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Tubular Teens with TitansTubular Teens with Titans S02E019 - Tirich Mir Rises Pt 3It's here! The Tubular Teens with Titans Season 2 finale: "Tirich Mir Rises Pt 3" is live!Join us for the thrilling conclusion where the fate of Dragon Cove — and all of reality — hangs in the balance. You won't want to miss this epic battle!Benny Humo - Ryan TibbittsJai Terra - Briar ZacharyScarlett Watts - Lev Rodriguez ShiversHa-Nuel Yasao - Tim LoikaGwen Avalon - Keisha WallaceNarrator - Shayne PatrickPan Vahan - Michael Waldschlager IIErald- Shane CochranDe...
2025-07-3147 min
Tubular Teens with TitansTubular Teens with Titans S02E18 - Tirich Mir Rises Pt2The action explodes in part 2 of the Season 2 finale! Tirich Mir forces our young heroes in to their most dangerous and treacherous fight yet. This isn't just a battle for Dragon Cove; it's a desperate struggle for the fate of the world. Can the Guardians overcome the overwhelming odds and save reality as we know?Benny Humo - Ryan TibbittsJai Terra - Briar ZacharyScarlett Watts - Lev Rodriguez ShiversHa-Nuel Yasao - Tim LoikaGwen Avalon - Keisha WallaceNarrator - Shayne...
2025-06-2347 min
Tubular Teens with TitansTubular Teens with Titans S0E17 - Tirich Mir Rises Pt 1With the Titans out of commission, how will the Guardians defend Dragon Cove?Benny Humo - Ryan TibbittsJai Terra - Briar ZacharyScarlett Watts - Lev Rodriguez ShiversHa-Nuel Yasao - Tim LoikaGwen Avalon - Keisha WallaceNarrator - Shayne PatrickPan Vahan - Michael Waldschlager IIErald- Shane CochranDesdemona - Sara RobertsReginald - Kyle GouldJohnny D- Noah ClemensMrs Humo - Sarah Joy
2025-04-0549 min
Behind the StaysHow to Build the Apple of Vacation Rentals: Imagining, Creating, and Scaling the Wander BrandMeet Kyle Tibbitts, Chief Marketing Officer at Wander, a network of smart, luxury vacation rentals that’s on a mission to verticalize the short-term rental experience.
If you were to have asked Kyle as a 10-year-old what he wanted to be when he grew up, he would have told you a lawyer, which, today, Kyle would tell you would have been a huge mistake.
But if you were to have asked Kyle what he wanted to be just a few years later, he would have told you an architect — from a young age he had a deep...
2024-02-271h 05
Paradox Podcast#19 — John Andrew Entwistle — Traveling into the futureLIMITED-TIME OFFER: Go to wander.com/kyle, download the app and create an account to enter to win a free Wander Trip and you can also become a Wander Founding Member for $100 and unlock benefits like:
* Get $100 credited toward your first stay
* Limited edition founding member hoodie
* Early access to Wander Homes before everyone else
* A potential opportunity to invest in the company
For episode #19, I chatted with John Andrew Entwistle, founder and CEO of Wander.com, about the challenges of starting and scaling companies, building the future of life, work and travel, cultural pitfalls in early-stage startups, the importance of wr...
2021-11-0259 min
True Blue Conversations PodcastCraig Tibbitts – Battles of El AlameinThe Battles of El Alamein conjure images of legendary the Allied 'Spartan General' Field Marshal Montgomery and the Axis 'Desert Fox' Field Marshal Rommel. Pitting their armies against each other in fierce fighting in the Western Desert the loss for the Axis was profoundly significant. Australian War Memorial Senior Historian Craig Tibbitts discusses the battles and the role played by Australian troops in this pivotal World War 2 Allied victory. Presenter: Adam Blum Guest: Craig Tibbitts Editor: Kyle Watkins Academic Adviser: Margaret Strike
2021-09-1347 min
Paradox Podcast#18 — David Sacks — Movements and the battle for the futureDavid Sacks (@DavidSacks)is the co-founder and general partner at Craft Ventures. For episode #18, I chatted with David about why the best founders create movements not just startups, what he looks for when making investments, the rise of censorship and war on free speech in the United States, the decline of institutional trust and independent thinking in our culture and the rise of political homelessness for folks in the center.
Prior to founding Craft Ventures, David founded enterprise collaboration company Yammer, which was one of the fastest-growing SaaS startups in history and acquired by Microsoft for $1.2B. David first got...
2021-06-1054 min
Paradox Podcast#17 — Lex Oiler — The accidental startup founderLex Oiler (@hotgirlintech) is the founder and CEO of Peachy. For episode #17, I chatted with Lex about how a hospital bill that bankrupted her family set her on a mission to fix the broken medical billing system, following her own path away from law school to become a product designer, leveraging twitter to find early employees, customers and investors and her non-linear journey to becoming a founder.
Full disclosure, my fund Paradox Capital, is an investor in Lex’s company and after you listen to this conversation I think you’ll understand why it was an easy decision for me. $45B of...
