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The Medical Dads PodcastHow do you enjoy Christmas when the world is ending?In this episode, the Medical Dads get into present ideas, including expired food and stories about patients who give you literal trash from a garbage bin. Dr. Hsu’s pessimism about the state of the world clashes with Dr. Harmon’s relative optimism, and they discuss the age-old question: What is the meaning of Christmas?Check out Dave’s Substack for more! https://davidmhsu.substack.com/
2025-12-2447 minThe Medical Dads PodcastShould you get a pet for your children?Classroom gerbils, goldfish, and cats and dogs. In this episode, Dr. Hsu and Dr. Harmon discuss the effects of pets on patients, their children, and their relationships. Both relate their personal journeys to pet-unfriendly people to pet owners and lovers. As is almost tradition, this episode includes discussion and reference to the Bill Cosby Show and Ghostbusters (Dr. Harmon’s cat is named Egon Spengler Harmon, for crying out loud).Check out Dave’s Substack for more! https://davidmhsu.substack.com/
2025-12-1957 minThe Medical Dads PodcastTalking to your kids about sexual assaultDr. Hsu’s hectic week got even crazier place when a teacher at his daughter’s school was arrested for behaving inappropriately towards a student in their class. Although Dr. Hsu’s children did not know the teacher, the entire community was shaken up over the incident.https://davidmhsu.substack.com/
2025-12-1046 minThe Medical Dads PodcastCaring for children and parents at the same timeDr. Hsu’s sink is haunted, finally making Dr. Harmon’s Ghostbusters knowledge handy — but not as handy as a plumbing knowledge would have been. In this episode, they discuss growing old, and the prospects of growing even older. What will their relationship with their children be like once they become seniors and retire? Dr. Hsu and Dr. Harmon talk about the possibility of taking care of their grandkids and whether they would like to move into a retirement community or stay home.Check out Dave’s Substack for more! https://davidmhsu.substack.com/
2025-11-2648 min
The David Lin ReportSentiment Hits 40-Year Low, Brace For Massive Job Losses? | Joanne HsuIf you want to learn more about Matador Technologies (TSXV: MATA.V and on the OTC MATAF), go to https://www.matador.network/This distribution was conducted on behalf of Matador Technologies Inc. (TSXV: MATA, OTCQB: MATAF) and was funded by Outside The Box Capital Inc. and/or affiliates after David Lin was engaged by Outside The Box Capital Inc. to advertise for Matador Technologies Inc. (TSXV: MATA, OTCQB: MATAF).For our full disclaimer, please visit:https://bit.ly/4o4oYw2Joanne Hsu, Director of the Surveys of Consumers and Research Associate Professor at the University of Michigan, discusses...
2025-11-2026 min
The Neuron: AI ExplainedHow 48% of Non-Engineers Are Shipping Production Software (with Retool CEO David Hsu)Retool CEO David Hsu reveals that 48% of non-engineers are now shipping software. We explore how AI is democratizing software development, why engineers might stop coding internal apps within 18-24 months, and what this means for the future of work. David shares insights from Retool's survey of 10,000+ companies, Retool’s new AppGen program, and how "tomorrow's developers" are using AI to build real production applications on enterprise data.Subscribe to The Neuron newsletter: https://theneuron.aiLearn more about Retool: https://retool.com
2025-11-1750 min
Sports LiteratiA Season on the Brink by John FeinsteinThis week, the Sports Literati take a look at one of the books that originated Dave’s obsession with sports books — A Season on the Brink by John Feinstein. This classic in the sports genre deals with Bob Knight’s leadership of Indiana’s college basketball team, his short temper, and his successes as well as his failures.Check out Dave’s Substack for more! https://davidmhsu.substack.com/
2025-10-0956 minThe David Lin ReportConsumer Sentiment Flashing Recession Signals? Economist Explains Latest Data | Joanne HsuJoanne Hsu, Director of the Surveys of Consumers and Research Associate Professor at the University of Michigan, discusses how U.S. consumer sentiment remains low in July 2025 due to widespread fears of trade tariffs reigniting inflation and weakening labor markets, despite a slight recent uptick, and explains the survey's role as a forward-looking economic indicator.*This video was recorded on July 25, 2025.Subscribe to my free newsletter: https://davidlinreport.substack.com/Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/510WZMFaqeh90Xk4jcE34sListen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-david-lin-reportFOLLOW JOANNE HSU:University of Michigan "Surveys of...
2025-07-3028 minSports LiteratiThe Club by Joshua Robinson and Jonathan CleggThe Sports Literati convene to discuss Premiership soccer through Joshua Robinson and Jonathan Clegg's book about the history of the economics of the Premiership. They take a look at the business of premiere league football and how English soccer transformed itself in the early 90s from the unruly days of English hooliganism to one of the most polished, dominant leagues in all of sports.Music: Sergei Rachmanioff Prelude in G-Sharp Minor, Op. 32 performed by Justina Sam.
2025-07-211h 00
Changelog Master FeedPivoting to Retool (Changelog Interviews #650)David Hsu from Retool joins Adam to discuss how he built Retool. From the pivot in YC, to building the most widely used internal tools platform, to now being the platform for AI agents in the enterprise—on this episode we cover David journey from YC to building agents for the enterprise.
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2025-07-171h 21The Changelog: Software Development, Open SourcePivoting to Retool (Interview)David Hsu from Retool joins Adam to discuss how he built Retool. From the pivot in YC, to building the most widely used internal tools platform, to now being the platform for AI agents in the enterprise—on this episode we cover David journey from YC to building agents for the enterprise.
Join the discussionChangelog++ members save 5 minutes on this episode because they made the ads disappear. Join today!Sponsors:Auth0 – The identity infrastructure for the age of AI. Built by developers, for developers—Auth0 helps you secure users, agents, and th...
