Videos

Feb. 20, 2025

Luke Fehily — Ireland's Innovation Playbook | Episode 256

Luke Fehily is the Director of Innovation Policy at Progress Ireland — an independent think tank backed by the likes of the Collison brothers — that’s on a mission to connect Ireland to proven policy solutions from around the world. Before joining Progress Ireland, Luke cut his teeth in both…

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Feb. 18, 2025

The Cluelessness Crisis

“Cluelessness is a big problem in our society, especially at our major institutions.” ~ Rudy Havenstein... Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yg0rDrogMFg Links, highlights & transcript: https://newsletter.osv.llc/p/how-to-fix-americas-accountability

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Feb. 17, 2025

The Bipartisan Case for Term Limits

"That's something Washington and Madison and Monroe would agree on." ~ Rudy Havenstein makes the bipartisan case for political term limits... Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yg0rDrogMFg Links, highlights & transcript: https://newsletter.osv.llc/p/how-to-fix-americas-accountability

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Feb. 16, 2025

How to Disagree Agreeably

"I've quoted Karl Marx before. I've quoted Lenin [...] Does that mean I support Lenin? No, but I mean sometimes people you disagree with can say things that are very pertinent." ~ Rudy Havenstein... Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yg0rDrogMFg Links, highlights & transcript: https://newsletter.osv.llc/p/how-to-fix-americas-accountability

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Feb. 15, 2025

"You don't see anybody middle class on CNBC"

"Why don't we go to a supermarket and you could tell everybody about how low inflation is.” “You don't see anybody middle class on CNBC. Ever. “ ~ Rudy Havenstein has some choice words for those who downplay inflation... Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yg0rDrogMFg Links, highlights & transcript: https://newsletter.osv.llc/p/how-to-fix-americas-accountability

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Feb. 13, 2025

Rudy Havenstein — How to Fix America’s Accountability Crisis | Episode 255

Rudy Havenstein is a writer and satirist known for his sharp critiques of America’s sprawling institutions and the elites who run them. He joins the show to discuss the accountability crisis in America — how it manifests across political life and, most importantly, what we can do to fix it.…

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Feb. 11, 2025

Success Is More Simple Than You Think

"It is always the guy who's out of shape who's asking about push-up variations in the gym." ~ Mark Daniel on why the best solutions are usually the simplest... Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x79M3EMQhI&t=17s Links, highlights & transcript: https://newsletter.osv.llc/p/how-to-find-a-kaleidoscopic-alien

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Feb. 10, 2025

How to know when you've spotted a "kaleidoscopic alien"

"They've had some bizarre set of life experiences that have shown them the fourth dimension..." "You often find them coupled to these highly irrational obsessions at a pre-commercial point in time..." ~ Mark Daniel on how to spot a "kaleidoscopic alien"... Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x79M3EMQhI&t=17s Links, highlights & transcript: https://newsletter.osv.llc/p/how-to-find-a-kaleidoscopic-alien

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Feb. 9, 2025

"Would I beg this founder for a job?"

"When we think about making an investment, there's this visceral feeling that is more powerful than all of our strategies and frameworks, which is that if I wasn't building our firm, would I go and beg the founder for a job?" ~ Mark Daniel Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x79M3EMQhI&t=17s Links, highlights &…

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Feb. 8, 2025

Why content creators should be limited to TEN posts...

"Each person who creates content on the internet should be limited to 10 posts..." ~ Mark Daniel Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x79M3EMQhI&t=17s Links, highlights & transcript: https://newsletter.osv.llc/p/how-to-find-a-kaleidoscopic-alien

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Feb. 6, 2025

Mark Daniel — How to Find a Kaleidoscopic Alien | Episode 254

Mark Daniel is the co-founder and managing partner of the investment firm Digital XYZ, whose portfolio extends across accelerated computing, gaming, crypto, social networking, AI, extended reality, cybersecurity, creator tools, spatial computing, and immersive learning. Back in 2013, he was also one of the very first recipients of a Thiel…

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Feb. 4, 2025

Schools Are Adult Factories

"School districts are an adult factory." ~ John Kennedy... Links, highlights & transcript: https://newsletter.osv.llc/p/the-hidden-crisis-in-american-education Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuMAu9wFZxg&t=1s

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Feb. 3, 2025

We need more teachers!

