Things I Didn't Learn In School
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Conversations with guests including FBI Director Jim Comey, hedge fund billionaire Ray Dalio, Congressman Jim Himes, and many others including a Chinese lawyer who survived the Cultural Revolution, a Cuban jazz genius, and a Russian doctor who was on the Covid front lines all sharing the life lessons they didn’t learn in school.Hosted by investor and author Paul Podolsky, author of Raising a Thief and the Things I Didn't Learn in School substack essays. More on paulpodolsky.com.
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United States
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Conversations with guests including FBI Director Jim Comey, hedge fund billionaire Ray Dalio, Congressman Jim Himes, and many others including a Chinese lawyer who survived the Cultural Revolution, a Cuban jazz genius, and a Russian doctor who was on the Covid front lines all sharing the life lessons they didn’t learn in school.Hosted by investor and author Paul Podolsky, author of Raising a Thief and the Things I Didn't Learn in School substack essays. More on paulpodolsky.com.
Language:
English
Website:
https://podcast.paulpodolsky.com
Episodes
The Spy Writing About Spies - David McCloskey
4/20/2024
David is former CIA and the author of Damascus Station and Moscow X.
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Duration:00:57:57
Making Sense of Tech - Barton Hooper, Director of Equity Research at Weitz Investments
3/28/2024
Barton is trained as an accountant and equity investor. We all know how much tech is driving the stock market. He sheds light on how to make sense of what is going on.
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Duration:00:32:11
Update on the US Congress with Congressman Jim Himes
2/29/2024
Jim returns to the show to share his perspective on Ukraine, the border and the November election.
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Duration:00:33:03
China Economic Update with Jason Bedford
2/8/2024
Jason is an accountant, fluent Chinese speaker and Wall Street veteran. I always learn from my talks with Jason and I think you will too.
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Duration:00:35:20
Losing a Child - Ivan Maisel
1/18/2024
Ivan is a renowned college sports journalist and the father of three, one of whom took his own life. It's a terrifying story and one we all need to hear.
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Duration:00:30:28
Grain - Ancient Trade Pathways with Scott Nelson
12/31/2023
Scott Nelson is the Georgia Athletic Association Professor of History at the University of Georgia and an expert in the history of commodities. In this podcast he shares the history of grain and the impact on Ukraine, global commerce and Russia.
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Duration:00:37:31
Page Fortna - Why Wars Begin and How They End
12/7/2023
Page is the Director of the Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies and
Harold Brown Professor of US National and Security Policy at Columbia University. She is an expert in how wars begin and end.
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Duration:00:44:01
Remy Munasifi - Comedian and YouTube Star
11/21/2023
Remy is a comedian and YouTube star. His father emigrated from Iraq and his mother from Lebanon and some of his humor is Arab-centric.
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Duration:00:31:20
China Under Xi Jinping - MIT Prof. Yasheng Huang
10/26/2023
Yasheng is the author of The Rise and Fall of the East, How Exams, Autocracy, Stability and Technology brought China Success, and Why They Might Lead to Its Decline. He is a professor at MIT's Sloan School of Management.
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Duration:01:03:54
Yascha Mounk - Author of The Identity Trap
10/10/2023
Yashca is a professor at Johns Hopkins and founder of the digital magazine Persuasion.
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Duration:00:42:41
Bill Gifford - Co-Author (with Dr. Peter Attia) of Outlive on How to Live a Long, Healthy Life
9/28/2023
Bill is the author of several books. His most recent is a joint-effort with renowned doctor Peter Attia on how to increase your odds of not getting heart disease, dementia, diabetes or cancer or, in short, how to live well.
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Duration:01:04:16
Spencer Glendon - Climate Change Expert, Founder Probable Futures
9/14/2023
Spencer founded Probable Futures to help us all become climate change literate. Before that he was Director of Investment Research at Wellington Management. He holds a PhD from Harvard.
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Duration:01:02:26
Leonid - On Ukraine's Front Line
8/31/2023
Leonid is a drone operator on Ukraine's front lines. This conversation is a bit "salty" so if that's jarring, don't listen.
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Duration:00:37:11
Faye Keegan - Dipsea Co-Founder, Erotica Expert
7/3/2023
Faye is the co-founder of Dipsea, which produces "short and sexy" audio stories designed by and targeted to women. She talks about finding her path, erotica and what makes a good story.
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Duration:00:51:45
Francisco Toro - Hipster Dictators and the Risk To Democracy
6/15/2023
Francisco was born in Venezuela and later watched that country's Democracy implode. He is now a journalist, a contributing editor to Persuasion and an expert on both Latin America and populism.
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Duration:00:39:26
Senator Chris Murphy--Administering Amid Rapid Change
5/31/2023
Chris Murphy is a Democratic US Senator representing Connecticut.
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Duration:00:28:44
Dachi Imedadze -- Georgian Civil Society Activist
5/8/2023
Dachi is a civil rights activist in Georgian (Tbilisi not the US state) and a key member of the organization Shame. I met him on my trip there and recorded our conversation in Shame's Tbilisi office.
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Duration:00:29:52
J Mintzmyer - Shipping, Supply Chains and Modern Advisory
4/30/2023
J is an expert in global shipping stocks, which means he understands exactly what went wrong with the supply chain during the pandemic. He is also a person who, in addition to serving in the military, has developed a successful business in financial advice, independent of any financial institution, a fascinating case study.
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Duration:00:54:30
Andrew Weiss - Russia Expert, Author of Accidental Czar
3/24/2023
Andrew is a senior member of Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a Russia expert and author of Accidental Czar, the Life and Lies of Vladimir Putin. He served at the National Security Council, State Department and Pentagon.
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Duration:01:05:25
John Dinges -- Chile, the CIA and the Condor Years
3/10/2023
John is a journalist, author and teacher who has carefully documented the US role in abetting Pinochet's rule over Chile in the 1970s.
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Duration:01:10:40