Best Josh Michaelis Podcasts (2025)

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Zip Your Lip, Eat The Key (Josh Gondelman, Vic Michaelis, Zach Reino) 1:26:36

9d ago1:26:36

1:26:36

This week, Josh Gondelman joins Scoop to discuss his Wikipedia page, his many Emmy awards, and his new stand-up comedy special “Positive Reinforcement” (streaming now on YouTube!). Then Pokémon trainers Ember Chuckit and Dash Grabum return with updates on what they’ve been up to. Finally, longevity expert Mark Fripp drops in to share some interesti…

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Private Governance: Creating a Market in AI Regulation, with Dr. Gillian Hadfield & Andrew Freedman 1:56:29

2h ago1:56:29

1:56:29

Dr. Gillian Hadfield from Johns Hopkins University and Andrew Freedman from Fathom discuss their innovative proposal to govern AI through private regulatory markets, which has been introduced as California's SB 813. Their system would separate democratic goal-setting from technical rule-making by having government bodies articulate safety outcomes …

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Tree Dog Tuesday: The Cables 27:40

16h ago27:40

27:40

This week Josh sits down with 2x UKC Youth National Champion Jaxon Cable, as well as his parents Kevin and Angie to talk about his success and their love for coonhunting and hound sports.By Josh Michaelis

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Competition Corner Newdesk 7-21-25 4:38

1d ago4:38

4:38

By Josh Michaelis

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20VC: Scaling to $1BN+ in Revenue with No Funding: Surge AI | The Most Insane Scaling Story in Tech | 1:06:20

9h ago1:06:20

1:06:20

Edwin Chen is the Founder and CEO of Surge. Founded in 2020, Surge has scaled to $1BN+ in revenue with zero external funding. At the same time, their competitor, Scale.ai raised over $1.3BN to reach $850M ARR. Today, Surge have the world’s largest model providers as customers and have just 120 employees. Agenda: 00:00 — “Everyone Else Is Just a Bod…

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Thong Seduction (Andy Samberg, Neil Campbell, Mitra Jouhari) 1:19:31

2d ago1:19:31

1:19:31

This week, Andy Samberg, Neil Campbell, and Mitra Jouhari join Scott to discuss their favorite Tex-Mex cuisine, the new season of “Digman!”, and why it took so long to get a second season. Then, positivity ambassador Sonny Price drops in to discuss why spreading positivity is so important. Later, dating coach Elizabeth Bitch joins to share her uniq…

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20VC: Cognition CEO Scott Wu on Acquiring Windsurf: The Process, The Deal, The Rationale | Did Google Overlook a Goldmine in the Core Asset and Did Founders Leave a Sinking Ship | How Cursor and Cognition ... 48:08

3d ago48:08

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Scott Wu is the co-founder and CEO of Cognition, the company behind Devin, the world’s first AI software engineer. On Friday last week they pulled off the acquisition of the year, acquiring Windsurf, following their licensing agreement with Google. Previously a world-class competitive programmer, he was a gold medalist at the International Olympiad…

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20VC: Windsurf x Google x Cognition: Full Breakdown: Who Made Money, Who Did Not | Lovable vs Replit: Will These Be $100BN Businesses | Why Elon Could Beat Sam Altman with the New Grok | Why Every S&P ... 1:21:58

4d ago1:21:58

1:21:58

Agenda: 00:00 Windsurf was dead—then this deal changed everything 05:00 The Windsurf x Google x Cognition saga explained 09:00 The OpenAI deal collapsed—what really happened 15:00 FTC rules forced a brutal deal structure—who lost? 17:00 The investors’ returns: who actually made money? 21:30 Will Google’s corp dev team get fired over this? 23:00 Cog…

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Bonus Bang: Bob Odenkirk, Lily Sullivan, Griffin Newman (I Love Lily) 1:16:04