2025-07-171h 21Changelog InterviewsPivoting to RetoolDavid Hsu from Retool joins Adam to discuss how he built Retool. From the pivot in YC, to building the most widely used internal tools platform, to now being the platform for AI agents in the enterprise—on this episode we cover David journey from YC to building agents for the enterprise.
Join the discussionChangelog++ members save 5 minutes on this episode because they made the ads disappear. Join today!Sponsors:Auth0 – The identity infrastructure for the age of AI. Built by developers, for developers—Auth0 helps you secure users, agents, and th...
2025-07-171h 21Sports LiteratiThe Tennis Partner by Abraham VergheseThis week, in a special collaboration with Medhum.org, The Sports Literati sit down and discuss The Tennis Partner, a masterpiece of medical humanities that just happened to be a sports book!
2025-06-1159 min
TBPNElon Musk Is Leaving Washington, Meta Partners With Anduril, Kim Jong Un's "Side Launch" Goes Sideways | Peter Rahal, John Andrew Entwistle, Ashlee Vance, Chase Lochmiller, Matan Grinberg, Jonny Dyer, David Hsu, Sushanth Raman, Rob ToewsTBPN.com is made possible by: Ramp - https://ramp.comFigma - https://figma.comVanta - https://vanta.comLinear - https://linear.appEight Sleep - https://eightsleep.com/tbpnWander - https://wander.com/tbpnPublic - https://public.comAdQuick - https://adquick.comBezel - https://getbezel.com Numeral - https://www.numeralhq.comPolymarket - https://polymarket.comFollow TBPN: https://TBPN.com
2025-05-293h 21
Gaytriarchs: A Gay Dads PodcastThe one with attorney Mark HsuThis week, Gavin tries to prove how not old he is by sledding down a mountain, David is the only one in the world who thinks it's weird 2 parents don't do drop off and pick up, we introduce a new segment, "A Moment of Aww," we rank the top 3 hottest cartoon characters, and this week we are joined by attorney and fellow Dad Mark Hsu, author of the book "Please Open in the Event of My Death - A Father's Advice to His Daughters In Case Something Horrible Happens (Which Hopefully It Won't But Just in Case...)." By the...
2025-02-191h 06Sports LiteratiArnold-The Education of a Bodybuilder by Arnold Schwarzneggar and Douglas Hall KentThis month, the Sports Literati convene to discuss Arnold Schwarzneggar's classic sports memoir about his early days as a bodybuilder and his quest to go from Mr. Universe to Hollywood.
2025-02-0841 minSports LiteratiNFL Confidential by Johnny AnonymousThis month, the Sports Literati sit down to ponder and ruminate over one of the most high brow, intellectual books they have ever read. Okay, maybe not. But it just might be one of the most fun books they've ever read.
2024-11-1742 min
Revitalize My ChurchEp.08 | The Value of Vision in Church Revitalization | David HsuIn this episode of the Revitalize My Church podcast, host Bart Blair interviews Pastor David Hsu from West Houston Christian Church. Pastor David shares his story of immigrating from Taiwan to the United States at age 14, working as an electrical engineer after college, then feeling called to ministry and attending Dallas Seminary. In 1993, Pastor David joined a new Chinese immigrant church plant in Houston called West Houston Chinese Church. He started out doing youth ministry and working with second generation English-speaking adults. In 2000, at just age 35, he took over as senior pastor when the founding pastor retired an...
2024-10-1540 minSports LiteratiRange by David EpsteinThis month on the Sports Literati, we get out of our comfort zone and test our range by reading David Epstein's ideas about the power of diverse groups and why early specialization might not be great for children.
2024-09-2452 min
Not Another CEO PodcastChanging Lives Through Tech - Jukay Hsu - Not Another CEO Podcast - Episode #7Joining the show this week is an entrepreneur with a passion for getting people into the tech industry. With over a decade spent trying to improve the lives of low-income New Yorkers, this guest is none other than the Co-Founder and CEO of Pursuit, Jukay Hsu. Jukay joins host David Politis to discuss his journey helping people get jobs in tech. Jukay examines the importance of having a mission-driven team, the challenges of going remote, and the importance of communal activity. He delves into adapting to change and how he sees AI affecting the w...
2024-09-0342 min
mbanerjeepalmer+listennotes 's Listen LaterRetool CEO David Hsu on Finding Product-Market Fit via Sales Podcast: ACQ2 by Acquired (LS 49 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Retool CEO David Hsu on Finding Product-Market Fit via SalesPub date: 2023-04-13Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationDavid Hsu has one of the most interesting founders journeys in tech today. After growing up in Silicon Valley, he left to study both philosophy and computer science at Oxford in the UK, then returned immediately afterward to found an internal enterprise tools company. Fast forward to today, and Retool is a multi-billion dollar valuation jug...
2024-08-161h 07
Sports LiteratiHow Soccer Explains the World by Franklin FoerThe Sports Literati reconvene to talk about the beautiful game, through the lens of Franklin Foer's classic soccer book How Soccer Explains the World, first published in 2004.
2024-06-2542 minThe Medical Dads PodcastGrandma Hsu, In MemoriamThis week, Dave and Stu discuss the recent passing of Dave's grandmother, who was pretty much 100 years old, depending on who you ask, and lived a full life through an epic century of Chinese history.
2024-06-2556 min
Chalk RadioReimagining Cities with Prof. David HsuParadoxically, urban planning professor David Hsu doesn’t consider himself a “city person,” but he has great appreciation and enthusiasm for cities as places where meaningful steps can be taken toward climate mitigation. In this episode, Prof. Hsu explains that urban planners can help move cities to take action to reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emissions from the construction, heating, power, and transport sectors. But he observes that the most lasting and successful actions are ones that are implemented democratically, with the consent and participation of the affected communities. To win over those communities, he says, technical experts have t...