2021-04-0852 minParadox Podcast#16 — Avlok Kohli — An angel investing revolutionAvlok Kohli (@avlok) is the CEO of AngelList Venture. For episode #16, I chatted with, I chatted with Avlok about how the startup funding ecosystem is changing, the geographic future of Silicon Valley, the launch of rolling funds, which have taken the venture industry by storm, and the launch of my seed fund, Paradox Capital, which is managed on the AngelList platform. Prior to joining AngelList, Avlok was a repeat founder. One of his startups, Fastbite, was acquired by Square in 2015.
You might be asking: what is a rolling fund? A “Rolling Fund” is a new type of investment vehicle that allo...
2021-01-2148 minParadox Podcast#15 — Mike Maples Jr. — Backcasting to build the futureMike Maples (@m2jr) is the co-founder and partner at Floodgate Capital and was one of the original “super angels”. For episode #15, I chatted with Mike about the process entrepreneurs should use to uncover breakthrough insights, a fishing trip with his Dad that taught him a lifelong lesson, how he stumbled into his first angel investment (Twitter), how he broke into venture capital after being a founder, and one of the biggest issues facing our country that almost no one talks about. We even turned the tables and Mike fired some questions my way.
Mike has been on the Forbes Mida...
2020-09-301h 11Paradox Podcast#14 — Geoff Lewis — Noble lies and narrative violationsGeoff Lewis (@justGLew) is a technology investor and founder of Bedrock Capital. For episode #14, Geoff and I chatted about the noble lies that exist all around us in society, the geopolitics of TikTok, why algorithms are the new oil, how searching for narrative violations is different from contrarianism, his quest to move from Canada to the U.S. that started at age 11 and the types of founders and companies he’s looking to invest in. In 2019, Geoff was named as one of the Top 100 Venture Capitalists in the world by CB Insights and The New York Times.
Previously, as a Pa...
2020-08-2644 minParadox Podcast#13 — Balaji Srinivasan — The rise of cloud cities & citizen journalismBalaji Srinivasan (@balajis) is an angel investor and entrepeneur. For episode #13, I chatted with Balaji about the rise of cloud cities, the Oregon Trail generation, a decentralized model for citizen journalism, why crypto is still underrated and the best piece of advice he’s ever received. Balaji was formerly the CTO of Coinbase and General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz, he was also the cofounder of Earn.com, Counsyl, Teleport and Coin Center.
Balaji holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering and a master in Chemical Engineering from Stanford University and teaches the occasional class at Stanford, including an online MOOC in 2013 wh...
2020-07-291h 06Paradox Podcast#12 — Mike Solana — The heresy of speaking your mindMike Solana (@micsolana) is VP of brand and community at Founders Fund. For episode #12, I chatted with Mike about having the courage to speak your mind, self-censorship, the rising tide of socialism in the United States and the power the stories we tell ourselves both as individuals and societies have to dramatically alter the future we end up living in.
Mike runs creative programming for Founders Fund, including F50, the firms annual summit and Shop Talk, the firm’s professional networking series. He’s also creator and producer of the firm’s awesome podcast, Anatomy of Next, which just went into a...
2020-05-1358 minParadox Podcast#11 — Karlyn Borysenko — A liberal goes to a Trump rallyKarlyn Borysenko (@DrKarlynB) is an organizational psychologist who helps organizations and teams find happiness and fulfillment at work through her company, Zen Workplace. For episode #10, Karlyn and I had a wide-ranging discussion about her experience in an online knitting group that turned her off to cancel culture, taking part in the New Hampshire primary and meeting every Democrat presidential candidate and her decision to go to a Trump rally to try and understand how her political opponents think.
Karlyn came on my radar when my dad told me about a viral medium essay she wrote called “I’ve been a Demo...
2020-04-2548 minParadox Podcast#10 — Garry Tan — Building the world you want to live inGarry Tan (@garrytan) is a designer and engineer turned early stage investor as a Managing Partner and co-founder at Initialized Capital. While recording from our coronavirus bunkers, Garry and I chatted about building the world you want to live in, how refugee ancestors has influenced his worldview, navigating the idea maze as a founder, his $200M mistake and how parenthood has changed his life. In 2019, Tan was listed at #21 on the Forbes Midas List having invested in Instacart, Coinbase, Flexport, Plangrid, Hellosign and many others. Prior to founding Initialized, Garry was a partner at Y Combinator for nearly five years...
2020-04-151h 03Paradox Podcast#9 — Jeff Morris Jr. — Investing in a post-COVID19 futureJeff Morris Jr. (@jmj) is a full time angel investor and the founder of Chapter One who has invested in in companies including Lyft, Lambda School, Superhuman, Roman, Cameo and Branch Metrics. For episode #9, Jeff and I had a wide-ranging conversation about the impact this global coronavirus pandemic is having on millions of lives, the types of new companies and products that might be built to address new challenges and what investing in a post-COVID19 future might look like.
We also talked about career-related path dependence in time of rising uncertainty, the unbundling and distribution of talent out of Silicon...