6d ago1:16:04

1:16:04

This week's Bonus Bang is the second installment in our "I Love Lily" series and was originally titled "Better Call Bed Bath & Beyond" and features Lily Sullivan as Francesca Bolognese! Professional actor Bob Odenkirk joins Scott once again to talk about how Better Call Saul will end, his exercise regimen for the action movie Nobody, and his upcomi…

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The Dawn of Dynamic AI: RFT Comes Online, w/ Predibase CEO Dev Rishi, from Inference by Turing Post 38:47

6d ago38:47

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This crossover episode from Inference by Turing Post features CEO Dev Rishi of Predibase discussing the shift from static to continuously learning AI systems that can adapt and improve from ongoing user feedback in production. Rishi provides grounded insights from deploying these dynamic models to real enterprise customers in healthcare and finance…

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Episode 156: Steve Monk 1:00:17

7d ago1:00:17

1:00:17

This week BJ heads north to talk to Steve Monk of Brave Ridge KennelsBy Josh Michaelis

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Tree Dog Tuesday: What is the Elite Handler Series? 23:40

8d ago23:40

23:40

This week Josh sits down and explains the Elite Handler Series, Talks stats, matchups, and what is coming up for the future of head to head working dog sports.By Josh Michaelis

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Competition Corner Newdesk 7-14-25 3:43

8d ago3:43

3:43

By Josh Michaelis

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20VC: Vlad Tenev on Robinhood’s $85BN Resurgence | Tokenizing SpaceX & OpenAI | Building Nine Revenue Lines Over $100M | Why Crypto Will Be Robinhood's Biggest Revenue Line | Why Stablecoins Will Replace ... 57:52

7d ago57:52

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Vlad Tenev is the Founder and CEO of Robinhood, the greatest story on Wall St of the last decade. In the previous 18 months, Robinhood has increased its net revenue by 58% to nearly $3B; a $500M loss in 2023 turned into a $1.1B profit in 2024. Robinhood’s stock is up roughly 4x, lifting their market cap to north of $80B. Today, Robinhood has nine l…

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20Growth: The Death of Growth Teams? | How Hubspot Use AI to Triple Email Conversion | The Future of AI SEO | Why Prompt Engineering is the New Coding | What Every CMO Needs to Know About AI in 2025 1:15:51

10d ago1:15:51

1:15:51

Kieran Flanagan is the CMO at HubSpot, where he’s led the transformation of their growth strategy from SEO-led to multi-channel and AI-powered. Formerly SVP of Marketing, he helped scale HubSpot’s user base to millions and revenue past $2B. Before HubSpot, he drove breakout growth at Marketo and Salesforce. Kieran is one of the most respected voice…

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Cracking the Medical Code: Why Cleveland Clinic Doctors Love Their Ambience Healthcare AI Scribe 1:31:38

12d ago1:31:38

1:31:38

Brendan Fortuner from Ambience Healthcare and Ben Shahshahani from Cleveland Clinic discuss how AI is transforming medical documentation and coding in a healthcare system that spends $1 trillion annually on administrative tasks. They explore Ambience's technical breakthrough using OpenAI's Reinforcement Fine-Tuning to achieve medical coding accurac…

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20VC: Daniel Gross and Nat Friedman: Acquired by Meta | OpenAI’s SBC Bombshell: More Stock Comp Than Revenue | Privat Equity is Back: Olo Bought for $2BN | Microsoft Lays Off 9,000 People: Is This Just ... 1:07:29

11d ago1:07:29

1:07:29

Agenda: [00:00] The AI Talent Crisis No One’s Ready For [03:00] Daniel Gross and Nat Friedman: Why Two Legendary VCs Walked Away From $1B to Join Meta [12:00] Meta’s AI Talent Magnet: Will It Actually Work? [15:00] Cursor Is Breaking the Market: Can Anyone Compete? [18:30] OpenAI’s SBC Bombshell: More Stock Comp Than Revenue [22:00] CoreWeave’s Pow…

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Bonus Bang: Flula Borg, Shaun Diston, Lily Sullivan (I Love Lily) 1:18:49