2024-05-0110 min
Sports LiteratiThe Jordan Rules by Sam SmithThe Sports Literati revisits one of the seminal sports books of the 1990s: The Jordan Rules by Sam Smith. A close examination of the 1990-91 Chicago Bulls, we talk about an up and coming Michael Jordan and how misery just might breed success.
2024-04-281h 02
The Why with James HsuBarBend Founder - David Thomas Tao (Interview)David Thomas Tao is the founder of BarBend, a strength sports content site. David started the company in 2016 and had a successful startup exit in 2023.
0:00 Intro
1:00 David’s background
5:25 The truth about pre- and post-entrepreneur life
6:29 James’s story, mindset on building wealth
9:07 Life after the startup exit
10:52 BarBend origin story
13:07 The hardest things to do as the CEO
15:18 Mistakes were made
21:40 Guilt
22:53 Support system
25:01 Selling the company, transition period, walking away
28:45 BarBend’s legacy
2024-04-2151 minSports LiteratiThe Boys in the Boat by Daniel James BrownThe Sports Literati convene to discuss how the United States 8 man crew rose from the depths of the Great Depression to take down the big, bad Nazis at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
2024-02-1647 min
Latent Space: The AI Engineer PodcastWhy StackOverflow usage is down 50% — with David Hsu of RetoolWe are announcing the second edition of our Latent Space demo day event in SF on 2/23: Final Frontiers, a startup and research competition in “The Autonomous Workforce”, ”Beyond Transformers & GPUs”, and “Embodied AI”. RSVP here! The first one was aimed for 15-20 people and ended up blowing up to >200 and covered in the Information - let’s see what a year of growth (and competition) does to the local events space in 2024.You can find all Latent Space events here, and of course get in touch with us to host your own AI Engineer meetups like AI Engineerin...
2024-02-0158 min
W5H Book ClubWalden by Henry David ThoreauLuki and Dave convene to discuss the classic, original anti-establishment, minimalist, naturalist, environmentalist manifesto. Henry David Thoreau spent a few years living out in the wilderness at Walden Pond, and penned one of the most highly thought of American works of naturalism. But is it truly a great read, or just the ramblings of a crank?
2023-11-2944 minSports LiteratiBreathe by Rickson GracieThe Sports Literati enter the world of mixed martial arts for the first time, as they dissect the memoir of Rickson Gracie, the undefeated legend of Brazilian Jujitsu.
2023-11-0855 min
Sports LiteratiAcross the River by Kent BabbThe Sports Literati take a look at Kent Babb's fly-on-the wall account of the 2019 Edna Carr high school football team as it sought a fourth consecutive Louisiana state championship.
The book examines the hopelessness afflicting young, urban, blacks in a city with one of the highest rates of gun violence in America, but only a stone's flow from the affluent tourist neighbourhoods of New Orleans.
Intro and Outro Music: Sergei Rachmanioff Prelude in G-Sharp Minor, Op. 32 performed by Justina Sam.
2023-08-2951 min
How I Invest with David WeisburdE5: Jonathan Hsu | Co-Founder of $1.6B AUM Tribe Capital on What Data Shows is Product Market FitDavid Weisburd sits down with Jonathan Hsu, Co-Founder and General Partner of Tribe Capital and one of the top data scientists in the space. Hsu is a physicist-turned tech entrepreneur-turned VC. In this episode, they discuss the importance of growth patterns and product market fit (PMF) in venture capital. Tribe conducts intensive data work on approximately 400 companies annually, a unique dataset that cannot be purchased or obtained from other sources. If you’re ready to level-up your startup or fund with AngelList, visit www.angellist.com/tlp to get started.
(0:00) Episode preview
(1:15) Jonathan’s evolution from a physicist to a foun...
2023-08-1429 min
ManifoldDavid Goldman: US-China Competition, AI, Electric Vehicles, and Manufacturing — #36David Paul Goldman is an American economic strategist and author, best known for his series of online essays in the Asia Times under the pseudonym Spengler with the first column published January 1, 2000.Steve and David discuss:0:00 Introduction2:22 David’s background in music, finance, and Asia16:55 Looking back at the financial crisis23:04 Rise of the Chinese economy29:44 How Huawei’s strength is tied to China’s economic power36:49 Competition in the global electric vehicles market38:06 Why David thinks European countries like Germany will become closer...
2023-05-251h 16Sports LiteratiInto Thin Air by John KrakauerThe Sports Literati convene to discuss John Krakauer's seminal classic about an ascent on Mount Everest that goes horribly wrong. What constitutes a sport? How do intelligent human beings manage to make such a series of bad decisions? Join us as we make an ascent into the world of mountaineering.
2023-05-1051 min
ACQ2 by AcquiredRetool CEO David Hsu on Finding Product-Market Fit via SalesDavid Hsu has one of the most interesting founders journeys in tech today. After growing up in Silicon Valley, he left to study both philosophy and computer science at Oxford in the UK, then returned immediately afterward to found an internal enterprise tools company. Fast forward to today, and Retool is a multi-billion dollar valuation juggernaut that — almost uniquely for this era — operates at roughly cashflow breakeven while still growing rapidly. On this episode David shares his thoughts on finding product-market fit through sales, the dangers of product-led growth, how to get $1-5 million in ARR with just 5-10 peop...
