Listen now | First, he digitized the entire federal retirement process, cutting it from six months to a few days. Now, he’s overhauling the U.S. government’s online presence, one website at a time. And Joe Gebbia has been in Washington, D.C. less than a year!

Listen now | Emil Michael directs the U.S. military's research and development of advanced technologies.

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Listen now | This week, OPM Director Scott Kupor launched the U.S. Tech Force to recruit an elite cohort of engineering talent into the federal government.

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8VC's battle plan to upend a broken system

And how old models help us think about new problems

Listen now | Michael Kratsios is the man of the hour, charged by President Trump to usher in the golden age of AI and American innovation.

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Thoughts from the 2025 Cicero Courage Awards

Listen now | In 2023, Memphis earned the distinction of the nation’s most violent and dangerous city. Senator Bill Hagerty had seen enough. Together with President Trump, he helped orchestrate the most important public safety initiative you probably haven’t heard of — until now.

Some thoughts on the future of American small business.

Listen now | Joe Liemandt is a legend in the technology world. Starting in the 1990s, he built a multi-billion dollar software empire, before quietly stepping out of the public spotlight for 20 years. Now, he’s back to reveal his next breakthrough: new schools that can 10X learning in two hours a day with AI and the right incentives.

María Corina Machado is the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate

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Listen now | America’s cities are dangerous and broken, and for too long, governors stood by as city officials failed their citizens. But Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt has stepped up to prove that we don’t have to tolerate incompetence or lawlessness.

Listen now | Zachary Levi is best known for starring in the popular TV series “Chuck” and hit movies like “Shazam!,” while millions of children, my daughters included, know him as Flynn Rider in Disney’s “Tangled.” But recently, he did something even more noteworthy in his industry...

Listen now | Max Meyer is the Editor and Publisher of Arena — an American technology magazine that is pro-America and pro-technology! How did legacy media become cynically motivated and ideologically captured? Will "AI slop" only make things worse? And, most importantly, what is the antidote?

Who will answer the call?

Listen now | Harish Abbott is a serial entrepreneur at the forefront of the logistics revolution. He sold his last company to Shopify in 2022 for over $2 billion, and now he's back in the arena again. What are the new possibilities with AI? How will it impact workers? And what's the business opportunity he sees that no one else does?