2020-03-3154 minParadox Podcast#8 — Sahil Lavingia — Escaping your own ideological bubbleSahil Lavingia (@shl) is the CEO of Gumroad and a prolific entrepeneur, writer, painter and thinker. For episode #8, I chatted with Sahil about the challenges of building startups and his viral essay “reflecting on my “failure" to build a $1B company”. We also escaped the world of tech and startups to talk about moving from San Francisco to Provo, Utah – the most conservative and religious city in America and lessons he learned about breaking outside our ideological bubbles and engaging with people we disagree with in a friendly way.
Lastly, we offered up some very amateur political analysis on the 2020 Presiden...
2020-03-131h 02Paradox Podcast#7 — Katherine Boyle — Untangling tensions between media & techKatherine Boyle (@ktmboyle) is a venture capitalist based in San Francisco and former journalist. For episode #7, I chatted with Katherine about escalating tensions between the media and tech industries, her path to becoming a venture capitalist and the threat that declining economic mobility poses to future generations.
Katherine Boyle is a partner at General Catalyst, a bi-coastal venture capital firm where she leads investments in early stage companies with uncommon missions. She's invested in the likes of Anduril Industries, Nova Credit, Spring Discovery and co-leads General Catalyst's seed platform. Prior to becoming an investor, she was a reporter at The W...
2020-02-2857 min
Paradox Podcast#6 — Kamal Ravikant — Your mentality shapes your realityKamal Ravikant (@kamalravikant) is an entrepreneur, investor and best selling author of three books: Love Yourself, Live Your Truth, and Rebirth. For this episode, we talked to Kamal about fear, forgiveness and how your internal mentality can shape your external reality. Kamal was born in India but immigrated to the United States where he and his brother were raised by a single mom in a rough neighborhood Jamaica Queens. He spent countless hours at the library where he developed an early love for books –– which became his refuge and inspired him to become a writer.
This week Kamal is re-launching an e...
2020-01-1043 min
Paradox Podcast#5 — James Beshara — Mental health is wealth (part 2)James Beshara (@JamesBeshara) is a modern day renaissance man – an entrepreneur, angel investor, podcaster, author, musician. James is a prolific creator who operates with passion and he’s probably one of the most honest entrepreneurs I’ve ever met. James founded three startups including Tilt which was acquired by Airbnb in 2017 where he was Global Head of Airbnb Music. James has angel invested in dozens of startups like Gusto, Mercury Bank, Halo Top Ice Cream, Bolt and many others, including several multi-billion dollar companies, and is now a full-time angel investor.
This year, he launched the Below The Line podcast which...
2019-11-1552 min
Paradox Podcast#4 — Trae Stephens — Just warfare in the age of technologyTrae Stephens (@traestephens) is a venture capitalist at Founders Fund with partners like Peter Thiel, Brian Singerman, Cyan Banister and Keith Rabois, where he invests across sectors with a particular interest in startups operating in the government space. He’s also Co-founder and Executive Chairman of Anduril Industries with Palmer Luckey, who founded Oculus, which was acquired by Facebook in 2014. Anduril is a defense technology company focused on developing autonomous systems for U.S. military and is by far one of the most interesting, and for some controversial, new startups in the last two years. In our conversation Trae described it...
2019-10-311h 06
Paradox Podcast#3 — James Beshara — Mental health is wealth (part 1)James Beshara (@JamesBeshara) is a modern day renaissance man – an entrepreneur, angel investor, podcaster, author, musician. James is a prolific creator who operates with passion and he’s probably one of the most honest entrepreneurs I’ve ever met. James founded three startups including Tilt which was acquired by Airbnb in 2017 where he was Global Head of Airbnb Music. James has angel invested in dozens of startups like Gusto, Mercury Bank, Halo Top Ice Cream, Bolt and many others, including several multi-billion dollar companies, and is now a full-time angel investor.
This year, he launched the Below The Line podcast which...
2019-10-181h 02
Paradox Podcast#2 — Jennifer Fearing — The good lobbyistJennifer Fearing (@jenniferfearing) is one of the most successful, innovative, and admired lobbyists in California. She left a lucrative corporate consulting career to advocate on behalf of issues that are close to her heart, especially animal issues. Jennifer successfully ran the 2008 Proposition 2 campaign, also known as the Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act. She has led successful efforts to ban the sale of ivory and shark fin soup, to ban the use of hounds when hunting bears and bobcats, and championed numerous other issues related to animal welfare.
Jennifer spent eight years working for the Humane Society of the United...
2019-10-0450 min
Paradox Podcast#1 — Michael Davidson — Looking beyond gov't to solve big problemsMichael Davidson (@MPDavidson) is the CEO of GenNext (@gen_next), an organization that recruits business leaders in the private sector, educates them on critical issues like economic opportunity, education and global security and empowers them to have a direct impact both inside and outside of government. Michael is a super sharp guy who cares about the restoring the marketplace of ideas, reviving civics, and solving the leadership deficit in this country.
2019-09-1947 min