2023-04-131h 07
Sports LiteratiThe Sense of Wonder by Matthew SalessesThis week, the Sports Literati convene to discuss Linsanity, one of Dave's favourite topics (try to guess which Dave!). Matthew Salesses is a Korean American writer who has written, as far as we know, the first literary novel based on Jeremy Lin's epic period of wonder with the New York Knicks in 2012. Join us as we take a look at this novel and discuss the impact of Linsanity on race, literature, and basketball.
2023-03-2451 min
Sports LiteratiThe Game of Our Lives by Peter GzowskiThe Sports Literati turn back the pages on a hockey classic, Peter Gzowski's The Game of Our Lives, a behind the scenes account of the 1980-81 Edmonton Oilers, led by a young Wayne Gretzky. They also discuss hockey as Canada's national myth, and whether it is still at the core of Canada's national identity today.
2023-02-0648 min
In DepthHow Retool reached $2M in ARR before launch by focusing on developers — David HsuTodd Jackson is back on the mic to guest host another product-focused episode this week. He chats with David Hsu, founder and CEO of Retool, a low-code platform for developers building custom internal tools.Today, Retool is valued at over $3 billion and has some of the biggest companies in the world building apps on its platform. But in this conversation, David rewinds the clock to Retool’s early days. He discusses why plenty of smart folks thought the idea for Retool would fail and that the product’s developer focus would sink the company.
2022-11-1056 min
Sports LiteratiGame by Grant HillThis month, the Sports Literati reconvenes to discuss the memoir of their collective, favourite basketball player of all time! And no, it's not Lebron James!
2022-10-231h 01
Chasing JusticeEpisode 103: Can we do justice in any vocation? with Dr. David HsuDr. David Hsu speaks on the topic of Vocation and Justice. If you’ve ever wondered how you can live justly in your vocation this is for you! You are not going to want to miss this insightful conversation (recorded in his engineering lab–machines noise and all) Dr. David Hsu is Assistant Professor of Engineering. He worked in Research & Development where he designed medical devices for patients with heart disease. He then decided to become a Professor of Engineering at Wheaton College to help students consider how their work is an expression of faith and just...
2022-10-1922 min
The Sociology of Everything PodcastDavid Beer's Power through the AlgorithmIn this episode, Eric Hsu and Louis Everuss look to unpack David Beer's article in New Media & Society, titled, 'Power through the Algorithm'. Beer's work theorizes how algorithmically driven media technologies affect our experience of social life and how power might be expressed in distinctive ways in the contemporary era. At one point in this episode, Louis demonstrates that he sees eye-to-eye with the TikTok generation by complaining that concert-goers spend too much time on their smartphones at concerts these days. Music and sound effects for this episode come from various sources and is licensed under the...
2022-10-1224 min
Sports LiteratiUndisputed Truth by Mike TysonThis month, the Sports Literati reconvenes to discuss Mike Tyson and his totally raw and visceral autobiography Undisputed Truth. Is Mike Tyson a good guy or a bad guy? Who's the biggest villain in Tyson's life? Join the Sports Literati as they go deep on one of the most famous and infamous athletes, if not people, of his generation.
2022-09-2454 min
VoltsVolts podcast: David Hsu on the grassroots policy that lets communities control own energy supplyIn this episode, MIT Professor David Hsu discusses a paper he wrote that charts the history, evolution, and current fortunes of community choice aggregation, a tool whereby a community can take ownership over its own energy procurement. It is the rare example of energy democracy breaking out in America's monopoly-dominated system — a good news story in an era of bad vibes. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.volts.wtf/subscribe
2022-09-211h 02
Sports LiteratiSwing Kings by Jared DiamondThis month, the two Daves convene to discuss America's past time. They reminisce about their own memories of baseball and listening to games on the radio before diving into Jared Diamond's book about how the new science of hitting has revolutionized the game in the last decade.
2022-07-2039 min
Sports LiteratiUnguarded by Scottie Pippen and Michael ArkushThe Sports Literati sit down to talk about Scottie Pippen, the 1990s Chicago Bulls, and that big, bad, bald elephant in the room, Michael Jordan. If you're a casual basketball fan who only knows about Michael Jordan, or a basketball diehard who wants to know where Scottie Pippen ranks in the list of all time greats, this is the show for you.
Intro and Outro Music: Sergei Rachmanioff Prelude in G-Sharp Minor, Op. 32 performed by Justina Sam.
2022-05-221h 06
W5H Book ClubWho's Afraid of the Big Bad Dragon - Yong Zhao on Education in ChinaThis week, the W5H Book Club looks at Yong Zhao's Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Dragon?: Why China Has the Best (and Worst) Education System in the World. While the western world looks on in awe at China's performance on international standardized tests, Yong Zhao shows us why the Chinese themselves are actively trying to reform their own system and why it would be a mistake for the west to try to copy it.
Music: Play it Again by Christopher Norton, performed by Victoria Hsu
2022-04-191h 01
Sports LiteratiBoys Will Be Boys by Jeff PearlmanThe Sports Literati sit down to talk about America's Team, also known as the Greatest Sports Team of All-Time according to Dave Hsu, the 1990s Dallas Cowboys. They break down the behind the scenes antics, the Jerry Jones/Jimmy Johnson feud that tore the team apart, and celebrate the much maligned Barry Switzer on this trip down nostalgia lane.
2022-04-0948 minManifoldScott Aaronson: Quantum Computing, Unsolvable Problems, & Artificial Intelligence — #9Scott Aaronson is the David J. Bruton Centennial Professor of Computer Science at The University of Texas at Austin, and director of its Quantum Information Center. Previously, he taught for nine years in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT. His research interests center around the capabilities and limits of quantum computers, and computational complexity theory more generally. Scott also writes the blog Shtetl Optimized: https://scottaaronson.blog/ Steve and Scott discuss:Scott's childhood and education, first exposure to mathematics and computers.How he became interested in computational complexity, pursuing it...