13d ago1:18:49

1:18:49

This week we're kicking off our "I Love Lily" series featuring the one and only Lily Sullivan in her first Comedy Bang! Bang! appearance. Originally titled "Miss-pered", this episode features returning champion, Flula Borg who joins Scott to chat about participating in a sexy contest, his new podcast Boom Time, and shares tips to get into a better …

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Episode 155: AKC S.P.O Winner Sonny Sapp 39:15

14d ago39:15

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This week's Working Dog Wednesday features 2025 AKC Winner Sonny Sapp discussing Beagles with host BJ Hall.By Josh Michaelis

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The Data Factory: Inside the $100B Race for Post-Training Supremacy, with Labelbox CEO Manu Sharma 1:44:55

14d ago1:44:55

1:44:55

Manu Sharma, founder and CEO of Labelbox, explains how frontier AI training data has evolved far beyond simple labeling to sophisticated reinforcement learning environments where domain experts create "gyms" for models to develop complex skills. With every Western frontier lab now spending over a billion dollars annually on training data, the conve…

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Tree Dog Tuesday: A Worthy Cause (Ft Justin Estep) 52:17

15d ago52:17

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Host Josh Michaelis sits down with Justin Estep to discuss Coonhunting, especially the Coonhunting Community, and the way they have stepped up to help children in need. 11 Year old Mirabella (Bella) Ward is one of those kids within the hunting community, Justin talks about her and her family's courageous fight against Brain Cancer.…

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20VC: Scott Galloway on Are Billionaires Happy & The Impact of Money on Psychology and Self-Worth | Becoming a Better Father & Husband | Why We Should Drink More and Not Work From Home | The Tinder Effect ... 1:10:50

14d ago1:10:50

1:10:50

Scott Galloway is a Professor of Marketing at NYU Stern, where he’s taught for over two decades. He’s the founder of several successful companies, including L2 (acquired by Gartner for over $150M), Red Envelope, and Prophet. He’s a New York Times bestselling author of four books on business and tech, and co-hosts the award-winning Pivot podcast. Ga…

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Waymo’ Secrets (Jason Mantzoukas, Anna Bezahler, Isabella Escalante, Stephanie Burchinow, May Darmon) 1:42:39

16d ago1:42:39

1:42:39

This week, Jason Mantzoukas joins Scott to discuss breaking off another trombone with his 77th appearance on the pod and what it was like crossing the pond to shoot his season of “Taskmaster” (now streaming on YouTube!). Then Entrepreneurs Austin and Tony stop by to discuss their very real business, and a Waymo named Kayla discusses all the passeng…

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Cheat on Everything: Cluely's Vision for Always-On AI Assistance 1:22:36

17d ago1:22:36

1:22:36

Roy Lee, founder and CEO of Cluely, discusses his AI startup's $15 million Andreessen Horowitz investment and their provocative "cheat on everything" marketing approach that has gone viral across the tech industry. They explore Cluely's real-time AI assistant that provides undetectable information during meetings and interviews, Roy's philosophy of…

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20VC: Figma's IPO: The Full Breakdown | Index Returns $3.5BN on Two Deals | Why Melio's $2.5BN Acquisition is "Discouraging" | Asana's New CEO and the Great Founder Exodus | Oracle's $30BN AI Deal and ... 1:11:17

20d ago1:11:17

1:11:17

AGENDA: 00:00 – $400B in AI CapEx: Rational Investment or Madness? 05:00 – Figma's IPO: Rule of 80, $1.5B in cash, 40% margins. Unreal. 08:00 – Adobe Screwed the Deal—Should They Have Just Bought Canva? 16:00 – Pay-to-Play Deals: Heroic Hail Mary or Guaranteed Write-Off? 21:30 – How Index Is Returning $3.5B on 2 Deals 24:00 – Melio’s $2.5B Exit: In…

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Bonus Bang: Time Bobby 4 (Paul F. Tompkins, Bobby Moynihan) 1:16:55

