting helped him achieve double gold medals in back-to-back Olympic Games and why he now serves as a mentor to younger athletes and a spokesman for LGBT causes.

Love the term or hate it, the concept and reality of the "sharing economy" (or "gig economy" and so on) is here to stay. And in fact, argues NYU Stern professor and researcher Arun Sundararajan, it may even reduce the income distribution gap between ...

The world's most valuable company, Apple, made a number of seemingly incremental announcements at its most recent annual developer's conference (WWDC) -- that Apple Pay is coming to the web; that Siri is being opened up to app developers; that iMessa...

The mindset of "move fast and break things", while great for code, isn't exactly great for the human body. So adding computation to biology -- especially in the slow-moving pharmaceutical industry, where drug approval can take years -- brings with it...

Aubrey Marcus is writer, entrepreneur, and adventurer. He also hosts his own podcast called The Aubrey Marcus Podcast available on Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Michael A. Wood, Jr. is a retired Baltimore police officer and veteran of the USMC. He previously made the news for publicly speaking out against police brutality and has become a proponent of a new era of policing. A young man who met Michael as a child, when Michael was a cop volunteering a recreation center, found Michael to talk about how much the experience affected him as well. He's now trying to continue his growth, please help him here: http:///gofundme.com/domstrip2cuba Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Chris Zook of Bain explains the predictable crises of growth and how to overcome them. His new book is "The Founder's Mentality," coauthored with James Allen.

Technology has always been a force in how we live, work, and play; only now it's accelerating and compounding in unexpected ways. But just because we don't know exactly what form that tech will take (sharing homes on Airbnb or cars with Lyft and Uber...

Gino & AJ are the owners of Speedweed - "California’s best, most highly rated medical marijuana delivery service" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ben and David are joined by Todd Bishop, technology reporter and co-founder of GeekWire, to discuss Facebook's 2011 acquisition of Push Pop Press. Sponsors:Rippling: https://bit.ly/acquiredripplingStatsig: https://bit.ly/acquiredstatsig25Odd Lots: https://bit.ly/acquiredoddlotsServiceNow: 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, LLCHighlights Include: The founding story of Push Pop Press by Kimon Tsinteris and Mike Matas.The evolution of Facebook Creative Labs, Facebook Paper, and eventually, Facebook Instant Articles.Facebook's role in the changing media landscape today.GeekWire's experiments with Facebook Instant Articles, Google Accelerated Mobile Pages, and live video.The Carve Out: The Startup Podcast Season 3 The Future of Technology is in Your Ear (Link to product) The Risk Not Taken