2022-04-071h 21W5H Book ClubSlaying Goliath - Diane Ravitch on the Dark Side of Charter SchoolsW5H dives into Slaying Goliath by Diane Ravitch, a close examination of the failures of the charter school system in the United States, and exposes the realities behind the education reforms of George W. Bush and Barack Obama.
Music: Play it Again by Christopher Norton, performed by Victoria Hsu
2022-03-0445 minW5H Book ClubLimitless Mind by Jo Boaler - Changing How We Learn MathThis week, W5H takes a look at Limitless Mind by Jo Boaler, a mathematics educator and professor at Stanford University who wants people to overhaul the way mathematics is taught and learned, by pushing people towards a growth mindset and overturning many traditionally held beliefs about math and education.
Music: Play it Again by Christopher Norton, performed by Victoria Hsu
2022-03-041h 03
Sports LiteratiThe Sports Gene by David EpsteinThe Sports Literati returns after a hiatus to discuss The Sports Gene by David Epstein, a book that examines the science and genetics behind elite level sports performance.
Intro and Outro Music: Sergei Rachmanioff Prelude in G-Sharp Minor, Op. 32 performed by Justina Sam.
2022-02-1255 min
The WLD ShowHowie Zhang and David Duong. An Honest Exploration on Web3 Gaming | Will, Lee, & Andrew Learn Web3: #52In this episode we bring back friends of the podcast, Howie Zhang and David Duong, to discuss Web3 gaming. Howie Zhang is a former quant and game economy designer for Immutable X’s Guild of Guardians. David Duong runs monetization for Apex Legends and has generated the game $1.6B by selling digital goods.Guild of Guardians, a free-to-play mobile RPG, is one of the most highly anticipated Web3 games in the space. Apex Legends, a free-to-play battle royale-hero shooter, is one of the hottest AAA games in the industry. Howie and David bring their experience and perspectives to...
2022-02-081h 29
W5H Book ClubWeapons of Mass Instruction - John Taylor Gatto Wants Us to Blow Up the School SystemLuki and Dave discuss John Taylor Gatto's angry polemic "Weapons of Mass Instruction" and his theory that schools exist to help propagate an elite class that profits off the students that it trains to become consumption-happy conformists. In the process, he argues that many impressive people did not require formal education, challenges the orthodoxy of sending our kids to school, and invites us to consider "unschooling" or letting our children explore the world on foot. Do we agree with his theories? What should we do with these ideas as parents and educators?
This is the 1st in a...
2022-01-2859 min
The WLD ShowBesties Episode w/ David Duong | Will, Lee, & Andrew Learn Web3: #46We bring back a friend of the podcast, David Duong, on to talk about his Web3 Journey. David runs monetization for Apex Legends and his team has made the game over $1.6 billion dollars selling in-game digital goods. David's been learning about Web3 and NFTs through our podcast and shares his insights with us.If you liked this episode, you can find more episodes at wld.show!
2022-01-181h 20Sports LiteratiSoccernomics by Simon Kuper and Stefan SzymanskiIn this episode from the Sports Literati Vault, the two Daves step out of their comfort zone and talk about Soccernomics, a book that tries to make sense of the analytics of world soccer, and answer such vital questions as why certain countries and clubs succeed at soccer and others don't.
Intro and Outro Music: Sergei Rachmanioff Prelude in G-Sharp Minor, Op. 32 performed by Justina Sam.
2022-01-0843 min
What's Up DocsFreedom At LastAfter a long break, Jason (AKA Dr. Zhou) and Dr. Hsu return to Whats Up Docs to talk about Jason's life as a newly minted family medicine resident.
Music: I Dunno by Grapes http://ccmixter.org/files/grapes/16626. Flying High by FREDJI https://soundcloud.com/fredjimusic
2022-01-0423 min
Sports LiteratiThe Victory Machine by Ethan Sherwood StraussIn this Sports Literati Classic episode, the two Daves sit down and discuss The Victory Machine: the Making and Unmaking of the Warriors Dynasty by Ethan Sherwood Strauss. They talk about the factors that went into the fall of the Golden State Warriors dynasty, and look at the psyche of their misunderstood superstar, Kevin Durant.
Intro and Outro Music: Sergei Rachmanioff Prelude in G-Sharp Minor, Op. 32 performed by Justina Sam.
2021-10-3046 min
Sports LiteratiOpen by Andre AgassiThe two Daves dig into one of the most highly touted sports books in recent memory, Open by Andre Agassi. Andre Agassi was a child tennis prodigy who eventually became one of the top players in the world. If you followed sports in the 1990s, you couldn't have missed Agassi's fancy hairdos, neon coloured outfits and elaborate marketing campaigns.
In Open, written a few years after his retirement, Agassi takes us with him as he recounts the story of growing up with a tennis obsessed father, through his life on the professional tennis tour, all the way...
2021-09-2059 min
Sports LiteratiShoe Dog by Phil KnightThe Sports Literati take a look at the business side of sports and the early years of one of the foundational brands in the modern sports world. Shoe Dog is a bestselling memoir of Nike's early years as told by the company's founder, Phil Knight. The book traces the origins of Nike from a humble, bunch of salesmen selling a Japanese track shoe named the Onitsuka Tiger out of the back of their trunks, to one of the most recognizable brands in the world.
In this episode, Dave and Dave discuss such vital questions as, is Nike...
2021-08-1750 min
Sports LiteratiThe Game by Ken DrydenThe Sports Literati induct the founding book title into the Pantheon of Sports Literature. The Game by Ken Dryden was published in 1983 and remains quite possibly the most highly regarded hockey book, if not sports book, of all time.
