Empowering America's Future Entrepreneurs & Leaders
Venture for America (VFA) is a nonprofit entrepreneurial career accelerator founded by Andrew Yang in 2011. Its mission is to recruit talented young people to become entrepreneurs and leaders in growt...
17 Juni 202443min
The Future of Ranked Choice Voting
Roughly 75% of Americans feel that our country is not working for them. How do we achieve structural democratic reform that gets our government working again for the American people? Meredith Sumpter,...
10 Juni 202437min
Ghost Newspapers, News as a Civic Good, and Rebuilding Trust in Journalism
Over the last 20 years, over 2000 local newspapers have shut down, leading to a 65% drop in the number of journalists and a sharp increase in political polarization. Steven Waldman founded Rebuild Loc...
3 Juni 202436min
Andrew Yang on the path to UBI, the explosion of AI, and optimism for the future
Carly Reilly sat down with Andrew at the 2024 Hudson Valley Ideas Festival for a wide-ranging conversation on Universal Basic Income and alleviating poverty, political reform, and AI. How did an Onion...
27 Maj 20241h 1min
Political software is a walled garden. Can anyone break through?
If you're a Democratic candidate in the U.S., you use Democratic software; if you're Republican, you use Republican software. But what if you're independent? You're out of luck, locked out of both the...
20 Maj 202447min
How to Give a TED Talk
Andrew and Zach go behind the scenes and reveal how a TED talk comes together - from the writing and revision process to the weeklong conference itself. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be...
13 Maj 202435min
Is Ozempic a Magic Pill? Johann Hari weighs its risks & benefits
In one survey, 47% of Americans said they would take Ozempic or similar drugs, which promise to help people lose 5-24% of their bodyweight — but what's the catch? After Johann Hari began taking Ozempi...
6 Maj 202453min
Can housing be cheaper?
As housing has become increasingly financialized, it's also become more and more out of reach for most people. Atticus and Andrew talk about the housing crisis, utilizing unused spaces, rethinking how...
29 Apr 202443min