20d ago1:16:55

1:16:55

On this week's Bonus Bang, Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber and Scott reunite to chat about all the songs Lloyd Webber wishes he had written, what it’s like to live with him, and his favorite playwright of all time. As they continue their conversation, a faint voice is heard in the room. It is none other than the stabby lil’ orphan boy, Fourvel who insists…

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Zip Your Lip, Eat The Key (Josh Gondelman, Vic Michaelis, Zach Reino) 1:26:36

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Private Governance: Creating a Market in AI Regulation, with Dr. Gillian Hadfield & Andrew Freedman 1:56:29

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Tree Dog Tuesday: The Cables 27:40

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Competition Corner Newdesk 7-21-25 4:38

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20VC: Scaling to $1BN+ in Revenue with No Funding: Surge AI | The Most Insane Scaling Story in Tech | 1:06:20

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Thong Seduction (Andy Samberg, Neil Campbell, Mitra Jouhari) 1:19:31

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20VC: Cognition CEO Scott Wu on Acquiring Windsurf: The Process, The Deal, The Rationale | Did Google Overlook a Goldmine in the Core Asset and Did Founders Leave a Sinking Ship | How Cursor and Cognition ... 48:08

1
20VC: Windsurf x Google x Cognition: Full Breakdown: Who Made Money, Who Did Not | Lovable vs Replit: Will These Be $100BN Businesses | Why Elon Could Beat Sam Altman with the New Grok | Why Every S&P ... 1:21:58

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Bonus Bang: Bob Odenkirk, Lily Sullivan, Griffin Newman (I Love Lily) 1:16:04

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The Dawn of Dynamic AI: RFT Comes Online, w/ Predibase CEO Dev Rishi, from Inference by Turing Post 38:47

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Episode 156: Steve Monk 1:00:17

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Tree Dog Tuesday: What is the Elite Handler Series? 23:40

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Competition Corner Newdesk 7-14-25 3:43

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20VC: Vlad Tenev on Robinhood’s $85BN Resurgence | Tokenizing SpaceX & OpenAI | Building Nine Revenue Lines Over $100M | Why Crypto Will Be Robinhood's Biggest Revenue Line | Why Stablecoins Will Replace ... 57:52

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20Growth: The Death of Growth Teams? | How Hubspot Use AI to Triple Email Conversion | The Future of AI SEO | Why Prompt Engineering is the New Coding | What Every CMO Needs to Know About AI in 2025 1:15:51

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Cracking the Medical Code: Why Cleveland Clinic Doctors Love Their Ambience Healthcare AI Scribe 1:31:38

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20VC: Daniel Gross and Nat Friedman: Acquired by Meta | OpenAI’s SBC Bombshell: More Stock Comp Than Revenue | Privat Equity is Back: Olo Bought for $2BN | Microsoft Lays Off 9,000 People: Is This Just ... 1:07:29

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Bonus Bang: Flula Borg, Shaun Diston, Lily Sullivan (I Love Lily) 1:18:49

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Episode 155: AKC S.P.O Winner Sonny Sapp 39:15

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The Data Factory: Inside the $100B Race for Post-Training Supremacy, with Labelbox CEO Manu Sharma 1:44:55

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Tree Dog Tuesday: A Worthy Cause (Ft Justin Estep) 52:17

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20VC: Scott Galloway on Are Billionaires Happy & The Impact of Money on Psychology and Self-Worth | Becoming a Better Father & Husband | Why We Should Drink More and Not Work From Home | The Tinder Effect ... 1:10:50

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Waymo’ Secrets (Jason Mantzoukas, Anna Bezahler, Isabella Escalante, Stephanie Burchinow, May Darmon) 1:42:39

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Cheat on Everything: Cluely's Vision for Always-On AI Assistance 1:22:36

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20VC: Figma's IPO: The Full Breakdown | Index Returns $3.5BN on Two Deals | Why Melio's $2.5BN Acquisition is "Discouraging" | Asana's New CEO and the Great Founder Exodus | Oracle's $30BN AI Deal and ... 1:11:17

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Bonus Bang: Time Bobby 4 (Paul F. Tompkins, Bobby Moynihan) 1:16:55

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