Ken Dryden was a Hall of Fame goalie for the Montreal Canadiens in the 1970s, and later became a writer and a Member of Parliament in Canada's federal government. He was also the President of the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1990s. The Game follows a week in the life of Dryden during the 1978-79 season, as his...
2021-06-2753 min
Sports LiteratiGridiron Genius by Michael LombardiThis month, the two Daves sit down to discuss Gridiron Genius: A Master Class in Winning Championships and Building Dynasties in the NFL by Michael Lombardi. They follow Lombardi behind the scenes on Bill Walsh's 49ers dynasty teams and Bill Belichek's Patriots, and try to learn about the inner workings of what goes on on a professional football team.
2021-05-1943 min
Sports LiteratiThree-Ring Circus by Jeff PearlmanIn the premiere episode of The Sports Literati, Dave and Dave break down Three-Ring Circus by Jeff Pearlman, a scintillating look at the Shaq-Kobe Lakers dynasty of the early 2000s, from the dark days following Magic Johnson's retirement through to the story of one of the first failed super teams, with Karl Malone and Gary Payton in 2003-2004. This book is an in depth portrait of a madcap basketball dynasty, and especially its two famous superstars, Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant.
The Sports Literati talk about the Lakers, their own memories of watching Kobe the gunslinger, and...
2021-03-3052 min
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC: Retool Founder, David Hsu on Why YC Is Helpful Pre Product-Market Fit but Not Post and Why VCs Are Not Helpful Pre-Product Market-Fit but are Post, Why it is Difficult to Become Unprofitable if You Set Yourself Up For Profitability Early & Why VC Th David Hsu is the Founder & CEO @ Retool, the company that allows you to build internal tools, remarkably fast. David has raised over $69M with Retool from the very best in startups including Sequoia, YC, Patrick and John @ Stripe, Henrique & Pedro @ Brex, Paul Graham, Nat @ Github, Peter @ Segment, Tomer @ Gusto and Elad Gil to name a few incredible names. Today Retool works with some of the biggest companies in the world from Amazon to Volvo to Mercedes Benz. In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How David made his way fr...
2020-12-1739 min
Indie Hackers#181 – Deciding to Go Big with David Hsu of RetoolDavid Hsu (@dvdhsu) was able to grow Retool to almost a million dollars a year in revenue before making a single hire. Rather than stopping there and resting on their accomplishments, Retool set an even more ambitious goal: to literally change the way developers write code. In this episode, David and I discuss the benefits and the perils of deciding to "go big," the keys to finding product-market fit and word-of-mouth growth, and opportunities that founders can take advantage of in the low-code space.Retool, David's low-code SaaS for building internal tools very quickly: https://retool.comFollow David...
2020-11-201h 10
JavaScript Archives - Software Engineering DailyRetool with David Hsu
Internal tools are often built with Ruby on Rails or NodeJS. Developers create entire full-fledged applications in order to suit simple needs such as database lookups, dashboarding, and product refunds. This internal tooling creates a drain on engineering resources. Retool is a low-code platform for creating internal tools. These internal tools can be written by bizops, marketing, or roles other than engineers. David Hsu is the founder of Retool and joins the show to talk through what he has built.
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2020-11-1347 min
What's Up DocsDr. Vincent Chan - The Life of the Cardiac Surgeon Part 1In the first of a two part conversation, Jason and Dr. Hsu sit down with Dr. Vincent Chan, cardiac surgeon from the University of Ottawa Heart Institute and Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of Ottawa. They talk about Dr. Chan's career, from how he got interested in cardiac surgery to the present day, exploring the long hours and sleepless nights of a surgeon's life.
Music: I Dunno by Grapes http://ccmixter.org/files/grapes/16626. Flying High by FREDJI https://soundcloud.com/fredjimusic
2020-10-2036 min
The WLD Show#6 David Duong: Winning in your career when odds are stacked against you.As someone who, growing up, David wasn’t given the tools to navigate a large corporation, David had to figure things out on his own. Over the years, I’ve watched him enter each new organization, always the underdog. Pushing through resistance to influence change and make a substantial impact. All while gaining the respect of everyone around him.Today, David is the Director of Product Management for Apex Legends. Apex Legends is a free-to-play first-person shooter, battle royale game, with over 70 million players worldwide. Prior to Apex Legends, David was the product manager or brand manager for b...
2020-09-291h 03The Medical Dads PodcastParenting in the Cellular AgeThis week, Stu and Dave break down what it's like to parent during the age of the cell phones. They talk screen time, data plans, the risks of cancer and more. If your children are pressuring you to get them a phone, or you're wondering what a parent is to do in this day and age, look no further.
2020-09-2255 min
Bay Area Real Estate News, Insights, Market Data, and Strategies | Spencer Hsu Real EstateWeekly Real Estate Lunch and Learn Interview with Top Realtor David Shapiro (Austin, Texas)Every Wednesday at 12PM PST, I interview and introduce a top Realtor from all across the country to hear about how they got into the business, what they are seeing with real estate impacts with COVID, and the economic drivers of an area!Meet David Shapiro, investor, health nut, environmentalist, consumer champion and consummate professional. A self-made success who devotes his free time to fitness and friends, David finds motivation in helping his clients further their financial success through selecting the right real estate investments. Since purchasing his first property at the age of 20...
2020-09-0933 minThe Medical Dads PodcastOutdoor Play Part 2 - Beyond the BackyardThis week, Stu and Dave reconvene to continue their discussion on outdoor play. They talk backyards, playgrounds, swimming pool and more, while sharing some thoughts on outdoor safety and just plain outdoor fun.
