🇺🇸 United States Episodes

Jim Florentine is a comedian known for hosting That Metal Show on VH1 as well as his own podcast called "Comedy Metal Midgets." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pick your metaphor: Smartphones are "remote controls" for the physical world, or perhaps, as Steve Cheney argues, they're "cursors for the physical world". Either way, it's clear that the age of mobile is here, GPS is not enough, and with sensors al...

James Bessen, economist and former software executive, on what we can learn from 19th century mill workers about innovation, wages, and technology.

Dean Delray is a stand up comedian. He has his own podcast called "Let There Be Talk". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Every meeting a busy founder takes is time away from building the company. So it’s understandable why engaging corporate development groups is believed to be a waste of time, unless you’re selling your company. But... there ARE good reasons to engag...

Apple’s annual developer conference is cranking away in San Francisco, and a16z’s Benedict Evans examines the latest from the world’s most valuable company in this segment of the pod. Software is the star of WWDC and Apple highlighted updates to iOS ...

Greg Fitzsimmons is a stand-up comedian. He also hosts his own podcast "FitzDog Radio" available on Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Corey Knowlton is an international hunting expert, known recently for winning a $350,000 auction to kill a black rhino in Namibia. He is also known for working with hunter Jim Shockey on television shows "The Professionals" and "Uncharted". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This episode is only available as audio. Joe and Cameron Hanes recorded a podcast in a car while returning from a recent hunting trip. 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

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. http://bryancallen.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Is the Apple Watch breaking new technological ground, or just another accessory for your iPhone? a16z’s Benedict Evans and Board Partner Steven Sinofsky describe their experience with the Apple Watch one month after strapping the elegant piece of ele...

Distributed computing frameworks like Hadoop and Spark have enabled processing of "big data" sets -- but that's not enough for modeling surprise/rare "black swan" or complex events. Just think of scenarios in disaster planning (earthquakes, terrorist...

The former U.S. Senate majority leader and U.S. envoy to Northern Ireland and the Middle East describes his approach to resolving disputes and fostering bipartisan compromise.

with Justin Bailey (@justinbailey12d), Herman Narula (@hermannarula), Tim Schafer (@timoflegend) and Sonal Chokshi (@smc90) We know that the gaming industry -- in some ways like but in other ways unlike the music industry -- has been changing due to...

Kevin Folta is a land-grant scientist exploring ways to make better food with less input, also learning and teaching how to effectively communicate science to the public. He is also a professor in and chairman of the Horticultural Sciences Department at the University of Florida, Gainesville. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Google is a vast machine learning company. If you think about it in those terms, says Benedict Evans, every product and feature Google builds is an expression of its machine learning expertise -- or a way to distribute it, and provide easier access t...

Phil Libin discusses the impact of technology--from Microsoft Word to wearables--on our collaboration and productivity.

Rich Vos is a stand up comedian. He and his wife, Bonnie McFarlane, have a documentary "Women Aren't Funny" available now on iTunes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Natasha Leggero is a comedian, known for her appearances on the Comedy Central Roasts of James Franco & Justin Bieber. Her new show "Another Period" premieres on Comedy Central June 23rd. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

If there’s one business on planet earth that makes Silicon Valley look sober and level-headed it’s Hollywood, says Marc Andreessen. Hollywood and Silicon Valley meet in this segment of the pod which features Andreessen in conversation with Brian Graz...