We need more teachers! John Kennedy explains... Links, highlights & transcript: https://newsletter.osv.llc/p/the-hidden-crisis-in-american-education Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuMAu9wFZxg&t=1s

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Feb. 2, 2025

How Bad Air in Schools is Making Kids Dumber

"If you've been in a conference room for an hour and the door opens [...] and it feels like you're a whole new person, you're thinking so much sharper. It's because you are." ~ John Kennedy reveals the dramatic effect air quality has on our brains... Links, highlights & transcript:…

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Feb. 1, 2025

$100K Donation on the Spot—Helping Students Breathe Clean Air

“Right. I'll tell you what. I wasn't planning on this, but I will commit to you on podcast. I'll give you $100,000 to do exactly that." The moment Jim decided to give John Kennedy a $100k Fellowship on the spot... Links, highlights & transcript: https://newsletter.osv.llc/p/the-hidden-crisis-in-american-education Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuMAu9wFZxg&t=1s

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Jan. 30, 2025

John Kennedy — The Hidden Crisis in American Education

John Kennedy, a director at the Corsi-Rosenthal Foundation, is tackling an overlooked crisis in American education: air quality. With the ingenious use of a simple $60 box fan, he's on a mission to revolutionize the health and learning environments of students nationwide. It's mind-boggling how much low-hanging fruit there is…

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Jan. 28, 2025

Why experts should make PREDICTIONS

"The whole credibility of science is based on prediction..." ~ Michael Strong argues that experts should be measured on the accuracy of their predictions... Links, highlights & transcript: https://newsletter.osv.llc/p/lets-get-socratical-ep-252 Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hJB2vFmIcg

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Jan. 27, 2025

Why schools should learn from the Mormon model...

“I see the Mormons having designed a brilliant technology of agency and self-empowerment.” ~ Here's Michael Strong (@flowidealism) on the strength of the Mormon model... Links, highlights & transcript: https://newsletter.osv.llc/p/lets-get-socratical-ep-252 Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hJB2vFmIcg

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Jan. 26, 2025

Teenagers didn't exist in the 19th century...

"Both the term 'teen' and 'adolescent' were invented in the early 20th century. We didn't even use to have concepts for these..." ~ Michael Strong Links, highlights & transcript: https://newsletter.osv.llc/p/lets-get-socratical-ep-252 Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hJB2vFmIcg

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Jan. 25, 2025

"Who are you going to kick out?"

“Who are you going to kick out?” ~ Michael Strong dishes out some surprising advice for community builders... Links, highlights & transcript: https://newsletter.osv.llc/p/lets-get-socratical-ep-252 Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hJB2vFmIcg

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Jan. 23, 2025

Michael Strong — Let’s Get Socratical | Episode 252

Michael Strong has spent decades quietly revolutionizing education by designing innovative schools and programs built around agency, critical thinking, entrepreneurship and creativity. He is the founder and CEO of The Socratic Experience, a virtual school that equips students for lifelong happiness and success through Socratic dialogue. Alongside his work in…

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Jan. 21, 2025

Enjoy the game, but don't kill yourself over it...

"Never let the quest for more distract you from the beauty of enough." ~ Sahil Bloom's sage words of advice Links, transcript, and highlights to the full episode: https://newsletter.osv.llc/p/a-multitude-of-wealth-ep-251

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Jan. 20, 2025

Time Waits for no Man...

"There will be a last time that your friends get together for that annual trip. There will be a last time that you're able to go for a walk with your parents. And you never know when that last time is..." ~ Stark but true words from Sahil Bloom on…

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Jan. 19, 2025

More Money DOES NOT Equal More Happiness...

"Early on the curve of income, money and happiness are very strongly correlated... [so] what happens is we get patterned in those early years into saying more money = more happiness." ~ Sahil Bloom on how we can be trapped in a problematic mindset Links, transcript, and highlights to the…

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