2020-09-0557 minThe Medical Dads PodcastOutdoor Play Part 1 - Kids, Get Out!Just in time for the end of summer, the Medical Dads break down the joys and travails of sending their children outdoors as much as they can, and along the way, discuss Dave's favourite outdoor topic - sun safety!
2020-08-3147 minThe Medical Dads PodcastCovid - Back to School SpecialThe Medical Dads are Back! Back for the premiere of Season 2 of the Medical Dads Podcast and back to discuss going back to school for children after almost 6 months away from school! This week, Stu and Dave break down the only issue parents are thinking about as September nears.. Have a listen as they break down the science and the worries of going back!
2020-08-2152 minThe Medical Dads PodcastBuilding Bridges - The Medical Dads on RacismStu and Dave reflect on racism, and share some thoughts and viewpoints about racial inequality and their own experiences with prejudice.
2020-08-0256 minWhat's Up DocsClerkship Journals - The Verdict is InAs clerkship resumes after a Covid induced hiatus, Jason talks about leaning towards family medicine as he heads into his last year of medical school. Then Jason and Dr. Hsu ponder the future of family medicine.
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2020-07-2523 minThe Medical Dads PodcastUnaccredited, Unlicensed and Unprofessional - Home Schooling During a PandemicOn this week's episode, Stu and Dave discuss the trials and travails of schooling their children at home. For any parent who's been trying in vain to teach their children something while working from home, this episode is sure to ring true.
2020-07-131h 01The Medical Dads PodcastJust Say No to the Coffee Table Purchase - Tips on Childproofing Your HomeOn this week's episode, Stu and Dave discuss the spike in household injuries that is occurring as a result of Covid, and give some practical advice on things to watch for at home, including everything from slamming doors to coffee tables to jumping off sofas. If you have children and they have a home to live in, then this episode is for you!
2020-07-0555 minThe Medical Dads PodcastPlease Can I Get That? - Parenting Through Mohawks, Earrings and TattoosThis week, Stu and Dave talk about children and the style boundaries they try to push, from what clothes to wear to school, to mohawks to the medical implications of earrings and tattoos, we've got you covered!
2020-06-2157 minThe Medical Dads PodcastMan Colds - What Happens When Parents are Under the WeatherThis week, Stu and Dave take a break from talking about children and turn their attention to parental health, and more specifically, the phenomenon of the "man cold." Ever found yourself lying face down in bed with a fever or rushing back and forth to the toilet while your kids are busy terrorizing the house in your absence? Then this episode's for you!
2020-06-1357 minManifoldLeif Wenar on the Resource Curse and Impact Philosophy – #49Corey and Steve interview Leif Wenar, Professor of Philosophy at Stanford University and author of Blood Oil. They begin with memories of Leif and Corey’s mutual friend David Foster Wallace and end with a discussion of John Rawls and Robert Nozick (Wenar’s thesis advisor at Harvard, and a friend of Steve’s). Corey asks whether Leif shares his view that analytic philosophy had become too divorced from wider intellectual life. Leif explains his effort to re-engage philosophy in the big issues of our day as Hobbes, Rousseau, Locke, Mill and Marx were in theirs. He details how a trip...
2020-06-041h 29The Medical Dads PodcastParents Dreaming of Summer CampIn this week's episode, recorded way before the Coronavirus pandemic during an alternate timeline, Stu and Dave sit down to discuss summer camps for children, what they look for when enrolling kids in camp, their own memories of endless summers, and Stu's time as a summer camp medical doctor!
2020-06-0448 minThe Medical Dads PodcastThat Virus... AgainOn this week's episode, Stu and I sit down and break down what's going on as the Coronavirus rolls on towards the summer. We discuss our plans for the coming months and what might happen in the fall to our children, depending on whether schools open or not. Then, we talk a little about how our work has been affected by the dawn of virtual doctor visits and Dave gives an update on how he's coping with grocery shopping now.
2020-05-2600 minWhat's Up DocsClerkship Journals - That Chinese VirusIn this month's episode, Jason and Dr. Hsu catch up on what they've been doing as the Coronavirus rolls on and Jason's clerkship enters its third month of hiatus. Jason talks about finding clarity of purpose during this period, developing some neat productivity hacks to improve his life, and reveals... drumroll please, what specialty he is leaning towards applying for! Then, they share some stories about dealing with the backlash being directed towards Chinese Canadians as a result of the COVID pandemic.
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2020-05-2531 minThe Medical Dads PodcastThe Power of Imagination - Children and their Overactive Imaginations!Stu and Dave chat about the importance of imagination in both childhood and adulthood, and share some stories of imaginary life, including everything from imaginary friends to imaginary fights. They then talk about ways to nurture children's imaginations, and even attempt to explain why television may actually be beneficial to us all!
2020-05-1555 minWhat's Up DocsClerkship Journals - How Coronavirus Changes EverythingIn this month's episode, Jason and Dr. Hsu discuss the new reality they face now that the Coronavirus has flipped everything upside down. Jason delves into identity loss as clerkship has been suspended for at least the next three months and what he plans to do in the meantime. Further, he explores the feeling of watching the world of medicine from the sidelines as everyone else goes off to battle. Then Dr. Hsu tells about being a family doctor whose office has transitioned to telephone and virtual medicine during this crisis, and working at home with 2 young children running a...
2020-04-0541 minWhat's Up DocsClerkship Journals - Pediatrics and Talking About a Career In Family MedicineIn this month's episode*, Jason and Dr. Hsu start by reviewing Jason's recent pediatrics rotation. Jason talks about what its like to interact with children, change his first diaper, and talk to some parents who are the same age as him.
In the second part of the episode, they break down a recent document from the College of Family Physicians of Canada that attempts to promote family medicine to medical students, entitled Twelve Points to Consider When Talking to a Medical Student About a Career in Family Medicine. As Jason ponders what residency to apply to, Dr. H...
2020-03-1840 minManifoldYang Wang on Science and Technology in China, Hong Kong Protests, and Coronavirus – #34Yang Wang is Dean of Science at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Professor Wang received his BS degree in mathematics from University of Science and Technology of China in 1983, and his PhD degree from Harvard University in 1990 under the supervision of Fields medalist David Mumford. He served as Chair of the Mathematics department at Michigan State University before joining HKUST.Topics2:50 – US-China Relations: Has China advanced through the development of human capital or the theft of intellectual property?16:23 – Academic Culture in China33:00 – Hong Kong Protests: Economic inequality, housing prices, and outside actors.1:04:09 – Coronavi...
2020-02-201h 20What's Up DocsClerkship Journals - OBGYN & The Value of ExpertiseOn this month's episode, Dr. Hsu and Jason meet to discuss Jason's time on the Obstetrics and Gynecology rotation and his first time seeing a delivery! Dr Hsu takes us back to his obstetrics rotation 14 years ago, where once again, he is placed in a small town.
Then they explore the concept of well-rounded versus expert in the modern physician. With growing numbers of physicians spending less time in direct patient care and more time in research, education, business ventures, self-care, or family life, what is the trade off? Is the skilled consummate physician becoming extinct?
2020-01-2237 minManifoldSebastian Junger: Meaning from War and Technological Isolation in America – #29This conversation occurred just after President Trump withdrew US forces from Northern Syria. Steve, Corey and Sebastian debate ISIS and the Kurds. Sebastian argues that men who went to war after 9/11 wanted to experience communal masculinity, as their fathers and grandfathers had in Vietnam and WWII, a tradition dating back millennia. When they came home, they faced the isolation of affluent contemporary American society, leading to high rates of addiction, depression, and suicide. War veterans in less developed countries may be psychologically better off, supported by a more traditional social fabric.ResourcesTranscriptSebastian JungerTribe: On...
2020-01-1644 minWhat's Up DocsClerkship Journals - Family MedicineIn his second month of clinical clerkship, Jason wraps up his Psychiatry block and recounts an emotional goodbye to patients on the last day. As Jason moves on to a suburban Family Medicine clinic, Dr. Hsu adds insightful perspectives on being a Family Doctor for the past decade. Dr. Hsu also recounts his isolating clerkship rotation in Family Medicine and how he struggled at taking blood pressures; all of which shaped his views on teaching students today.
2019-11-2333 minWhat's Up DocsClerkship Journals - PsychiatryDr. Hsu and Jason discuss the opening weeks of Jason's clerkship, his psychiatry rotation.
2019-10-1825 minWhat's Up DocsStarting ClerkshipDr. Hsu and Jason return after a month of holiday to discuss Jason's medical school journey as he prepares to embark on year 3 of medical school, the much anticipated clinical clerkship.
2019-09-0529 minManifoldDaniel Max on Writing a Literary non-Fiction Classic and Prion Diseases Then and Now – #15Daniel Max, staff writer at The New Yorker and author of Every Love Story is A Ghost Story, a biography of David Foster Wallace, speaks with Corey and Steve about his first book, The Family that Couldn’t Sleep. The discussion covers the emerging genre of literary non-fiction, Daniel’s process of writing The Family that Couldn’t Sleep, and how he approached and gained the trust of the family at the heart of the story. Corey probes Daniel about how he handled the complex scientific characters, Carl Gajdusek and Stanley Prusiner, who led research into prion disease for 40 years...
2019-07-251h 16What's Up DocsLife in Medical School: Not Fitting InIn this episode, a continuation of Episode 1's discussion about failure and anxiety, Jason and Dr. Hsu talk about the struggle to fit in after arriving in medical school, and how their friends and classmates helped them find their way.
2019-07-0925 minWhat's Up DocsEmulating Success: Finding a Mentor in Medicine?On this week's episode, Jason and Dr. Hsu discuss the role of mentors and mentorship in medical training. From day one, medical students are told they need to find good mentors, someone they can learn from and connect with as they go through their training, but finding one that they can connect with is not as straightforward as it seems.
2019-07-0223 minWhat's Up DocsFailure and Anxiety in Medicine: Does It Ever End?Working in medicine brings forth a great deal of anxiety and failure. This anxiety starts right away as soon as medical school begins and the failure isn't far behind. Today Jason and Dr. Hsu discuss their own experiences with feeling anxious and scared in medicine, and their own experiences with failure, starting with the beginning of medical school and going on through to the present day.
2019-06-2428 minManifoldDavid Skrbina on Ted Kaczynski, Technological Slavery, and the Future of Our Species – Episode #7David Skrbina is a philosopher at the University of Michigan. He and Ted Kaczynski published the book Technological Slavery, which elaborates on the Unabomber manifesto and contains about 100 pages of correspondence between the two which took place over almost a decade. Skrbina discusses his and Kaczynski’s views on deep problems of technological society, and whether violent opposition to it is justified.ResourcesDavid Skrbina’s Featured PublicationsPhotos of Ted KacynskiDavid Skrbina, Pen Pal of the Unabomber, on Ted Kaczynski’s PhilosophyTribe by Sebastian JungerJoe Rogan Experience #975 – Sebastian JungerTranscript
2019-04-041h 14
Tinder TalesLeiti Hsu "Deliver His Weirdness Right Back" Episode 85Welcome to Tinder Tales! This is my podcast about the best and worst of Online Dating. Listen to my guest Food Journalist Leiti Hsu as we talk about being traditional yet wild, her biggest strength also being her biggest weakness, and meeting guys in Australia!
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